Nigel Melker

Nigel Melker
Nationality	Dutch
Born	January 25, 1991 (1991-01-25) (age 20) Rotterdam (Netherlands)
2011 GP3 Series
Debut season	2010
Current team	RSC Mücke Motorsport
Car no.	10
Starts	2
Wins	1
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009 2008–09 2008	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Italy

Nigel Melker (born January 25, 1991 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch racing driver.

Career

Karting

Melker began his motorsport career in karting in 2001, winning in the Dutch Mini Junior Cup. In 2005, he won the German Junior championship and finishing as runner-up in the European ICA Junior championship.

Formula Renault

After sitting out the 2007 season, Melker moved up to single-seaters in 2008. He participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Van Amersfoort Racing. He finished in twelfth place in the standings with eleven point-scoring positions that gave him 120 points.^[1] He also took part in ten races of the Italian Formula Renault Championship. He finished eighteenth with 37 points.^[2]

The following season, Melker competed in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships with MP Motorsport. He finished eighteenth in the NEC standings, taking points in all six races he contested.^[3] In the Eurocup, he took part in the first five rounds, finishing 23rd with five points for sixth place at Spa.^[4]

GP3 Series

In 2010, Melker became the first driver to join RSC Mücke Motorsport for the 2010 GP3 Series season.^[5] He started his season with the first pole position in his open wheel racing career on the opening round at Barcelona.^[6] But he was involved in accident at opening lap and retired.^[7] In sprint race he started from backs and rose to the fourteenth place.^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Van Amersfoort Racing	15	0	0	0	0	120	12th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italy		10	0	0	0	0	18	37th
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	MP Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	5	23rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		6	0	0	0	0	77	18th
2010	GP3 Series season	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	0	2	0	0	5	23rd
2011	GP3 Series season	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	1	0	2	5	38	3rd

Complete GP3 Series results

(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	DC	Points
2010	RSC Mücke Motorsport	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 14	TUR FEA 23	TUR SPR 17	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 15	GBR FEA 12	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 23	HUN SPR 14	BEL FEA 12	BEL SPR 15	ITA FEA 8	ITA SPR 13	23rd	5
2011	RSC Mücke Motorsport	TUR FEA 1	TUR SPR 3	ESP FEA 6	ESP SPR 2	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 19	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 8	GER FEA 10	GER SPR 3	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR 4	BEL FEA 3	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 9	ITA SPR Ret	3rd	38

* Season in progress.

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			Points	DC
2011	Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F308	Mercedes	LEC			HOC			ZAN			RBR			NOR			NÜR			SIL			VAL			HOC			251	4th
				1	12	4	7	11	5	1	11	3	5	Ret	2	1	11	10	4	6	3				1	8	3	6	5	2

References

1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/304-2008/. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
2. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/130-2008/. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
3. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/304-2009/. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
4. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/129-2009/. Retrieved 2010-02-12. 
5. ^ "GP3 series with RSC Mücke Motorsport! key for the 2010 season.". Nigel Melker (Totaalnet Internet Services). 2010-02-03. http://www.nigelmelker.nl/newsspec.asp?id=154&a=. Retrieved 2010-02-12. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "Nigel Melker takes first ever GP3 Series pole". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 2010-05-08. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-march/Nigel-Melker-takes-first-ever-GP3-Series-pole-/. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
7. ^ "Varhaug storms to victory in Barcelona". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 2010-05-08. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-march/Varhaug-storms-to-victory-in-Barcelona/. Retrieved 2010-05-13. 
8. ^ "Rossi leads from start to finish". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 2010-05-09. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-march/Barcelona-race-2-report/. Retrieved 2010-05-13. 

External links

• Official site
• Melker career statistics at Driver Database

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Name	Melker, Nigel
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Date of birth	January 25, 1991
Place of birth	Rotterdam (Netherlands)
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