Nigel Melker

Nigel Melker
Born	(1991-01-25) January 25, 1991 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Occupation	Racing driver (retired)

Nigel Melker (born 25 January 1991) is a retired Dutch racing driver.

Karting

Hailing from Rotterdam, Melker launched his motorsport journey in karting in 2001, capturing the Dutch Mini Junior Cup title. By 2005, he had claimed the German Junior championship and secured second place in the European ICA Junior championship.

Formula Renault

After taking a hiatus in 2007, Melker stepped into single-seater racing in 2008, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Van Amersfoort Racing. He concluded the season twelfth overall, accumulating 120 points through eleven point-scoring finishes. Additionally, he participated in ten races of the Italian Formula Renault Championship, finishing eighteenth with a total of 37 points.

In 2009, Melker contested both the NEC and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series with MP Motorsport. He achieved eighteenth place in the NEC standings, scoring points in all six events he entered. Meanwhile, in the Eurocup, he took part in five rounds and ended 23rd with five points, highlighted by a sixth-place finish at Spa.

GP3 Series

For the 2010 GP3 Series season, Melker signed with RSC Mücke Motorsport, racing alongside fellow Dutch driver Renger van der Zande and German competitor Tobias Hegewald. He earned his first career pole position at Barcelona but was forced to retire following a first-lap collision. Starting from the back in the sprint race, he managed to finish fourteenth. Another pole position came at Turkey, yet he only scored points during the final round at Monza, wrapping up the season 23rd in the championship.

Continuing with Mücke for the 2011 GP3 Series season, Melker's teammates included Michael Christensen and initially Luciano Bacheta, who was later replaced by Daniel Mancinelli. Demonstrating improved performance, he won the opening race in Turkey and secured four additional podiums, briefly leading the championship standings. However, after mid-season testing at Barcelona, his team's competitiveness waned, resulting in a third-place finish overall behind Valtteri Bottas and James Calado of Lotus ART.

Formula 3 Euro Series

Alongside his GP3 commitments in 2011, Melker competed in the 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series season with Mücke Motorsport. He finished fourth overall with four victories and outpaced teammates such as Felix Rosenqvist, Marco Sørensen, and Facu Regalia. Despite this, he was unable to consistently challenge dominant champion Roberto Merhi, fellow Prema Powerteam driver Daniel Juncadella, or Signature's Marco Wittmann.

GP2 Series

Following participation in the non-championship 2011 GP2 Final with DAMS, Melker joined Ocean Racing Technology for the 2012 campaign, initially partnering with Jon Lancaster. His top result was a fourth-place finish at Silverstone, concluding the year 19th in the overall standings.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Melker made his Formula Renault 3.5 debut at Silverstone in 2012, stepping in for César Ramos at Lotus. He qualified 14th and achieved a podium finish (third place) under wet conditions but retired from the second race. Estonian driver Kevin Korjus took over for the remainder of that season. Notably, Melker was the sole driver to reach the podium in Lotus car number 11 that year.

In 2013, Melker competed full-time in Formula Renault 3.5 with reigning champions Tech 1 Racing, alongside experienced series competitor Mikhail Aleshin. Over the course of the season, he secured four podium finishes, recorded two fastest laps, and amassed 136 points to finish sixth overall. His most impressive performance came at the Red Bull Ring, where he twice finished second behind dominant winner Marco Sørensen.

Formula Acceleration 1

After failing to obtain a seat in the 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 series, Melker joined Azerti Motorsport to compete in the first season of Formula Acceleration 1. Demonstrating immediate competitiveness, he secured two second-place finishes in Portugal before dominating with a pair of victories at Circuito de Navarra. He ultimately secured the drivers' title by winning at the Nürburgring and achieving another double win at Assen.

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	0	0	0	0	120	12th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italy		10	0	0	0	0	37	18th
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	MP Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	5	23rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		6	0	0	0	0	77	18th
2010	GP3 Series	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	0	2	0	0	5	23rd
	ATS F3 Cup	Jo Zeller Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	2010 Masters of Formula 3	Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2011	2011 GP3 Series season	Mücke Motorsport	16	1	0	2	5	38	3rd
	2011 Formula 3 Euro Series season	Mücke Motorsport	24	4	2	2	9	251	4th
	2011 Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	2011 GP2 Final	DAMS	2	0	0	0	0	0	20th
2012	2012 GP2 Series season	Ocean Racing Technology	24	0	0	0	0	25	19th
	align=left  2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season   || align=left  Lotus   ||2   ||0   ||0   ||0   ||1   ||15   ||19th
2013   || align=left  2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season   || align=left  Tech 1 Racing   ||17   ||0   ||0   ||2   ||4   ||136   ||6th
2014   || align=left  2014 Formula Acceleration 1 season   || align=left  Acceleration Team Netherlands   ||10   ||5   ||4   ||3   ||9   ||183   ||style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st
rowspan=2  2016   || align=left  Supercar Challenge – Super GT   || rowspan=2 align=left DayVTec   ||2   ||2   ||2   ||2   ||0   ||0   ||NC†

† – Guest driver, not eligible for points.

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points Scored
2008	Van Amersfoort Racing	HOC 1 DNS	HOC 2 Ret	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 22	ALA 1 Ret	ALA 2 8	OSC 1 12	OSC 2 6	ASS 1 14	ASS 2 Ret	ZOL 1 10	ZOL 2 9	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 8	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 15	12th	120
2009	MP Motorsport	ZAN 1 5	ZAN 2 16	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 5			OSC 1 5	OSC 2 5									18th	77

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

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Full GP3 Series results

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Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Total Points
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Full Formula 3 Euro Series results

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Full GP2 Series results

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