Meindert van Buuren Jr. (born 5 January 1995) is a Dutch former racing driver, who currently resides in

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Career

Karting

Van Buuren began

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in 2004 at the age of nine and raced mostly in various Dutch championships, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the Rotax Max DD2 category by 2011, when he finished in fourth position in the Rotax Max Wintercup.

Formula Renault 2.0

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saw his début in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup championship with

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. Van Buuren finished 21st in the championship, despite missing the final round of the championship, at

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. He also contested four rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, but only finished one race inside the top twenty placings. He remained in both series for the 2012 season, but switched to Manor

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. He improved to eleventh position in the NEC series, while in the Eurocup, he recorded four top-twenty finishes.

Auto GP

Van Buuren continued his collaboration with Manor MP Motorsport into the

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. He finished ninth in the drivers' standings with a podium at

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and another nine point-scoring finishes.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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, Van Buuren will graduate to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, joining

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Racing record

Career summary

^† As van Buuren was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

Complete Auto GP results

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buuren, Meindert van 1995 births Living people Dutch racing drivers Auto GP drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers People from Westvoorne GP2 Series drivers Van Amersfoort Racing drivers MP Motorsport drivers Manor Motorsport drivers Pons Racing drivers Charouz Racing System drivers Racing drivers from South Holland Keerbergs Transport Racing drivers GT4 European Series drivers