Daniël de Jong


Daniël de Jong is a professional racing driver from the Netherlands.

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, 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, 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.
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, he finished in the points on a further eight occasions to finish 9th in the standings. 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.

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. 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.

Auto GP

Alongside his Formula Renault 3.5 commitments, de Jong will also contest the Auto GP season in 2011, driving for his long–time Formula Renault 2.0 team MP Motorsport. He remains with the team 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. 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, but returned to action in the next round at the Hungaroring. He was then replaced by Stefano Coletti for the round at Monza.

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2011Comtec RacingALC
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
29th2

Complete Auto GP Results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2011MP MotorsportMNZ
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
14th19
2012Manor MP MotorsportMNZ
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
5th104
2013Manor MP MotorsportMNZ
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
7th77

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2012Rapax TeamSEP
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
26th0
2013MP MotorsportSEP
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
24th3
2014MP MotorsportBHR
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
28th2
2015MP MotorsportBHR
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
23rd1
2015TridentBHR
FEA
19
BHR
SPR
14
YMC
FEA
Ret
YMC
SPR
C
23rd1
2016MP MotorsportCAT
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
21st6

Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.