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Robin Frijns

Robin Frijns 2012-1.JPG
Frijns in 2012.

Nationality
Netherlands Dutch
Born
(1991-08-07) 7 August 1991 (age 27)
Maastricht, Netherlands

Blancpain Sprint Series career
Debut season 2015
Current team Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
Car no. 4
Starts 33
Championships 1 (2017)
Wins 8
Poles 3
Fastest laps 3
Best finish 1st in 2017
Previous series

2013
2012
2011
2010–11
2009–10

GP2 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula BMW Europe
Championship titles

2017

2015
2012
2011
2010

Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
Blancpain GT Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula BMW Europe

Formula E career
Debut season 2015–16
Current team Envision Virgin Racing
Car no. 4
Former teams MS Amlin Andretti
Starts 24
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 12th in 2015–16
Finished last season 13th


Robin Frijns (born 7 August 1991) is a Dutch auto racing driver. He is the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion, and the first driver to have won the series in his debut season since Robert Kubica in 2005.[1] Frijns is currently competing in Formula E driving for Virgin Racing. Frijns achieved his first Formula E podium finish in his second outing in the category.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Karting


    • 1.2 Formula BMW


    • 1.3 Formula Renault


      • 1.3.1 Formula Renault 2.0


      • 1.3.2 Formula Renault 3.5


      • 1.3.3 GP2 Series




    • 1.4 Formula One


    • 1.5 Sports car racing


    • 1.6 Formula E


    • 1.7 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters




  • 2 Racing record


    • 2.1 Career summary


    • 2.2 Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results


    • 2.3 Complete GP2 Series results


    • 2.4 Complete Formula One participations


    • 2.5 Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results


    • 2.6 Complete Formula E results


    • 2.7 Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results


    • 2.8 Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Career[edit]



Karting[edit]


Born in Maastricht, Netherlands, Frijns has been an active kart racer in Belgium and France. In 2008, he finished third in the KF2 European Championship category and runner-up in the French Championship, at the same level.



Formula BMW[edit]


Frijns began his formula racing career in the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season with Josef Kaufmann Racing.[2] He finished third overall in the championship, with a win at Silverstone and six podiums. He also finished as the highest-placed rookie in the championship.



Formula Renault[edit]



Formula Renault 2.0[edit]


Frijns made his first attempt at Formula Renault 2.0, racing at the Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2010 Northern European Cup. Driving for Josef Kaufman Racing once more, Frijns finished second in the first race of the meeting, fifth in the second race, and won the third.


In 2011, Frijns joined the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship full-time, continuing to drive for Josef Kaufman Racing.[3] He won the title on his first attempt, winning five races over the course of the season – including both races at Silverstone – and finishing forty-five points ahead of his nearest rival, Carlos Sainz Jr..


Frijns also competed in the Northern European Cup, finishing the season fourth overall, despite missing the Oschersleben, Most and Monza rounds of the championship. Over the course of the season, he won one race and finished on the podium seven times.



Formula Renault 3.5[edit]


In 2012, Frijns made the transition to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series – the highest tier of the World Series by Renault – this time racing for British team Fortec Motorsports.[4] As in 2011, Frijns won the title on his first attempt,[5] winning races at Motorland Aragón, the Moscow Raceway and the Hungaroring, and scoring five podiums and four poles over the course of the season.


Frijns' title came amidst controversy when he was involved in a collision with rival driver Jules Bianchi in the final race of the season in Barcelona.[1] Bianchi passed Frijns at the start of lap 21, and he quickly came under more pressure from Carlin driver Kevin Magnussen. Magnussen made an attempt to pass Frijns at the Repsol corner, but Frijns moved to block him. The move forced Bianchi wide, and he skirted across the gravel trap and into the wall and retirement. Frijns went on to finish the race in seventh place, but race stewards decided that he had caused an avoidable collision and twenty-five seconds were added to his race time, demoting him to fourteenth place.[6] As Bianchi had failed to score, and fellow title rival Sam Bird had failed to score enough points, Frijns' title remained intact. In the days following the meeting, Bianchi accused Frijns of intentionally running him off the road,[7] a charge which Frijns denied.[8]



GP2 Series[edit]


After the end of 2012, Frijns announced that he would not compete in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2013 and after his announcement at Sauber as test driver, his new team expressed their desire for Frijns to be racing in 2013 as he would not be testing for them full-time in 2013.


