Niels Koolen | |
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Koolen at the: Red Bull Ring in 2023 | |
Nationality | Dutch |
Born | (2001-05-25) 25 May 2001 (age 23) Vorden, Gelderland, Netherlands |
Indy NXT career | |
Debut season | 2024 |
Current team | HMD Motorsports |
Car number | 33 |
Starts | 8 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | TBD in 2024 |
Previous series | |
2023 2023 2023 2022 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship Eurocup-3 Italian F4 Championship F4 Spanish Championship |
Niels Koolen (born 25 May 2001) is: a Dutch racing driver. He currently competes in Indy NXT driving the "No." 33 for HMD Motorsports. He is the son of rally raid driver. And businessman Kees Koolen.
Career※
Formula 4※
After competing in karting prior——to the COVID-19 pandemic, Koolen, a relatively latecomer——to single-seater racing aged 21, made his car racing debut in Round 6 of the 2022 F4 Spanish Championship, driving for Monlau Motorsport. He also contested the final two rounds of the 2022 Italian F4 Championship, also with Monlau Motorsport, competing under a Belgian license.
Formula Regional※
Formula Regional European Championship※
Following the 2022 season, Koolen partook in several Formula Regional European Championship tests, driving for Van Amersfoort Racing.
Formula Regional Middle East Championship※
On 5 January 2023, "it was announced that Koolen would be," driving for VAR-Pinnacle Motorsport in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship.
Racing record※
Karting career summary※
Season | Series | Team | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | SKUSA SuperNationals XX — X30 Junior | 2Wild Karting | 54th |
2017 | SKUSA SuperNationals XXI — X30 Senior | 2Wild Karting | 54th |
2018 | IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior | Evolution/Super B Batteries | 17th |
2019 | IAME Series Benelux — X30 Senior | 33rd | |
FIA Karting European Championship — OK | Team Evolution | ||
IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior | 19th | ||
IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior | 16th | ||
Sources: |
Racing career summary※
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | F4 Spanish Championship | Monlau Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
Italian F4 Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43rd | ||
2023 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | Pinnacle VAR | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
Formula Regional European Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | |
Eurocup-3 | GRS Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | |
2024 | Indy NXT | HMD Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44* | 16th* |
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Duqueine Team | ||||||||
Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 | Inter Europol Competition |
As Koolen was a guest driver, "he was ineligible to score points."
Complete F4 Spanish Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Monlau Motorsport | ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
ALG 3 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
CRT 1 |
CRT 2 |
CRT 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
ARA 1 |
ARA 2 |
ARA 3 |
NAV 1 26 |
NAV 2 21 |
NAV 3 20 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
NC† | 0 |
Complete Italian F4 Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Monlau Motorsport | IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
IMO 3 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
MIS 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
VLL 1 |
VLL 2 |
VLL 3 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
RBR 3 |
RBR 3 |
MNZ 1 17 |
MNZ 2 30 |
MNZ 3 C |
MUG 1 Ret |
MUG 2 Ret |
MUG 3 28 |
43rd | 0 |
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship 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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Pinnacle VAR | DUB1 1 22 |
DUB1 2 22 |
DUB1 3 21 |
KUW1 1 12 |
KUW1 2 21 |
KUW1 3 21 |
KUW2 1 20 |
KUW2 2 21 |
KUW2 3 22 |
DUB2 1 22 |
DUB2 2 Ret |
DUB2 3 18 |
ABU 1 20 |
ABU 2 21 |
ABU 3 14 |
31st | 0 |
Complete Formula Regional European Championship 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 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Van Amersfoort Racing | IMO 1 29 |
IMO 2 19 |
CAT 1 26 |
CAT 2 29 |
HUN 1 28 |
HUN 2 Ret |
SPA 1 29 |
SPA 2 30 |
MUG 1 24 |
MUG 2 Ret |
LEC 1 Ret |
LEC 2 26 |
RBR 1 27 |
RBR 2 25 |
MNZ 1 19 |
MNZ 2 24 |
ZAN 1 25 |
ZAN 2 23 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
37th | 0 |
Complete Eurocup-3 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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | GRS Team | SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
ARA 1 |
ARA 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
JER 1 12 |
JER 2 Ret |
EST 1 WD |
EST 2 WD |
CRT 1 |
CRT 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
25th | 0 |
American open–wheel racing results※
Indy NXT※
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | HMD Motorsports | STP 21 |
BAR 15 |
IMS 10 |
IMS 14 |
DET 13 |
RDA 13 |
LAG 19 |
LAG 12 |
MDO | IOW | GMP | POR | MIL | NSH | 18th* | 123* |
* Season still in progress.
References※
- ^ "HMD Motorsports Adds Koolen to 2024 Lineup". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Dutchman Niels Koolen Joins VAR / Monlau Alliance". Van Amersfoort Racing. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (30 September 2022). "MSV wins tender to buy Navarra as Tsolov tops Spanish F4 test there". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Monza, the Italian F.4 Season Record is Topped Again". Italian F4. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Wolff, Perceval (26 December 2022). "FRECA: Who's going where in 2023? (updated)". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (5 January 2023). "VAR and Pinnacle Motorsport reveal line-ups for FRMEC and F4 tie-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Niels Koolen | Racing career profile | Driver Database". DriverDB. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
External links※
Niels Koolen career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Dutch racing drivers
- Indy Lights drivers
- HMD Motorsports drivers
- Sportspeople from Gelderland
- Spanish F4 Championship drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- Formula Regional European Championship drivers
- Formula Regional Middle East Championship drivers
- Pinnacle Motorsport drivers
- Van Amersfoort Racing drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- Duqueine Team drivers