Daniël de Jong (born 9 July 1992) is a Dutch auto racing driver who last competed in 2025 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 eighth 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 ninth, 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 also contested the Auto GP season in 2011, driving for his long–time Formula Renault 2.0 team MP Motorsport. 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. 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 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 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 6 1 2 3 2 105 11th 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing 17 0 0 0 0 2 29th 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 GP2 Series Rapax 8 0 0 0 0 0 26th 2013 Auto GP Manor MP Motorsport 13 0 0 0 2 77 7th GP2 Series MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 3 24th 2014 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 2 28th MW-V6 Pickup Series Team Netherlands61112704th 2015 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 13 0 0 0 0 1 23rd Trident 3 0 0 0 0 2016 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 6 21st 24H Series - A6 GDL Racing100000NC†2017 24H Series - SPX Eurotrac by Bas Koeten2018 24H GT Series - A6 MP Motorsport1000017NC†2019 24H GT Series - A6 MP Motorsport100000NC†2020 24H GT Series - GT3 AM MP Motorsport1100129NC†2021 24H GT Series - GT3 MP Motorsport100002159th2022 24H GT Series - GT3 MP Motorsport1000014NC†2022–23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 MP Motorsport100000NC†2025 Middle East Trophy - GT3 MP Motorsport100000NC† † As de Jong was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 DC Points2008MP MotorsportHOC1HOC2ZAN1ZAN2ALA1ALA2OSC1OSC2ASS1ASS2ZOL1ZOL2NÜR1NÜR2SPA1SPA2 13th 118 2009 MP MotorsportZAN1ZAN2HOC1HOC2 ALA1 ALA2OSC1OSC2ASS1ASS2MST1MST2NÜR1NÜR2SPA1SPA2 9th 164 2010 MP MotorsportHOC1HOC2BRN1BRN2ZAN1ZAN2OSC1OSC2OSC3ASS1ASS2MST1MST2MST3SPA1SPA2SPA3NÜR1NÜR2NÜR3 11th 105

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 DC Points 2009 MP MotorsportCAT1CAT2SPA1SPA2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2LMS1LMS2NÜR1NÜR2ALC1ALC2 25th 3 2010 MP MotorsportALC1ALC2SPA1SPA2BRN1BRN2MAG1MAG2HUN1HUN2HOC1HOC2SIL1SIL2CAT1CAT2 9th 48

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 ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 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 MNZ1 MNZ2 HUN1 HUN2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 14th 19 2012 Manor MP Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 ALG1 ALG2 CUR1 CUR2 SON1 SON2 5th 104 2013 Manor MP Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MUG1 MUG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 BRN2 BRN2 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 SEPFEA SEPSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR 26th 0 2013 MP Motorsport SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 24th 3 2014 MP Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 28th 2 2015 MP Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR26† HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR 23rd 1 Trident BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 2016 MP Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 21st 6 † Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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