Dennis Kuipers

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Dennis Kuipers
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Dennis Kuipers in 2014 Rallye Deutschland.
Personal information
Nationality Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch
Born (1985-11-23) 23 November 1985 (age 38)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2008 – 2014
Co-driver Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kees Hagman
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Miclotte
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bjorn Degandt
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Robin Buysmans
TeamsIpatec, Stobart, Ferm
Rallies27
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points35
First rally 2008 Rallye Deutschland
Last rally 2014 Rallye de France-Alsace

Dennis Kuipers (born 23 November 1985, in Almelo) is a Dutch rally driver.

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Career

The son of businessman and part-time rally driver Rene Kuipers, Dennis began rallying in his home country in 2007. He made his debut in the World Rally Championship at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland, finishing 18th in a Ford Focus RS WRC. He also competed at the 2009 Rally Portugal and 2009 Rally GB. In 2010, after doing the 2010 Rally Sweden in a Focus WRC, he began driving a Ford Fiesta S2000, entered by the Stobart Ford World Rally Team. In his first rally in the car, in Turkey, he finished ninth overall, scoring two points. [1]

For 2011 he will be driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC on 11 rally's. He scored points in Portugal, Jordan, Greece, Germany, France, Spain and Wales. In France, he became the best scoring Dutchman in the WRC with his fifth-place finish.

WRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789101112131415Pos.Points
2008 Dennis Kuipers Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER
18		 NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC0
2009 Ipatec Racing Ford Focus RS WRC 06 IRE NOR CYP POR
Ret		 ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR
16		NC0
2010 Ipatec Racing Ford Focus RS WRC 06 SWE
37		19th2
Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 MEX JOR TUR
9		 NZL POR
19		 BUL
13		 FIN
Ret		 GER
24		 JPN FRA
17		 ESP
11		 GBR
16
2011 FERM Power Tools World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE
13		 MEX
Ret		 POR
10		 JOR
9		 ITA
Ret		 ARG GRE
10		 FIN
11		 GER
10		 AUS FRA
5		 ESP
9		 GBR
8		12th21
2012 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR
6		 ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP 19th8
2013 Dennis Kuipers Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR
Ret		 ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC0
2014 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER
8		 AUS FRA
11		 ESP GBR 20th4

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References

  1. ↑ "Fiesta S2000 propels Dutchman into the record books". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
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