Daniël de Jong

Daniël de Jong
Born	(1992-07-09) July 9, 1992 Netherlands
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2008–present
Known for	Competing in Formula Renault 2.0, Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Auto GP, GP2 Series, and GT3 category of the Middle East Trophy

Daniël de Jong (born 9 July 1992) is a professional Dutch racing driver currently competing in the GT3 category of the 2025 Middle East Trophy with MP Motorsport.

Formula Renault 2.0

After progressing through karting in the Netherlands and a short spell in the Dutch Winter Endurance Series, de Jong made his single-seater debut in 2008 within the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC), concluding the season in 13th place overall. He also took part in two events of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ championship, where he earned two pole positions and one race win, ultimately ranking eighth. Additionally, he entered one round of the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup at Spa–Francorchamps.

In 2009, de Jong competed simultaneously in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series, both with MP Motorsport. He managed to score points once in the Eurocup, finishing 25th in the championship, while achieving podium finishes at Nürburgring and Spa–Francorchamps in NEC, securing ninth place despite missing a race weekend.

Continuing his Eurocup campaign in 2010, de Jong kicked off with a runner-up finish at Motorland Aragón and accumulated points in eight additional races to claim ninth overall. He also participated selectively in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, winning the closing event at Nürburgring and placing second at Brno, ending the season 11th despite limited appearances.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In October 2010, de Jong conducted a test session with Draco Racing's Formula Renault 3.5 car at Barcelona. Shortly after, he tested for Comtec Racing at Motorland Aragón and subsequently signed with them for the 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, teaming up with British F3 alumnus Daniel McKenzie.

Auto GP

Alongside his Formula Renault 3.5 commitments, de Jong competed in the 2011 Auto GP season driving for MP Motorsport, his long-term team from Formula Renault 2.0. He remained with MP Motorsport for the 2012 Auto GP World Series season as they partnered with Manor Motorsport.

GP2 Series

De Jong made his GP2 Series debut in 2012 at Valencia behind the wheel of a Rapax Team car. He also participated in rounds at Silverstone, Hungaroring, and Spa-Francorchamps. As the third Dutch competitor alongside Giedo van der Garde and Nigel Melker, de Jong missed the Hockenheim event due to Auto GP obligations but returned for Hungaroring. He was replaced by Stefano Coletti for the Monza round.

Career summary

  align=left GP2 Series season   align=left Rapax Team   8   0   0   0   0   0  26th align=left | GP2 Series season | align=left | MP Motorsport | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24th | 2014 | align=left| GP2 Series season| align=left| MP Motorsport| 22| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 28th| align=left| MW-V6 Pickup Series| align=left| Team Netherlands| 6| 1| 1| 1| 2| 70| 4th| 2015 | align=left rowspan="2"| GP2 Series season| align=left| MP Motorsport| 13| 0| 0| 0| 0| rowspan="2"| 1| rowspan="2"| 23rd| align=left| Trident Racing| 3| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2016 | align=left| GP2 Series season| align=left| MP Motorsport| 22| 0| 0| 0| 0| 6| 21st| align=left| 24H Series - A6 class| align=left| GDL Racing|

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 season	MP Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	19	14th
rowspan=2 2012   |-   align=left Auto GP World Series season   align=left Manor Motorsport / MP Motorsport   16   0   0   3   3   104   5th
2013 | align=left | Auto GP season | align=left | Manor Motorsport / MP Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 7th |
align=left| 24H Series - SPX class	align=left| Bas Koeten Racing - Eurotrac by Bas Koeten
align=left| 24H GT Series - A6 category	align=left| MP Motorsport
align=left| 24H GT Series - A6 category	align=left| MP Motorsport
align=left| 24H GT Series - GT3 class	align=left| MP Motorsport
align=left | 24H GT Series - GT3 class	align = left | MP Motorsport
align = left | Middle East Trophy - GT3 class (2022-23)	align = left | MP Motorsport
align = left | Middle East Trophy - GT3 class (2025)	align = left | MP Motorsport

