Robin Christiaan Maria Frijns (born 7 August 1991) is a Dutch racing driver. He currently races in Formula E with Envision Racing, and in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Team WRT as part of the BMW factory driver lineup.
Frijns has achieved successes throughout multiple single-seater and sportscar racing disciplines. This includes debut-year titles in the Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault 3.5 Series, race wins in Formula E and the DTM, the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup championship, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and WEC titles in the LMP2 class in 2021.
Frijns also competed in the Northern European Cup, finishing the season fourth overall, despite missing the Oschersleben, Autodrom Most and Monza rounds of the championship. Over the course of the season, he won one race and finished on the podium seven times.
Frijns' title came amidst controversy when he was involved in a collision with rival driver Jules Bianchi in the final race of the season in Barcelona. Bianchi passed Frijns at the start of lap 21, and he quickly came under more pressure from Carlin driver Kevin Magnussen. Magnussen made an attempt to pass Frijns at the Repsol corner, but Frijns moved to block him. The move forced Bianchi wide, and he skirted across the gravel trap and into the wall and retirement. Frijns went on to finish the race in seventh place, but race stewards decided that he had caused an avoidable collision and twenty-five seconds were added to his race time, demoting him to fourteenth place. As Bianchi had failed to score, and fellow title rival Sam Bird had failed to score enough points, Frijns' title remained intact. In the days following the meeting, Bianchi accused Frijns of intentionally running him off the road, a charge which Frijns denied.
Before the second race in Bahrain, Frijns announced that he would race with new-for-2013 team Hilmer for the second event of the season, replacing Conor Daly and partnering Pål Varhaug. Frijns qualified in a very respectable 10th position ahead of pre-season favourite James Calado, but struggled to adapt to the new Pirelli tyres in the races, before a collision in the first race with Stéphane Richelmi whilst in a points-scoring position compromised his weekend. Team principal Franz Hilmer however was impressed with Frijns and hoped he could compete full-time with the team in 2013.
In only his second weekend, Frijns took a win and a second place at Circuit de Catalunya supporting the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.
Reflecting on Frijns' 2012 season, ESPN commentator Ben Evans opined that "anything less than a Formula One race seat next year would be a travesty".
On 23 November 2012, it was announced that Robin Frijns would become part of Sauber, and would serve as test and reserve driver in 2013.
On 21 January 2014, Frijns confirmed that he would be a reserve driver for Caterham in the 2014 season.
Frijns finished in the points-paying positions for the first time that year in Jakarta, ending ninth during the first race. At the Portland, Frijns again rescued points with tenth, having run in third place at one point of the race A double retirement in Rome followed before ending the season with 17th at the London ePrix. Frijns ended the season 22nd in the standings with six points, his worst Formula E campaign to date and was outscored by teammate Müller. Shortly before the final race, it was announced that Frijns' contract for 2024 was terminated.
Frijns returned to the team in 2016, once again competing in the Endurance and Sprint cups. He would be unable to defend his Blancpain title, with season highlights being a lone win in the season finale of the Sprint series, with which he helped full-time driver and teammate Enzo Ide towards a drivers' title, and a victory at the Sepang 12 Hours alongside Christopher Haase and Laurens Vanthoor.
Another year at WRT followed, as Frijns teamed up with Stuart Leonard in the Sprint Cup, whilst driving in selected rounds of the Endurance Cup. Despite missing the opening event of the former series, Frijns would end up with the drivers' championship in dramatic fashion, winning the final race and the title thanks to troubles encountered by his title rivals.
