Joel Eriksson (racing driver)

Joel Eriksson
Eriksson in 2019
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26) Tomelilla, Sweden
Formula E career
Debut season	2020–21
Current team	Envision Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	4
Former teams	Dragon / Penske Autosport
Starts	9
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	24th in 2023–24
Finished last season	24th (2 pts)
Previous series
2015 2015 2014	ADAC Formula 4 SMP F4 Championship ADAC Formel Masters

Joel Daniel Andreas Eriksson ^[1] (born 28 June 1998) is a Swedish racing driver currently a reserve driver for Formula E team Jaguar TCS Racing.

Career

Karting

Eriksson began his karting career in 2007. He remained in karting until 2014.

Formula 4

In 2014, Eriksson made his debut in open-wheel racing in the ADAC Formel Masters. In 2015 he stayed in the series, now called ADAC Formula 4, and finished the season second in the standings.

F3 European Championship

In 2016, Eriksson moved to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Motopark. He won one race at Spa-Francorchamps and was 5th in the championship standings. He continued with the team into the 2017 season, where he was runner-up to Carlin's Lando Norris with 7 wins.

DTM

Two seasons in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters driving for BMW Team RBM followed. Eriksson achieved his maiden DTM victory in 2018 at Misano in a rain-drenched night race, becoming the second-youngest DTM race winner in the process. ^{[2] [3]} He racked up a further two podiums the following year.

Formula E

Eriksson made his Formula E debut with Dragon at the 2021 Puebla ePrix.

Eriksson tested Formula E machinery for the first time in January 2018, driving for DS Virgin Racing in the 2018 rookie test at Marrakesh. ^[4]

Dragon Racing (2021)

Eriksson was named by Dragon Racing as its official test and reserve driver for the 2019–20 season, taking part in the March 2020 rookie test at Marrakesh. ^[5] He retained the role the following year as the team rebranded as Dragon / Penske Autosport. He made his debut in the championship at the 2021 Puebla ePrix, replacing regular driver Nico Müller, who left the team due to several clashing commitments. ^[6] He finished the 2021 season with one point in eight races.

Envision Racing (2024)

Eriksson made his first start since the 2021 Berlin ePrix for Envision subbing in for Robin Frijns who had commitments in the World Endurance Championship in the 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps for BMW Team WRT at the 2024 Berlin ePrix. Eriksson was joined that double-header by Estonian Paul Aron who subbed in for Sébastien Buemi who was also at the 6 Hours of Spa for Toyota GR Racing. ^[7]

Personal life

Eriksson is the younger brother of racing driver Jimmy Eriksson, who raced in the 2016 GP2 season.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	ADAC Formel Masters	Lotus	24	1	0	0	6	188	5th
2015	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Motopark	23	7	3	1	10	299	2nd
	SMP F4 Championship	Koiranen GP	3	0	0	0	1	30	12th
2016	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Motopark	30	1	1	2	10	252	5th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Motopark	30	7	5	4	14	388	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team RBM	20	1	0	0	1	72	14th
	International GT Open	Senkyr Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	20	21st
	Macau Grand Prix	Motopark	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2019	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team RBM	17	0	0	0	2	61	11th
	FIA GT World Cup	FIST-Team AAI	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2019–20	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	FIST-Team AAI	1	0	0	0	0	0	18th
	Formula E	GEOX Dragon	Test/Reserve driver
2020	ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	13	0	0	0	0	8	37th
2020–21	Formula E	Dragon / Penske Autosport	8	0	0	0	0	1	25th
2021	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team Bernhard	8	0	0	0	1	57	17th
2022	British GT Championship - GT3	Century Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
	24H GT Series - GT3	Leipert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022–23	Formula E	Jaguar TCS Racing	Reserve driver
2023	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Falken Motorsports	3	1	0	2	1	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	0	10th
2023–24	Formula E	Envision Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	24th
		Jaguar TCS Racing	Reserve driver
2024	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Falken Motorsports	3	1	0	0	2	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Phantom Global Racing
		Falken Motorsports
	GT World Challenge Asia	Phantom Global Racing	2	0	0	?	0	24	24th
		AAS Phantom Global Racing	8	0	0	?	0
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Phantom Global Racing	1	0	0	0	0	4	27th
2024–25	Formula E	Jaguar TCS Racing	Reserve driver

^* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters/Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2014	Lotus	OSC 1 6	OSC 2 9	OSC 3 10	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 13	ZAN 3 6	LAU 1 7	LAU 2 6	LAU 3 7	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 1	SVK 1 8	SVK 2 6	SVK 3 2	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 6	SAC 1 2	SAC 2 4	SAC 3 10	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 3	HOC 3 5	5th	188
2015	Motopark	OSC1 1 4	OSC1 2 9	OSC1 3 5	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 Ret	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 1	SPA 3 4	LAU 1 EX	LAU 2 1	LAU 3 9	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 10	NÜR 3 6	SAC 1 2	SAC 2 2	SAC 3 6	OSC2 1 1	OSC2 2 1	OSC2 3 9	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 3	2nd	299

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2016	Motopark	Volkswagen	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 9	LEC 3 3	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 Ret	HUN 3 2	PAU 1 14	PAU 2 9	PAU 3 6	RBR 1 17	RBR 2 14	RBR 3 6	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 5	NOR 3 Ret	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 10	ZAN 3 7	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 1	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 3	NÜR 3 6	IMO 1 3	IMO 2 2	IMO 3 5	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 2	HOC 3 2	5th	252
2017	Motopark	Volkswagen	SIL 1 4	SIL 2 1	SIL 3 2	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 1	MNZ 3 4	PAU 1 1	PAU 2 Ret	PAU 3 5	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 2	HUN 3 1	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 10	NOR 3 7	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 2	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 12	ZAN 3 12	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 9	NÜR 3 8	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 1	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 4	HOC 3 2	2nd	388

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2018	BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 4	LAU 1 12	LAU 2 9	HUN 1 17	HUN 2 6	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 12	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 11	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 13	MIS 1 12	MIS 2 1	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 6	SPL 1 15	SPL 2 5	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 9	14th	72
2019	BMW Team RBM	BMW M4 Turbo DTM	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 10	ZOL 1 2	ZOL 2 10	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 6	NOR 1 3	NOR 2 13	ASS 1 16	ASS 2 16†	BRH 1 DNS	BRH 2 Ret	LAU 1 8	LAU 2 13	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 11	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 6			11th	61

^† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Nürburgring Endurance Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Points
2018	Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport	BMW M235i Racing	SP8T	VLN 1	VLN 2	VLN 3	VLN 4	VLN 5	VLN 6	VLN 7	VLN 8 1	VLN 9	669th	5
2019	Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport	BMW M240i Racing	Cup5	VLN 1 11	VLN 2	VLN 3	VLN 4	VLN 5	VLN 6	VLN 7	VLN 8	VLN 9	765th	3
2022	Falken Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	NÜR 4 WD	NÜR 5 1	NÜR 6	NÜR 7	NÜR 8	NÜR 9	NC†	0
2023	Falken Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 9	NÜR 3	NÜR 4	NÜR 5 1	NÜR 6	NÜR 7	NÜR 8	NÜR 9	NC†	0
2024	Falken Motorsports	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	SP9	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 3	24H-Q1	24H-Q2	NÜR 3	NÜR 4	NÜR 5	NÜR 6		*	*

^†As Eriksson was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula E results

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

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2020–21	Dragon / Penske Autosport	Spark SRT05e	Penske EV-5	DIR	DIR	RME	RME	VLC	VLC	MCO	PUE 17	PUE 15	NYC 17	NYC 22	LDN 16	LDN 10	BER 16	BER 16		25th	1
2023–24	Envision Racing	Formula E Gen3	Jaguar I-Type 6	MEX	DRH	DRH	SAP	TOK	MIS	MIS	MCO	BER Ret	BER 9	SIC	SIC	POR	POR	LDN	LDN	24th	2

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2022	Century Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	DON 1	SNE 1 14	SNE 2 29	SPA 1 11	BRH 1	DON 1	NC	0

References

1. "Joel Eriksson". hitta.se. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
2. "Joel Eriksson celebrates his first DTM win in rain-drenched Misano – Alex Zanardi sensationally snatches fifth place". BMWgroup.com. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "Joel Eriksson becomes second-youngest DTM race winner". joelerikssonracing.com. 27 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
4. "Joel Eriksson to test for DS Virgin Racing". automobilsport.com. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
5. "GEOX DRAGON announces Joel Eriksson as test and reserve driver". Dragon Racing. 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
6. "Eriksson called up for Formula E race debut at Puebla". The Race. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
7. "Envision Racing announce update on driver line-up Berlin E-Prix weekend". Envision Racing . 11 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

External links

• Joel Eriksson career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Antonio Giovinazzi	Masters of Formula 3 Winner 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Charles Leclerc	FIA European Formula 3 Championship Rookie Champion 2016	Succeeded by Lando Norris