Renger van der Zande

Renger van der Zande
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1986-02-16) 16 February 1986 Dodewaard, Netherlands
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Visit Florida Racing
Car number	90
Former teams	Mishumotors, Starworks Motorsport,
Starts	38
Wins	9
Previous series
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2007–10 2009 2008–09 2006–07 2006 2004–05 2004–05	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Tudor United Sportscar Championship Tudor United Sportscar Championship American Le Mans Series, BRL V6, International GT Open World Endurance Championship, Porsche Supercup DTM Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 GP2 Asia Series A1 Grand Prix German Formula Three FR2.0 Germany FR2.0 Netherlands
Championship titles
2005 2016	FR2.0 Netherlands IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Renger van der Zande (born 16 February 1986 in Dodewaard, Gelderland) is a Dutch race-car driver. He is the son of the 1978 National Dutch Rallycross Champion with VW Golf Mk1 1600, the Psychologist Ronald van der Zande. In 2016, van der Zande won his first major sports car championship with co-driver Alex Popow and Starworks Motorsport in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC Class. Renger resides in Amsterdam with his partner Carlijn and their daughter.

Career

Having won the 2005 Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, van der Zande drove three races for the A1GP Netherlands team in the 2006–07 season. He raced for the Prema Powerteam in the Formula Three Euroseries in 2007 and 2008, and made his GP2 Series début by competing in the second round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for Trust Team Arden, where he replaced Mika Mäki. However, he was himself replaced by Euroseries rival Edoardo Mortara for the third round in Bahrain.

Having not acquired the budget for a GP2 campaign, van der Zande moved into the British Formula 3 Championship, competing for Hitech Racing. On his debut, he won the first race at Silverstone. He returned to the Euroseries midway through the season, as Atte Mustonen had to pull out of the Oschersleben rounds due to health problems. He returned in Barcelona, again replacing Mustonen at Motopark. This was due to the fact that Daniel Ricciardo had sealed the 2009 British F3 title, before the final round. Hitech team-mate Walter Grubmüller overhauled his points tally, and finished as runner-up in the title race. After scoring a point in the first race in Barcelona, van der Zande won the second race from pole position.

In 2010, van der Zade joined RSC Mücke Motorsport for the debut season of the GP3 series, the feeder series for the GP2 Series, earning one podium finish. The Dutch driver also competed in the Windsor Arch F3 Macau Grand Prix with Team Motopark Academy, finishing 5th.

From GP3, van der Zande advancecd to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in 2011 with Persson Motorsport, earning a third place finish at the Munich Olympic Stadium event. From there, he continued his journey in sports cars for 2012, joining Konrad Motorsport for the first two rounds of the Porsche Supercup at Bahrain. That year, he also joined the Lotus LMP2 team in the FIAWEC for two rounds, qualifying 5th at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

The 2013 was a busy one for van der Zande. He competed in six races in the American Le Mans Series LMPC class with Mishumotors, earning one pole position and one podium. He also competed in the 16 race BRL-V6 season with Teunissen Racing, winning the championship with six race wins and four pole positions. He also competed in select events in the International GT Open with Seyffarth Motorsport in the Mercedes SLS AMG, earning two wins, one pole, and three podiums. That year, he also raced in the Macau GT Cup with Erebus Motorsport, getting as high as third before contact ended his run early.

Van der Zande expanded his racing career to America for the 2014 Tudor United Sportscar Championship race season, joining Starworks Motorsports with Mirco Schultis. The duo earned wins at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Road America, and Petit Le Mans, and earned an additional four podiums. In Europe, he finished first at the 12 Hours of Zandvoort with Car Collection in the Mercedes-Benz SLS, and also competed GT Masters Nürburgring for HTP Motorsport, and the Macau GT Cup with AMG Driving Academy.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands	Van Amersfoort Racing	?	?	?	?	?	103	7th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany		4	0	0	0	0	24	26th
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	4	4	5	9	203	1st
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany		14	4	3	2	5	228	5th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Nordic Series		2	0	0	?	2	31	9th
2006	German Formula Three Championship	SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	20	0	1	0	8	89	4th
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Netherlands	3	0	0	0	0	57‡	5th‡
2007	Formula 3 Euro Series	Prema Powerteam	20	1	0	0	2	21	11th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	Prema Powerteam	20	2	0	0	5	47	4th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Arden Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	31st
2009	British Formula 3	Hitech Racing	16	3	5	7	9	178	3rd
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Formula 3 Euro Series	Motopark Academy	8	1	0	0	1	7	15th
	Macau Grand Prix	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2010	GP3 Series	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	0	0	0	1	6	21st
	Formula 3 Euro Series	Motopark Academy	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2011	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Persson Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC

‡ Team standings.
† – As van der Zande was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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
2006–07	A1 Team The Netherlands	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR 9	MEX FEA	CHN SPR 9	CHN FEA 4	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	5th	57

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2007	Prema Powerteam	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 21	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 19†	NOR 1 15†	NOR 2 Ret	MAG 1 12	MAG 2 8	MUG 1 8	MUG 2 3	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 5	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 8	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 1	NOG 1 16	NOG 2 14	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 11	11th	21
2008	Prema Powerteam	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 1	MUG 1 5	MUG 2 20	PAU 1 8	PAU 2 2	NOR 1 10	NOR 2 5	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 1	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 Ret	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 3	CAT 1 24	CAT 2 10	LMS 1 18	LMS 2 25	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 5	4th	46
2009	Motopark Academy	HOC 1	HOC 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	OSC 1 DSQ	OSC 2 13	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 1	DIJ 1 Ret	DIJ 2 13	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 16†	15th	7
2010	Motopark Academy	LEC 1	LEC 2	HOC1 1	HOC1 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 5	HOC2 1	HOC2 2			NC†	N/A

^† As van der Zande was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GP3 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	DC	Points
2010	RSC Mücke Motorsport	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 24	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR Ret	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 24	SIL FEA 11	SIL SPR 7	HOC FEA 3	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret	21st	6

Complete DTM results

(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	Pos.	Points
2011	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 18	ZAN 13	SPL 10	LAU 14	NOR 10	NÜR 11	BRH 15	OSC Ret	VAL DSQ	HOC 12	NC	0

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Points
2009	Federsand-Jetstream Motorsport	BHR	BHR	CAT	MON	IST	SIL 9	NÜR	HUN	ESP	SPA	MNZ	YMC	YMC	17th	9
2012	Konrad Motorsport	BHR 11	BHR 7	MON	VAL	SIL	GER	HUN	HUN	SPA	MNZ				19th	14

Complete American Le Mans Series Results

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

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2013	Mishumotors	PC	SEB NA	LBG NA	LS 5	LRP 5	MOS 2	ROA 6	BAL NA	COTA 5	VIR 6	ATL NA	13th	46

Complete TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Results

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

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2014	Starworks Motorsport	PC	DIS 5	SEB 3	LBGP	LAG 1	KAN 2	WGI 7	MOS	IND 10	ROA 1	VIR 6	AUS 3	RAT 1	2nd	282
2015	Starworks Motorsport	PC	DIS 6	SEB 5	LBGP	LAG 6	DET 1	WGI 1	MOS 6	LRP 3	ROA 6	VIR	AUS 6	RAT 2	5th	268

Complete IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Results

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

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2016	Starworks Motorsport	PC	DIS 4	SEB 3	LBGP 2	LAG 2	DET 1	WGI 1	MOS 2	LRP 1	ROA 6	VIR NA	AUS 1	RAT 6	1st	355

External links

• Official website
• Renger van der Zande on Twitter
• Renger van der Zande career summary at DriverDB.com