Dilano van 't Hoff (born 26 July 2004) is a Dutch racing driver who is currently competing in the

F4 Spanish Championship The F4 Spanish Championship ( es, Campeonato de España de Fórmula 4) is an FIA Formula 4 racing series. The championship was planned to launch in 2015, though the inaugural season was cancelled and delayed until 2016. Koiranen GP was the promot ...

and

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for

MP Motorsport MP Motorsport (previously Marcel Peters Motorsport) is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team has also participated in Auto GP, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern Europea ...

. He is the

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champion.

Career

Karting

Van 't Hoff started his international karting career at the age of eleven, competing in the SKUSA SuperNationals. The Dutchman finished third in both the IAME Euro Series and IAME International Final in 2018, the same year in which he finished sixth in his first season of the European Championship. He ended the following year fifth in the same series, this time in the OK class, and won the Trofeo delle Industrie with Forza Racing.

Lower formulae

In 2021 Van 't Hoff made his single-seater debut with Xcel Motorsport in the

Formula 4 UAE Championship Starting in the 2016–17 season, the all new Formula 4 UAE Championship was launched by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, and its national affiliate the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), who acted as t ...

. His season started successfully, as, despite stalling at the start of the first race, the Dutchman was able to come back to second in that race and would go on to win the following two races, having started both from pole position. Van 't Hoff was then able to extend his gap to his nearest rival

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by winning two more races at the next round at

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. After another win at round three in

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Van 't Hoff would lose his gap to Trulli thanks to a disqualification in the final race of the penultimate event, stripping him off another podium and more crucial points for the championship. He would go on to eventually lose out to Trulli by just one point in the final round. For his main campaign, Van 't Hoff joined

in the

. His first two wins came at the first round of the series at the

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, and Van 't Hoff then went on a run of six podiums in a row, including three wins and a triple podium at

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. He scored his next victory in the sprint race at the

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after original winner Daniel Macia had been given a penalty for extending track limits, and followed this up with another podium in the third race. At the penultimate round of the season, van 't Hoff completed a hattrick of poles and race wins, thus winning the championship.

Formula Regional European Championship

In September 2021 Van 't Hoff made his debut in the

, racing for

on the

as a guest driver.

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Van 't Hoff was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 UAE Championship results

(

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Van 't Hoff was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:van 't Hoff, Dilano 2004 births Living people Dutch racing drivers Spanish F4 Championship drivers Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers MP Motorsport drivers Pinnacle Motorsport drivers Karting World Championship drivers UAE F4 Championship drivers