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🇳🇱 Meindert van Buuren

Racing driver from Netherlands. Formula V8 3.5, Lotus.
Driver facts
Full name
Meindert van Buuren
Born
5 January 1995(b. 1995)
Nationality
Netherlands
Current team
Lotus
Series
Formula V8 3.5
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
32
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,255
Meindert van Buuren
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,255
Rank 2558 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Meindert van Buuren is a racing driver from Netherlands who last raced in Formula V8 3.5 for Lotus. van Buuren has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 32 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,255 ranks van Buuren 2558th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2015 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2015-06-12HungaroringFormula V8 3.5P16−70
2015-06-12HungaroringFormula V8 3.5P10+47
2015-05-29Spa-FrancorchampsFormula V8 3.5P11−2
2015-05-29Spa-FrancorchampsFormula V8 3.5P10+21
2015-04-24MotorlandFormula V8 3.5P5+126
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+156Hungaroring 2014Formula V8 3.5P5
+126Motorland 2015Formula V8 3.5P5
+126Motorland 2015Formula V8 3.5P6
+97Jerez 2014Formula V8 3.5P7
+93Catalunya 2012Formula Renault EurocupP11
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Motorland4 starts+19
Struggles
Paul Ricard4 starts-11
Hungaroring4 starts-3
Spa-Francorchamps6 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2015▸Formula V8 3.5Lotus600000P15+2494,255
2014▸Formula V8 3.5Pons Racing1300000P17+3564,255
2012▸Formula Renault EurocupManor MP Motorsport700000P24+653,650
2011▸Formula Renault EurocupKTR600000P21+2,2353,585
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times van Buuren finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Oliver RowlandFIA Platinum6,962251244%
🇫🇷 Norman NatoFIA Gold5,7812241818%
🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFIA Platinum7,0181931616%
🇪🇸 Carlos SainzFIA Platinum7,0041941521%
🇬🇧 Will StevensFIA Platinum5,678191185%
🇷🇺 Roman Mavlanov3,2171914574%
🇫🇷 Matthieu VaxiviereFIA Gold5,0341851328%
🇨🇴 Oscar TunjoFIA Silver4,4581841422%
🇺🇸 Jazeman Firhan Jaafar4,8011751229%
🇳🇱 Beitske VisserFIA Silver3,572159660%
🇫🇷 Esteban OconFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,82072529%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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2,552🇺🇸 Butch LindleyNASCAR Xfinity4,256
2,553🇸🇬 Danial Nielsen FrostAsian Le Mans Series4,256
2,554🇫🇷 Fabrice RosselloAsian Le Mans Series4,256
2,555🇫🇷 Franck FréonInternational Formula 30004,256
2,556🇨🇭 Thomas FlohrWEC4,256
2,557🇨🇳 Martin CaoTCR World Tour4,255
2,558🇳🇱 Meindert van BuurenFormula V8 3.54,255
2,559🇩🇪 Stefan WackerbauerFormula Renault Eurocup4,255
2,560🇫🇷 Jonathan HirschiNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,254
2,561🇺🇸 Ted MusgraveNASCAR Xfinity4,254
2,562🇯🇵 Yutaka YamagishiWEC4,253
2,563🇫🇷 Dominique DupuyFIA GT Championship4,252
2,564🇹🇷 Jason TahinciGP2 Series4,252
2,565🇸🇪 Joel GRANFORSLe Mans Cup4,252
2,566🇩🇪 Claudio TorreFormula 3 Euro Series4,251
2,567🇺🇸 Luke FenhausNASCAR Xfinity4,251
2,568🇯🇵 Fairuz FauzySuper GT4,250
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Meindert van Buuren is a racing driver from Netherlands who last raced in Formula V8 3.5 for Lotus. van Buuren has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 32 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,255 ranks van Buuren 2558th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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