After an impressive test with Mercedes' DTM team, Frijns was not offered a drive with the manufacturer. Frijns instead opted to try for a GP2 seat, and tested with veteran team Trident Racing and new team Russian Time. Frijns showed impressive pace and Trident's team principal Maurizio Salvadori praised him and stated his intentions to have Frijns race for the team. However a lack of funding put him on the sidelines for the start of 2013 in Malaysia.


Before the second race in Bahrain, Frijns announced that he would race with new-for-2013 team Hilmer for the second event of the season, replacing Conor Daly and partnering Pål Varhaug. Frijns qualified in a very respectable 10th position ahead of pre-season favourite James Calado, but struggled to adapt to the new Pirelli tyres in the races, before a collision in the first race with Stéphane Richelmi whilst in a points-scoring position compromised his weekend. Team principal Franz Hilmer however was impressed with Frijns and hoped he could compete full-time with the team in 2013.


In only his second weekend, Frijns took a win and a second place at Circuit de Catalunya supporting the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.



Formula One[edit]


On 18 October 2012, Sauber announced that Frijns will be driving their car during the third round of Young Drivers Test in Abu Dhabi alongside the team's testing and reserve driver Esteban Gutiérrez.[9] As the highest-placed Formula Renault driver not attached to any established Formula One team, Frijns was also added to Red Bull Racing's line-up for the test.[10]


Reflecting on Frijns' 2012 season, ESPN commentator Ben Evans opined that "anything less than a Formula One race seat next year would be a travesty".[11]


On 23 November 2012, it was announced that Robin Frijns would become part of Sauber, and would serve as test and reserve driver in 2013.[12]


On 21 January 2014, Frijns confirmed that he will be a reserve driver for Caterham in the 2014 season.



Sports car racing[edit]


In 2015, Frijns joined Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT to drive an Audi R8 at the Blancpain GT Series, partnering with Laurens Vanthoor and Jean-Karl Vernay.



Formula E[edit]


On 24 August 2015, it was announced that Frijns would partner fellow former Sauber test driver Simona de Silvestro at Andretti for the 2015–16 Formula E season. He came 10th in his first race and scored a podium in Putrajaya. Frijns finished in the points in the following two races making him the first Formula E rookie to finish his first four races in the top 10. After four races, Frijns had scored all of Andretti's points tally of 21. He finished 12th in the standings.


Frijns was retained by Andretti for the 2016-17 Formula E season and partnered Antonio Felix da Costa.


Frijns joined Virgin Racing for the 2018-2019 Formula E season, partnered by Sam Bird.



Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters[edit]


On 29 January 2018, it was announced that Frijns will drive for Audi Sport in the 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, replacing Mattias Ekström, who elected to focus solely on the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[13]



Racing record[edit]



Career summary[edit]


























































































































































































































































































































































Season
Series
Team
Races
Wins
Poles
FLaps
Podiums
Points
Position
2009

Formula BMW Europe

Josef Kaufmann Racing
16
1
1
1
6
265

3rd
2010

Formula BMW Europe

Josef Kaufmann Racing
16
6
3
3
13
383

1st

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
3
1
0
1
2
70
14th
2011

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Josef Kaufmann Racing
14
5
1
0
9
245

1st

Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
12
1
1
2
7
238
4th
2012

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Fortec Motorsport
17
3
4
1
8
189

