Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993)[1] is an Estonian racing driver.
| Kevin Korjus | |
|---|---|
 Korjus at the Nürburgring round of the 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season | |
| Nationality |  Estonian |
| Born | 9 January 1993 Tallinn, Estonia |
| European Le Mans Series (GTC) career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | ART Grand Prix |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Car number | 98 |
| Starts | 5 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Previous series | |
| 2013 2011–2012 2011 2010 2009–10 2008 2008 2008 | GP3 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Auto GP Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Finland Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ Formula Renault 2.0 Estonia |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
Career
editKarting
editKevin 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
editWhile completing his career in karts, Korjus also spent 2008 adjusting to single-seaters, competing in the first Finnish Formula Renault championship. Racing for the T.T. Racing Team, Korjus finished all but one race on the podium, as he finished runner-up to Jesse Krohn in the championship. Of those podiums, three were race victories that came in the final four races of the season, including a double at Ahvenisto. Korjus continued with the team into the 2009 season, but moved into the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. Korjus finished all bar one race as he finished fifth in the championship; his best result being a second-place finish at Most.[2]
Korjus stepped up to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship for its 2010 season, and moved to the Koiranen Bros. Motorsport team. Despite qualifying on the third row for both races, Korjus won them both, becoming the first driver to win a race in the championship in the newly introduced cars designed by Barazi-Epsilon.[3][4] He is also the youngest person to win a Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season.[5]
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
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With his results and potential in the Formula Renault series, Korjus joined the Renault Driver Development programme for the continuation of his career.[6] He was signed to drive for Formula Renault 3.5 Series team Tech 1 Racing in late 2010.[6] On April 17, 2011 he became the youngest driver to win a race in Formula Renault 3.5 Series – at 18 years 3 months and 8 days – with his victory in Monaco in 2008.[7] In 2011 season he placed sixth place overall and second in the Rookie of the Year standings, and finished the season with fastest lap, three wins and four podium finishes during the season.
Korjus began the 2012 season with Tech 1, where he was partnered with series debutant Jules Bianchi. Korjus endured a difficult season, with a string of early retirements and mechanical problems that affected his qualifying performances, though he recovered to finish on the podium in the second race at the Moscow Raceway. However, with three rounds left in the season, Korjus left Tech-1 and joined the Lotus-backed Charouz Racing System team,[8] and his place at Tech 1 was taken by GP3 series runner-up Daniel Abt.[9]
GP3 Series
editKorjus left the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the end of the 2012 season, moving to the GP3 Series for 2013, racing for Koiranen GP.[10] He finished the season seventh overall, recording four podium, he finished in the points in 11 of the season's 16 races.
Formula One
editKorjus 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
editIn 2014, he moved to sports car racing, driving an ART Grand Prix McLaren MP4-12C in the European Le Mans Series.[16]
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit| 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
edit(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
edit(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
edit(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 | 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
edit- ^ "Kevin Korjus". mediaguide.wsbyrenault.com. Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ "Successful Czech adventure for NEC in MOST" (PDF). 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.
- ^ Strang, Simon; Beer, Matt (2 September 2012). "Belgian GP: Romain Grosjean gets one-race ban for start crash". Autosport.com. 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
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- Kevin Korjus on Twitter
- Kevin Korjus career summary at DriverDB.com