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 14th | |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 238 | 4th | |
Formula One | Sauber | Test driver | ||||||
Blancpain Endurance Series | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 6th | |
Blancpain GT Series | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 175 | 1st | |
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 10th | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42nd | |
ADAC GT Masters | kfzteile24 APR Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7th |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Audi Sport Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 13th | |
FIA GT World Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Jamec Pem Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12th |
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
24H Series - A6 | Belgian Audi Club WRT | |||||||
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Audi Sport Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15th |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29th | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi Sport Team WRT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 5th |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Jackie Chan DCR JOTA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 55th |
FIA GT World Cup | Audi Sport Team WRT Speedstar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th |
Stock Car Brasil | Full Time Bassani Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Audi Sport Team WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32nd |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 8th |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Audi Sport Team WRT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12th |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5th | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Rowe Racing | |||||||
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP | BMW M Team RLL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 540 | 18th* |
2009 !nowrap | Josef Kaufmann Racing | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 265 |
2010 !nowrap | Josef Kaufmann Racing | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 383 |
2010 !nowrap | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Brno Circuit | Brno Circuit | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 ! 14th ! 70 |
2011 !nowrap | Josef Kaufmann Racing | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | ASS 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | Autodrom Most | Monza Circuit | Monza Circuit | Monza Circuit ! 4th ! 238 |
2011 !nowrap | Josef Kaufmann Racing | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st ! style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 245 |
2012 !nowrap | Fortec Motorsport | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | MON 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | Moscow Raceway | Moscow Raceway | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 189 |
2013 !nowrap | Hilmer Motorsport | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | MRN FEA | MRN SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR ! 15th ! 47 |
2014 !nowrap | Caterham F1 Team !nowrap | Caterham CT05 !nowrap | Renault Energy F12014 1.6 V6 Turbocharger | AUS | MAL | BHR | CHN | ESP | MON | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | RUS | USA | BRA | ABU ! - ! - |
2015 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS Ultra ! GT3 | NOG QR | NOG CR | Monza Circuit | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | SIL CR | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | LEC QR | MSC QR | MSC CR | SPA 6hrs | SPA 12hrs | SPA 24hrs | ALG QR | ALG CR | NÜR CR | MIS QR | MIS CR | ZAN QR | ZAN CR !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 170 |
2016 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS Ultra ! GT3 | MIS QR | MIS MR | Monza Circuit | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | SIL | LEC | NÜR QR | NÜR MR | SPA 6hrs | SPA 12hrs | SPA 24hrs | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | NÜR | CAT QR | CAT MR | ! 29th ! 37 |
2015 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ultra ! Pro | NOG QR | NOG CR | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | MOS QR | MOS CR | ALG QR | ALG CR | MIS QR | MIS CR | ZAN QR | ZAN CR !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 127 |
2016 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ! Pro | MIS QR | MIS CR | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | CAT QR | CAT CR | ! 10th ! 33 | |||||
2017 !nowrap | Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ! Pro | MIS QR | MIS CR | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | !style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 82 | ||||
2018 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ! Pro | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ! 15th ! 13 |
2015 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ultra ! Pro | Monza Circuit | SIL | LEC | SPA 6hrs | SPA 12hrs | SPA 24hrs | NÜR ! 6th ! 48 | |||
2016 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ! Pro | Monza Circuit | SIL | LEC | SPA 6hrs | SPA 12hrs | SPA 24hrs | NÜR ! 42nd ! 4 | |||
