50 Facts About Robin Frijns

Robin Christiaan Maria Frijns was born on 7 August 1991 and is a Dutch racing driver.

Robin Frijns began his formula racing career in the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season with Josef Kaufmann Racing.

Robin Frijns finished third overall in the championship, with a win at Silverstone and six podiums.

Robin Frijns finished as the highest-placed rookie in the championship.

Robin Frijns made his first attempt at Formula Renault 2.0, racing at the Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2010 Northern European Cup.

In 2011, Robin Frijns joined the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship full-time, continuing to drive for Josef Kaufman Racing.

Robin Frijns competed in the Northern European Cup, finishing the season fourth overall, despite missing the Oschersleben, Most and Monza rounds of the championship.

Robin Frijns' title came amidst controversy when he was involved in a collision with rival driver Jules Bianchi in the final race of the season in Barcelona.

Robin Frijns went on to finish the race in seventh place, but race stewards decided that he had caused an avoidable collision and twenty-five seconds were added to his race time, demoting him to fourteenth place.

Robin Frijns instead opted to try for a GP2 seat, and tested with veteran team Trident Racing and new team Russian Time.

Robin Frijns showed impressive pace and Trident's team principal Maurizio Salvadori praised him and stated his intentions to have Robin Frijns race for the team.

Team principal Franz Hilmer however was impressed with Robin Frijns and hoped he could compete full-time with the team in 2013.

In only his second weekend, Robin Frijns took a win and a second place at Circuit de Catalunya supporting the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.

On 18 October 2012, Sauber announced that Robin Frijns would be driving their car during the third round of Young Drivers Test in Abu Dhabi alongside the team's testing and reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez.

On 23 November 2012, it was announced that Robin Frijns would become part of Sauber, and would serve as test and reserve driver in 2013.

On 21 January 2014, Robin Frijns confirmed that he would be a reserve driver for Caterham in the 2014 season.

Robin Frijns came 10th in his first race and scored a podium in Putrajaya.

Robin Frijns finished in the points in the following two races making him the first Formula E rookie to finish his first four races in the top 10.

The Envision Virgin Racing team, suffered a difficult start to the season in Ad Diriyah, with Robin Frijns starting from 20th position on the grid, just behind teammate Bird.

Robin Frijns took his first podium for the team at the Marrakesh E-Prix, coming very close to overtaking Mahindra Racing's Jerome d'Ambrosio, but ultimately finishing second.

Robin Frijns drove a controlled race in Santiago, finishing in fifth, whilst Bird took the race victory.

Robin Frijns finished P4, for the Rome ePrix, making use of Attack Mode to pass Buemi and Oliver Rowland.

Andre Lotterer closed in on Robin Frijns, who had a damaged front wing, towards the end of the race, but the Dutch driver did enough to hold on and win the ePrix.

At the next race in Monaco, Robin Frijns had started towards the back of the grid, but made several overtakes, most notably one on Alex Lynn at Tabac, to get him into a top 10 position.

Robin Frijns pushed his luck with the overtaking however and tried an ambitious move on Alexander Sims into Ste.

In Berlin, Robin Frijns had technical issues in the group qualifying stages and started plum-last in 22nd.

At the next race in Bern, Robin Frijns was hit by Jerome d'Ambrosio, before they even got to the first corner.

Robin Frijns speared across the track and into Alex Lynn and was forced to retire with broken suspension.

At the start of the race, Robin Frijns lost second to Sebastien Buemi, but overtook the Nissan and the BMW i Andretti drivers to take his second ever Formula E victory.

Robin Frijns started the season well taking 5th place after driving through the field in the first race of the 2019 Diriyah ePrix, but crashed out of the second race to record a DNF.

Robin Frijns ended the season in 12th with 58 points.

Robin Frijns scored his first points of the season in round 2 in Diriyah with a pole position and a second place finish.

Robin Frijns finished 7th in the championship, with four podiums and 126 points.

Robin Frijns missed the third and fourth rounds at Hyderabad and Cape Town.

Robin Frijns managed to end the race in 14th place, ahead of three other cars.

Robin Frijns secured his best finish so far of the year in Monaco, with 13th.

Robin Frijns finished in the points-paying positions for the first time that year in Jakarta, ending ninth during the first race.

At the Portland, Robin Frijns again rescued points with tenth, having run in third place at one point of the race A double retirement in Rome followed before ending the season with 17th at the London ePrix.

Robin Frijns ended the season 22nd in the standings with six points, his worst Formula E campaign to date and was outscored by teammate Muller.

In 2015, Robin Frijns joined Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT to drive an Audi R8 in the Blancpain GT Series, partnering with Laurens Vanthoor and Jean-Karl Vernay in the Endurance Series and being paired up with the former for the majority of the GT Sprint Series campaign.

Robin Frijns returned to the team in 2016, competing in the Endurance and Sprint cups.

Robin Frijns would be unable to defend his Blancpain title, with season highlights being a lone win in the season finale of the Sprint series, with which he helped full-time driver and teammate Enzo Ide towards a drivers' title, and a victory at the Sepang 12 Hours alongside Christopher Haase and Laurens Vanthoor.

On 29 January 2018, it was announced that Robin Frijns will drive for Audi Sport in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, replacing Mattias Ekstrom, who elected to focus solely on the FIA World Rallycross Championship.

In 2020 Robin Frijns stayed at Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline partnering Nico Muller.

The 2020 season was his most successful season as of yet and saw Robin Frijns take his maiden win in the DTM at his home circuit in Assen.

Robin Frijns took a further two wins and 10 podiums to finish the season in third position right behind his teammate.

Robin Frijns was at the wheel of the car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans when the sister car stopped on the final lap while leading the race.

Robin Frijns subsequently inherited the lead and was able to fend off the chasing Oreca 07 from Tom Blomqvist and win the race by just over 7 tenths of a second.

However, despite the Dutchman taking pole for the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the following round, the team would be forced to retire from the race after Robin Frijns crashed during the 18th hour.

Robin Frijns was retained by Team WRT for the 2023 season alongside Ferdinand Habsburg and Sean Gelael again.