Indy Dontje

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Indy Dontje
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NationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Dutch
Born (1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 31)
Alkmaar, North Holland
Related to Milan Dontje (brother)
Current teamWinward Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number57
Previous series
2014
2012-2013 		ATS Formel 3 Cup
ADAC Formel Masters
Championship titles
2021, 202424 Hour of Daytona Pro-Am

Indy Dontje (born 21 November 1992 in Alkmaar, North Holland) is a Dutch racing driver. After starting in ADAC Formel Masters and ATS Formel 3 Cup Dontje is now a Mercedes-Benz GT3 driver.

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Career

Karting

Father Arthur Dontje supported his sons Indy and Milan with their own karting team early in their careers. Arthurs chocolate company, Dobla, was the naming sponsor. Indy started racing in Rotax Max powered classes, such as MiniMax and Junior Max. [1] After graduating into shifter karts, Dontje raced in the German Karting Championship in 2009 against other young hopefuls such as Jack Hawksworth and Hannes van Asseldonk. [2] Later in his karting career, in 2010 and 2011, the young karter competed in the USA in the SKUSA SuperNationals. In 2010 Dontje finished third in the S1 class. [3] The following year Dontje finished second in a factory supported Energy Corse kart. [4]

Single seaters

Dontje made his single-seater debut in 2012 at age 19. Racing in the ADAC Formel Masters Dontje joined Team Motopark, part of the Lotus F1 junior program. [5] During the season Dontje scored one podium finish, a third place at the Sachsenring. [6] For 2013 Dontje remained at Team Motopark. He won the third race of the season, at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. [7] The Dutchman won a second race at the Red Bull Ring. [8] Dontje was the only driver to score points every single race during the season. This placed the Dutchman sixth in the series standings.

For 2014 Dontje remained at the Lotus backed Team Motopark to race in the ATS Formel 3 Cup. [9] With the German F3 championship running older machinery compared to the European F3, the German championship struggled to attract many drivers with many races being run with less than ten drivers. Dontje scored fourteen podium finishes, with a single victory, out of 23 races. Dontje won the second race during the Red Bull Ring weekend. [10] The Dutchman also competed in the 2014 Zandvoort Masters. Dontje challenged Nabil Jeffri for third but had to settle for fourth place, scoring the fastest racelap in the progress. [11]

GT racing

The Mercedes-AMG GT4 raced by Dontje in the 12H of Spa. Mercedes-AMG GT4.jpg
The Mercedes-AMG GT4 raced by Dontje in the 12H of Spa.

In 2015 Rowe Racing named Dontje as one of their drivers for the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series. [12] After the opening three races, Dontje switched to the GT Russian Team for the 2015 24 Hours of Spa and remained at the team for the season final. [13]

With Rowe Racing switching to BMW, Dontje remained in the AMG Customer Sports program with HTP Motorsport for 2016. Dontje ran the full 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup with teammates Luciano Bacheta and Clemens Schmid. The teams best finish was a fifth place at Silverstone. He also made his debut in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring racing with fellow Mercedes-AMG team Black Falcon. The team retired after 57 laps. [14] For 2017 Dontje switched from the Blancpain Endurance Series to the ADAC GT Masters. With the Mercedes-AMG GT Dontje scored two podium finishes, at Zandvoort and the Sachsenring, to place thirteenth in the series championship.

In 2023, Dontje joined Winward Racing in their expanded GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup effort, competing alongside Philip Ellis and Russell Ward in the Gold Cup class. [15]

Results

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2016 Black Falcon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Huff
Flag of Germany.svg "Gerwin"
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulaziz Al Faisal 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP957RetRet
2017 Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport Flag of Germany.svg Kenneth Heyer
Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Assenheimer		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP915514th14th
2018 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Götz
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Hohenadel
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Renger van der Zande 		Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP912917th16th
2019 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Flag of Germany.svg Hendrick Still
Flag of Germany.svg Georg Weiss
Flag of Germany.svg Leonard Weiss		 Ferrari 488 GT3 SP915212th11th

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Pos.Pts
2015 GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Pro-Am NOG
QR 		NOG
CR 		BRH
QR 		BRH
CR 		ZOL
QR 		ZOL
CR 		MOS
QR 		MOS
CR 		ALG
QR 		ALG
CR 		MIS
QR 		MIS
CR 		ZAN
QR
13		 ZAN
CR
9		26th2

Complete Blancpain Endurance Series results

YearTeamCarClass12345Pos.Pts
2015 Rowe Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Pro MON
15		 SIL
11		 LEC
Ret		27th1
GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Pro-Am SPA
Ret		 NÜR
20		14th24
2016 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MON
21		 SIL
5		 LEC
40		 SPA
21		 NÜR
25		34th10
2017 MANN-FILTER Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MON
14		 SIL
Ret		 LEC
51		 SPA
Ret		 BAR
40		--
2019 Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Silver MON SIL LEC SPA
Ret		 BAR --

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Pos.Pts
2017 Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Junior OSC
1
15		 OSC
2
6		 LAU
1
4		 LAU
2
10		 RBR
1
13		 RBR
2
7		 ZAN
1
3		 ZAN
2
16		 NÜR
1
12		 NÜR
2
7		 SAC
1
2		 SAC
2
Ret		 HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
11		13th66
2018 Mann-Filter Team HTP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Junior OSC
1
6		 OSC
2
27		 MST
1
4		 MST
2
16		 RBR
1
9		 RBR
2
16		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
17		 ZAN
1
26		 ZAN
2
5		 SAC
1
4		 SAC
2
22		 HOC
1
15		 HOC
2
3		5th84
2019 Mann-Filter Team HTP Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC
1
9		 OSC
2
8		 MST
1
5		 MST
2
6		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
2		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
21		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
5		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
7		 SAC
1
1		 SAC
2
5		3rd145

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