Background
He is the son of the 1978 National Dutch Rallycross Champion with Volkswagen Golf Mk1 1600, the Psychologist Ronald van der Zande.
He is the son of the 1978 National Dutch Rallycross Champion with Volkswagen Golf Mk1 1600, the Psychologist Ronald van der Zande.
He raced for the Prema Powerteam in the Formula Three Euroseries in 2007 and 2008, and made his GP2 Series début by competing in the second round of the 2008-2009 GP2 Asia Series season for Trust Team Arden, where he replaced Mika Mäki. Having not acquired the budget for a GP2 campaign, van der Zande moved into the British Formula 3 Championship, competing for Hitech Racing. He returned to the Euroseries midway through the season, as Atte Mustonen had to pull out of the Oschersleben rounds due to health problems.
He returned in Barcelona, again replacing Mustonen at Motopark.
This was due to the fact that Daniel Ricciardo had sealed the 2009 British F3 title, before the final round. Hitech team-mate Walter Grubmüller overhauled his points tally, and finished as runner-up in the title race.
Career summary
‡ Team standings. † – As van der Zande was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete First Rate (at Lloyd's) Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
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† As van der Zande was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Diploma in Tropical Medicine results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).