Introduction
René Binder (born 1 January 1992 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula One driver Hans Binder, and his father, Franz, was also a racing driver.
Career
Binder began his racing career in karting in 2002, remaining in the category until 2008. During this time, he finished third in the German Junior Kart Championship in 2007 and was runner-up in the German Challenger Kart Championship in 2008. In 2009 he began his formula racing career by competing in the ADAC Formel Masters series for the Abt Sportsline team. Whilst his teammate Daniel Abt won the championship, Binder finished the season in seventh position with three podium finishes. Binder then moved up to the German Formula Three Championship: in 2010, he drove for Motopark Academy and finished in twelfth place in the championship, with a best result of third position; 2011 saw him move to the Jo Zeller Racing team, for whom he improved to eighth place despite missing a round of the championship; and for the 2012 season he is driving for the Van Amersfoort Racing team. In 2011 he also competed in one round of the FIA Formula Two Championship, held at the Austrian Red Bull Ring.
Binder made his GP2 Series début in the tenth round of the 2012 season, held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. He replaced Giancarlo Serenelli in the Lazarus team, where he partnered Sergio Canamasas. He did not score any championship points.
For the 2015 season, he will partner Ferrari Academy driver Raffaele Marciello at Trident Racing.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ADAC Formel Masters | Team Abt Sportsline | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 7th |
| 2010 | ATS Formel 3 Cup | Motopark Academy | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12th |
| 2011 | ATS Formel 3 Cup | Jo Zeller Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8th |
| FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | |
| 2012 | ATS Formel 3 Cup | Van Amersfoort Racing | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 191 | 6th |
| GP2 Series | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st | |
| 2013 | GP2 Series | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23rd |
| 2014 | GP2 Series | Arden International | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25th |
| 2015 | GP2 Series | Trident | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22nd |
| MP Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Pons Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd | |
| 2016 | Formula V8 3.5 Series | Lotus | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 161 | 7th |
| GP2 Series | ART Grand Prix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | |
| Carlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | World Series Formula V8 3.5 | Lotus | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 6th* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Two results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
MAG 1 |
MAG 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
RBR 1 16 |
RBR 2 13 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
28th | 0 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Venezuela GP Lazarus | SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
BHR1 FEA |
BHR1 SPR |
BHR2 FEA |
BHR2 SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA 19 |
SPA SPR 17 |
MNZ FEA 17 |
MNZ SPR 13 |
MRN FEA Ret |
MRN SPR Ret |
31st | 0 |
| 2013 | Venezuela GP Lazarus | SEP FEA 11 |
SEP SPR 8 |
BHR FEA 18 |
BHR SPR 25 |
CAT FEA 20 |
CAT SPR 19 |
MON FEA 7 |
MON SPR 6 |
SIL FEA 16 |
SIL SPR 13 |
NÜR FEA 20 |
NÜR SPR 10 |
HUN FEA 22 |
HUN SPR 13 |
SPA FEA DNS |
SPA SPR 20 |
MNZ FEA 16 |
MNZ SPR 14 |
MRN FEA 18 |
MRN SPR 9 |
YMC FEA 15 |
YMC SPR 16 |
23rd | 11 | ||
| 2014 | Arden International | BHR FEA 9 |
BHR SPR 8 |
CAT FEA 15 |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA Ret |
MON SPR 20 |
RBR FEA 12 |
RBR SPR 12 |
SIL FEA 24 |
SIL SPR 19 |
HOC FEA 11 |
HOC SPR 22 |
HUN FEA 20 |
HUN SPR 14 |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 23 |
MNZ FEA 20 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
SOC FEA 23 |
SOC SPR Ret |
YMC FEA Ret |
YMC SPR 23 |
25th | 3 | ||
| 2015 | Trident | BHR FEA 17 |
BHR SPR Ret |
CAT FEA 22 |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA 11 |
MON SPR 16 |
RBR FEA 17 |
RBR SPR 14 |
SIL FEA 17 |
SIL SPR 18 |
HUN FEA 23 |
HUN SPR 24 |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
22nd | 2 | ||||||||||
| MP Motorsport | MNZ FEA 10 |
MNZ SPR 8 |
SOC FEA 16 |
SOC SPR Ret |
BHR FEA 20 |
BHR SPR Ret |
YMC FEA 14 |
YMC SPR C |
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| 2016 | ART Grand Prix | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
BAK FEA |
BAK SPR |
RBR FEA 16 |
RBR SPR 15 |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
23rd | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Carlin | HOC FEA 13 |
HOC SPR 15 |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pons Racing | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
MON 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
NÜR 1 13 |
NÜR 2 8 |
BUG 1 |
BUG 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
22nd | 4 | |
| 2016 | Lotus | ALC 1 4 |
ALC 2 3 |
HUN 1 11 |
HUN 2 7 |
SPA 1 5 |
SPA 2 6 |
LEC 1 3 |
LEC 2 5 |
SIL 1 3 |
SIL 2 2 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 12 |
MNZ 1 5 |
MNZ 2 2 |
JER 1 5 |
JER 2 7 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 6 |
7th | 161 |
| 2017 | Lotus | SIL 1 5 |
SIL 2 4 |
SPA 1 6 |
SPA 2 2 |
MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 1 |
JER 1 4 |
JER 2 5 |
ALC 1 5 |
ALC 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 6 |
NÜR 2 9 |
MEX 1 6 |
MEX 2 Ret |
COA 1 |
COA 2 |
BHR 1 |
BHR 2 |
6th* | 148* |
* Season still in progress.