18 Facts About Nigel Melker

Nigel Melker was born on 25 January 1991 and is a Dutch former racing driver.

Nigel Melker began his motorsport career in karting in 2001, winning in the Dutch Mini Junior Cup.

Nigel Melker participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Van Amersfoort Racing.

Nigel Melker finished in twelfth place in the standings with eleven point-scoring positions that gave him 120 points.

Nigel Melker took part in ten races of the Italian Formula Renault Championship.

Nigel Melker finished eighteenth in the NEC standings, taking points in all six races he contested.

In 2010, Nigel Melker became the first driver to join RSC Mucke Motorsport for the 2010 GP3 Series season.

Nigel Melker's team-mates were compatriot Renger van der Zande and German Tobias Hegewald.

Nigel Melker started the season by taking the first pole position of his open-wheel racing career in the opening round at Barcelona, but in the race he was involved in an accident on the opening lap and retired.

Nigel Melker took another pole in Turkey, but did not finish in the points until the final race of the season at Monza, restricting him to 23rd place in the championships.

Nigel Melker remained in GP3 with the Mucke team for the 2011 season, alongside Michael Christensen and Luciano Bacheta.

Nigel Melker made his racing debut in a Formula Renault 3.5 car at Silverstone 2012, replacing Cesar Ramos at the Lotus team.

Nigel Melker retired in the second race and was replaced by Estonian Kevin Korjus for the remainder of the season.

Nigel Melker spent most of the season in the subtop of the championship, amassing 4 podiums and 136 points, as well as posting 2 fastest laps.

Unable to find a drive in Formula Renault 3.5 for 2014, Nigel Melker turned his attention elsewhere.

Nigel Melker signed with Azerti Motorsport for the inaugural Formula Acceleration 1 season.

Nigel Melker was competitive immediately, finishing second twice at the opening round in Portugal, before taking a double victory at Circuito de Navarra.

Nigel Melker went on to win the drivers' championship after a victory at the Nurburgring and a double victory at Assen.