Dennis Kuipers (born 23 November 1985, in Almelo) is a Dutch rally driver.

Dennis Kuipers
Dennis Kuipers in 2014 Rallye Deutschland.
Personal information
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1985-11-23) 23 November 1985 (age 38)
World Rally Championship record
Active years20082014
Co-driverNetherlands Kees Hagman
Belgium Frédéric Miclotte
Belgium Bjorn Degandt
Belgium Robin Buysmans
TeamsIpatec, Stobart, Ferm
Rallies27
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points35
First rally2008 Rallye Deutschland
Last rally2014 Rallye de France-Alsace

Career

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The son of businessman and part-time rally driver Rene Kuipers, Dennis began rallying in his home country in 2007. He made his debut in the World Rally Championship at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland, finishing 18th in a Ford Focus RS WRC. He also competed at the 2009 Rally Portugal and 2009 Rally GB. In 2010, after doing the 2010 Rally Sweden in a Focus WRC, he began driving a Ford Fiesta S2000, entered by the Stobart Ford World Rally Team. In his first rally in the car, in Turkey, he finished ninth overall, scoring two points.[1]

For 2011 he will be driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC on 11 rally's. He scored points in Portugal, Jordan, Greece, Germany, France, Spain and Wales. In France, he became the best scoring Dutchman in the WRC with his fifth-place finish.

WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Points
2008 Dennis Kuipers Ford Focus RS WRC 06 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER
18
NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR NC 0
2009 Ipatec Racing Ford Focus RS WRC 06 IRE NOR CYP POR
Ret
ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR
16
NC 0
2010 Ipatec Racing Ford Focus RS WRC 06 SWE
37
19th 2
Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 MEX JOR TUR
9
NZL POR
19
BUL
13
FIN
Ret
GER
24
JPN FRA
17
ESP
11
GBR
16
2011 FERM Power Tools World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE
13
MEX
Ret
POR
10
JOR
9
ITA
Ret
ARG GRE
10
FIN
11
GER
10
AUS FRA
5
ESP
9
GBR
8
12th 21
2012 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR
6
ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP 19th 8
2013 Dennis Kuipers Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR
Ret
ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2014 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER
8
AUS FRA
11
ESP GBR 20th 4

References

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  1. ^ "Fiesta S2000 propels Dutchman into the record books". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
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