Kas Haverkort (born 18 November 2003) is a Dutch racing driver and the 2020 Spanish F4 champion. He competes in the

2023 Formula Regional European Championship The 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing ...

with

Van Amersfoort Racing Van Amersfoort Racing is an auto racing team based in the Netherlands. In 2022 the team competes in the Formula 2 Championship, the Formula 3 Championship, the Formula Regional European Championship, Euroformula Open Championship, Italian F4 Cha ...

Career

Karting

Haverkort started karting in 2011. His major karting highlights included 2nd in the WSK Final Cup - OK, 1st in the 2017 German Junior Kart Championship, 3rd in the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy in 2016, 2nd in the 2013 Chrono Karting Winter Series, 1st in the 2012 Chrono Rotax Max Winter Cup Micromax and 3rd in the 2012 Chrono Dutch Rotax Max Challenge - Micromax.

Lower formulae

In 2020 Haverkort made his car racing debut in the

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with

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 dominated the championship, taking 13 victories and a total of 17 podium finishes from 21 races. The Dutchman finished 111 points ahead of teammate

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and took the title during the penultimate round of the campaign at

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, having won all three races of the weekend.

Formula Renault Eurocup

Haverkort made some appearances in

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as a guest driver for rounds 6 and 7 with

. In his first Qualifying session he set the 8th fastest time at

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he finished the first race 9th and the second race 5th. At Spa he finished 5th in both races. Kas was ineligible for points as he was a guest driver.

Formula Regional European Championship

2021

In December 2020 Haverkort did the group test at

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for

. Three months later the team announced that he would be driving for them in the

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, partnering

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and fellow F4 graduate

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. His first points finish came in the fourth round of the season when he ended up seventh at Le Castellet, and he followed that up with a sixth place at his home race in Zanvoort. The Dutchman went scoreless for the next three events, but he would finish in the points on three occasions in the final four races, getting a season-best fourth in

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. Haverkort ended his season in 16th place with a total of 35 points.

2022

For the 2022 season Haverkort switched to

. He stated that joining Van Amersfoort would be "key to reaching isgoals for the 022season" after setting the fastest laptime in a test at the

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2023

Haverkort remained with

for the

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Haverkort was a guest driver he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(

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) (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) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* * (in Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Haverkort, Kas 2003 births Living people Dutch racing drivers Spanish F4 Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers MP Motorsport drivers Van Amersfoort Racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers People from Hardenberg