Jeroen Bleekemolen

Jeroen Bleekemolen

Nation:	Netherlands
DTM
First race:	Hockenheimring I 2003
Last race:	Norisring 2006
Teams (manufacturers)
2003–2004 Euroteam ( Opel ) • 2006 Futurecom ( Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 23 - - -
Podiums:	-
Overall wins:	-
Points:	2

Jeroen Bleekemolen (born October 23, 1981 in Heemstede ) is a Dutch racing car driver and the son of former Formula 1 driver Michael Bleekemolen and brother of Sebastiaan Bleekemolen .

Career

Bleekemolen in the A1GP car of the Netherlands on his home track, Circuit Park Zandvoort .

Bleekemolen began his motorsport career in karting and in 1995 came second in the 80 cm³ and 60 cm³ class of the Dutch Junior Kart Championship. In 1996 he finished fourth in the Junior Kart World Championship and third in the Dutch Kart Championship.

In 1998 he moved into the single-seater racing and was both overall winner of the Formula Ford -Zetec-Benelux Championship and the Dutch Formula Ford Zetec Championship. In 1999 he drove in the British Formula Palmer Audi Championship and finished the season in ninth place overall. In 2000 he started for Van Amersfoort Racing in the German Formula 3 Championship , but was only able to attract attention with a pole position and seventh place in the non-championship Zandvoort Formula 3 Masters .

In 2001 he competed in the FIA GT championship on a Chrysler Viper GTS-R and was able to achieve two wins and third place in the final standings. He was also champion of the Dutch Renault Clio Cup . In 2002 he finished second in the Dutch Touring Car Championship with a Renault Clio .

In 2003 he got a regular cockpit at Opel in the DTM and finished his rookie year with two points in 13th place. In 2004 he took 17th place without any points, also competing for Opel. After winning the Dutch BRL V6 series in 2005 , Bleekemolen stepped in for Audi driver Olivier Tielemans on two race weekends in 2006 for the DTM team Futurecom TME , but was eventually replaced by Nicolas Kiesa . He also took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for the first time .

In 2006/2007 he drove in the A1GP monoposto series for the Netherlands team and enabled him to finish fifth overall thanks to consistent performance and a sprint race victory in Beijing , after having been a substitute driver at every race weekend the previous season. In 2007 he celebrated a brilliant comeback with three race wins in the Porsche Supercup , in which he had already competed sporadically several times, but was “only” eighth in the final accounts, which was due to the fact that he had contested the first races as a guest driver. In winter 2007/2008 Bleekemolen started again in the A1GP series and led his team to seventh place in the championship as the sole driver with two podium places.

In 2008 , with three racing successes, he won the Porsche Supercup, known as the "fastest brands cup in the world". In addition, at the Le Mans 24 Hours in a Porsche RS Spyder , he won the LMP2 class together with Peter van Merksteijn and Jos Verstappen . In 2008/2009 Bleekemolen again drove a few races for the Dutch A1GP team and won the sprint race in Kyalami , making a major contribution to fourth place overall. In 2009 he was able to confidently defend his Porsche Supercup title with five wins and a total of 13 podium positions. He was also runner- up in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in the same year with four first places.

In 2010 Bleekemolen concentrated on his involvement in the American Le Mans Series and therefore only made seven races in the Porsche Supercup that year , which resulted in seventh place. In the GTC classification of the American endurance racing series, however, he retained the upper hand and together with the American Tim Pappas was champion with four class wins.

With a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 from the Black Falcon team, he won the 24-hour race in Dubai in 2012 and 2013 and the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring and the 12-hour race in Abu Dhabi in 2013 .

Jeroen Bleekemolen is considered one of the busiest and most versatile racing drivers in the world. In addition to appearances in international championships, he also regularly takes part in Dutch series such as the Winter Endurance Kampioenschap (= winter long-distance championship), the Dutch GT4 Championship or even the Formula Ford, which is actually intended as an entry-level series.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2006	Spyker Squadron BV	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Mike Hezemans	Jonny Kane	failure	Engine failure
2007	Racing for Holland bv	Dome S101b	Jan Lammers	David Hart	Rank 25
2008	van Merksteijn Motorsport	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Jos Verstappen	Peter van Merkstejin	Rank 10 and class win
2009	Snora's Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Tom Coronel	Jaroslav Janiš	Rank 25
2010	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Tom Coronel	Peter Dumbreck	Rank 27
2011	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	Neel Jani	Nicolas Prost	Rank 6
2012	Rebellion Racing	Lola B12 / 60	Andrea Belicchi	Harold Primate	Rank 11
2013	Race performance	Oreca 03	Michel Frey	Patric Niederhauser	Rank 19
2014	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Cooper MacNeil		Rank 33
2015	Riley Motorsports-TI Auto	Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R	Ben Keating	Marc Miller	failure	malfunction
2016	Murphy prototypes	Oreca 03R	Ben Keating	Marc Goossens	Rank 34
2017	Keating Motorsport	Riley MKXXX	Ben Keating	Ricky Taylor	Rank 47
2018	Keating Motorsports	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ben Keating	Luca pride	Rank 28
2019	Keating Motorsports	Ford GT	Ben Keating	Felipe Fraga	Rank 32 and class win

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2006	Spyker Squadron	Spyker C8 Spyder	Mike Hezemans		Rank 17
2011	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10 / 60	Neel Jani	Nicolas Prost	Rank 7
2012	Rebellion Racing	Lola B12 / 60	Andrea Belicchi	Harold Primate	Rank 34
2013	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Cooper MacNeil	Dion von Moltke	Rank 24 and class win
2014	Riley Motorsports	SRT Viper GT3-R	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Ben Keating	failure	accident
2015	Riley Motorsports	Dodge Viper SRT GT3-R	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	Ben Keating	failure	malfunction
2016	Riley Technologies	Dodge Viper GT3-R	Marc Miller	Ben Keating	Rank 33
2017	Riley Motorsports Team AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mario Farnbacher	Ben Keating	16th place and class win
2018	Riley Motorsports Team AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Luca pride	Ben Keating	Rank 19
2019	Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Felipe Fraga	Ben Keating	Rank 23

Web links

Commons : Jeroen Bleekemolen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bleekemolen's website
• Bleekemolens racing statistics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Driver Biography: Jeroen Bleekemolen ( Memento from September 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) history.fiagt.com
2. ↑ 2001 FIA GT Drivers Championship ( Memento from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) history.fiagt.com
3. ↑ Driver ranking 2003  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) dtm.com
4. ↑ Perfect in Monaco - Bleekemolen wins racecam.de
5. ↑ Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup porsche.com
6. ↑ 24h Le Mans 2008. (No longer available online.) Www.autozeitung.de, archived from the original on August 1, 2008 ; Retrieved August 20, 2008 . 
7. ↑ Driver ranking Porsche Carrera Cup 2009 racecam.de
8. ↑ 24 hours of Dubai: one-two-three for Mercedes. Motorsport-Total.com, January 14, 2012, accessed May 22, 2013 . 
9. ↑ Black Falcon triumphs: "Thought we had to pack up". Motorsport-Total.com, January 12, 2013, accessed May 22, 2013 . 
10. ↑ Black Falcon brings Mercedes historic triumph. Motorsport-Total.com, May 20, 2013, accessed May 22, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Schneider wins twelve-hour race in Abu Dhabi. Motorsport-Total.com, December 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .