Meindert van Buuren Jr. (born 5 January 1995) is a Dutch former racing driver, who currently resides in Rockanje.
Career
Karting Van Buuren began karting in 2004 at the age of nine and raced mostly in various Dutch championships, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the Rotax Max DD2 category by 2011, when he finished in fourth position in the Rotax Max Wintercup.
Formula Renault 2.0 2011 saw his début in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. Van Buuren finished 21st in the championship, despite missing the final round of the championship, at Monza. He also contested four rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, but only finished one race inside the top twenty placings.
Van Buuren remained in both series for the 2012 season, but switched to Manor MP Motorsport. He improved to eleventh position in the NEC series, while in the Eurocup, he recorded four top-twenty finishes.
Auto GP Van Buuren continued his collaboration with Manor MP Motorsport into the Auto GP in 2013. He finished ninth in the drivers' standings with a podium at Donington Park and another nine point-scoring finishes.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series In 2014, Van Buuren would graduate to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, joining Pons Racing.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2011 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Van Amersfoort Racing 17 0 0 0 0 85 21st Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Van Amersfoort Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 39th KTR 6 0 0 0 0 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Manor MP Motorsport 19 0 0 0 1 161 11th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 12 0 0 0 0 0 32nd 2013 Auto GP Manor MP Motorsport 15 0 0 0 1 57 9th 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing 17 0 0 0 0 21 19th 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Lotus 7 0 0 1 0 20 15th Pons Racing 2 0 0 0 0 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Renault Sport Trophy - Elite V8 Racing 2 0 0 1 0 0 NC† Renault Sport Endurance Trophy 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2016 Renault Sport Trophy - Pro V8 Racing 3 0 0 0 0 12 17th Renault Sport Endurance Trophy 3 0 0 0 0 0 32nd TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship Bas Koeten Racing 3 0 0 0 1 52 26th TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship – Junior 3 0 0 0 1 47 7th 2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship Bas Koeten Racing300004626thLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - ProTeam Lazarus210022711th 2019 GT4 European Series - Silver Selleslagh Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2023 Supercar Challenge - Supersport 2 CP Motorsport by DRDO 2 0 0 0 2 40 11th † As van Buuren was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2011 Van Amersfoort RacingHOC1HOC2HOC3SPA1SPA2NÜR1NÜR2ASS1ASS2ASS3OSC1OSC2ZAN1ZAN2MST1MST2MST3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3 21st 85 2012 Manor MP MotorsportHOC1HOC2HOC3NÜR1NÜR2OSC1OSC2OSC3ASS1ASS2RBR1RBR2MST1MST2MST3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3SPA1SPA2 11th 161
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 11 12 13 14 DC Points2011 Van Amersfoort RacingALC1ALC2SPA1SPA239th0KTRNÜR1NÜR2HUN1HUN2SIL1SIL2LEC1LEC2CAT1CAT2 2012 Manor MP MotorsportALC1ALC2SPA1SPA2NÜR1NÜR2MSC1MSC2HUN1HUN2LEC1LEC2CAT1CAT2 32nd 0
Complete Auto GP 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2013 Manor MP Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MUG1 MUG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 BRN2 BRN2 9th 57
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 Pos Points 2014 Pons Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 JER1 JER2 19th 21 2015 Lotus ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 15th 20 Pons Racing RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 JER1 JER2
Complete GP2 Series 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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2015 MP Motorsport BHRFEA BHRSPR ESPFEA ESPSPR MONFEA MONSPR AUTFEA AUTSPR GBRFEA GBRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR BELFEA BELSPR ITAFEA ITASPR RUSFEA RUSSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR ABUFEA ABUSPR NC 0
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