Hans Weijs

Hans Weijs Jr. (born 19 December 1986) is a Dutch rally driver. He has won two rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship, finishing runner-up in the standings in 2010.

Weijs' father, Hans Weijs, Sr., is also a rally driver and runs his own garage in Elst.

Career In 2004, Weijs entered for a selection day of KNAF Talent First, a program run by the Dutch national motorsport federation to find and support new young talent, which he won.

Weijs made his debut in the World Rally Championship in 2006, on Rallye Deutschland, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII, finishing in 39th position. He also finished Wales Rally GB in a Ford Fiesta ST. 2007 saw Weijs enter six rounds of the WRC in an Evo IX.

Weijs entered the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in 2008 in a Citroën C2 R2 Max with the continued support of KNAF Talent First programme. He scored two points in his first season, finishing 17th in the final standings. 2009 saw considerable improvement in results after switching to a more competitive C2 S1600. He finished third in JWRC on Rally de Portugal, and won at the end of the year on Rally Catalunya. He finished the season fifth in the standings.

In 2010, Weijs won in Germany and scored two further podiums prior to the final round of the season in Catalunya. Weijs led on the final day of the rally, which would have seen him beat Aaron Burkart to the title. However, a crank sensor failure dropped him to third, which allowed Burkart, who finished the rally fourth, to win the title.

Weijs finished Second on his Super 2000 debut on the Ypres Rally, a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in a Škoda Fabia S2000.

In 2012, Weijs competed in the South African Rally Championship, running for the South African Volkswagen Rally team in a Volkswagen Polo S2000

Career results

Complete WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2006 Hans Weijs Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER39 FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL NC 0 Ford Fiesta ST GBR60 2007 Hans Weijs Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA27 GRE NZL FRA JPN IRE32 GBR31 NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII FINRet Knaf Talent First Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GER22 ESP31 2008 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 R2 MON SWE MEX ARG JORRet ITA27 GRE TUR FIN40 GERRet NZL FRA37 JPN GBR NC 0 Citroën C2 R2 Max ESPRet 2009 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 IRERet NOR CYP POR22 ARG ITA21 GRE POL17 FIN43 AUS ESP12 GBR NC 0 2010 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL PORRet BUL14 FIN GER22 JPN FRA24 ESP18 GBR NC 0 2011 Volkswagen Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER13 AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2012 Qatar World Rally Team Citroën DS3 WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESPRet NC 0 2013 Hans Weijs Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR17 NC 0

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 2008 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 R2 MEX JORRet ITA8 FIN8 GERRet FRA12 17th 2 Citroën C2 R2 Max ESPRet 2009 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 IRERet CYP POR3 ARG ITA6 POL4 FIN7 ESP1 5th 26 2010 Knaf Talent First Citroën C2 S1600 TUR PORRet BUL2 GER1 FRA2 ESP3 2nd 76