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CV – career progression D.O.B. 1998-06-28 2018 DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) with BMW 2017 FIA F3 World Cup – Macau GP | pole position 2017 FIA F3 European Championship | runner-up (7 wins, 14 podiums) 2016 FIA F3 European Championship | fifth overall, Rookie of the Year 2016 Masters of Formula 3 | winner from pole 2015 ADAC F4 Championship | runner-up (7 wins, 10 podiums) 2014 ADAC Formel Masters | fifth overall (1 win, 6 podiums) 2013 Karting | KZ2 (south-Swedish champion) 2012 Karting | F.Yamaha (winner of Gothenburg Grand Prix) 2011 Karting | F.Yamaha (Swedish champion) 2010 Karting | Junior 60 (regional champion) Joel Eriksson started out karting in his native Sweden in late 2007, progressing from the Formula Micro category into Junior 60 in 2008. By 2010, he became regional champion, and a year later, he claimed the outright Swedish championship Formula Yamaha crown. Victory in the competitive Gothenburg Grand Prix – Scandinavia’s main karting race – followed in 2012, with Joel then bidding farewell to karting with a sole season of KZ2 racing at the age of 14 in 2013. As the youngest driver in the field, he went on to beat significantly older and more experienced rivals to lift the Swedish championship title. For 2014, Joel advanced into single-seater racing with Team Motopark in the ADAC Formel Masters championship. He scored his maiden victory four rounds into the season, and was a regular frontrunner over the remainder of the campaign. Racking up a total of six podium finishes, he wound up fifth in the overall standings, as top Team Motopark runner. 2015 marked another successful year in Joel’s fledgling single-seater career, as he fought for the ADAC Formula 4 title until the final round of the season, eventually finishing the campaign as championship runner-up. He bagged a total of seven wins and ten podiums. Progressing to the ultra-competitive FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2016, Joel notched up his maiden F3 podium on his very first weekend in the category, and went on to claim his first win at Spa-Francorchamps later in the season. With ten podiums from 30 races, he comfortably claimed Rookie of the Year honours and wound up a strong fifth overall in the final standings. He also managed to win the prestigious Masters of F3 standalone event at his first attempt, and debuted at the Macau Grand Prix. In 2017, Joel returned to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship as one of the main title contenders. With seven wins and 14 podiums to his tally, he eventually finished the season as runner-up, handing Team Motopark its best-ever FIA F3 result. Joel later qualified on pole position for the end-of-season FIA F3 World Cup in Macau, but was taken out from the main race by a fellow rival while holding the lead. Joel Eriksson is 20 years old and lives in the Swedish town of Tomelilla. He was drafted into BMW’s works squad in the DTM for 2018.

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CV – career progression D.O.B. 1998-06-28

2018 DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) with BMW2017 FIA F3 World Cup – Macau GP | pole position2017 FIA F3 European Championship | runner-up (7 wins, 14 podiums)2016 FIA F3 European Championship | fifth overall, Rookie of the Year2016 Masters of Formula 3 | winner from pole2015 ADAC F4 Championship | runner-up (7 wins, 10 podiums)2014 ADAC Formel Masters | fifth overall (1 win, 6 podiums)2013 Karting | KZ2 (south-Swedish champion)2012 Karting | F.Yamaha (winner of Gothenburg Grand Prix)2011 Karting | F.Yamaha (Swedish champion) 2010 Karting | Junior 60 (regional champion)

Joel Eriksson started out karting in his native Sweden in late 2007, progressing from the Formula Micro category into Junior 60 in 2008. By 2010, he became regional champion, and a year later, he claimed the outright Swedish championship Formula Yamaha crown.

Victory in the competitive Gothenburg Grand Prix – Scandinavia’s main karting race – followed in 2012, with Joel then bidding farewell to kartingwith a sole season of KZ2 racing at the age of 14 in 2013. As the youngest driver in the field, he went on to beat significantly older and moreexperienced rivals to lift the Swedish championship title.

For 2014, Joel advanced into single-seater racing with Team Motopark in the ADAC Formel Masters championship. He scored his maiden victoryfour rounds into the season, and was a regular frontrunner over the remainder of the campaign. Racking up a total of six podium finishes, hewound up fifth in the overall standings, as top Team Motopark runner.

2015 marked another successful year in Joel’s fledgling single-seater career, as he fought for the ADAC Formula 4 title until the final round ofthe season, eventually finishing the campaign as championship runner-up. He bagged a total of seven wins and ten podiums.

Progressing to the ultra-competitive FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2016, Joel notched up his maiden F3 podium on his very firstweekend in the category, and went on to claim his first win at Spa-Francorchamps later in the season. With ten podiums from 30 races, hecomfortably claimed Rookie of the Year honours and wound up a strong fifth overall in the final standings. He also managed to win theprestigious Masters of F3 standalone event at his first attempt, and debuted at the Macau Grand Prix.

In 2017, Joel returned to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship as one of the main title contenders. With seven wins and 14 podiums to histally, he eventually finished the season as runner-up, handing Team Motopark its best-ever FIA F3 result. Joel later qualified on pole position forthe end-of-season FIA F3 World Cup in Macau, but was taken out from the main race by a fellow rival while holding the lead.

Joel Eriksson is 20 years old and lives in the Swedish town of Tomelilla. He was drafted into BMW’s works squad in the DTM for 2018.