Laurens van Hoepen

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Laurens van Hoepen
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Van Hoepen racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (2005-09-06) 6 September 2005 (age 17)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number42
Starts20 (20 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish21st in 2022
Previous series
2021Ultimate Cup Series

Laurens van Hoepen (born 6 September 2005) is a Dutch racing driver who currently competes in the Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix, having previously raced in the Ultimate Cup Series in 2021.[1]

Career[]

Karting[]

Van Hoepen started karting at the age of eight in his native Netherlands, winning a series of national championships before jumping onto the international scene in 2015.[2][3] A protégé of Formula 2 and Formula E champion Nyck de Vries,[4] he won the IAME Euro Series in the X30 Mini class in 2017 and finished in the top ten of both the FIA European Championship and the WSK Champions Cup in OK in 2020, driving for Nico Rosberg's Racing Academy and Charles Leclerc's Leclerc by Lennox Racing respectively.[5][6] For 2021 he remained with Leclerc's team and made the step up to KZ2 shifter karts,[7] finishing third overall in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.[8][9]

Formula Regional[]

2021[]

Van Hoepen made his racing debut directly in Formula Regional machinery in late 2021, driving for Graff Racing in the Challenge Monoplace category of the Ultimate Cup Series. He hit the ground running, winning his first ever single-seater race from pole at Le Mans, ahead of Formula E race winner and 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner Nico Prost.[10] He would go on to win seven of the nine races he entered—enough to claim 3rd in the championship standings despite having missed the first half of the season.[11][12]

2022[]

For the 2022 season Van Hoepen moved to the Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix, partnering Gabriele Minì and Mari Boya.[13][14]

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Ultimate Cup Series - Challenge Monoplace Graff 9 7 6 8 9 324 3rd
2022 Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 20 0 0 0 0 15 21st

* Season still in progress.

Complete Ultimate Cup Series results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2021 Graff LEC1
1 		LEC1
2 		LEC1
3 		DIJ
1 		DIJ
2 		DIJ
3 		LEC2
1 		LEC2
2 		LEC2
3 		LMS
1
1 		LMS
2
3 		LMS
3
1 		MAG
1
1 		MAG
2
1 		MAG
3
2 		EST
1
1 		EST
2
1 		EST
3
1 		3rd 324

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2022 ART Grand Prix MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
Ret 		IMO
1
20 		IMO
2
13 		MCO
1
8 		MCO
2
8 		LEC
1
18 		LEC
2
13 		ZAN
1
19 		ZAN
2
21 		HUN
1
11 		HUN
2
15 		SPA
1
20 		SPA
2
15 		RBR
1
8 		RBR
2
Ret 		CAT
1
18 		CAT
2
19 		MUG
1
10 		MUG
2
17 		21st 15

* Season still in progress.

References[]

  1. ^ Wood, Ida (25 January 2022). "Dutch racer Laurens van Hoepen joins ART GP in FREC". Formula Scout. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ Kaligis, Bas (12 September 2017). "Laurens van Hoepen maakt belofte waar: Nederlands kampioen karting! "Dit voelt heel fijn! Echt!"". RaceXpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Laurens van Hoepen is de Rotterdamse Max!". De Havenloods (in Dutch). 13 September 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ Oudman, René (11 February 2022). "Interview: GPToday presenteert jonge Nederlandse talenten: Laurens van Hoepen". GPToday.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Europees kampioen karten woont in Rotterdam". OpenRotterdam.nl (in Dutch). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Laurens van Hoepen | Racing career profile". DriverDB. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Wassenaarder Laurens Van Hoepen, Kartteamlid Van F1-Coureur Charles Leclerc, Toont Zijn Talent". Wassenaarders.nl (in Dutch). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  8. ^ "KZ2 - Results after Adria (ITA)" (PDF). FIA Karting. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  9. ^ Kaligis, Bas (24 June 2021). "Laurens van Hoepen erg knap als een van de jongste rijders naar het podium bij EK: "Het voelde goed"". RaceXpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Van Hoepen et Nico Prost vainqueurs en Monoplace en Ultimate Cup au Mans". autonewsinfo.com (in French). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  11. ^ Defet, Florian (18 November 2021). "Les jeux sont faits en Ultimate Cup Series". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  12. ^ "MONOPLACE F3 Régionale Clt Championnat" (PDF). Ultimate Cup Series. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Laurens Van Hoepen makes his single-seater debut in FRECA with ART". ART Grand Prix. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  14. ^ Casaurang, Mehdi (25 January 2022). "Van Hoepen à la découverte de la FRECA avec ART GP". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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