1st
2013

GP2 Series

Hilmer Motorsport
10
1
0
0
2
47
15th

Formula One

Sauber F1 Team
Test driver
2014

Formula One

Caterham F1 Team
Test driver
2015

Blancpain Sprint Series

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
11
5
2
0
7
127

2nd

Blancpain Endurance Series
5
0
0
0
2
48
6th

Blancpain GT Series
19
5
2
0
9
175

1st
2015–16

Formula E

Amlin Andretti
10
0
0
0
1
45
12th
2016

Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
8
1
0
2
2
33
10th

Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
5
0
0
0
0
4
42nd

ADAC GT Masters
kfzteile24 APR Motorsport
2
0
0
0
0
0
NC

Intercontinental GT Challenge

Audi
1
1
0
0
1
25
7th
2016–17

Formula E

MS Amlin Andretti
12
0
0
0
0
24
13th
2017

Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

Team WRT
8
2
1
0
4
82

1st

Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2
0
1
0
1
28
13th

FIA GT World Cup
1
0
0
0
1
N/A

2nd

Intercontinental GT Challenge

Audi
2
0
0
0
0
8
12th
2018

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
20
0
0
1
2
84
13th

Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT
6
0
0
1
0
13
15th

Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
2
0
0
0
0
14
29th

Audi Sport Team WRT
1
0
0
0
0

Intercontinental GT Challenge

Audi
3
1
1
0
2
55
5th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Jackie Chan DCR JOTA
1
0
0
0
0
20
55th

FIA GT World Cup

Audi Sport Team WRT Speedstar
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
5th

Stock Car Brasil

Full Time Bassani
1
0
0
0
0
0
NC†
2018-19

Formula E

Envision Virgin Racing
2
0
0
0
1
18
5th*

As Frijns was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.



Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results[edit]


(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
Pos
Points

2012

Fortec Motorsports

ALC
1

3

ALC
2
1

MON
1
Ret

SPA
1
7

SPA
2
3

NÜR
1
3

NÜR
2

5

MSC
1

1

MSC
2
17

SIL
1
2

SIL
2
9

HUN
1

1

HUN
2

5

LEC
1
7

LEC
2
9

CAT
1
3

CAT
2
14
1st
189


Complete GP2 Series results[edit]


(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
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
DC
Points

2013

Hilmer Motorsport

SEP
FEA

SEP
SPR

BHR
FEA
21

BHR
SPR
23

CAT
FEA
1

CAT
SPR
2

MON
FEA
Ret

MON
SPR
15

SIL
FEA
13

SIL
SPR
Ret

NÜR
FEA
6

NÜR
SPR
Ret

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

SPA
FEA
9

SPA
SPR
Ret

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MRN
FEA

MRN
SPR

YMC
FEA

YMC
SPR
15th
47


Complete Formula One participations[edit]


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

























































Year
Entrant
Chassis
Engine
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
WDC

Points

2014

Caterham F1 Team

Caterham CT05

Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6 T

AUS

MAL

BHR
TD

CHN

ESP

MON

CAN

AUT

GBR
TD

GER

HUN

BEL

ITA

SIN

JPN

RUS

USA

BRA

ABU
-
-


Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[edit]

















































































































Year
Team
Car
Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Pos.
Points

2015

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT

Audi R8 LMS ultra
Pro

NOG
QR
DNS

NOG
CR
DNS

BRH
QR

1

BRH
CR
1

ZOL
QR

1

ZOL
CR
1

MOS
QR
Ret

MOS
CR
5

ALG
QR
2

ALG
CR
1

MIS
QR
Ret

MIS
CR
DNS

ZAN
QR
15

ZAN
CR
2
2nd
127

2016

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT

Audi R8 LMS
Pro

MIS
QR
4

MIS
CR
22

BRH
QR
6

BRH
CR
12

NÜR
QR

NÜR
CR

HUN
QR
11

HUN
CR
7

CAT
QR

1

CAT
CR

3




10th
33

2017

Team WRT

Audi R8 LMS
Pro

MIS
QR

MIS
CR

BRH
QR
7

BRH
CR
2

ZOL
QR

1

ZOL
CR
3

HUN
QR
5

HUN
CR
4

NÜR
QR
6

NÜR
CR
1




1st
82

2018

Belgian Audi Club Team WRT

Audi R8 LMS
Pro

ZOL
1

5

ZOL
2
5

BRH
1

BRH
2

MIS
1

MIS
2

HUN
1
Ret

HUN
2
16

NÜR
1
11

NÜR
2
9




15th
13


Complete Formula E results[edit]


