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Hoogenboom blasts into Endurance Racing

The opening weekend of the Michelin Le Mans Cup and European Le Mans Series at the Circuit Paul Ricard saw two young Dutch drivers take victory in their first weekend of endurance racing. Job Van Uitert stood on the top step of the ELMS LMP3 podium on Sunday afternoon but he was preceded by Leonard Hoogenboom on Saturday evening after the 18-year-old stood alongside his co-driver, Jens Petersen, on the top step of the Michelin Le Mans Cup podium.

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Like his compatriot, Leonard Hoogenboom is a graduate from the Formula 4 category. He competed in two years of the Italian series and also competed in F4 in the United Arab Emirates, where he raced four times, securing a win and a further podium finish.

Prior to 2016 Hoogenboom spent many years in karts learning his race craft and was the BNL Karting Series Rotax Max Senior Vice Champion in 2015.

Now Leonard Hoogenboom has got his endurance racing career off to a flying start with the reigning championship winning team, DKR Engineering and his German co-driver Jens Petersen.

Leonard Hoogenboom said after the race in Le Castellet: “We had a great first race. I’ve come from Formula 4 so I had never done a rolling start before, so this is all a little bit new for me. The competition in the Le Mans Cup is very strong. I overtook some cars after I started from 5^th place, which is very good. This is a good start for the 2018 season.”

Round 2 of the 2018 Michelin Le Mans Cup will be at Monza on Saturday 12 May and is a track that Leonard is familiar with after competing in Italy with the F4 series.