Jimmy Eriksson

Jimmy Eriksson
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 Tomelilla (Sweden)
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Koiranen GP
Car no.	11
Former teams	Status Grand Prix
Starts	52
Wins	3
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	4th in 2014
Previous series
2010, 12 2010-11 2009 2009 2009 2009	German Formula Three Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Championship titles
2012	German Formula Three

Jimmy Eriksson (born 14 March 1991 in Tomelilla) is a Swedish race car driver currently driving in the GP3 Series for Team Koiranen GP.

Career

Karting

Eriksson made his karting debut in 2005, at the age of fourteen. In 2008 he was champion of the Swedish Formula Yamaha Championship.

Formula Renault

Eriksson began his car racing career by driving in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Motopark Academy in 2009. He took a victory at Alastaro Circuit along with fourteen point-scoring positions to finish sixteenth in championship. Also he competed in some races of Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ, Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, all with Motopark.

Formula Three

File:Jimmy Eriksson F3-2011.jpg

Jimmy Eriksson in 2011

In 2010, Eriksson stepped up to the German Formula Three Championship with the Motopark Academy team. He joind Formula Renault team-mates Kevin Magnussen and Luís Felipe Derani at the team.

Racing career

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motopark Academy	16	1	1	1	1	113	15th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ		4	0	0	0	1	47	10th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden		4	0	0	0	1	16	9th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2010	German Formula Three	Motopark Academy	17	1	0	0	3	43	6th
	Formula 3 Euro Series		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2011	Formula 3 Euro Series	Motopark Academy	27	0	0	0	0	93	9th
2012	German Formula Three	Lotus	27	8	8	9	17	408	1st
2013	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	16	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2014	GP3 Series	Koiranen GP	18	2	2	0	5	134	4th
	European Le Mans Series	Sebastien Loeb Racing	1	1	0	0	1	-	-
2015	GP3 Series	Koiranen GP	18	1	0	0	3	118	5th

† - As Eriksson was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

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	25	26	27	DC	Points
2010	Motopark Academy	Dallara F305/045	Volkswagen	LEC 1	LEC 2	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret	VAL 1	VAL 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	HOC 1	HOC 2										NC†	N/A
2011	Motopark Academy	Dallara F308/099	Volkswagen	LEC 1 10	LEC 2 9	LEC 3 6	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 7	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 9	ZAN 3 7	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 5	RBR 3 6	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 4	NOR 3 7	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 Ret	NÜR 3 10	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 9	SIL 3 6	VAL 1 9	VAL 2 9	VAL 3 11	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 8	HOC 3 7	9th	93

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	17	18	D.C.	Points
2013	Status Grand Prix	ESP FEA 19	ESP SPR Ret	VAL FEA 18	VAL SPR 16	GBR FEA 18	GBR SPR 21†	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 18	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 12	BEL FEA 17	BEL SPR 15	ITA FEA 13	ITA SPR Ret	ABU FEA 23	ABU SPR 26			24th	0
2014	Koiranen GP	ESP FEA 2	ESP SPR 6	AUT FEA 3	AUT SPR 2	GBR FEA 1	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 7	GER SPR 15	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 16	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 19	ITA FEA 1	ITA SPR 8	RUS FEA 4	RUS SPR 16	ABU FEA 10	ABU SPR 5	4th	134
2015	Koiranen GP	ESP FEA 6	ESP SPR 2	AUT FEA 20†	AUT SPR 10	GBR FEA 5	GBR SPR 4	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 6	BEL FEA 13	BEL SPR 16	ITA FEA 5	ITA SPR 5	RUS FEA 8	RUS SPR 1	BHR FEA 5	BHR SPR 7	ABU FEA 3	ABU SPR 5	5th	118

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the race distance.

External links

• Official website
• Jimmy Eriksson career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Richie Stanaway	German Formula Three Champion 2012	Succeeded by Marvin Kirchhöfer