Danny Kroes

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Danny Kroes
Danny Kroes TCR CUPRA Leon.jpg
Nationality Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch
Born (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 24)
Vijfhuizen, Netherlands
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Champion 2019 career
Debut season2019
Current teamBonaldi Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number3
Former teamsFerry Monster, PCR
Starts16
Wins5
Poles5
Fastest laps5
Finished last seasonEuropean Champion and 3rd in World Championship
Previous series
2017
2017

2016
2016
2011-15
Supercar Challenge
Champions
F4 Spanish Championship
SMP F4 Championship
Karting
Championship titles
20191

Danny Kroes (born 5 November 1999) is a Dutch racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the SMP F4 Championship and F4 Spanish Championship amongst others.

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Racing career

Kroes began his career in 2011 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2015. In 2016 he switched to the SMP F4 Championship, he finished the season twelfth in the championship standings that year. He also raced in the F4 Spanish Championship finishing eleventh in the standings. For 2017 he switched to the Champions, driving a SEAT León TCR for Ferry Monster Autosport partnering Pepe Oriola. [1] [2]

In June 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving an SEAT León TCR for his TCR Benelux team Ferry Monster Autosport. [3] [4]

in 2018 he competed in the TCR Europe series with Cupra TCR. He achieved a podium finish in onlY his second race at Zandvoort but suffered from bad luck and mechanical failures throughout the season.

In 2019 Kroes switched to Lamborghini and partnered with Russian driver Sergei Afanasiev. They won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Pro class championship with their team, Bonaldi Motorsport. Kroes also took pole position, fastest race lap and a class win in the 24 Hours of Zolder, also in a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Run by Leipert Motorsport. At the world finals in Jerez, Kroes and Afanasiev took a third place, also with Bonaldi Motorsport.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2016 F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 900000NC†
SMP F4 Championship 800003212th
2017 TCR International Series Ferry Monster Autosport 20000233rd
TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 300005023rd
Supercar Challenge - Supersport 1401315711th
Touring Car Endurance Series - TCR Bas Koeten Racing
2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series PCR Sport1400003014th
TCR Middle East Series Pit Lane Competizioni 20000612th
2019Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - ProBonaldi Motorsport12323101391st
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro20001106th
2020 Italian GT Championship - Endurance Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 40002336th
Italian GT Championship - Sprint 80004705th
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup GSM Novamarine600000NC

† As he was a guest driver, Kroes was ineligible to score points.

Complete TCR International Series results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2017 Ferry Monster Autosport SEAT León TCR RIM
1
RIM
2
BHR
1
BHR
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
SAL
1
SAL
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
OSC
1

9
OSC
2

Ret
CHA
1
CHA
2
ZHE
1
ZHE
2
DUB
1
DUB
2
33rd2

Complete TCR Europe Series results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPoints
2018 PCR Sport CUPRA León TCR LEC
1

Ret
LEC
2

8
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

4
SPA
1

7
SPA
2

9
HUN
1

9
HUN
2

19
ASS
1

12
ASS
2

Ret
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

20
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

Ret
14th30

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References

  1. "Danny Kroes career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. Aller, Tamara (17 May 2017). "Pepe Oriola to race in the TCR Benelux series this weekend". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. "Danny Kroes joins the TCR grid at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. "Kroes at Oschersleben with Ferry Monster Autosport". tcr-series.com. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.