Danny Kroes

{{short description|Dutch racing driver}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use British English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Danny Kroes | image = Danny Kroes TCR CUPRA Leon.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = | nationality = {{flagicon|NLD}} Dutch | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|11|05}} | birth_place = Vijfhuizen, Netherlands | relatives =  | racing_licence = 12px FIA Silver | current_series = Lamborghini Super Trofeo Champion 2019 | first_year = 2019 | current_team = Bonaldi Motorsport | car_number = 3 | former_teams =Ferry Monster, PCR | starts = 16 | wins =5 | poles =5 | fastest_laps =5 | best_finish = | year =2019 | last_finish =European Champion and 3rd in World Championship | prev_series = Supercar Challenge TCR International Series F4 Spanish Championship SMP F4 Championship Karting | prev_series_years = 2017 2017 2016 2016 2011-15 | titles = Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | title_years =2019 | awards = | award_years = }}

'''Danny Kroes''' (born 5 November 1999) is a Dutch racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the SMP F4 Championship and F4 Spanish Championship amongst others.

==Racing career== Kroes began his career in 2011 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2015. In 2016, he switched to the SMP F4 Championship, he finished the season twelfth in the championship standings that year. He also raced in the F4 Spanish Championship finishing eleventh in the standings. For 2017, he switched to the Champions, driving a SEAT León TCR for Ferry Monster Autosport partnering Pepe Oriola.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/danny-kroes |title=Danny Kroes career statistics |publisher=Driver Database |accessdate=18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/05/17/pepe-oriola-to-race-in-the-tcr-benelux-series-this-weekend/|title=Pepe Oriola to race in the TCR Benelux series this weekend|website=TouringCarTimes|date=17 May 2017|access-date=18 July 2017|first=Tamara|last=Aller}}</ref>

In June 2017, it was announced that Kroes would race in the TCR International Series, driving an SEAT León TCR for his TCR Benelux team Ferry Monster Autosport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2017/06/28/danny-kroes-joins-the-tcr-grid-at-oschersleben/|title=Danny Kroes joins the TCR grid at Oschersleben|website=TouringCarTimes|date=28 June 2017|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/danny-kroes-at-oschersleben-with-ferry-monster-autosport|title=Kroes at Oschersleben with Ferry Monster Autosport|website=tcr-series.com|language=en-gb|date=28 June 2017|access-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2018, Kroes competed in the TCR Europe series with Cupra TCR. He achieved a podium finish in only his second race at Zandvoort but suffered from bad luck and mechanical failures throughout the season.

In 2019, Kroes switched to Lamborghini and partnered with Russian driver Sergei Afanasiev. They won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Pro class championship with their team, Bonaldi Motorsport. Kroes also took pole position, fastest race lap and a class win in the 24 Hours of Zolder, also in a Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo Run by Leipert Motorsport. At the world finals in Jerez, Kroes and Afanasiev took a third place, also with Bonaldi Motorsport.

==Racing record== ===Career summary=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center" !Season !Series !Team !Races !Wins !Poles !F/Laps !Podiums !Points !Position |- ! rowspan="2" | 2016 |align=left| F4 Spanish Championship | rowspan="2" align=left| MP Motorsport |9 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC† |- |align=left| SMP F4 Championship |8 |0 |0 |0 |0 |32 |12th |- ! rowspan="4" | 2017 |align=left| TCR International Series | rowspan="3" align=left| Ferry Monster Autosport |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |2 |33rd |- |align=left| TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |50 |23rd |- |align=left| Supercar Challenge - Supersport 1 |4 |0 |1 |3 |1 |57 |11th |- |align=left| Touring Car Endurance Series - TCR |align=left| Bas Koeten Racing | | | | | | | |- ! rowspan="2" | 2018 |align=left| TCR Europe Touring Car Series |align=left| PCR Sport |14 |0 |0 |0 |0 |30 |14th |- |align=left| TCR Middle East Series |align=left| Pit Lane Competizioni |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |6 |12th |- ! rowspan="2" | 2019 |align=left| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | rowspan="2" align=left| Bonaldi Motorsport |12 |3 |2 |3 |10 |139 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"|'''1st''' |- |align=left nowrap| Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro |2 |0 |0 |0 |1 |10 |6th |- ! rowspan="2" | 2020 |align=left| Italian GT Championship - Endurance | rowspan="2" align=left nowrap| Vincenzo Sospiri Racing |4 |0 |0 |0 |2 |33 |6th |- |align=left| Italian GT Championship - Sprint |8 |0 |0 |0 |4 |70 |5th |- ! 2022 |align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |align=left| GSM Novamarine |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |NC |} † As he was a guest driver, Kroes was ineligible to score points.

===Complete SMP F4 Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! DC ! Points |- | 2016 ! nowrap| MP Motorsport |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SOC 1 {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SOC 2 {{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN1 1 {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN1 2 {{small|4}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZAN1 3 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN2 1 {{small|9}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN2 2 {{small|11}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN2 3 {{small|11}} |MSC1 1 |MSC1 2 |MSC1 3 |MSC2 1 |MSC2 2 |MSC2 3 |AND 1 |AND 2 |AND 3 |AHV 1 |AHV 2 |AHV 3 ! 12th ! 32 |}

===Complete F4 Spanish Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! DC ! Points |- | 2016 ! nowrap| MP Motorsport |NAV 1 |NAV 2 |NAV 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF"| ALC 1 {{small|5}} |style="background:#CFCFFF"| ALC 2 {{small|4}} |style="background:#CFCFFF"| ALC 3 {{small|6}} |ALG 1 |ALG 2 |ALG 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF"| VAL 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF"| VAL 2 {{small|6}} |style="background:#CFCFFF"| VAL 3 {{small|5}} |CAT 1 |CAT 2 |JAR 1 |JAR 2 |JAR 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF"| JER 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF"| JER 2 {{small|6}} |style="background:#CFCFFF"| JER 3 {{small|8}} ! NC ! - |}

===Complete TCR International Series results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! DC ! Points |- | 2017 !nowrap| Ferry Monster Autosport !nowrap| SEAT León TCR | RIM 1 | RIM 2 | BHR 1 | BHR 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC 1 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSC 2 Ret | CHA 1 | CHA 2 | ZHE 1 | ZHE 2 | DUB 1 | DUB 2 ! 33rd ! 2 |}

===Complete TCR Europe Series results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! DC ! Points |- | 2018 !nowrap| PCR Sport !nowrap| CUPRA León TCR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LEC 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC 2 {{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN 1 {{small|8}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN 2 {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA 1 {{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA 2 {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN 1 {{small|9}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN 2 {{small|19}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ASS 1 {{small|12}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ASS 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ 2 {{small|20}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT 2 {{small|Ret}} ! 14th ! 30 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{DriverDB driver|danny-kroes}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kroes, Danny}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:TCR International Series drivers Category:Dutch racing drivers Category:Spanish F4 Championship drivers Category:SMP F4 Championship drivers Category:MP Motorsport drivers Category:TCR Europe Touring Car Series drivers Category:Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers Category:Vincenzo Sospiri Racing drivers Category:Italian GT Championship drivers Category:TCR Middle East Touring Car Series drivers Category:GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup drivers Category:TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship drivers

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