Jannick de Jong explained

Jannick de Jong
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	7 June 1987
Birth Place:	Drachten, Netherlands
Indivyear1:	2015
Indivhonour1:	Long Track World Champion
Indivyear2:	2013, 2014, 2015
Indivhonour2:	European Grasstrack Champion
Indivyear3:	2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Indivhonour3:	Dutch Grasstrack Champion
Indivyear4:	2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Indivhonour4:	Dutch Speedway Champion
Teamhonour1:	World Longtrack Team champion
Teamyear1:	2013, 2016, 2023

Jannick de Jong (born 7 June 1987) is a Dutch former motorcycle racer. Hecompeted primarily in longtrack and grasstrack.^[1] ^[2] He was the 2015 world champion in longtrack.

Career

De Jong represented the Netherlands national long track team in the World Longtrack Championship from 2007 to 2023 and on three occasions has won the World championship titles at the 2013 Team Long Track World Championship in Folkestone, England, 2016 Team Long Track World Championship in Mariánské Lázně in the Czech Republic and in 2023, when he was part of the Netherlands team, along with Romano Hummel, Dave Meijerink and Mika Meijer, that won the 2023 Team Long Track World Championship.^[3]

The highlight of his career was becoming the Long Track World Champion in 2015.^[4] In addition he has won the European Grasstrack Champion three times in 2013, 2014 and 2015.^[5]

Major results

World Longtrack Championship

Grand-Prix

2005 - 4 apps (12th) 31pts
2006 - 2 apps (17th) 10pts
2007 - 3 apps (11th) 28pts
2008 - 4 apps (9th) 33pts
2009 - 4 apps (10th) 42pts
2010 - 6 apps (9th) 70pts
2011 - 0 apps
2012 - 6 apps (9th) 74pts
2013 - 6 apps (Second) 97pts
2014 - 4 apps (Second) 72pts
2015 - 4 apps (First) 75pts
2016 - 5 apps (Second) 101pts
2017 - 1 apps (15th) 24pts
2022 - 1 apps (19th) 10pts

Best Grand-Prix Results

Eenrum Second 2016, Third 2013
Forssa First 2016, Third 2013
Herxheim am Berg First 2014, 2017
Marmande First 2014, Second 2010, 2013
Morizès First 2015
Mühldorf Third 2016
Vechta Second 2016

World Team Championship

2007 Morizès (5th) 32pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Erik Eijbergen)
2008 Werlte (Second) 45pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Erik Eijbergen, Mark Stiekema)
2009 Eenrum (Second) 46pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Mark Stiekema)
2011 Scheeßel (Second) 38pts (Rode with Sjoerd Rozenberg, Mark Stiekema, Jeffrey Woortman)
2013 Folkestone (First) 65pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Mark Stiekema))
2014 Forssa (Second) 41pts (Rode with Dirk Fabriek, Theo Pijper, Henry van der Steen)
2015 Mühldorf (Fifth) 31pts (Rode with Henry van der Steen & Sjoerd Rozenberg)
2016 Mariánské Lázně (First) 46pts (Rode with Theo Pijper, Dirk Fabriek, Romano Hummel)
2023 Roden (First) 64pts (Rode with Dave Meijerink, Mika Meijer, Romano Hummel)

Grasstrack European Championship

2004 Eenrum (10th) 11pts
2005 Schwarme (17th) 4pts
2006 La Réole (9th) 10pts
2007 Folkestone (7th) 11pts
2008 Siddeburen (11th) 8pts
2009 Berghaupten (7th) 14pts
2010 La Réole (5th) 12pts
2011 Skegness (Second) 10pts
2012 Eenrum (Third) 16pts
2013 Bielefeld (Champion) 19pts
2014 Saint-Macaire (Champion) 20pts
2015 Staphorst (Champion) 19pts
2016 Folkestone (6th) 17pts

Dutch Grasstrack Championship

2003 (Third)
2004 (Champion)
2005 (8th)
2006 (Champion)
2007 (Champion)
2008 (Third)
2009 (6th)
2010 (Third)
2011 (Champion)
2012 (Second)
2013 (Champion)
2014 (Champion)
2015 (Champion)
2016 (Champion)

Notes and References

Web site: Profile . Grasstrack GB . 25 September 2023.
Web site: Interview with Jannick de Jong . MotoPlus . 2 September 2024 .
Web site: 24 September 2023 in Roden. Bahn Sport (In Dutch). 25 September 2023.
Web site: De Jong wins World Cup title . NWZ online . 2 September 2024 .
Web site: Jannick de Jong is er weer bij - kijkt anders . sa24 . 2 September 2024 .