^† De Jong was not eligible to earn championship points as a guest driver during this event.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Entries shown in bold signify pole position) (Entries in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Standing	Points Scored
2008	MP Motorsport	HOC 1 20	HOC 2 12	ZAN 1 20	ZAN 2 13	ALA 1 17	ALA 2 12	OSC 1 6	OSC 2 8	ASS 1 8	ASS 2 16	ZOL 1 15	ZOL 2 6	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 14	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 20					13th place	118 points
2009	MP Motorsport	ZAN < br >1 < br > 7	ZAN < br >2 < br > 6	HOC < br >1 < br > 10	HOC < br >2 < br > 18			OSC < br >1 < br > 8	OSC < br >2 < br > Ret	ASS < br >1 < br > 7	ASS < br >2 < br > 10	MST < br >1 < br > Ret	MST < br >2 < br > 8	NÜR < br >1 < br > 3	NÜR < br >2 < br > 7	SPA < br >1 < br > 3	SPA < br >2 < br > 5					9th place	164 points
2010	MP Motorsport			BRN < br >1 < br > Ret	BRN < br >2 < br > 2															11th place	105 points

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 standings

(legend) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position; those in italics signify fastest lap)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points Total
2009	MP Motorsport	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 21	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 19	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 8	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 Ret	LMS 1 Ret	LMS 2 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	ALC 1 19	ALC 2 Ret			25th	3
2010	MP Motorsport	ALC 1 2	ALC 2 16	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 7	BRN 1 8	BRN 2 Ret	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 5	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 15	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 10	SIL 1 11	SIL 2 7	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 10	9th	48

Full Formula Renault 3.5 Series Results

(key) (Events shown in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Position	Points Earned
2011	Comtec Racing	ALC 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	29th	2

Full Auto GP Results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold) (Fastest laps appear in italics)

Year	Team Entry	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Standing	Points Total
2011	MP Motorsport	MNZ 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			14th	19
2012	Manor / MP Motorsport	MNZ 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	-Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba -CUR-1-4	style= " background: #FFDF9F; " |- CUR-2-3-	style= " background: #DFDFDF; " |- SON-1-2-	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- SON-2-6-	colspan=2|	5th	104
2013 Auto GP season	nowrap Manor / MP Motorsport	Monza MNZ-1	Monza MNZ-2	- Marrakech MAR-1 - 2	style= " background: #EFCFFF; " |- Marrakech MAR-2 - Ret -	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- Hungaroring HUN-1 - 7	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- Hungaroring HUN-2 - 7	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- Silverstone SIL-1 - 4	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- Silverstone SIL-2 - 6	style= " background: #FFFFFF; " |- Mugello MUG-1 - DNS -	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- Mugello MUG-2 - 7	style= " background: #EFCFFF; " |- Nürburgring NÜR-1 - Ret -	style= " background: #FFDF9F; " |- Nürburgring NÜR-2 - 3	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- Donington DON-1 - 6	style= " background: #CFCFFF; " |- Donington DON-2 - 13	style= " background: #DFFFDF; " |- Brno BRN-1 - 9	style= " background: #DFFFDF; "| Brno BRN-2 - 8	7th	77

