Renger van der Zande

Renger Adriaan van der Zande (; born 16 February 1986) is a Dutch racing driver who currently competes for Acura Meyer Shank Racing in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship and for United Autosports in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans. He is the son of the 1978 National Dutch Rallycross Champion Ronald van der Zande. In 2016, van der Zande won his first major sports car championship with co-driver Alex Popow and Starworks Motorsport in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC Class. He resides in Amsterdam with his partner Carlijn and their daughter.

Career

Having won the 2005 Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, van der Zande drove three races for the A1GP Netherlands team in the 2006–07 season. He raced for the Prema Powerteam in the Formula Three Euroseries in 2007 and 2008, and made his GP2 Series début by competing in the second round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for Trust Team Arden, where he replaced Mika Mäki. However, he was himself replaced by Euroseries rival Edoardo Mortara for the third round in Bahrain.

Having not acquired the budget for a GP2 campaign, van der Zande moved into the British Formula 3 Championship, competing for Hitech Racing. On his debut, he won the first race at Silverstone. He returned to the Euroseries midway through the season, as Atte Mustonen had to pull out of the Oschersleben rounds due to health problems. He returned in Barcelona, again replacing Mustonen at Motopark. This was due to the fact that Daniel Ricciardo had sealed the 2009 British F3 title, before the final round. Hitech teammate Walter Grubmüller overhauled his points tally, and finished as runner-up in the title race. After scoring a point in the first race in Barcelona, van der Zande won the second race from pole position.

In 2010, van der Zande joined RSC Mücke Motorsport for the debut season of the GP3 series, the feeder series for the GP2 Series, earning one podium finish. He also competed in the Windsor Arch F3 Macau Grand Prix with Team Motopark Academy, finishing fifth. Van der Zande driving at Brands Hatch during the 2011 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season. From GP3, van der Zande advanced to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in 2011 with Persson Motorsport, earning a third-place finish at the Munich Olympic Stadium event. From there, he continued his journey in sports cars for 2012, joining Konrad Motorsport for the first two rounds of the Porsche Supercup at Bahrain. That year, he also joined the Lotus LMP2 team in the FIAWEC for two rounds, qualifying fifth at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

The 2013 was a busy one for van der Zande. He competed in six races in the American Le Mans Series LMPC class with Mishumotors, earning one pole position and one podium. He also competed in the 16 race BRL-V6 season with Teunissen Racing, winning the championship with six race wins and four pole positions. He also competed in select events in the International GT Open with Seyffarth Motorsport in the Mercedes SLS AMG, earning two wins, one pole, and three podiums. That year, he also raced in the Macau GT Cup with Erebus Motorsport, getting as high as third before contact ended his run early.

Van der Zande expanded his racing career to America for the 2014 TUDOR United Sportscar Championship race season, joining Starworks Motorsports with Mirco Schultis. The duo earned wins at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Road America, and Petit Le Mans, and earned an additional four podiums. In Europe, he finished first at the 12 Hours of Zandvoort with Car Collection in the Mercedes-Benz SLS, and also competed GT Masters Nürburgring for HTP Motorsport, and the Macau GT Cup with AMG Driving Academy.

For 2015, van der Zande returned to American sports car racing with Starworks Motorsports and co-driver Mirco Scultis in the IMSA PC class. The duo finished 5th in the TUDOR United Sportscar Championship PC class after winning at Detroit and Watkins Glen. He also joined EFFORT Racing for the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Sonoma, filling in for full-time driver Ryan Dalziel. Van der Zande earned the Race 1 pole position and earned the win in Race 2. Near the end of the season, van der Zande participated in the 24H Barcelona Trofeu Fermi Vélez, earning the pole position in the #5 Car Collection Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

In 2016, van der Zande joined forces with Starworks Motorsport for a third year, racing with co-driver Alex Popow. After winning Detroit, Watkins Glen, Lime Rock Park and Austin, the pair earned the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class championship in the final race of the season at Petit Le Mans. He also competed in the Blancpain GT Series, finishing second at Spa-Franchorchamps, and also second at the Nürburgring 24 Hour.

In November 2016, it was announced van der Zande would advance to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype class for 2017 with Visit Florida Racing, and with Marc Goossens as his co-driver.

