Jules Szymkowiak

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Jules Szymkowiak
Jules Szymkowiak at the 2014 Zandvoort Masters.jpg
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1995-10-01) 1 October 1995 (age 26)
Heerlen, Limburg
Previous series
2014
2013		FIA F3 Europe
Formula BMW
Championship titles
2015 and 2017Blancpain GT Silver Cup
Awards
Sean Edwards Trophy (2016)

Jules Szymkowiak (born 1 October 1995 in Heerlen, Limburg) is a Dutch racing driver. After competing in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship he transferred to GT-racing in various GT3 championships.

Career[]

Single seaters[]

Szymkowiak (left) at the Hockenheimring in 2014.

After karting in various Rotax Max powered classes Szymkowiak was selected to compete in the Formula BMW Talent Cup in 2013. The Dutch driver won four races during the season, two at the Red Bull Ring and two at the Slovakia Ring.[1] At the championship Grand Final at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Szymkowiak finished second in the first race, retired in the second race and placed sixth in the third race. The Dutchman had to settle for sixth in the overall standings.[2]

For 2014 Szymkowiak was announced to race with Van Amersfoort Racing in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Former Formula One driver Adrian Sutil advised on Szymkowiak transitioning into Formula 3.[3] At the Hungaroring Szymkowiak scored his best result placing sixth. During the season the driver scored seventeen points placing twentieth in the series.

GT racing[]

Szymkowiak at Nogaro 2015.

Szymkowiak made his GT3 racing debut with HTP Motorsport in a Bentley Continental GT. The rookie landed his HTP racing seat by filling in an application form.[4] In the 2015 Blancpain Sprint Series the Dutch driver shared his car with three different drivers during the season, Olivier Lombard, Tom Dillmann and .[5] In the overall classification Szymkowiak scored a couple of sixth places as his best result. As a driver he qualified for the Silver Cup.[6] In the Silver Cup he scored nine class victories out of thirteen races dominating the championship. To qualify to race GT3 machinery in the VLN and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring Szymkowiak needed a Grade A.[7] To receive the permit Szymkowiak raced in the 2015 DMV Münsterlandpokal entered on two cars, one and one Honda Civic Type-R.[8][9] With HTP Motorsport switching to the new Mercedes-AMG GT Szymkowiak got a new teammate for the Blancpain GT Sprint Series, Bernd Schneider. The duo won their first race at Brands Hatch.[10] The duo scored another two podium finishes placing them fourth in the series championship. As a rising talent he won the Sean Edwards Trophy, over other finalists Dries Vanthoor and .[11] For 2017 Szymkowiak partnered with Fabian Schiller again qualifying to compete in the Silver Cup classification. The duo scored a second place overall finish at the season opener at Misano. They also won the Silver Cup classification seven times, again winning the championship.

Racing record[]

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2014 Van Amersfoort Racing Volkswagen SIL
1
19 		SIL
2
24 		SIL
3
20 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
16 		HOC
3
16 		PAU
1
19 		PAU
2
Ret 		PAU
3
14 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
19 		HUN
3
15 		SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
8 		NOR
1
18 		NOR
2
Ret 		NOR
3
Ret 		MSC
1
11 		MSC
2
12 		MSC
3
13 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
9 		RBR
3
15 		NÜR
1
17 		NÜR
2
14 		NÜR
3
10 		IMO
1
Ret 		IMO
2
15 		IMO
3
14 		HOC
1
22 		HOC
2
15 		HOC
3
20 		20th 17

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2015 Bentley Team HTP Bentley Continental GT3 Silver NOG
QR
Ret 		NOG
CR
14 		BRH
QR
13 		BRH
CR
12 		ZOL
QR
8 		ZOL
CR
6
8
10 		ALG
QR
8 		ALG
CR
Ret 		MIS
QR
Ret 		MIS
CR
DNS 		ZAN
QR
7 		ZAN
CR
6 		18th 18
2016 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MIS
QR
Ret 		MIS
CR
7 		BRH
QR
1 		BRH
CR
2 		NÜR
QR
8 		NÜR
CR
3 		HUN
QR
5 		HUN
CR
5 		CAT
QR
10 		CAT
CR
31 		4th 59
2017 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver MIS
QR
2 		MIS
CR
12 		BRH
QR
16 		BRH
CR
17 		ZOL
QR
17 		ZOL
CR
8 		HUN
QR
14 		HUN
CR
8 		NÜR
CR
9 		NÜR
CR
6 		11th 22

Complete Blancpain Endurance Series results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Pts
2016 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MON SIL LEC
Ret 		SPA NÜR - 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Formel BMW Talent Cup: Dienst besucht Ausbildungsjahrgang - Szymkowiak siegt bei Testrennen in Spielberg". speed-magazin.de. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Formel BMW Talent Cup 2013: Robin Hansson feiert in Oschersleben den Gesamtsieg!". speed-magazin.de. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  3. ^ "F3: Limburgse coureur Jules Szymkowiak met Van Amersfoort Racing in FIA EK F3". Autosport.nl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Holland's other rising racer". Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Jules Szymkowiak is voortaan een Bentley Boy". Autosport.nl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Regulations". Blancpain GT Series. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. ^ "DMSB Permit Nordschleife 2017 für 24h-Rennen, VLN, 24h-Quali- Rennen". DMSB. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  8. ^ "40. DMV Münsterlandpokal" (PDF). VLN. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ^ "VLN: 'Gerwin' wordt zesde Nederlandse VLN-racewinnaar, onverwachte tweede plek Jeroen Bleekemolen". Autosport.nl. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. ^ "SCHNEIDER AND SZYMKOWIAK CLAIM BLANCPAIN GT QUALIFYING RACE WIN". MSV. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Jules Szymkowiak ontvangt prestigieuze prijs als GT-talent: "Racen met Bernd Schneider was een kans.."". Racexpress. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
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