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Kevin Jörg (born 11 September 1995) is a Swiss racing driver and a former member of the
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Career


Karting

Jörg first began karting in 2007, partaking in numerous championships across Switzerland.


Lower Formulae

In 2011, Jörg graduated to single-seaters, competing in four races of
Formula Abarth Formula Abarth was an open wheel racing series based in Italy and Europe aimed at karting graduates. The inaugural season was in 2010, effectively replacing the Formula Azzurra. Abarth have taken over the supporting Project Youth initiative, th ...
with
Jenzer Motorsport Jenzer Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Switzerland. Founded in 1993 by Andreas Jenzer the team is currently competing in FIA Formula 3, Italian F4 and F4 Spanish and has had a number of drivers who would turn out to be successful in ...
, where he finished nineteenth in the European Championship and twenty second in the Italian. That same year, Jörg competed in the Formula BMW Talent Cup where he finished fourth. He remained with Jenzer in
Formula Abarth Formula Abarth was an open wheel racing series based in Italy and Europe aimed at karting graduates. The inaugural season was in 2010, effectively replacing the Formula Azzurra. Abarth have taken over the supporting Project Youth initiative, th ...
full-time the following year, finishing sixth in both championships.


Formula Renault

In 2012, Jörg partook in one round of both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship and Northern European Cup with
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and Daltec respectively. The following year, Jörg moved to Eurocup full-time with Jenzer, where he finished fourteenth overall. He also competed in the Alps Series, where he claimed three podiums and finished fourth. In 2014, Jörg switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing, where he claimed his maiden Eurocup victory and finished sixth. He claimed two additional victories in NEC, as well as three pole positions and fastest laps, and finished fourteenth overall. He remained with Josef Kaufmann the following year where he finished third in Eurocup and as NEC vice-champion.


GP3 Series

In 2016, it was announced that Jörg would race with the
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squad in their maiden season. He finished fourteenth overall. In January 2017, Jörg switched to
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Formula One

In February 2016, Jörg was among four drivers incorporated into the newly formed
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. The following year, Jörg was dropped from the program.


Racing record


Career summary


Complete GP3 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jörg, Kevin 1995 births Living people Swiss racing drivers Formula Abarth drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula BMW drivers GP3 Series drivers from Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport drivers Jo Zeller Racing drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers DAMS drivers Trident Racing drivers EPIC Racing drivers Formula Lista Junior drivers