Jeffrey Van Hooydonk Belcar kampioen 2018

Jeffrey van Hooydonk (born 1 October 1977) is a Belgian racing car driver. A native of

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, Van Hooydonk began racing karts in 1990 and graduated to open-wheel racing five years later. For the next three seasons, he was successful in

Formula Renault Formula Renault are classes of formula racing popular in Europe and elsewhere. Regarded as an entry-level series to auto racing, motor racing, it was founded in 1971, and was a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before mov ...

, winning the European Formula Super Renault championship in 1997. He progressed to German

Formula Three Formula Three (F3) is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. History Formula Three (adop ...

the following year, finishing sixth in the championship, and then moving up to

Formula 3000 Formula 3000 (F3000) was a type of open wheel, single seater formula racing, occupying the tier immediately below Formula One and above Formula Three. It was so named because the cars were powered by 3.0 L engines. Formula 3000 championship ...

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. Despite scoring one

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, the next two years were largely unsuccessful, and he switched to the

Belcar The Belcar Endurance Championship is the top-tier national endurance racing championship in Belgium. The series is sanctioned by the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium and run by Circuit Zolder. History The Belcar series has its roots in the e ...

series in 2001 with a

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. After returning the German F3 in 2002, and finishing fifth overall, van Hooydonk was again promoted to F3000 and remained there for the

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and

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seasons, with moderate success. This was not enough to get him a drive in the new

GP2 Series The GP2 Series was a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder series, Formula 3000. The GP2 format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, while Ecc ...

which replaced F3000 in 2005, and, despite a test with the MF1

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team, he returned to tin-top racing by competing in the European Mégane Trophy for that year, finishing the championship in fourth whilst driving for ex-F1 driver

Thierry Boutsen Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen (; born 13 July 1957) is a Belgian former racing driver, businessman and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Boutsen won three Formula One Grands Prix across 11 seasons. Boutsen competed in ...

's team. He also is the first Champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, winning it in 2013. Van Hooydonk has also competed in endurance races at

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, Spa-Francorchamps and

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Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate ''fastest lap''.)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

Jeffrey van Hooydonk official website
Living people 1977 births German Formula Three Championship drivers Belgian racing drivers International Formula 3000 drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Sportspeople from Antwerp {{Belgium-autoracing-bio-stub Oreca drivers Team Astromega drivers Scuderia Coloni drivers Keerbergs Transport Racing drivers RC Motorsport drivers Super Nova Racing drivers Boutsen Ginion Racing drivers 24H Series drivers