Indy Dontje
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (age 33) Alkmaar,North Holland
Relatives	Milan Dontje (brother)
Current team	Winward Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	57
Previous series
2014 2012-2013	ATS Formel 3 Cup ADAC Formel Masters
Championship titles
2021, 2024	24 Hour of Daytona Pro-Am

Indy Dontje (born 21 November 1992 inAlkmaar,North Holland) is a Dutch racing driver. After starting inADAC Formel Masters andATS Formel 3 Cup Dontje is now a Mercedes-Benz GT3 driver.

Father Arthur Dontje supported his sons Indy andMilan with their own karting team early in their careers. Arthurs chocolate company, Dobla, was the naming sponsor. Indy started racing inRotax Max powered classes, such as MiniMax and Junior Max.^[1] After graduating into shifter karts, Dontje raced in theGerman Karting Championship in 2009 against other young hopefuls such asJack Hawksworth andHannes van Asseldonk.^[2] Later in his karting career, in 2010 and 2011, he competed in the USA in theSKUSA SuperNationals. In 2010 Dontje finished third in the S1 class.^[3] The following year, Dontje finished second in a factory supportedEnergy Corse kart.^[4]

Dontje made his single-seater debut in 2012 at age 19. Racing in theADAC Formel Masters, Dontje joinedTeam Motopark, part of theLotus F1 junior program.^[5] During the season, Dontje scored one podium finish, a third place at the Sachsenring.^[6] For 2013, Dontje remained at Team Motopark. He won the third race of the season, atMotorsport Arena Oschersleben.^[7] He won a second race at theRed Bull Ring.^[8] Dontje was the only driver to score points every single race during the season. This placed him sixth in the series standings.^{[citation needed]}

For 2014, Dontje remained at the Lotus backed Team Motopark to race in theATS Formel 3 Cup.^[9] With the German F3 championship running older machinery compared to the European F3, the German championship struggled to attract many drivers with many races being run with less than ten drivers. Dontje scored fourteen podium finishes, with a single victory, out of 23 races. Dontje won the second race during theRed Bull Ring weekend.^[10] He also competed in the2014 Zandvoort Masters. Dontje challengedNabil Jeffri for third but had to settle for fourth place, scoring the fastest racelap in the progress.^[11]

In 2015,Rowe Racing named Dontje as one of their drivers for the2015 Blancpain Endurance Series.^[12] After the opening three races, Dontje switched to the GT Russian Team for the2015 24 Hours of Spa and remained at the team for the season final.^[13]

With Rowe Racing switching to BMW, Dontje remained in the AMG Customer Sports program withHTP Motorsport for 2016. Dontje ran the full2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup with teammatesLuciano Bacheta and Clemens Schmid. The teams best finish was a fifth place atSilverstone. He also made his debut in the24 Hours of Nürburgring racing with fellow Mercedes-AMG teamBlack Falcon. The team retired after 57 laps.^[14] For 2017, Dontje switched from the Blancpain Endurance Series to theADAC GT Masters. With theMercedes-AMG GT Dontje scored two podium finishes, atZandvoort and theSachsenring, to place thirteenth in the series championship.^{[citation needed]}

In 2023, Dontje joined Winward Racing in their expandedGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup effort, competing alongsidePhilip Ellis andRussell Ward in the Gold Cup class.^[15]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Black Falcon	Rob Huff "Gerwin" Abdulaziz Al Faisal	Mercedes-AMG GT3	SP9	57	Ret	Ret
2017	Mann-Filter TeamHTP Motorsport	Kenneth Heyer Bernd Schneider Patrick Assenheimer	Mercedes-AMG GT3	SP9	155	14th	14th
2018	Mercedes-AMG Team Mann Filter	Maximilian Götz Christian Hohenadel Renger van der Zande	Mercedes-AMG GT3	SP9	129	17th	16th
2019	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	Hendrick Still Georg Weiss Leonard Weiss	Ferrari 488 GT3	SP9	152	12th	11th
2021	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau byPhoenix Racing	Daniel Keilwitz Jochen Krumbach Georg Weiss	Ferrari 488 GT3	SP9	58	13th	13th
2023	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	Daniel Keilwitz Jochen Krumbach Leonard Weiss	Ferrari 296 GT3	SP9 Pro-Am	161	7th	1st
2024	Lionspeed GP	Antares Au Patrik Kolb Patric Niederhauser	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	SP9 Pro-Am	50	9th	1st

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

• 1992 births
• Dutch racing drivers
• Sportspeople from Alkmaar
• British Formula Three Championship drivers
• ADAC Formel Masters drivers
• GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
• ADAC GT Masters drivers
• Living people
• International GT Open drivers
• 24H Series drivers
• WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
• 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
• German Formula Three Championship drivers
• Motopark Academy drivers
• Rowe Racing drivers
• Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers
• R-ace GP drivers
• ART Grand Prix drivers
• Phoenix Racing drivers
• Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
• Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers
• 24 Hours of Spa drivers
• Porsche Motorsports drivers
• Winward Racing drivers
• Haupt Racing Team drivers
• Lionspeed GP drivers
• 12 Hours of Sebring drivers
• ADAC GT4 Germany drivers

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