Meindert van Buuren | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Rockanje | 5 January 1995
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Pons Racing |
Car number | 10 |
Former teams | Lotus |
Starts | 26 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 15th in 2015 |
Previous series | |
2015 2015 2013 2011–12 2011–12 | Renault Sport Trophy GP2 Series Auto GP Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |
Meindert van Buuren, Jr. (born 5 January 1995) is a Dutch former racing driver, who currently resides in Rockanje.
Van Buuren began karting in 2004 at the age of nine and raced mostly in various Dutch championships, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the Rotax Max DD2 category by 2011, when he finished in fourth position in the Rotax Max Wintercup. [1] [2]
2011 saw his début in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. Van Buuren finished 21st in the championship, despite missing the final round of the championship, at Monza. [3] He also contested four rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, but only finished one race inside the top twenty placings.
He remained in both series for the 2012 season, but switched to Manor MP Motorsport. [4] He improved to eleventh position in the NEC series, while in the Eurocup, he recorded four top-twenty finishes.
Van Buuren continued his collaboration with Manor MP Motorsport into the Auto GP in 2013. [5] He finished ninth in the drivers' standings with a podium at Donington Park and another nine point-scoring finishes. [6]
In 2014, Van Buuren will graduate to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, joining Pons Racing. [7]
† As van Buuren was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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2013 | Manor MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 10 | MAR 1 Ret | MAR 2 6 | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 Ret | SIL 1 8 | SIL 2 4 | MUG 1 10 | MUG 2 6 | NÜR 1 12 | NÜR 2 DNS | DON 1 8 | DON 2 2 | BRN 2 12 | BRN 2 9 | 9th | 57 |
(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 | Pos | Points |
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2014 | Pons Racing | MNZ 1 9 | MNZ 2 Ret | ALC 1 14 | ALC 2 11 | MON 1 10 | SPA 1 12 | SPA 2 9 | MSC 1 NC | MSC 2 18 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 Ret | HUN 1 16 | HUN 2 5 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 14 | JER 1 7 | JER 2 15 | 19th | 21 |
2015 | Lotus | ALC 1 5 | ALC 2 6 | MON 1 Ret | SPA 1 11 | SPA 2 10 | HUN 1 16 | HUN 2 10 | 15th | 20 | ||||||||||
Pons Racing | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 Ret | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | BUG 1 | BUG 2 | JER 1 | JER 2 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2015 | MP Motorsport | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | ESP FEA | ESP SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | AUT FEA | AUT SPR | GBR FEA | GBR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | BEL FEA | BEL SPR | ITA FEA Ret | ITA SPR DNS | RUS FEA | RUS SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | ABU FEA | ABU SPR | NC | 0 |
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