2017 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ! Pro | Monza Circuit | SIL | LEC | SPA 6hrs | SPA 12hrs | SPA 24hrs | CAT ! 13th ! 28 | |||
2018 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT ! rowspan=2 nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ! rowspan=2 | Pro | Monza Circuit | SIL | LEC | CAT !rowspan=2 | 29th !rowspan=2 | 14 | |||
2019 !nowrap | Audi Sport Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS Evo ! Pro | Monza Circuit | SIL | LEC | SPA 6hrs | SPA 12hrs | SPA 24hrs | CAT ! 32nd ! 3 |
2015–16 !nowrap | Amlin Andretti !nowrap | Spark SRT01-e ! SRT01-e | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE | MEX | LBH | PAR | BER | LDN | LDN | ! 12th ! 45 | ||||||
2016–17 !nowrap | MS Amlin Andretti !nowrap | Spark SRT01-e !nowrap | Andretti ATEC-02 | HKG | MRK | BUE | MEX | MCO | PAR | BER | BER | NYC | NYC | MTL | MTL | ! 13th ! 24 | |||
2018–19 !nowrap | Envision Virgin Racing !nowrap | Spark SRT05e !nowrap | Audi e-tron FE05 | ADR | MRK | SCL | MEX | HKG | SYX | RME | PAR | MCO | BER | BRN | NYC | NYC | ! 4th ! 106 | ||
2019–20 !nowrap | Envision Virgin Racing !nowrap | Spark SRT05e !nowrap | Audi e-tron FE06 | DIR | DIR | SCL | MRK | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | ! 12th ! 58 | |||||
2020–21 !nowrap | Envision Virgin Racing !nowrap | Spark SRT05e !nowrap | Audi e-tron FE07 | DIR | DIR | RME | RME | VLC | VLC | MCO | PUE | PUE | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | BER | BER | ! 5th ! 89 |
2021–22 !nowrap | Envision Racing !nowrap | Spark SRT05e !nowrap | Audi e-tron FE07 | DRH | DRH | MEX | RME | RME | MCO | BER | BER | JAK | MRK | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | SEO | SEO ! 7th ! 126 |
2022–23 !nowrap | ABT Sportsline !nowrap | Formula E Gen3 !nowrap | Mahindra Group | MEX | DRH | DRH | HYD | CAP | SAP | BER | BER | MCO | JAK | JAK | POR | RME | RME | LDN | LDN ! 22nd ! 6 |
2023–24 !nowrap | Envision Racing !nowrap | Formula E Gen3 !nowrap | Jaguar Cars | MEX | DRH | DRH | SAP | TOK | MIS | MIS | MCO | BER | BER | SIC | SIC | POR | POR | LDN | LDN ! 9th ! 66 |
2024–25 !nowrap | Envision Racing !nowrap | Formula E Gen3 Evo !nowrap | Jaguar Cars | SAO | MEX | JED | JED | MIA | MCO | MCO | TKO | TKO | SHA | SHA | JKT | BER | BER | LDN | LDN ! 20th* ! 17* |
2016 !nowrap | kfzteile24 APR Motorsport !nowrap | R8 LMS | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | Sachsenring | Sachsenring | Lausitzring | Lausitzring | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring ! NC ! 0 |
2016 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | R8 LMS ! Pro | BAT | SPA | SEP | ! 7th ! 25 | |
2017 !nowrap | Jamec Pec Racing ! rowspan=2 nowrap | R8 LMS ! rowspan=2 | Pro | BAT | SPA | ! rowspan=2 12th ! rowspan=2 | 8 |
2018 !nowrap | Audi Sport Team WRT !nowrap | R8 LMS ! Pro | BAT | SPA | SUZ | LGA | ! 5th ! 55 |
2019 !nowrap | Audi Sport Team WRT !nowrap | R8 LMS (2019) ! Pro | BAT | LGA | SPA | SUZ | KYA ! NC ! 0 |
2021 !nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT !nowrap | R8 LMS Evo ! Pro | BAT | IND | KYA | ! 16th ! 16 |
2018 !nowrap | Jackie Chan DCR Jota Sport ! P !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | ! 18th* ! 540* |
2018 !nowrap | Full Time Bassani ! | INT 1 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | VEL 1 | VEL 2 | LON 1 | LON 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | GOI 1 | MOU 1 | MOU 2 | CAS 1 | CAS 2 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | TAR 1 | TAR 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | INT 1 ! NC† ! 0 |
2018 !nowrap | Abt Sportsline !nowrap | Audi RS5 DTM | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | Hungaroring | Hungaroring | Norisring | Norisring | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | SPL 1 | SPL 2 | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring ! 13th ! 84 |
2019 !nowrap | Abt Sportsline !nowrap | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | Norisring | Norisring | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | NÜR 2 | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | ! 5th ! 157 | ||
2020 !nowrap | Abt Sportsline !nowrap | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | Circuit Zolder | Hockenheimring | Hockenheimring | !style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 279 |
2021 !nowrap | Audi Sport Team WRT !nowrap | Audi R8 LMS Evo ! Pro | MON | LEC | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | NÜR | CAT ! 8th ! 41 |
2021 !nowrap | Team WRT ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | ALG | MNZ | LMS | BHR | BHR | !style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;" | 151 |
2022 !nowrap | Team WRT ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | !style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 116 |
2023 !nowrap | Team WRT ! LMP2 !nowrap | Oreca 07 !nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | ALG | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | ! 4th ! 94 |
2024 !nowrap | BMW M Team WRT ! Hypercar !nowrap | BMW M Hybrid V8 !nowrap | BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR ! 27th ! 10 |
2025 ! BMW M Team WRT ! Hypercar ! BMW M Hybrid V8 ! BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR ! 15th* ! 27* |
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