René Binder

René Binder
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 Innsbruck, Austria
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	MP Motorsport
Car no.	17
Former teams	Venezuela GP Lazarus, Arden International, Trident
Starts	68
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	22nd in 2015
Previous series
2015 2010–2012 2011 2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series ATS Formel 3 Cup FIA Formula Two Championship ADAC Formel Masters

René Binder (born January 1, 1992 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula One driver Hans Binder, and his father, Franz, was also a racing driver.

Career

Binder began his racing career in karting in 2002, remaining in the category until 2008. During this time, he finished third in the German Junior Kart Championship in 2007 and was runner-up in the German Challenger Kart Championship in 2008. In 2009 he began his formula racing career by competing in the ADAC Formel Masters series for the Abt Sportsline team. Whilst his teammate Daniel Abt won the championship, Binder finished the season in seventh position with three podium finishes. Binder then moved up to the German Formula Three Championship: in 2010, he drove for Motopark Academy and finished in twelfth place in the championship, with a best result of third position; 2011 saw him move to the Jo Zeller Racing team, for whom he improved to eighth place despite missing a round of the championship; and for the 2012 season he is driving for the Van Amersfoort Racing team. In 2011 he also competed in one round of the FIA Formula Two Championship, held at the Austrian Red Bull Ring.

Binder made his GP2 Series début in the tenth round of the 2012 season, held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. He replaced Giancarlo Serenelli in the Lazarus team, where he partnered Sergio Canamasas. He did not score any championship points.

For the 2015 season, he will partner Ferrari Academy driver Raffaele Marciello at Trident Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	ADAC Formel Masters	Team Abt Sportsline	16	0	0	1	3	90	7th
2010	ATS Formel 3 Cup	Motopark Academy	18	0	0	0	1	12	12th
2011	ATS Formel 3 Cup	Jo Zeller Racing	16	0	0	0	1	26	8th
	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	2	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2012	ATS Formel 3 Cup	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	3	0	1	7	191	6th
	GP2 Series	Venezuela GP Lazarus	6	0	0	0	0	0	31st
2013	GP2 Series	Venezuela GP Lazarus	21	0	0	0	0	11	23rd
2014	GP2 Series	Arden International	22	0	0	0	0	3	25th
2015	GP2 Series	Trident	19	0	0	0	0	2	22nd
		MP Motorsport
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	2	0	0	0	0	4	22nd
2016	Formula V8 3.5 Series	Lotus	6	0	0	0	1	51	5th*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2011	25	SIL 1	SIL 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 13	MON 1	MON 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	28th	0

Complete GP2 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	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2012	Venezuela GP Lazarus	MYS FEA	MYS SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA 19	BEL SPR 17	ITA FEA 17	ITA SPR 13	SGP FEA Ret	SGP SPR Ret	31st	0
2013	Venezuela GP Lazarus	MYS FEA 11	MYS SPR 8	BHR FEA 18	BHR SPR 25	ESP FEA 20	ESP SPR 19	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 6	GBR FEA 16	GBR SPR 13	GER FEA 20	GER SPR 10	HUN FEA 22	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA DNS	BEL SPR 20	ITA FEA 16	ITA SPR 14	SGP FEA 18	SGP SPR 9	ABU FEA 15	ABU SPR 16			23rd	11
2014	Arden International	BHR FEA 9	BHR SPR 8	ESP FEA 15	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 20	AUT FEA 12	AUT SPR 12	GBR FEA 24	GBR SPR 19	GER FEA 11	GER SPR 22	HUN FEA 20	HUN SPR 14	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 23	ITA FEA 20	ITA SPR Ret	RUS FEA 23	RUS SPR Ret	ABU FEA Ret	ABU SPR 23			25th	3
2015	Trident	BHR FEA 17	BHR SPR Ret	ESP FEA 22	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA 11	MON SPR 16	AUT FEA 17	AUT SPR 14	GBR FEA 17	GBR SPR 18	HUN FEA 23	HUN SPR 24	BEL FEA	BEL SPR											22nd	2
	MP Motorsport															ITA FEA 10	ITA SPR 8	RUS FEA 16	RUS SPR Ret	BHR FEA 20	BHR SPR Ret	ABU FEA 14	ABU SPR C

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series 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	Pos	Points
2015	Pons Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	MON 1	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 8	BUG 1	BUG 2	JER 1	JER 2		22nd	4
2016	Lotus	ALC 1 4	ALC 2 3	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 7	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 6	LEC 1	LEC 1	SIL 1	SIL 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	JER 1	JER 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	5th*	51*

^* Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website (German)
• René Binder career details at driverdb.com