Dilano van 't Hoff

Dilano van 't Hoff (; 26 July 2004 – 1 July 2023) was a Dutch racing driver who competed in the Formula Regional European Championship from 2021 to 2023.

Van 't Hoff won the F4 Spanish Championship in 2021 with MP Motorsport. He died in a multi-car collision in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship round at Spa-Francorchamps.

Racing career Karting (2015–2020) Van 't Hoff started his international karting career at the age of eleven, competing in the SKUSA SuperNationals. Van 't Hoff finished third in both the IAME Euro Series and IAME International Final in 2018, the same year in which he finished sixth in his first season of the European Championship. He ended the following year fifth in the same series, this time in the OK class, and won the Trofeo delle Industrie with Forza Racing.

Formula 4 (2021) In 2021, van 't Hoff made his single-seater debut with Xcel Motorsport in the Formula 4 UAE Championship. His season started successfully, as, despite stalling at the start of the first race, van 't Hoff was able to come back to second in that race and would go on to win the following two races, having started both from pole position. Van 't Hoff was then able to extend his gap to his nearest rival Enzo Trulli by winning two more races at the next round at Yas Marina. After another win at round three in Dubai, van 't Hoff would lose his gap to Trulli thanks to a disqualification in the final race of the penultimate event, stripping him off another podium and more crucial points for the championship. He would go on to eventually lose out to Trulli by just one point in the final round.

For his main campaign, van 't Hoff joined MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship. His first two wins came at the first round of the series at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, and van 't Hoff then went on a run of six podiums in a row, including three wins and a triple podium at Algarve. He scored his next victory in the sprint race at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo after original winner Daniel Maciá had been given a penalty for extending track limits, and followed this up with another podium in the third race. At the penultimate round of the season, van 't Hoff completed a hattrick of poles and race wins, thus winning the championship.

Formula Regional European (2021–2023) 2021 In September 2021, van 't Hoff made his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship, racing for MP Motorsport on the Circuit Ricardo Tormo as a guest driver.

2022

For 2022, van 't Hoff competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for the full season with MP Motorsport. A shoulder injury forced him to undergo an operation during the season, causing van 't Hoff to miss several weekends. When he returned, he managed to score a podium at Barcelona, which helped him to 19th in the standings. It would later be revealed that van 't Hoff had been driving the car effectively one-handed, as the original surgery had caused complications, with a loose plate and broken screws forcing him to undergo a second surgery during the winter.

2023 Van 't Hoff returned to FRECA with MP Motorsport for the 2023 season. Before the Spa weekend, van 't Hoff had scored two points finishes, taking a best result of seventh at Imola. The multi-car crash, which occurred at the exit of Raidillon, just before the Kemmel straight, also involved Joshua Dufek, Adam Fitzgerald, Enzo Scionti, and Tim Tramnitz.

Van 't Hoff lost control entering the Kemmel straight, before being struck on the side by Fitzgerald's car. A minute of silence was observed at the 24 Hours of Spa race that weekend, along with the coinciding Austrian Grand Prix.

Lance Stroll said that the accident was unnecessary and called for changes to the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, referencing the fatal accident of Anthoine Hubert at the same corner in 2019. Max Verstappen joined him in calling the accident "sad and unnecessary" but stopped short of blaming the circuit's design, saying "it is easy to blame the track but looking at how wet it was and these kind of things we have to look at it for the future to look at what we can do better to protect drivers".

Karting record Karting career summary Season Series Team Position 2015 SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Cadet CRG Nordam 54th 2016 WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini WJS Racing NC WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini Gamoto SNC NC SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift Team Benik Kart 32nd 2017 WSK Champions Cup — OK-J Alexander van 't Hoff 27th IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior 7th KNAF Cup Benelux Open — X30 Junior WJS Racing IAME International Final — X30 Junior Alexander van 't Hoff 15th WSK Final Cup — OK-J Forza Racing NC 2018 WSK Champions Cup — OK-J Forza Racing 31st South Garda Winter Cup — OK-J 29th IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior Fusion Motorsport WSK Super Master Series — OK-J Forza Racing 38th CIK-FIA European Championship — OK-J 6th Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft — OK-J 30th CIK-FIA World Championship — OK-J 18th IAME International Final — X30 Junior Fusion Motorsport WSK Final Cup — OK-J Forza Racing 13th WSK Final Cup — OK 13th 2019 WSK Champions Cup — OK Forza Racing 5th South Garda Winter Cup — OK 16th WSK Super Master Series — OK 10th Italian Championship — OK 6th WSK Euro Series — OK 5th French Championship — OK 10th CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 5th CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 32nd Trofeo delle Industrie — OK WSK Open Cup — OK 4th WSK Final Cup — OK 7th 2020 WSK Champions Cup — OK Forza Racing NC South Garda Winter Cup — OK 17th WSK Super Master Series — OK 10th CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 16th Italian Championship — OK 8th WSK Euro Series — OK 10th Champions of the Future — OK 4th CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 15thSource:

Complete CIK-FIA results Complete CIK-FIA Karting World Championship results

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship Xcel Motorsport 20 5 13 10 12 318 F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 21 10 13 6 16 361 Formula Regional European Championship 6 0 0 0 0 NC† Formula 4 UAE Championship – Trophy Round 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Pinnacle Motorsport 12 0 1 0 1 51 13th Formula Regional European Championship MP Motorsport 13 0 0 0 1 16 19th 2023 Formula Regional European Championship MP Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 8 23rd Source:

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (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 18 19 20 21 Pos Points 2021 MP Motorsport SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 JER1 JER2 JER3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 1st 361

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † As Van 't Hoff was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ‡ Did not finish, but classified.

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2022 Pinnacle Motorsport ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 13th 51

† Did not finish, but classified.