Jimmy Eriksson

This article is about racing driver Jimmy Eriksson. For other people, see Jimmie Eriksson .

Joakim "Jimmy" Eriksson (born March 14, 1991 in Tomelilla ) is a Swedish racing driver . He won the German Formula 3 in 2012 . From 2013 to 2015 he competed in the GP3 series . In 2016 he started in the GP2 series .

Career

Eriksson began his motorsport career in karting in 2005 and remained active in this sport until 2008. Among other things, he won the Swedish Formula Yamaha Kart Championship in 2008 . In 2009 he switched to formula racing at Motopark Academy . His main focus was on the Northern European Formula Renault , in which he finished 15th overall with a win. He also competed for his team in individual races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup as well as in the Swedish and NEZ Formula Renault .

Jimmy Eriksson at Zandvoort in the 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series

In 2010 Eriksson competed for Motopark Academy in the German Formula 3 Cup . Eriksson finished in the points in a few races and won one race. He finished the season in sixth place in the drivers' championship. He also started as a guest starter in the Formula 3 Euro Series on a race weekend . In 2011 Eriksson switched completely to the Formula 3 Euro Series and stayed with Motopark Academy. As the best driver in his racing team, he finished ninth in the drivers' championship. In 2012 Eriksson returned to the German Formula 3 Cup. He also started for Motopark Academy, which used the name Lotus in this series . Eriksson won eight of 27 races and was 408 to 298 champions ahead of Lucas Auer .

In 2013 Eriksson moved to Status Grand Prix in the GP3 series . In contrast to his teammates Adderly Fong and Alexander Sims, he remained without points and finished the season in 24th place overall. In 2014 Eriksson stayed in the GP3 series. He was originally supposed to return to Motopark Academy, which was to start this series under the name Russian Time . However, after the death of Igor Mazepa , the Seatholder of Russian Time, Motopark Academy lost the contract to carry out this engagement, so that Ericsson's contract became obsolete. He then joined the Koiranen GP . In the first race for the new racing team in Barcelona , he achieved his first points and podium finish in the GP3 series as second. He won two races and was on the podium five times. At the end of the season he was fourth in the drivers' championship. Eriksson also competed in Formula Acceleration 1 for Performance Racing and in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) for Sébastien Loeb Racing at one event each. He and Vincent Capillaire won the ELMS race, which was also his first long-distance race. In 2015 Eriksson started again for Koiranen GP in the GP3 series. He won one race and finished fifth in the championship.

In 2016 Eriksson moved to Arden International in the GP2 series . A fifth place was his best result and also his only result in the top 10. After he was registered for the penultimate event but not taking part in the event, he lost his cockpit to Emil Bernstorff for the last race weekend . At the end of the season he finished 20th overall.

Personal

Eriksson's brother Joel is also a racing car driver.

statistics

Career stations

2005-2008: karting 2009: Northern European Formula Renault (15th place) 2009: Swedish Formula Renault (9th place) 2009: NEZ Formula Renault (10th place) 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup

2010 : German Formula 3 (6th place) 2011 : Formula 3 Euro Series (9th place) 2012 : German Formula 3 (champions) 2013 : GP3 series (24th place) 2014 : GP3 series (4th place)

2014 : Formula Acceleration 1 (16th place) 2014 : ELMS , LMP2 (10th place) 2015 : GP3 series (5th place) 2016 : GP2 series (20th place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2013	Status Grand Prix	ESP		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		UAE				0	24.
		19th	DNF	18th	16	18th	21 *	DNF	18th	13	12	17th	15th	13	DNF	23	26th
2014	Koiranen GP	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		134	4th
		2	6th	3	2	1	DNF	7th	15th	10	16	DNF	19th	1	8th	4th	16	10	5
2015	Koiranen GP	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		118	5.
		6th	2	20 *	10	5	4th	6th	6th	13	16	5	5	8th	1	5	7th	3	5

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2016	Arden International	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		10	20th
		16	19th	DNF	15th	11 *	DNF	5	13	15th	17th	21 *	DNF	12	13	15th	20th	15th	18 *	DNA	DNA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Karting" ( Memento from July 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (jimmyracing.com; accessed on October 28, 2010)
2. ↑ “Jimmy Eriksson avancerar till världens främsta Formula 3-mästerskap” ( Memento from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (jimmyracing.com on January 28, 2011; PDF file; 372 kB)
3. ↑ Michael Höller: "GP3 - Eriksson rises to GP3". New task for Formula 3 champion. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 25, 2013, accessed January 27, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Michael Höller: "GP3 - Eriksson signs with Russian Time". First driver for the new team. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 23, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Eriksson: Korainen GP instead of Russian Time". Most difficult weeks of my career. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 6, 2014, accessed March 6, 2014 . 
6. ^ Koiranen line up Parry, Eriksson, Fong in GP3. paddockscout.com, March 6, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Joel Eriksson joins Motopark for debut single-seater campaign. paddockscout.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 24, 2016 . 

Web links

• Career statistics of Jimmy Eriksson (English)