For the 2019 edition of the 24 Hours of Daytona, van der Zande teamed up with Jordan Taylor, Fernando Alonso and Kamui Kobayashi.

In 2020, van der Zande stayed with Wayne Taylor Racing for a third full season in the team's No. 10 car. He won Petit Le Mans with the team after two leaders took each other out in the closing minutes of the race. After being told by the team in August he would be retained for a fourth season, van der Zande was informed by the team of his release on October 21.

Van der Zande competing at the 2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. In 2021, van der Zande raced in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R alongside Kevin Magnussen, finishing fourth in the standings. He paired this with a campaign in the 2021 World Endurance Championship LMP2 Class with Inter Europol Competition alongside Alex Brundle and Jakub Śmiechowski. With a best finish of third in class at the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, he finished seventh in the standings.

Racing record

Career summary ‡ Team standings. † – Guest driver; ineligible for championship points *Season is still in progress

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (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 PointsRef 2006–07 Netherlands NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 5th 57

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos PointsRef 2007 Prema Powerteam HOC1 HOC2 BRH1 BRH2 NOR1 NOR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 NOG1 NOG2 HOC1 HOC2 11th 21 2008 Prema Powerteam HOC1 HOC2 MUG1 MUG2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 4th 46 2009 Motopark Academy HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 DIJ1 DIJ2 HOC1 HOC2 15th 7 2010 Motopark Academy LEC1 LEC2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† N/A † Guest driver; ineligible for points

Complete GP3 Series results (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 DC Points 2010 RSC Mücke Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 21st 6Source:

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts 2011 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 HOC ZAN SPL LAU NOR NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC 17th 0Sources:

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2009 Federsand-Jetstream Motorsport BHR BHR CAT MON IST SIL NÜR HUN ESP SPA MNZ YMC YMC 17th 9 2012 Konrad Motorsport BHR BHR MON VAL SIL GER HUN HUN SPA MNZ 19th 14

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 2012 Lotus LMP2 Lola B12/80 Lotus (Judd) 3.6 V8 SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA NC 0 2018–19 DragonSpeed LMP1 BR Engineering BR1 Gibson GL458 4.5 V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 28th 8.5 2021 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 7th 69 2022 Vector Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 22nd 5Sources:

American Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PtsRef 2013 DragonSpeed PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 V8 SEB LBH LAG LIM MOS ROA BAL COA VIR PET 13th 46

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant No. Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 PointsRef 2014 Starworks Motorsport 8 PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAYSEBLGAKANWGLIMSELKVIRCOAPET 2nd 282 2015 Starworks Motorsport 8 PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS LIM ELK COA PET 5th 268 2016 Starworks Motorsport 8 PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAYSEBLBHLGADETWGLMOSLIMELKCOAPET 1st 355 2017 VisitFlorida Racing 90 P Riley Mk. 30 Gibson GK428 4.2 V8 DAY SEB LBH COA DETWGL MOS 7th 233 Ligier JS P217 ELK LGA PET 2018 Wayne Taylor Racing 10 P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAYSEBLBHMDODETWGLMOSELKLGAPET 3rd 270 2019 Konica Minolta Cadillac 10 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAYSEBLBHMDODETWGLMOSELKLGAPET 4th 274 2020 Konica Minolta Cadillac 10 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY DAY SEB ELK ATL MOH PET LGA SEB 2nd 264 2021 Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing 01 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY SEBMDODETWGLWGLELKLGALBHPET 4th 3163 2022 Cadillac Racing 01 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA MDO DET WGL MOS ELK PET 3rd 3220 2023 Cadillac Racing 01 GTP Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 7th 2673 2024 Cadillac Racing 01 GTP Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 3rd 2864 Tower Motorsports 8 LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 MOS 46th 273 2025 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 93 GTP Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 5th 2657 Tower Motorsports 8 LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 MOS 54th 240 2026 Acura Meyer Shank Racingw/Curb-Agajanian93 GTP Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 3rd* 2215*Source:

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2019 DragonSpeed LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 33rd 1Source:

Complete NASCAR results

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 2016 Alex Caffi Motorsport 33 Chevy VAL VAL VEN VEN BRH BRH TOU TOU ADR ADR ZOL ZOL 27th 158