Nicolas Verdonck | |
Nationality: | Belgian |
Birth Date: | 1985 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Brussels, Belgium |
Racing Licence: | FIA Silver |
Current Series: | Formula Le Mans Cup |
First Year: | 2009 |
Current Team: | DAMS |
Car Number: | 8 |
Starts: | 12 |
Wins: | 8 |
Poles: | 1 |
Fastest Laps: | 1 |
Best Finish: | 1st |
Year: | 2009 |
Prev Series: | Italian Formula Three Belgian GT Championship German Formula Three Spanish Formula Three Formula Three Euroseries International Formula 3000 |
Prev Series Years: | 2008 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 |
Titles: | Formula Le Mans Cup |
Title Years: | 2009 |
Nicolas Verdonck (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian racing driver. He was born in Brussels.
Verdonck competed in Formula Renault 1600 in 2003, his first year in single seaters. His race engineer was Tim Wright.[1]
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]
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.
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.
(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 | |
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2010 | Triple H Team Hegersport | Maserati | ABU QR | ABU CR | SIL QR | SIL CR | BRN QR | BRN CR | PRI QR | PRI CR | SPA QR 4 | SPA CR 8 | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | ALG QR | ALG CR | NAV QR 2 | NAV CR 11 | INT QR | INT CR | SAN QR 8 | SAN CR Ret | 36th | 10 | |
2011 | Exim Bank Team China | Corvette | ABU QR | ABU CR | ZOL QR | ZOL CR | ALG QR | ALG CR | SAC QR | SAC CR | SIL QR | SIL CR | NAV QR Ret | NAV CR Ret | PRI QR | PRI CR | ORD QR | ORD CR | BEI QR 8 | BEI CR 5 | SAN QR 11 | SAN CR Ret | 27th | 10 |