Nico Verdonck

Nicolas Verdonck
Nicolas Verdonck
Nationality	Belgian
Born	5 December 1985 (age 39); Brussels, Belgium
Formula Le Mans Cup career
Debut season	2009
Current team	DAMS
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	8
Starts	12
Wins	8
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2009
Previous series
2008; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004	Italian Formula Three; Belgian GT Championship; German Formula Three; Spanish Formula Three; Formula Three Euroseries; International Formula 3000
Championship titles
2009	Formula Le Mans Cup

Nicolas Verdonck (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian racing driver. He was born in Brussels.

Career

Formula Renault

Verdonck competed in Formula Renault 1600 in 2003, his first year in single seaters. His race engineer was Tim Wright.^[1]

Formula 3000

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]

Formula Three

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.

Formula Le Mans Cup

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.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(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	DC	Points
2004	Team Astromega	IMO 15	CAT 9	MON 12	NÜR 12	MAG 11	SIL 12	HOC 8	HUN 12	SPA 11	MNZ	15th	1

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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
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

References

"Nico Verdonck career statistics". driverdb.com. Retrieved 8 June 2007.

^ ^a ^b "Q&A: Nico Verdonck". Crash.net. 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2007.
^ "Spa: Nico Verdonck race report". Motorsport.com. 29 August 2004. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2007.

External links

Official website
Nico Verdonck career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural season	Formula Le Mans Cup Drivers' Champion 2009	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[crash.net-1] "Q&A: Nico Verdonck". Crash.net. 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2007.

[2] "Spa: Nico Verdonck race report". Motorsport.com. 29 August 2004. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 7 January 2007.

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