Kevin Jörg

Kevin Jörg (born 11 September 1995) is a Swiss racing driver and a former member of the Renault Sport Academy.

Kevin Jörg
Nationality Swiss
Born (1995-09-11) 11 September 1995
GP3 Series career
Debut season2016
Current teamTrident
Car number9
Former teamsDAMS
Starts33
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th 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

Career

Karting

Jörg first began karting in 2007, partaking in numerous championships across Switzerland.

Lower Formulae

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

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

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

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

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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

(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
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

  1. "DAMS announces Hughes, Ferrucci and Jorg as 2016 GP3 Series drivers". Autosport. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. "Renault protege Jorg set for GP3 return with Trident". 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. "Who are the new Renault F1 juniors?". 6 February 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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