Kevin Korjus
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Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993)[1] is an Estonian racing driver.
Career
Karting
Kevin Korjus was born in Tallinn, the son of former sidecarcross racer Aivar Korjus. He made his pan-European karting début in 2006, competing in the Rotax Max Euro Challenge for the AGS Racing team. He finished sixth overall in the championship standings, 25 points behind the champion Jack Hawksworth. As well as that, he finished thirteenth in the Challenge finals, as well as being Estonian champion at Junior level. 2007 saw Korjus win the Estonian title once again, and he also picked up the Baltic Junior title and was the winner of the Rotax Max finals. He did however finish runner-up by two points to Mats van den Brand in the Euro Challenge. In 2008, Korjus competed in the Junior classes in the pan-European championship, but progressed to the Senior class in his local championships. In the Junior championships, he won the Euro Challenge and was second to Facundo Chapur in the Challenge Finals and Rotax Max Grand Finals at La Conca, Italy, 2008.
Formula Renault 2.0
While completing his career in karts, Korjus also spent 2008 adjusting to single-seaters, competing in the first
Korjus stepped up to the
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
With his results and potential in the
Korjus began the
GP3 Series
Korjus left the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the end of the 2012 season, moving to the
Formula One
Korjus had his first outing in a Formula One car at the Abu Dhabi young driver test on November 16, 2011, driving a Renault R31.[11][12]
Korjus served as Lotus F1's testing and reserve driver at the 2012 Italian Grand Prix.[13] With regular driver Romain Grosjean serving a one-race ban for causing a serious accident at the Belgian Grand Prix,[14] the team promoted regular test driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio to fill Grosjean's seat for the race,[15] and Korjus was recruited to fill in the vacant reserve driver position.
European Le Mans Series
In 2014, he moved to sports car racing, driving an
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 Finland | T.T. Racing Team | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 290 | 2nd |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 3rd | ||
Formula Renault 2.0 Estonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 4th | ||
2009 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
|
T.T. Racing Team | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 201 | 5th |
2010 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
|
Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
|
16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 187 | 1st |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
|
5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 150 | 8th | ||
2011 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series
|
Tech 1 Racing | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 120 | 6th |
Auto GP
|
DAMS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18th | |
2012 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series
|
Tech 1 Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 10th |
Lotus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Macau Grand Prix
|
Double R Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 13th | |
Formula One
|
Lotus F1 Team | Reserve driver | |||||||
2013 | GP3 Series
|
Koiranen GP
|
14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 107 | 7th |
FIA Formula 3 European Championship | ThreeBond with T-Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |
Macau Grand Prix
|
Double R Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 21st | |
2014 | European Le Mans Series - GTC
|
ART Grand Prix | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 5th |
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 8th | ||
2015 | 24H Series - A6 | GT Russian Team | |||||||
2016 | Renault Sport Trophy - Pro | R-ace GP | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 111 | 2nd |
Renault Sport Endurance Trophy | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 4th |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011
|
Tech 1 Racing | ALC 1 Ret |
ALC 2 1 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 Ret |
MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
MON 1 4 |
NÜR 1 3 |
NÜR 2 1 |
HUN 1 6 |
HUN 2 23 |
SIL 1 8 |
SIL 2 8 |
LEC 1 9 |
LEC 2 18 |
CAT 1 11 |
CAT 2 Ret |
6th | 120 |
2012
|
Tech 1 Racing | ALC 1 Ret |
ALC 2 4 |
MON 1 4 |
SPA 1 DNS |
SPA 2 13 |
NÜR 1 14 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
MSC 1 5 |
MSC 2 3 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 15 |
10th | 69 | ||||||
Lotus | HUN 1 12 |
HUN 2 7 |
LEC 1 9 |
LEC 2 8 |
CAT 1 6 |
CAT 2 17 |
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 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011
|
Super Nova Racing | MNZ
1 |
MNZ
2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
BRN
1 |
BRN
2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
OSC 1 10 |
OSC 2 5 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
18th | 7 |
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 | D.C. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013
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Koiranen GP
|
CAT FEA 8 |
CAT SPR 2 |
VAL FEA 3 |
VAL SPR 6 |
SIL FEA 2 |
SIL SPR 9 |
NÜR FEA 20† |
NÜR SPR 15 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 3 |
SPA FEA 4 |
SPA SPR 5 |
MNZ FEA 6 |
MNZ SPR 5 |
YMC FEA 12 |
YMC SPR 12 |
7th | 107 |
References
- ^ "Kevin Korjus". mediaguide.wsbyrenault.com. Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Renault Sport. 2009-08-30. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ "Kevin Korjus takes first win". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2010-04-17. Retrieved 2010-04-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kevin Korjus takes win number 2". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2010-04-18. Archived from the original on 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ Korjuse tiimi pealik esialgu poodiumikohti ei nõua Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine ERR Sport, 2011-02-21 (in Estonian)
- ^ a b "Kevin Korjus tegi lepingu maineka manageerimisfirmaga" (in Estonian). sport.err.ee. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ Kevin Korjus goes down in Formula Renault 3.5 Series history Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine RACECAR, 2011-04-18
- ^ "Formula Renault 3.5 Series". Gravity Sports Management. iRace Professional. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "WSR: Кевин Корьюс потерял место в Tech1" [Kevin Korjus lost Tech 1's seat] (in Russian). F1News.ru. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Korjus moves to GP3 with Koiranen". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Day2:Abu Dhabi testing". formula1blog.com. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi young driver test – who's fielding who?". formula1.com. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Kevin Korjus". LotusF1Team.com. Lotus F1. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ Monza, Keith (4 September 2012). "Jerome d'Ambrosio to stand in for Grosjean at Monza". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Kevin Korjus hakkab kihutama Euroopa Le Mansi sarjas". sport.delfi.ee. Delfi. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
External links
- Kevin Korjus on Twitter
- Kevin Korjus career summary at DriverDB.com