Hans Weijs

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Hans Weijs
WRC Rallye Deutschland 2011 (6066606746).jpg
Personal information
Nationality Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch
Born (1986-12-19) December 19, 1986 (age 37)
Elst, Netherlands
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2006 2013
Co-driver Flag of the Netherlands.svg John Raven
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hans van Goor
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bjorn Degandt
TeamsKNAF Talent First
Rallies28
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally 2006 Rallye Deutschland
Last rally 2013 Wales Rally GB

Hans Weijs Jr. (born 19 December 1986) is a Dutch rally driver. He has won two rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship, finishing runner-up in the standings in 2010.

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His father, Hans Weijs, Sr., is also a rally driver and runs his own garage in Elst.

Career

In 2004 Weijs entered for a selection day of KNAF Talent First, a program run by the Dutch national motorsport federation to find and support new young talent, which he won. [1]

He made his debut in the World Rally Championship in 2006, on Rallye Deutschland, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII, finishing in 39th position. He also finished Wales Rally GB in a Ford Fiesta ST. 2007 saw Weijs enter six rounds of the WRC in an Evo IX.

Weijs entered the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in 2008 in a Citroën C2 R2 Max with the continued support of KNAF Talent First programme. He scored two points in his first season, finishing 17th in the final standings. 2009 saw considerable improvement in results after switching to a more competitive C2 S1600. He finished third in JWRC on Rally de Portugal, and won at the end of the year on Rally Catalunya. He finished the season fifth in the standings.

In 2010 Weijs won in Germany and scored two further podiums prior to the final round of the season in Catalunya. Weijs led on the final day of the rally, which would have seen him beat Aaron Burkart to the title. However, a crank sensor failure dropped him to third, which allowed Burkart, who finished the rally fourth, to win the title.

Weijs finished Second on his Super 2000 debut on the Ypres Rally, a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in a Škoda Fabia S2000.

In 2012 Hans Weijs competes in the South African Rally Championship, running for the South African Volkswagen Rally team in a Volkswagen Polo S2000

Career results

Complete WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516Pos.Points
2006 Hans Weijs Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER
39
FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL NC0
Ford Fiesta ST GBR
60
2007 Hans Weijs Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA
27
GRE NZL FRA JPN IRE
32
GBR
31
NC0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII FIN
Ret
Knaf Talent First Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GER
22
ESP
31
2008 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 R2 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR
Ret
ITA
27
GRE TUR FIN
40
GER
Ret
NZL FRA
37
JPN GBR NC0
Citroën C2 R2 Max ESP
Ret
2009 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 IRE
Ret
NOR CYP POR
22
ARG ITA
21
GRE POL
17
FIN
43
AUS ESP
12
GBR NC0
2010 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR
Ret
BUL
14
FIN GER
22
JPN FRA
24
ESP
18
GBR NC0
2011 Volkswagen Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER
13
AUS FRA ESP GBR NC0
2012 Qatar World Rally Team Citroën DS3 WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP
Ret
NC0
2013 Hans Weijs Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
17
NC0

JWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678Pos.Points
2008 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 R2 MEX JOR
Ret
ITA
8
FIN
8
GER
Ret
FRA
12
17th2
Citroën C2 R2 Max ESP
Ret
2009 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 IRE
Ret
CYP POR
3
ARG ITA
6
POL
4
FIN
7
ESP
1
5th26
2010 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 TUR POR
Ret
BUL
2
GER
1
FRA
2
ESP
3
2nd76

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References

  1. "Biography Hans Weijs Jr". Hans Weijs Motorsport. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2011.