Jimmy Eriksson

Jimmy Eriksson
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 Tomelilla, Sweden
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Arden International
Car no.	25
Starts	18
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in 2016
Previous series
2010, 12 2010-11 2009 2009 2009 2009 2015	German Formula Three Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Championship titles
2012	German Formula Three

Jimmy Eriksson (born 14 March 1991 in Tomelilla) is a Swedish race car driver who will be driving in the GP2 Series for Arden International in the 2016 GP2 Series

Career

Eriksson made his karting debut in 2005, at the age of fourteen. In 2008 he was champion of the Swedish Formula Yamaha Championship.

Eriksson began his car racing career by driving in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Motopark Academy in 2009. He took a victory at Alastaro Circuit^[1] along with fourteen point-scoring positions to finish sixteenth in championship.^[2] Also he competed in some races of Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ, Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, all with Motopark.

Jimmy Eriksson in 2011

In 2010, Eriksson stepped up to the German Formula Three Championship with the Motopark Academy team.^[3] He joined Formula Renault team-mates Kevin Magnussen and Luís Felipe Derani at the team.

On the 29th of April 2016, he was announced at driving for Arden International in the upcoming GP2 season-

Eriksson's younger brother, Joel Eriksson, is also a racing driver, having finished runner-up in ADAC Formula 4 set to make his debut in European Formula 3.

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motopark Academy	16	1	1	1	1	113	15th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ		4	0	0	0	1	47	10th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden		4	0	0	0	1	16	9th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2010	German Formula Three	Motopark Academy	17	1	0	0	3	43	6th
2010	Formula 3 Euro Series	Motopark Academy	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2011	Formula 3 Euro Series	Motopark Academy	27	0	0	0	0	93	9th
2012	German Formula Three	Lotus	27	8	8	9	17	408	1st
2013	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	16	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2014	GP3 Series	Koiranen GP	18	2	2	0	5	134	4th
2014	European Le Mans Series	Sebastien Loeb Racing	1	1	0	0	1	-	-
2015	GP3 Series	Koiranen GP	18	1	0	0	3	118	5th
2016	GP2 Series	Arden International	18	0	0	0	0	10	20th

^† As Eriksson was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	DC	Points
2010	Motopark Academy	Dallara F305/045	Volkswagen	LEC 1	LEC 2	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret	VAL 1	VAL 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	HOC 1	HOC 2										NC†	N/A
2011	Motopark Academy	Dallara F308/099	Volkswagen	LEC 1 10	LEC 2 9	LEC 3 6	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 7	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 9	ZAN 3 7	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 5	RBR 3 6	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 4	NOR 3 7	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 Ret	NÜR 3 10	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 9	SIL 3 6	VAL 1 9	VAL 2 9	VAL 3 11	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 7	9th	93

(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	D.C.	Points
2013	Status Grand Prix	CAT FEA 19	CAT SPR Ret	VAL FEA 18	VAL SPR 16	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR 21†	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR 18	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 12	SPA FEA 17	SPA SPR 15	MNZ FEA 13	MNZ SPR Ret	YMC FEA 23	YMC SPR 26			24th	0
2014	Koiranen GP	CAT FEA 2	CAT SPR 6	RBR FEA 3	RBR SPR 2	SIL FEA 1	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA 7	HOC SPR 15	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 16	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 19	MNZ FEA 1	MNZ SPR 8	SOC FEA 4	SOC SPR 16	YMC FEA 10	YMC SPR 5	4th	134
2015	Koiranen GP	CAT FEA 6	CAT SPR 2	RBR FEA 20†	RBR SPR 10	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 4	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 6	SPA FEA 13	SPA SPR 16	MNZ FEA 5	MNZ SPR 5	SOC FEA 8	SOC SPR 1	BHR FEA 5	BHR SPR 7	YMC FEA 3	YMC SPR 5	5th	118

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the race distance.

(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	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2016	Arden International	CAT FEA 16	CAT SPR 19	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 15	BAK FEA 11†	BAK SPR Ret	RBR FEA 5	RBR SPR 13	SIL FEA 15	SIL SPR 17	HUN FEA 21†	HUN SPR Ret	HOC FEA 12	HOC SPR 13	SPA FEA 15	SPA SPR 20	MNZ FEA 15	MNZ SPR 18†	SEP FEA	SEP SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	20th	10

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the race distance.

↑ Heinonen, Jarmo (2009-06-13). "Alastaro Rata-SM Formula Renault NEC Race 1 Race" (PDF). necup.com. Renault Sport. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
↑ "Time to say goodbye". motopark.com. Motopark Academy. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Richie Stanaway	German Formula Three Champion 2012	Succeeded by Marvin Kirchhöfer

German Formula Three champions

Three-time	Walter Komossa

Two-time	Schäfer Jelinski

One-time	Albers van Dam Deutsch Deutz Dillmann Elkmann Eriksson Fontana Francia Heidfeld Kaneishi Kirchhöfer Kolmsee Konrad Korten Kreuzer Kristensen Lamy Lang Leinders Maring Mohr Müller Nielsen Nissen Oliveira Paffett Pantano Pommer Scharmann Schneider Schumacher Sommer Stanaway Thiim Trulli Tung Vanthoor Verstappen Vervisch Weidler Wendlinger Winkelhock

Teams and drivers who competed in the 2016 GP3 Series season

ART Grand Prix	Trident	Arden International

1. Charles Leclerc 2. Nirei Fukuzumi 3. Alexander Albon 4. Nyck de Vries	5. Antonio Fuoco 6. Artur Janosz 7. Giuliano Alesi 8. Sandy Stuvik	9. Jake Dennis 10. Tatiana Calderón 11. Jack Aitken

Koiranen GP	Jenzer Motorsport	Campos Racing	DAMS

14. Matt Parry 15. Matevos Isaakyan 17. Ralph Boschung	18. Akash Nandy 20. Arjun Maini	22. Álex Palou 23. Steijn Schothorst 24. Konstantin Tereshchenko	26. Santino Ferrucci 27. Jake Hughes 28. Kevin Jörg

Other drivers: Richard Gonda (Jenzer Motorsport); Óscar Tunjo (Jenzer Motorsport); Mahaveer Raghunathan (Koiranen GP)

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