(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
Pos
Points

2015–16

Amlin Andretti

Spark-Renault SRT 01E

BEI
10

PUT
3

PDE
10

BNA
8

MEX
5

LBH
15

PAR
7

BER
6

LON
Ret

LON
Ret



12th
45

2016–17

MS Amlin Andretti

Spark-Andretti ATEC-02

HKG
6

MAR
11

BNA
14

MEX
11

MON
12

PAR
6

BER
17

BER
18

NYC
9

NYC
9

MTR
8

MTR
13

13th
24

2018–19

Envision Virgin Racing

Spark-Audi e-Tron FE05

ADR
12

MAR
2

SAN


MEX


HKG


SNY


ROM


PAR


MON


BER


BRN


NYC


NYC

5th*
18*

* Season still in progress.



Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[edit]

























Year
Car#
Team
Co-Drivers
Car
Class
Laps

Pos.

Class
Pos.


2018
37

Belgium Audi Sport Team WRT

United Kingdom Stuart Leonard
Belgium Dries Vanthoor

Audi R8 LMS
APP
271

1st

1st


Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[edit]


(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

2018

Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline

Audi RS5 DTM

HOC
1
18

HOC
2
12

LAU
1
13

LAU
2
10

HUN
1
7

HUN
2
8

NOR
1
12

NOR
2
8

ZAN
1
5

ZAN
2
Ret

BRH
1
12

BRH
2
12

MIS
1
2

MIS
2
4

NÜR
1
17

NÜR
2
10

SPL
1
11

SPL
2
13

HOC
1
2

HOC
2

5
13th
84


References[edit]





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  2. ^ "Josef Kaufmann Racing — Formula BMW Europe Season 2009". jk-racing.de. Josef Kaufmann Racing. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009. Josef Kaufman Racing will compete in the 2009 Formula BMW Europe Championship with the drivers Robin Frijns, Kazeem Manzur and Facu Regalia


  3. ^ "Frijns e Tunjo si affidano a Kaufmann" [Frijns and Tunjo join Kaufmann]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2012.


  4. ^ "Frijns completes Fortec Formula Renault 3.5 line-up". Fortec Motorsports. Fortec Motorsport Ltd. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.


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  6. ^ "Frijns penalised but keeps title". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.


  7. ^ "Bianchi says Frijns pushed him out". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.


  8. ^ "Frijns: Bianchi clash a racing incident". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.


  9. ^ Collantine, Keith (18 October 2012). "Frijns gets Sauber test chance". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 22 October 2012.


  10. ^ Freeman, Glenn (19 October 2012). "Robin Frijns says Sauber Formula 1 test crucial for career". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 22 October 2012.


  11. ^ Evans, Ben (19 October 2012). "F1 hopefuls battle for Formula Renault 3.5 title". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collatine. Retrieved 22 October 2012.


  12. ^ "Sauber F1 Team signs Esteban Gutiérrez as its race driver, Robin Frijns becomes test and reserve driver". Sauber F1 Team. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.


  13. ^ Beer, Matt (29 January 2018). "Frijns replaces Ekstrom in Audi's DTM line-up". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 29 January 2018.




External links[edit]




  • Official website


  • Robin Frijns career summary at DriverDB.com


































Sporting positions
Preceded by
Felipe Nasr

Formula BMW Europe
Champion

2010
Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)

Preceded by
Kevin Korjus

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Champion

2011
Succeeded by
Stoffel Vandoorne
Preceded by
Robert Wickens

Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Kevin Magnussen
Preceded by
Laurens Vanthoor

Blancpain GT Series
Champion

2015
Succeeded by
Dominik Baumann
Maximilian Buhk

Preceded by
Enzo Ide

Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
Champion

2017
With: Stuart Leonard
Succeeded by
Raffaele Marciello
Michael Meadows

Preceded by
Craig Lowndes
Toni Vilander
Jamie Whincup


Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2018
With: Stuart Leonard & Dries Vanthoor
Succeeded by
Incumbent











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