René Binder (born 1 January 1992) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

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. He is the nephew of former

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driver Hans Binder, and his father, Franz, was also a racing driver.

Career

Binder was born in Innsbruck. He began his racing career in

karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...

in 2002, remaining in the category until 2008. During this time, he finished third in the German Junior Kart Championship in 2007 and was runner-up in the German Challenger Kart Championship in 2008. In 2009 he began his

formula racing Formula racing (known as open-wheel racing in North America) is any of several forms of open-wheeled single-seater motorsport. The origin of the term lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single ...

career by competing in the

ADAC Formel Masters ADAC Formel Masters was an ADAC sanctioned open wheel racing series based in Germany, held annually from 2008 to 2014. It was replacement of the local Formula BMW championship. The first season was in 2008 and is the main feeder series to the ATS F ...

series for the Abt Sportsline team. Whilst his teammate

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won the championship, Binder finished the season in seventh position with three podium finishes. Binder then moved up to the

German Formula Three Championship The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship t ...

: in

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, he drove for Motopark Academy and finished in twelfth place in the championship, with a best result of third position; 2011 saw him move to the Jo Zeller Racing team, for whom he improved to eighth place despite missing a round of the championship; and for the 2012 season he is driving for the

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team. In 2011 he also competed in one round of the FIA Formula Two Championship, held at the Austrian

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ByKolles ENSO CLM P1-01 Binder Silverstone 2018

Binder made his

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début in the tenth round of the 2012 season, held at the

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. He replaced

Giancarlo Serenelli Giancarlo "Gato" Serenelli Pellechia (born 10 July 1981 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan racing driver. Career After karting, Serenelli raced in Formula Ford in his native Venezuela, winning his first title in 2000. After racing in the Italian Formul ...

in the Lazarus team, where he partnered

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. He did not score any championship points. For the 2015 season, he will partner

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driver Raffaele Marciello at

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. In 2018, he signed a contract with

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to run the no. 32 car in 6 races of the

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Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

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

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship 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)

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

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

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

American open-wheel racing results

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

IndyCar Series

( key)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

^* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

Official website

René Binder career details at driverdb.com
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