Dennis Kuipers

Dennis Edwin Kuipers (born 23 November 1985, in Almelo) is a Dutch rally driver.

Career The son of businessman and part-time rally driver Rene Kuipers, Dennis began rallying in his home country in 2007. He made his debut in the World Rally Championship at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland, finishing 18th in a Ford Focus RS WRC. He also competed at the 2009 Rally Portugal and 2009 Rally GB. In 2010, after doing the 2010 Rally Sweden in a Focus WRC, he began driving a Ford Fiesta S2000, entered by the Stobart Ford World Rally Team. In his first rally in the car, in Turkey, he finished ninth overall, scoring two points.

For 2011, Kuipers would drive a Ford Fiesta RS WRC on 11 rally's. He scored points in Portugal, Jordan, Greece, Germany, France, Spain and Wales. In France, he became the best scoring Dutchman in the WRC with his fifth-place finish.

WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points 2008 Dennis Kuipers Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER18 NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0 2009 Ipatec Racing Ford Focus RS WRC 06 IRE NOR CYP PORRet ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR16 NC 0 2010 Ipatec Racing Ford Focus RS WRC 06 SWE37 19th 2 Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 MEX JOR TUR9 NZL POR19 BUL13 FINRet GER24JPN FRA17 ESP11 GBR16 2011 FERM Power Tools World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE13 MEXRet POR10 JOR9 ITARet ARG GRE10 FIN11 GER10 AUS FRA5 ESP9 GBR8 12th 21 2012 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR6 ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP 19th 8 2013 Dennis Kuipers Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX PORRet ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2014 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER 8 AUS FRA11 ESP GBR 20th 4