Career Summary:

Jimmy Eriksson

  • March 14, 1991
  • 33
  • Sweden
  • Adac Gt Masters
  • 209
  • Team Zakspeed
  • 14
  • 34
  • 9
  • 11
  • 6.70%
  • 16.27%

Jimmy Eriksson is a Swedish racing driver who competes in GT racing in recent time. He made a sports car debut in 2017, previously competing in several single-seater ladder series (GP2 Series, GP3 Series, Formula 3, Formula Renault). His greatest success so far is a victory in the German F3 Championship in 2012.

His younger brother Joel Eriksson (born 1998) is also successful racer, becoming BMW driver in DTM in 2018.

Jimmy Eriksson

Jimmy Eriksson

Early years with Motopark Academy

Born in March 1991 in Tomelilla, Eriksson spent his teenage years in karting competitions, stepping up to car racing in 2009, driving for Motopark Academy in different Formula Renault championships (NEC, NEZ, Sweden, Eurocup).

Staying with the same team, Eriksson made a move to Formula 3 in 2010, spending a full season in the German championship (ATS Formel 3 Cup) and having one guest appearance in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He was a race winner once in the German Formula 3, finishing sixth in the points.

Jimmy Eriksson - German F3 champion in 2012

Jimmy Eriksson - German F3 champion in 2012

German Formula 3 champion in 2012

In 2011, his main competition, again with Motopark Academy, was the Formula 3 Euro Series, in which he finished ninth without wins or podiums.

In 2012, Eriksson returned to the German Formula 3 Championship, driving for Motopark Academy under the Lotus banner. He scored eight wins in the #14 Dallara-Volkswagen, capturing the championship title with a big advantage over second-placed Lucas Auer.

Jimmy is celebrating GP3 Series win at Silverstone

Jimmy is celebrating GP3 Series win at Silverstone

Three seasons in the GP3 Series

In 2013, Eriksson made a step up on the single-seater ladder, entering the GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix team. In his debut year, he scored no points in the #17 car.

For the 2014 GP3 Series season, Jimmy moved to Koiranen GP team, becoming one of the front-runners in the series. He was on a podium five times, including two wins at Silverstone and Monza, to finish fourth in the points. He stayed one more year with the same team in the same competition, scoring one victory (Sochi) in 2015 and finishing fifth in the points.

Jimmy was driving for Arden in the 2016 GP2 Series season

Jimmy was driving for Arden in the 2016 GP2 Series season

A season with Arden in the GP2 Series

The next step in Eriksson's career was the GP2 Series in 2016. He was driving the #25 car for Arden International, finishing in the points just once in nine rounds (eighteen races). He missed the last two rounds due to lack of financial support.

It was the end of his career and he had to decide in which way he would develop a career. He decided to enter sports car racing.

In 2017, Jimmy spent a season with HTP Motorsport

In 2017, Jimmy spent a season with HTP Motorsport

Racing with Mercedes in the Blancpain GT Series

Eriksson recorded his first GT racing experience back in 2014 when he joined Sebastien Loeb Racing in one round of the European Le Mans Series, scoring a victory at Estoril in the #24 Oreca LMP2 prototype together with Vincent Capillaire.

In 2017, Eriksson joined HTP Motorsport to drive their Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the Blancpain GT Series, both in the Endurance Cup and Sprint Cup. His partner in ten Sprint Cup races was Dominik Baumann and they finished 14th in the points with one podium (Misano). In the Endurance Cup, Eriksson scored two podiums in the #84 Mercedes,  together with Maxi Buhk and Franck Perera at Monza and Silverstone, finishing third in the points.

Eriksson brothers Jimmy and Joel in 2018

Eriksson brothers Jimmy and Joel in 2018

Season with Lamborghini in the ADAC GT Masters

In 2018, Jimmy moved from European GT competition German-based ADAC GT Masters, driving the #35 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 for Team Rosberg. His co-driver was Jonathan Judek. They scored no points in all seven rounds.

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