Meindert van Buuren

Meindert van Buuren Jr.
Born	(1995-01-05) January 5, 1995 Rockanje, Netherlands
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2004–2015

Meindert van Buuren Jr. (born 5 January 1995) is a former Dutch racing driver who hails from Rockanje.

Karting

Van Buuren commenced his karting journey in 2004 at the age of nine, primarily competing within Dutch national championships. By 2011, he progressed to the Rotax Max DD2 class, concluding the Rotax Max Wintercup in fourth place.

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2011, Van Buuren made his entry into the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup driving for Van Amersfoort Racing. Despite missing the final event at Monza, he completed the season in 21st position. Additionally, he took part in four rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, where his results placed him mostly outside the top twenty.

He remained active in both championships throughout 2012, switching to Manor MP Motorsport. That year, he elevated his NEC standing to eleventh and secured four finishes within the top twenty in the Eurocup series.

Auto GP

Continuing his partnership with Manor MP Motorsport, Van Buuren competed in the Auto GP during the 2013 campaign. He achieved ninth place overall in the driver rankings, highlighted by a podium finish at Donington Park along with nine further point-scoring results.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In 2014, Van Buuren advanced to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, joining the Pons Racing team for that season.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	0	0	0	0	85	21st
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Van Amersfoort Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	39th
		KTR	6	0	0	0	0
2012	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Manor MP Motorsport	19	0	0	0	1	161	11th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		12	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
2013	Auto GP	Manor MP Motorsport	15	0	0	0	1	57	9th
2014	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	17	0	0	0	0	21	19th

^† Van Buuren was not eligible to earn points as he participated as a guest driver.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Races in bold denote pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2011 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Van Amersfoort Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1 20	SPA 2 Ret										39th	0
	Keerbergs Transport Racing (KTR)					NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1 21	SIL 2 27	LEC 1 25	LEC 2 26	CAT 1 25			CAT 2 32
(Manor) MP Motorsport	style="background:#efcfff;" | ALC 1 Ret	style="background:#efcfff;" | ALC 2 Ret	style="background:#cfcfff;" | SPA 1 18	style="background:#cfcfff;" | SPA 2 15	style="background:#cfcfff;" | NÜR 1 20	style="background:#efcfff;" | NÜR 2 Ret	style="background:#cfcfff;" | MSC 1 22	style="background:#cfcfff;" | MSC 2 21			style="background:#efcfff;" | LEC 1 Ret	style="background:#cfcfff;" | LEC 2 23	style="background:#cfcfff;" | CAT 1 11	style="background:#efcfff;" | CAT 2 Ret	32nd	0

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

(Legend) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Position	Points Scored
2011	Van Amersfoort Racing	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 22 ... [remaining data truncated for brevity] ...	21st	85

|- ... [2012 data similarly compressed] ...

Full Auto GP Results

(Legend) (Entries in bold signify pole position) (Entries in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Standing	Points Total
2013	Manor MP Motorsport	MNZ 1 Retired	MNZ 2 10th	MAR 1 Retired	MAR 2 6th	HUN 1 6th	HUN 2 Retired	SIL 1 8th	SIL 2 4th	MUG 1 10th	MUG 2 6th	NÜR 1 12th	NÜR 2 DNS	DON 1 8th	DON 2 2nd	BRN 1 12th	BRN 2 9th	9th place	57 points

Full Formula Renault 3.5 Series Results

(Legend) (Races in bold show pole positions) (Races in italics mark fastest laps)

Year	Team Name	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Race 12	Race 13	Race 14	Race 15	Race 16	Race 17	Final Ranking	Points Accumulated
2014	Pons Racing	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	ALC 1	ALC 2	MON 1	SPA 1	SPA 2	MSC 1	MSC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2

2015

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style='background:#DFFFDF;' | ALC 1 '5th'

style='background:#DFFFDF;' | ALC 2' '6th'

style='background:#EFCFFF;' | MON 1' 'Retired'

style='background:#CFCFFF;' | SPA 1' '11th'

style='background:#DFFFDF;' | SPA 2' '10th'

style='background:#CFCFFF;' | HUN 1' '16th'

style='background:#DFFFDF;' | HUN 2' '10th'

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rowspan=2 style='white-space:nowrap;' |15th

'20' |-

Pons Racing

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style='background:#EFCFFF;' | RBR 1' 'Retired'

style='background:#EFCFFF;' | RBR 2' 'Retired'

SIL 1'

SIL 2'

NÜR 1'

NÜR 2'

BUG 1'

BUG 2'

JER 1'

JER 2'

Complete GP2 Series Results

( Legend) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are indicated by italics)

Year	Team	Rnd 1	Rnd 2	Rnd 3	Rnd 4	Rnd 5	Rnd 6	Rnd 7	Rnd 8	Rnd 9	Rnd 10	Rnd 11	Rnd 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Final Classification Points Earned
2015	MP Motorsport	BHR Feature	BHR Sprint	ESP Feature	ESP Sprint	MON Feature	MON Sprint	AUT Feature	AUT Sprint	GBR Feature	GBR Sprint	HUN Feature	HUN Sprint	BEL Feature	BEL Sprint	ITA Feature "Ret"	ITA Sprint "DNS"	[[Sochi Autodrom |"RUS < br > Feature"]]	[[Sochi Autodrom |"RUS < br > Sprint"]]	"BHR < br > Feature"	"BHR < br > Sprint"	[[Yas Marina Circuit |"ABU < br > Feature"]]	[[Yas Marina Circuit |"ABU < br > Sprint"]]	NC (Not Classified)	0 points