Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen

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Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen
Nationality Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Dutch
Born 5 April, 1990
Maaskantje, Netherlands
Current Team Template:DEN/Template:FRA Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois
Car Number 5
Former Teams Template:FRA Gauthier
Races 36 (36 starts)
Championships 1 (2019)
Victories 13
Podiums 18
Points 170
Pole Positions 16
Fastest Laps 9
First Race 2018 Australian Grand Prix
First Victory 2018 German Grand Prix
Last Victory 2019 Japanese Grand Prix
Last Race 2019 Chinese Grand Prix (Ongoing)
Best Finish 1st (2019)


Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen

Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen (born 5 April 1990 in Maaskantje, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional racing driver, who currently drives for Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois in the AutoReject World Series.

History

Van Nieuwenhuijzen started his single-seater career in Dutch Formula Ford, winning the title in 2011. He then progressed to Formula 3 Euroseries, spending two seasons driving for Motopark Academy.

Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen is now a member of the Scuderia Alitalia young driver programme, and as a result was placed at their junior team Parma Corse for the 2014 Formula One Rejects Big Car Championship season. However, the series folded before he was able to make his race debut.

After Phil McCracken was sacked by Scuderia Alitalia, Bastiaan was called up to replace him at Kit-Kat Warriors' F2RWRS team for the Zandvoort Grand Prix. After struggling initially, he finally found pace in the last three rounds of the season, scoring his only points of the season in Spain, and unlucky not to finish in the podium during the season finale crashfest at Indianapolis.

With Kit-Kat Warriors quitting F2RWRS, he moved to his employer's own team Scuderia Lancia Alitalia for the 2015 season.

Van Nieuwenhuijzen won the 2017 AutoReject 3.5 championship on countback, after winning eight races to the three of equal points scorer Marko Jantscher.

He'd make his ARWS debut in 2018, initially driving for Equipe Gauthier, before a switch midway through the season to Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois. Van Nieuwenhuijzen would take his first win at the ARWS German Grand Prix, his second race for Kjellerup. Van Nieuwenhuijzen would take five wins on his way to fourth in the championship.

Results

F2RWRS

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Pts
2014 Kit-Kat Warriors TUR
MON
FRA
GBR
AUT
GER
NED
9
BEL
9
HUN
18
CZE
16
ITA
14
POR
Ret
ESP
4
CAN
Ret
USA
Ret
21st 5
2015 Scuderia Lancia Alitalia TAS
1
RSA
5
TUR
8
MON
Ret
FRA
5
GBR
EX
GER
13
NED
1
BEL
2
POR
Ret
ITA
Ret
SIN
4
JPN
Ret
USA
4
100
1
2nd 59

ARWS

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts
2018 Equipe Gauthier Gauthier G3.18 Pure-Hart PHWS-2 AUS
3
NSW
7
ITA
6
MAR
Ret
CAL
Ret
USA
19†
CAN
Ret
GBR
8
AUT
WD
4th 59
Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois Kjellerup 018 Renault RSXXII AUT
5
GER
1
SCA
6
BEL
1
MON
1
RSA
Ret
BRA
Ret
ARG
1
JPN
12†
CHN
1
2019 Kjellerup by Écurie Prenois Kjellerup 019 Renault RSXXII-19 AUS
1
NSW
2
KIN
1
ITA
2
MAR
4
CAN
Ret
USA
Ret
GBR
2
AUT
Ret
GER
1
SCA
1
BEL
Ret
MON
1
RSA
1
BRA
Ret
ARG
1
JPN
1
CHN
2
1st 111
  • * Season in progress
  • Results in bold represent pole position, italics represents fastest lap.
Sporting Accolades
Preceded by:
Terry Hawkin
2016
AutoReject 3.5 Champion
2017
Succeeded by:
Nathanael Cameron
2018