Full GP2 Series Performance Overview

(legend) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics represent fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Championship Position	Points Scored
2012	Rapax Team	SEP 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	26th	0
2013	MP Motorsport	SEP 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 < br/> SPR < br/> 18	NÜR < br/> FEA < br/> 15	NÜR < br/> SPR < br/> Ret	HUN < br/> FEA < br/> 12	HUN < br/> SPR < br/> Ret	SPA < br/> FEA < br/> Ret	SPA < br/> SPR < br/> 17	MNZ < br/> FEA < br/> 11	MNZ < br/> SPR < br/> 19	MRN < br/> FEA < br/> 17	MRN < br/> SPR < br/> 7	YMC < br/> FEA < br/> 19†	YMC < br/> SPR < br/> 17	24th	3
nowrap= "MP Motorsport"	"Bahrain International Circuit BHR FEA" "{{{1}}}11"	"Bahrain International Circuit BHR SPR" "{{{1}}}11"	"Circuit de Catalunya CAT FEA" "{{{1}}}Ret"	"Circuit de Catalunya CAT SPR" "{{{1}}}19"	"Circuit de Monaco MON FEA" "{{{1}}}11"	"Circuit de Monaco MON SPR" "{{{1}}}Ret"	"Red Bull Ring RBR FEA" "{{{1}}}19"	"Red Bull Ring RBR SPR" "{{{1}}}21"	"Silverstone Circuit SIL FEA" "{{{1}}}19"	"Silverstone Circuit SIL SPR" "{{{1}}}14"	"Hockenheimring HOC FEA" "{{{1}}}Ret"	"Hockenheimring HOC SPR" "{{{1}}}16"	"Hungaroring HUN FEA" "{{{1}}}14"	"Hungaroring HUN SPR" "{{{1}}}18"	"Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPA FEA" "{{{1}}}10"	"Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPA SPR" "{{{1}}}13"	"Autodromo Nazionale Monza MNZ FEA" "{{{1}}}Ret"	"Autodromo Nazionale Monza MNZ SPR" "{{{1}}}9"	"Sochi Autodrom SOC FEA" "{{{1}}}14"	"Sochi Autodrom SOC SPR" "{{{1}}}19"	"Yas Marina Circuit YMC FEA" "{{{1}}}10"	"Yas Marina Circuit YMC SPR" "{{{1}}}Ret"	"28th"	"2"
2015"	MP Motorsport	\|\ BHR\|\ BR\ FE A\|\ "Template:\ small\18"	\|\ BHR\|\ BR\ SP R\|\ "Template:\ small\13"	\|\ CAT\|\ BR\ FE A\|\ "Template:\ small\15"	\|\ CAT\|\ BR\ SP R\|\ "Template:\ small\9"	\|\ MON\ |\ BR FE A \ |\ "Template:\ small12"	\ BR SP R \ |\ "Template:\ small12"	\ BR FE A \ |\ "Template:\ small21"	\ BR SP R \ |\ "Template:\ small12"	\ BR FE A \ |\ "Template:\ small11"	\ BR SP R \ |\ "Template:\ small26 † "	\ BR FE A \ |\ "Template:\ small10"	\ BR SP R \ |\ "Template:\ smallRet"	\ BR FE A \ |\ "Template:\ smallRet"	\ BR SP R \ |\ "Template:\ smallDNS"							rowspan=2| 23rd	rowspan=2| 1
Trident Racing																	<style="background: #cfcfff;">[[Bahrain International Circuit]|BHR FEA] {{small|19}}	...	colspan=2|
nowrap='MP Motorsport' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Catalunya' 'FEA' '14' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Catalunya' 'SPR' '17' | bgcolor='#dfffdf' 'Monaco' 'FEA' '9' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Monaco' 'SPR' '11' | bgcolor='#dfffdf' 'Baku' 'FEA' '8' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Baku' 'SPR' '14' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Red Bull Ring' 'FEA' '14' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Red Bull Ring' 'SPR' '20' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Silverstone' 'FEA' '19' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Silverstone' 'SPR' '16' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Hungaroring' 'FEA' '15' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Hungaroring' 'SPR' '11' | bgcolor='#efcfff' 'Hockenheimring' 'FEA' Ret | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Hockenheimring' 'SPR' '16' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Spa-Francorchamps' 'FEA' '17' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Spa-Francorchamps' 'SPR' '17' | bgcolor='#cfcfff' 'Monza' 'FEA' '17' | bgcolor='#cfcfff;' Monza SPR 19 | bgcolor='#cfcfff;' Sepang FEA 17 | bgcolor='#efcfff;' Sepang SPR Ret | bgcolor='#cfcfff;' Yas Marina FEA 14 | bgcolor='#efcfff;' Yas Marina SPR Ret | colspan='2'	21st	6

^† The driver was classified despite not finishing, having completed more than 90% of the race distance.

External links

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