Quick Facts
Biography
Hans Weijs Jr. (born 19 December 1986 in Elst) is a Dutch rally driver. He has won two rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship, finishing runner-up in the standings in 2010.
His father, Hans Weijs, Sr., is also a rally driver and runs his own garage in Elst.
Career
In 2004 Weijs entered for a selection day of KNAF Talent First, a program run by the Dutch national motorsport federation to find and support new young talent, which he won.
He made his debut in the World Rally Championship in 2006, on Rallye Deutschland, in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII, finishing in 39th position. He also finished Wales Rally GB in a Ford Fiesta ST. 2007 saw Weijs enter six rounds of the WRC in an Evo IX.
Weijs entered the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) in 2008 in a Citroën C2 R2 Max with the continued support of KNAF Talent First programme. He scored two points in his first season, finishing 17th in the final standings. 2009 saw considerable improvement in results after switching to a more competitive C2 S1600. He finished third in JWRC on Rally de Portugal, and won at the end of the year on Rally Catalunya. He finished the season fifth in the standings.
In 2010 Weijs won in Germany and scored two further podiums prior to the final round of the season in Catalunya. Weijs led on the final day of the rally, which would have seen him beat Aaron Burkart to the title. However, a crank sensor failure dropped him to third, which allowed Burkart, who finished the rally fourth, to win the title.
Weijs finished Second on his Super 2000 debut on the Ypres Rally, a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in a Škoda Fabia S2000.
In 2012 Hans Weijs competes in the South African Rally Championship, running for the South African Volkswagen Rally team in a Volkswagen Polo S2000
Career results
Complete WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hans Weijs Jr. | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | MON | SWE | MEX | ESP | FRA | ARG | ITA | GRE | GER 39 | FIN | JPN | CYP | TUR | AUS | NZL | NC | 0 | |
| Ford Fiesta ST | GBR 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Hans Weijs Jr. | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | MON | SWE | NOR | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA 27 | GRE | NZL | FRA | JPN | IRE 32 | GBR 31 | NC | 0 | |||
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | FIN Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
| Knaf Talent First | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | GER 22 | ESP 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Knaf Talent First | Citroën C2 R2 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | JOR Ret | ITA 27 | GRE | TUR | FIN 40 | GER Ret | NZL | FRA 37 | JPN | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| Citroën C2 R2 Max | ESP Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Knaf Talent First | Citroën C2 S1600 | IRE Ret | NOR | CYP | POR 22 | ARG | ITA 21 | GRE | POL 17 | FIN 43 | AUS | ESP 12 | GBR | NC | 0 | ||||
| 2010 | Knaf Talent First | Citroën C2 S1600 | SWE | MEX | JOR | TUR | NZL | POR Ret | BUL 14 | FIN | GER 22 | JPN | FRA 24 | ESP 18 | GBR | NC | 0 | |||
| 2011 | Volkswagen Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN | GER 13 | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |||
| 2012 | Qatar World Rally Team | Citroën DS3 WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP Ret | NC | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Hans Weijs | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR 17 | NC | 0 |
JWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Knaf Talent First | Citroën C2 R2 | MEX | JOR Ret | ITA 8 | FIN 8 | GER Ret | FRA 12 | 17th | 2 | ||
| Citroën C2 R2 Max | ESP Ret | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Knaf Talent First | Citroën C2 S1600 | IRE Ret | CYP | POR 3 | ARG | ITA 6 | POL 4 | FIN 7 | ESP 1 | 5th | 26 |
| 2010 | Knaf Talent First | Citroën C2 S1600 | TUR | POR Ret | BUL 2 | GER 1 | FRA 2 | ESP 3 | 2nd | 76 |