Daniël de Jong

Daniël de Jong
Daniël de Jong
Nationality	Dutch
Born	9 July 1992 (age 32); Rotterdam, Netherlands
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2012
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	23
Former teams	Trident, Rapax, MP Motorsport
Starts	90
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	21st in 2016
Previous series
2011–13; 2011; 2009–10; 2008–10; 2008; 2008; 2008; 2005–06,; 2009–10	Auto GP; Formula Renault 3.5 Series; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Finnish Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ; Formula Renault 2.0 WEC; Dutch Winter; Endurance Series

Daniël de Jong (born 9 July 1992) is a former racing driver from the Netherlands who most recently competed in 2022-23 Middle East Trophy in the GT3 Class for MP Motorsport

Career

Formula Renault 2.0

After a lengthy karting career in his native Holland and a brief stint in the Dutch Winter Endurance Series, de Jong made his single–seater debut in 2008 in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC), finishing the season 13th overall. He also contested two races in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ series, taking two pole positions and a race victory to finish the season in 8th place,^[1] and a single round of the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup at Spa–Francorchamps.

In 2009, de Jong took part in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships with MP Motorsport. In the Eurocup, he took a single points–finish at the Hungaroring to be classified in 25th place, whilst in the NEC series he took podium places at the Nürburgring and Spa–Francorchamps to finish 9th, despite missing the third round of the season at Alastaro.^[2]

2010 saw de Jong remain in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series for a second season. After finishing second to Kevin Korjus in the first race of the season at Motorland Aragón,^[3] he finished in the points on a further eight occasions to finish 9th in the standings.^[4] He also took part in selected events of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season, taking a race win at the final event of the season at the Nürburgring together with a second–place at Brno earlier in the season. He finished the year 11th in the standings, despite only taking part in six of the 18 races.^[5]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In October 2010, de Jong drove a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, testing for Draco Racing at the first post–season test in Barcelona.^[6] A week later he tested for Comtec Racing at Motorland Aragón and it was announced in February 2011 that he had signed to race for the team in the 2011 season, partnering British Formula 3 graduate Daniel McKenzie.^[7]

Auto GP

Alongside his Formula Renault 3.5 commitments, de Jong also contested the Auto GP season in 2011, driving for his long–time Formula Renault 2.0 team MP Motorsport.^[8] He remained with the team (now in a partnership with Manor Motorsport) for the 2012 season.

GP2 Series

In 2012, de Jong made his GP2 Series debut at the Valencia Street Circuit, driving for the Rapax team. He also drove for the team at Silverstone, and will also do so at the Hungaroring and at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.^[9] He is the third Dutchman in the championship, alongside Giedo van der Garde and Nigel Melker. He missed the round at Hockenheim due to his Auto GP commitments,^[10] but returned to action in the next round at the Hungaroring.^[11] He was then replaced by Stefano Coletti for the round at Monza.^[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005–06	Dutch Winter Endurance Series	?	?	0	?	?	?	?	227th
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	MP Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	119	13th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ		2	1	2	0	2	46	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 WEC		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2009	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	MP Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	3	25th
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	MP Motorsport	14	0	0	0	2	164	9th
2009–10	Dutch Winter Endurance Series	De Heus by Bas Koeten	1	0	0	0	0	10	100th
2010	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	MP Motorsport	16	0	0	0	1	48	9th
2010	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	MP Motorsport	6	1	2	3	2	105	11th
2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	17	0	0	0	0	2	29th
2011	Auto GP	MP Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	19	14th
2012	Auto GP World Series	Manor MP Motorsport	16	0	0	3	3	104	5th
2012	GP2 Series	Rapax	8	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2013	Auto GP	Manor MP Motorsport	13	0	0	0	2	77	7th
2013	GP2 Series	MP Motorsport	22	0	0	0	0	3	24th
2014	GP2 Series	MP Motorsport	22	0	0	0	0	2	28th
2014	MW-V6 Pickup Series	Team Netherlands	6	1	1	1	2	70	4th
2015	GP2 Series	MP Motorsport	13	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
2015	GP2 Series	Trident	3	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
2016	GP2 Series	MP Motorsport	22	0	0	0	0	6	21st
2016	24H Series - A6	GDL Racing
2017	24H Series - SPX	Eurotrac by Bas Koeten
2018	24H GT Series - A6	MP Motorsport
2019	24H GT Series - A6	MP Motorsport
2020	24H GT Series - GT3	MP Motorsport
2021	24H GT Series - GT3	MP Motorsport
2022	24H GT Series - GT3	MP Motorsport
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	MP Motorsport

^† As de Jong was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2011	Comtec Racing	ALC 1 19	ALC 2 15	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 Ret	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 14	MON 1 19	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 19	HUN 1 16	HUN 2 18	SIL 1 18	SIL 2 Ret	LEC 1 20	LEC 2 12	CAT 1 16	CAT 2 9	29th	2

Complete Auto GP Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2011	MP Motorsport	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	DON 1 6	DON 2 8	OSC 1 6	OSC 2 7	VAL 1 13	VAL 2 11	MUG 1	MUG 2			14th	19
2012	Manor MP Motorsport	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 Ret	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 4	MAR 1 7	MAR 2 Ret	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 12	ALG 1 7	ALG 2 7	CUR 1 4	CUR 2 3	SON 1 2	SON 2 6			5th	104
2013	Manor MP Motorsport	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 Ret	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 7	SIL 1 4	SIL 2 6	MUG 1 DNS	MUG 2 7	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 3	DON 1 6	DON 2 13	BRN 2 9	BRN 2 8	7th	77

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2012	Rapax Team	SEP FEA	SEP SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA 16	VAL SPR 9	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 13	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 19	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR 11	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MRN FEA	MRN SPR	26th	0
2013	MP Motorsport	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR 14	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 19	CAT FEA 16	CAT SPR 18	MON FEA 10	MON SPR 9	SIL FEA 22	SIL SPR 18	NÜR FEA 15	NÜR SPR Ret	HUN FEA 12	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 17	MNZ FEA 11	MNZ SPR 19	MRN FEA 17	MRN SPR 7	YMC FEA 19†	YMC SPR 17			24th	3
2014	MP Motorsport	BHR FEA 11	BHR SPR 11	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 19	MON FEA 11	MON SPR Ret	RBR FEA 19	RBR SPR 21	SIL FEA 19	SIL SPR 14	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR 16	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 18	SPA FEA 10	SPA SPR 13	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 9	SOC FEA 14	SOC SPR 19	YMC FEA 10	YMC SPR Ret			28th	2
2015	MP Motorsport	BHR FEA 18	BHR SPR 13	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 9	MON FEA 12	MON SPR 12	RBR FEA 21	RBR SPR 12	SIL FEA 11	SIL SPR 26†	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR DNS	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR							23rd	1
2015	Trident																			BHR FEA 19	BHR SPR 14	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR C			23rd	1
2016	MP Motorsport	CAT FEA 14	CAT SPR 17	MON FEA 9	MON SPR 11	BAK FEA 8	BAK SPR 14	RBR FEA 14	RBR SPR 20	SIL FEA 19	SIL SPR 16	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 11	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR 16	SPA FEA 17	SPA SPR 17	MNZ FEA 17	MNZ SPR 19	SEP FEA 17	SEP SPR Ret	YMC FEA 14	YMC SPR Ret			21st	6