Kevin Jörg
Kevin Jörg | |
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A portrait of Kevin Jörg | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 11 September 1995 |
GP3 Series career | |
Debut season | 2016 |
Current team | Trident |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 9 |
Former teams | DAMS |
Starts | 33 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 12th in 2017 |
Previous series | |
2012-15 2012, 2014-15 2013 2011-12 2011 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Abarth Formula BMW Talent Cup |
Kevin Jörg (born 11 September 1995 in Weesen) is a Swiss racing driver and a former member of the Renault Sport Academy.
Career
[edit]Karting
[edit]Jörg first began karting in 2007, partaking in numerous championships across Switzerland.
Lower Formulae
[edit]In 2011, Jörg graduated to single-seaters, competing in four races of Formula Abarth with Jenzer Motorsport, where he finished nineteenth in the European Championship and twenty second in the Italian. That same year, Jörg competed in the Formula BMW Talent Cup where he finished fourth. He remained with Jenzer in Formula Abarth full-time the following year, finishing sixth in both championships.
Formula Renault
[edit]In 2012, Jörg partook in one round of both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship and Northern European Cup with EPIC Racing and Daltec respectively. The following year, Jörg moved to Eurocup full-time with Jenzer, where he finished fourteenth overall. He also competed in the Alps Series, where he claimed three podiums and finished fourth.
In 2014, Jörg switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing, where he claimed his maiden Eurocup victory and finished sixth. He claimed two additional victories in NEC, as well as three pole positions and fastest laps, and finished fourteenth overall. He remained with Josef Kaufmann the following year where he finished third in Eurocup and as NEC vice-champion.
GP3 Series
[edit]In 2016, it was announced that Jörg would race with the DAMS squad in their maiden season.[1] He finished fourteenth overall.
In January 2017, Jörg switched to Trident.[2]
Formula One
[edit]In February 2016, Jörg was among four drivers incorporated into the newly formed Renault Sport Academy.[3] The following year, Jörg was dropped from the program.
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2011 | Formula Abarth European Series | Jenzer Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19th |
Formula Abarth Italian Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22nd | ||
LO Formel Lista Junior | Jo Zeller Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12th | |
Formula BMW Talent Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
2012 | Formula Abarth European Series | Jenzer Motorsport | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 176 | 6th |
Formula Abarth Italian Series | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 6th | ||
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | EPIC Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Daltec Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47th | |
2013 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23rd |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 4th | ||
2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 6th |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 118 | 13th | ||
2015 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 193 | 3rd |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 305 | 2nd | ||
2016 | GP3 Series | DAMS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 14th |
2017 | GP3 Series | Trident | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12th |
Complete GP3 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 | Pos | Points |
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2016 | DAMS | CAT FEA 5 |
CAT SPR 7 |
RBR FEA 13 |
RBR SPR 14 |
SIL FEA 15 |
SIL SPR 11 |
HUN FEA 10 |
HUN SPR 9 |
HOC FEA 14 |
HOC SPR 10 |
SPA FEA 11 |
SPA SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA NC |
MNZ SPR 12 |
SEP FEA 12 |
SEP SPR 11 |
YMC FEA 4 |
YMC SPR 8 |
14th | 26 |
2017 | Trident | CAT FEA 13 |
CAT SPR 9 |
RBR FEA 11 |
RBR SPR 9 |
SIL FEA 9 |
SIL SPR 7 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 3 |
SPA FEA 10 |
SPA SPR 8 |
MNZ FEA 9 |
MNZ SPR C |
JER FEA 20 |
JER SPR 18 |
YMC FEA 9 |
YMC SPR 7 |
12th | 28 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
[edit]- ^ "DAMS announces Hughes, Ferrucci and Jorg as 2016 GP3 Series drivers". Autosport. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Renault protege Jorg set for GP3 return with Trident". 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Who are the new Renault F1 juniors?". 6 February 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Kevin Jörg career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Swiss racing drivers
- Formula Abarth drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- Formula BMW drivers
- Swiss GP3 Series drivers
- Jenzer Motorsport drivers
- Jo Zeller Racing drivers
- Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers
- DAMS drivers
- Trident Racing drivers
- EPIC Racing drivers
- Formula Lista Junior drivers