Indy Dontje

Indy Dontje (born 21 November 1992 in Alkmaar, North Holland) is a Dutch racing driver. After starting in ADAC Formel Masters and ATS Formel 3 Cup Dontje is now a Mercedes-Benz GT3 driver.

Career Karting Father Arthur Dontje supported his sons Indy and Milan with their own karting team early in their careers. Arthurs chocolate company, Dobla, was the naming sponsor. Indy started racing in Rotax Max powered classes, such as MiniMax and Junior Max. After graduating into shifter karts, Dontje raced in the German Karting Championship in 2009 against other young hopefuls such as Jack Hawksworth and Hannes van Asseldonk. Later in his karting career, in 2010 and 2011, he competed in the USA in the SKUSA SuperNationals. In 2010, Dontje finished third in the S1 class. The following year, Dontje finished second in a factory supported Energy Corse kart.

Single seaters Dontje made his single-seater debut in 2012 at age 19. Racing in the ADAC Formel Masters, Dontje joined Team Motopark, part of the Lotus F1 junior program. During the season, Dontje scored one podium finish, a third place at the Sachsenring. For 2013, Dontje remained at Team Motopark. He won the third race of the season, at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. He won a second race at the Red Bull Ring. Dontje was the only driver to score points every single race during the season. This placed him sixth in the series standings.

For 2014, Dontje remained at the Lotus backed Team Motopark to race in the ATS Formel 3 Cup. With the German F3 championship running older machinery compared to the European F3, the German championship struggled to attract many drivers with many races being run with less than ten drivers. Dontje scored fourteen podium finishes, with a single victory, out of 23 races. Dontje won the second race during the Red Bull Ring weekend. He also competed in the 2014 Zandvoort Masters. Dontje challenged Nabil Jeffri for third but had to settle for fourth place, scoring the fastest racelap in the progress.

GT racing

In 2015, Rowe Racing named Dontje as one of their drivers for the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series. After the opening three races, Dontje switched to the GT Russian Team for the 2015 24 Hours of Spa and remained at the team for the season final.

With Rowe Racing switching to BMW, Dontje remained in the AMG Customer Sports program with HTP Motorsport for 2016. Dontje ran the full 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup with teammates Luciano Bacheta and Clemens Schmid. The teams best finish was a fifth place at Silverstone. He also made his debut in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring racing with fellow Mercedes-AMG team Black Falcon. The team retired after 57 laps. For 2017, Dontje switched from the Blancpain Endurance Series to the ADAC GT Masters. With the Mercedes-AMG GT Dontje scored two podium finishes, at Zandvoort and the Sachsenring, to place thirteenth in the series championship.

In 2023, Dontje joined Winward Racing in their expanded GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup effort, competing alongside Philip Ellis and Russell Ward in the Gold Cup class.

Racing Record Career summary

Complete ADAC Formel Masters 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 22 23 24 DC Points 2012 Lotus OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 NÜR11 NÜR12 NÜR13 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 NÜR21 NÜR22 NÜR23 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 7th 111 2013 Lotus OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 6th 137

Complete German Formula Three Championship results 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 Pos Points 2014 Lotus Dallara F311 Volkswagen OSC1 OSC2 OSC2 LAU11 LAU12 LAU13 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC11 HOC12 HOC13 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 LAU21 LAU22 LAU23 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 HOC21 HOC22 HOC23 3rd 266

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts 2015 GT Russian Team Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Pro-Am NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR MOSQR MOSCR ALGQR ALGCR MISQR MISCR ZANQR ZANCR 6th 34

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2016 Black Falcon Rob Huff "Gerwin" Abdulaziz Al Faisal Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 57 DNF DNF 2017 Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport Kenneth Heyer Bernd Schneider Patrick Assenheimer Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 155 14th 14th 2018 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter Maximilian Götz Christian Hohenadel Renger van der Zande Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 129 17th 16th 2019 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Hendrik Still Georg Weiss Leonard Weiss Ferrari 488 GT3 SP9 152 12th 11th 2021 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau by Phoenix Racing Daniel Keilwitz Jochen Krumbach Georg Weiss Ferrari 488 GT3 SP9 58 13th 13th 2022 Dörr Motorsport Phil Dörr Nick Hancke Moritz Wiskirchen Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 SP8T 143 22nd 1st 2023 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Daniel Keilwitz Jochen Krumbach Leonard Weiss Ferrari 296 GT3 SP9 Pro-Am 161 7th 1st 2024 Lionspeed GP Antares Au Patrick Kolb Patric Niederhauser Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) SP9 Pro-Am 50 9th 1st

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)