Joel Eriksson (racing driver)

**Joel Eriksson**
Nation:	Sweden
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2018
Teams (manufacturers)
	2018-2019 RBM ( BMW )
statistics
Podiums:	3
Overall wins:	-
Points:	115
	As of July 7, 2019

Joel Eriksson (born June 28, 1998 ) is a Swedish automobile racing driver . He has been competing in the DTM for BMW since 2018 .

Career

Beginnings in karting and formula racing (2007-2017)

Eriksson started his motorsport career in 2007 in karting , where he remained active until 2013.

2014 joined Eriksson in the single-seater racing and was the of Motopark Academy supervised Lotus cockpit in the team ADAC Formula Masters . He won a race and finished fifth overall as the best driver in his racing team. In 2015 Eriksson stayed with Motopark and drove in the German Formula 4 championship , the successor series to the ADAC Formula Masters. He won seven races and finished the season with 299 to 347 points behind Marvin Dienst in second place overall. In addition, Eriksson contested three races in the 2015 Northern European Formula 4 Championship , where he finished on the podium twice.

In 2016 Eriksson stayed at Motopark again and switched to the European Formula 3 championship . He won a race and was on the podium a total of ten times. As the best newcomer to the series, he finished the season in fifth place in the drivers' standings. In 2017 Eriksson took part in his second European Formula 3 championship. He drove again for Motopark. Although he was able to win seven races, he was defeated by Lando Norris for the championship and finished second overall.

DTM (since 2018)

For season 2018 Eriksson left the Formula racing and switched to Racing Bart Mampaey in the DTM , where he became a cockpit in a BMW won and teammate Bruno Spengler and Philipp Eng was. In the second race of the season at Hockenheim , he scored points for the first time in fourth place. He scored his first DTM victory at the Sunday race in Misano . With 72 points he finished the season 14th in the drivers' championship.

In 2019 , Eng and Eriksson stayed with Mampaey. With Sheldon van der Linde , who replaced Spengler, they got a new teammate. In Zolder , Eriksson finished second in Saturday's race and achieved his first podium of the season. In the Saturday race in Nuremberg he reached the podium again with third place. After eight out of 18 races, he finished tenth in the overall ranking. After the end of the season, BMW announced that Eriksson would not drive for BMW in the DTM in the 2020 season.

Personal

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

statistics

Career stations

2007-2013: karting
2014 : ADAC Formula Masters (5th place)
2015 : German Formula 4 (2nd place)
2015 : Northern European Formula 4 (12th place)

2016 : European Formula 3 (5th place)
2017 : European Formula 3 (2nd place)
2018 : DTM (14th place)
2019 : DTM

Individual results in the German Formula 4 championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2015	Motopark	Germany OS1			Austria SPI			Belgium SPA			Germany LAU			Germany ONLY			Germany SAC			Germany OS2			Germany HOC			299	2.
2015	Motopark	4th	9	5	1	1	DNF	1	1	4th	EX	1	9	4th	10	6th	2	2	6th	1	1	9	17th	8th	3	299	2.

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the Northern European Formula 4 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	Points	rank
2015	Koiranen GP	Finland AHV			Russia MSC			Russia SOC			Finland ALA			Estonia AUD			Russia MSC			Estonia AUD			30th	12.
2015	Koiranen GP	12	4th	3																			30th	12.

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	Points	rank
2016	Motopark	Volkswagen	France LEC			Hungary HUN			France PAU			Austria SPI			Germany NOR			Netherlands ZAN			Belgium SPA			Germany ONLY			Italy IMO			Germany HOC			252	5.
2016	Motopark	Volkswagen	6th	9	3	3	DNF	2	14th	9	6th	17th	14th	6th	DNF	5	DNF	12	10	7th	14th	2	1	7th	3	6th	3	2	5	6th	2	2	252	5.
2017	Motopark	Volkswagen	United Kingdom SIL			Italy MNZ			France PAU			Hungary HUN			Germany NOR			Belgium SPA			Netherlands ZAN			Germany ONLY			Austria SPI			Germany HOC			383	2.
2017	Motopark	Volkswagen	4th	1	2	4th	1	4th	1	DNF	5	10	2	1	4th	10	7th	9	2	2	2	12	12	10	9	8th	2	1	1	1	4th	2	383	2.

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	^P / bold	Pole position
	_SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Statistics in the DTM

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the DTM .

general overview

As of July 7, 2019

season	team	Manufacturer	vehicle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	Item
2018	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	20th	1	-	-	-	-	72	14th
2019	BMW Team RBM	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	8th	-	1	1	-	-	43	10.
total				28	1	1	1	-	-	115

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2018	Germany HO1		Germany LAU		Hungary HUN		Germany NOR		Netherlands ZAN		United Kingdom BRH		Italy MIS		Germany ONLY		Austria SPI		Germany HO2
2018	12	4 ³	12	9	17th	6th	9	12	9	11	14th	13	12	1	12	6th	15th	5	15th	9
2019	Germany HO1		Belgium ZOL		Italy MIS		Germany NOR		Netherlands ASS		United Kingdom BRH		Germany LAU		Germany ONLY		Germany HO2
2019	13	10	2	10	DNF	6th	3	13

( Legend )

Web links

Official website of Joel Eriksson
Career Stats Joel Eriksson (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Valentin Khorounzhiy: Joel Eriksson joins Motopark for debut single-seater campaign. paddockscout.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 24, 2016 .
^ Peter Allen: Joel Eriksson stays with Motopark for ADAC F4. paddockscout.com, February 9, 2015, accessed April 24, 2015 .
^ Marcus Simmons: Joel Eriksson moves up to European F3 with Motopark. autosport.com, January 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2016 .
↑ Marcus Simmons: BMW protege Eriksson to stay in F3 with Motopark. motorsport.com, January 20, 2017, accessed March 16, 2017 .
↑ Philipp Eng and Joel Eriksson are new to the BMW DTM line-up. Motorsport-Total.com, December 15, 2017, accessed December 18, 2017 .
↑ BMW confirms the first five DTM drivers for the 2019 season. DTM.com, December 8, 2018, accessed on June 10, 2019 .
↑ BMW is rebuilding the driver line-up: Lucas Auer returns to the DTM. motorsport-total.com, December 18, 2019, accessed December 27, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Eriksson, Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	June 28, 1998

[ADAC-1] Valentin Khorounzhiy: Joel Eriksson joins Motopark for debut single-seater campaign. paddockscout.com, January 23, 2014, accessed January 24, 2016 .

[2] Peter Allen: Joel Eriksson stays with Motopark for ADAC F4. paddockscout.com, February 9, 2015, accessed April 24, 2015 .

[3] Marcus Simmons: Joel Eriksson moves up to European F3 with Motopark. autosport.com, January 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2016 .

[4] Marcus Simmons: BMW protege Eriksson to stay in F3 with Motopark. motorsport.com, January 20, 2017, accessed March 16, 2017 .

[5] Philipp Eng and Joel Eriksson are new to the BMW DTM line-up. Motorsport-Total.com, December 15, 2017, accessed December 18, 2017 .

[6] BMW confirms the first five DTM drivers for the 2019 season. DTM.com, December 8, 2018, accessed on June 10, 2019 .

[7] BMW is rebuilding the driver line-up: Lucas Auer returns to the DTM. motorsport-total.com, December 18, 2019, accessed December 27, 2019 .