- Nico Verdonck
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Nicolas Verdonck Nationality Belgian Born 5 December 1985
Brussels (Belgium)2011 Formula Le Mans Cup Debut season 2009 Current team DAMS Car no. 8 Starts 12 Wins 8 Poles 1 Fastest laps 1 Best finish 1st in 2009 Previous series 2008
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004Italian Formula Three
Belgian GT Championship
German Formula Three
Spanish Formula Three
Formula Three Euroseries
International Formula 3000Championship titles 2009 Formula Le Mans Cup Nicolas Verdonck (born 5 December 1985 in Brussels) is a Belgian racing driver.
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Career
Formula Renault
Verdonck competed in Formula Renault 1600 in 2003, his first year in single seaters. His race engineer was Tim Wright.[1]
Formula 3000
Verdonck rose to prominence when he competed in the 2004 International Formula 3000 season with the Astromega team. Although the step up in power and downforce from FRenault to F3000 is a big one, Verdonck was given a degree of stability by the fact that he kept Wright as his race engineer.[1] However, he only scored one point, which was not enough to get him a drive in the new GP2 Series for 2005. After his home race at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, he won a competition for the best driving style.[2]
Formula Three
Verdonck took a step back in 2005, competing part-time in the Formula Three Euroseries without scoring any points. He also took part in the Masters of Formula 3 race. In 2006, he competed in two races in the Spanish Formula Three series, and then moved to the German Formula Three Championship for 2007, where he finished third overall. He moved country again in 2008, driving in the Italian Formula Three Championship.
Formula Le Mans Cup
For 2009, Verdonck switched disciplines to sports car racing by competing in the inaugural season of the Formula Le Mans Cup. He shared a DAMS-run car with Gavin Cronje and won the drivers' championship.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Points 2004 Team Astromega IMO
15CAT
9MON
12NÜR
12MAG
11SIL
12HOC
8HUN
12SPA
11MNZ 15th 1 Complete GT1 World Championship results
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 2010 Triple H Team Hegersport Maserati ABU
QRABU
CRSIL
QRSIL
CRBRN
QRBRN
CRPRI
QRPRI
CRSPA
QR
4SPA
CR
8NÜR
QRNÜR
CRALG
QRALG
CRNAV
QR
2NAV
CR
11INT
QRINT
CRSAN
QR
8SAN
CR
Ret36th 10 2011 Exim Bank Team China Corvette ABU
QRABU
CRZOL
QRZOL
CRALG
QRALG
CRSAC
QRSAC
CRSIL
QRSIL
CRNAV
QR
RetNAV
CR
RetPRI
QRPRI
CRORD
QRORD
CRBEI
QR
8BEI
CR
5SAN
QR
11SAN
CR
Ret27th 10 References
- driverdb.com "Nico Verdonck career statistics". http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver117.html driverdb.com. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
- ^ a b "Q&A: Nico Verdonck.". Crash.net. 2004-08-27. Archived from the original on 2007-02-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070210121241/http://www.crash.net/feature_view~t~Q-A--Nico-Verdonck-~cid~7~id~5726.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
- ^ "Spa: Nico Verdonck race report". Motorsport.com. 2004-08-29. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=165994&FS=F3000. Retrieved 2007-01-07.
Sporting positions Preceded by
Inaugural seasonFormula Le Mans Cup
Drivers' Champion
2009Succeeded by
IncumbentManufacturers, Teams, and Drivers competing in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season Aston Martin Corvette Ford Lamborghini Nissan Hexis AMR
3 - Piccione, Dusseldorp
4 - Hohenadel, Piccini
Young Driver AMR
7 - Enge, Müller
8 - Turner, MückeExim Bank Team China
11 - Hezemans, Catsburg, Zuber, Verdonck, Tung, Den Boer, Buurman, F. Pastorelli
12 - Rossi, Jimenez
DKR Engineering
47 - Rossi, Camara, Bobbi, EnjalbertBelgian Racing
9 - Leclerc, Giroix, Ickx, Beche, Nygaard, Hirschi
10 - Matzke, Pavlović, Leclerc, Clairay, Palttala
Marc VDS Racing Team
40 - Leinders, Hennerici, Risatti
41 - Martin, Makowiecki, Clairay, BaguetteSwiss Racing Team
5 - Wendlinger, Kox
6 - Nilsson, Janák
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport
37 - Schwager, N. Pastorelli
38 - Basseng, Winkelhock
DKR www-discount.de
47 - Leuenberger, Lauck, Haase
48 - Kennard, BrückSumo Power GT
20 - Zonta, Bernoldi, Hughes, Catsburg
21 - Brabham, Campbell-Walter
JR Motorsports
22 - Dumbreck, Westbrook
23 - Krumm, LuhrThis biographical article related to European auto racing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.