Sam Dejonghe (born 2 September 1991) is a Belgian racing driver who last raced for Q1-Trackracing at the 24 Hours of Zolder.

Career Born in Kalmthout, Dejonghe made his single-seater debut in 2010 by joining Team Astromega for the 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. After finishing fifth in points, Dejonghe joined Team West-Tec fo step up to the European F3 Open Championship in 2011. Racing in the Copa F306/300 class, Dejonghe took four class wins, which included overall podiums at Algarve and Monza, on his way to runner-up in points to Fabio Gamberini at season's end.

Returning to Team West-Tec for the 2012 season, Dejonghe switched to Class A for his sophomore season in the European F3 Open Championship. Despite his car being delivered three days before the season opener and missing pre-season tests, he finished third in the season-opening race at Algarve. The Belgian then went on to take his only win of the season at the Nürburgring, which helped him to finish fifth in points at season's end despite missing the season-ending round at Barcelona due to budgetary reasons. At the end of the year, Dejonghe competed in the final two rounds of the 2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship, where he scored two podiums en route to sixth in points at season's end.

After not racing for most of 2013, Dejonghe returned to the 2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship, where he took his only two wins of the season at the final round at Madras International Circuit as he finished third in points. Dejonghe then joined Virtuosi UK for the 2014 Auto GP Series, where he competed in the first three rounds, scoring his only podium at the Hungaroring before leaving the series.

The following season, Dejonghe made his debut in Supercar Challenge, racing for Deldiche Racing in the Superlights 1 class. Alongside Luc de Cock, the duo won four races on their way to the title at season's end. The following year, Dejonghe transitioned over to the newly-created TCR BeNeLux after being selected as one of two drivers to represent the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium. Dejonghe took won both qualifying races at Zandvoort and Assen as they ended the year third in points. In 2016, Dejonghe also won the overall Belcar Endurance Championship title with Deldiche Racing-

Dejonghe was retained by the RACB for the 2017 TCR BeNeLux season alongside Denis Dupont. After taking his maiden win of the season at Zolder, before winning the back-to-back races at Assen on his way to fifth in points. During 2017, Dejonghe also made a one-off appearance in International GT Open for Aston Martin Brussels Racing and also joined Mahindra Racing as their development driver for the 2017–18 Formula E Championship.

Starting off the 2018 season in with a part-time schedule in the GT4 European Series for Selleslagh Racing Team, Dejonghe then raced in the 24 Hours of Spa for Brussels Racing, before returning to Mahindra Racing as their development driver for the 2018–19 Formula E Championship.

In 2019, Dejonghe joined Inter Europol Competition to race in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series from Monza to Silverstone, before switching to the team's LMP2 program ahead of Spa. At the end of the year, Dejonghe was retained as a test and reserve driver for Mahindra Racing ahead of the 2019–20 Formula E Championship.

After returning to the Supercar Challenge during 2019, Dejonghe remained in the series for the next three seasons, which culminated in him winning the CN title in 2022 alongside Thomas Piessens. Dejonghe also joined RedAnt Racing in 2022 to make his debut in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. In his rookie season in the series, Dejonghe took three podiums and finished fourth in points.

Following his Prototype Challenge title, Dejonghe returned to GT3 competition by joining Audi-affiliated Comtoyou Racing for the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup alongside Loris Hezemans and Finlay Hutchison. Having taken a class win at Monza, the trio scored three more class podiums as they finished runner-up in the Silver Cup at season's end. During 2023, Dejonghe also returned to RedAnt Racing for a second season in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. In his sophomore season in the series, Dejonghe took a lone podium at the Hockenheimring and ended the year sixth in points.

Dejonghe returned to Comtoyou Racing for 2024, joining Matisse Lismont and Charles Clark in the team's second Silver Cup lineup as the team switched to Aston Martin. Following a best result of 32nd at the 24 Hours of Spa, Dejonghe was replaced by Job van Uitert as the team shuffled its non-pro lineups after the 3 Hours of Nürburgring. The following year, Dejonghe finished third at the 24 Hours of Zolder for Q1-Trackracing.

Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2005Championnat de Belgique — ICA Junior 14th2006WSK International Series — ICA Junior 31stChampionnat de Belgique — ICA Junior 5th 2007Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax JuniorDNR 44th2008Andrea Margutti Trophy — KF2Kosmic Kart Racing NCWSK International Series — KF2 65thKarting European Championship — KF2 NCKarting World Cup — KF2 NCChampionnat de Belgique – KF23rdBenelux Karting Series – KF2 10th 2009Karting European Championship — KZ2Pepe Kart Racing 82nd 2012GK4 Four-Stroke Kart Series – VT250 Senior 18thSources:

Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Team Astromega 19 0 0 0 0 223 5th 2011 European F3 Open Championship – Copa F306/300 Team West-Tec F3 16 4 0 0 15 1182nd 2012 European F3 Open Championship Team West-Tec F3 14 1 0 1 4 159 5th 2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 8 0 0 1 2 77 6th 2013–14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 13 2 0 0 6 1423rd 2014 Auto GP Series Virtuosi UK 6 0 0 0 1 41 10th2015 Supercar Challenge – Supersport Deldiche Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Supercar Challenge – Superlights 1 10 4 10 3 7 1321st BMW M235i Racing Cup Belgium Tyreset / Peka Racing 2 0 0 0 1 20 32nd 24 Hours of Zolder - Class 1 CN 2000 1 0 0 0 0 4th 2015–16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 19th2016 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship RACB National Team 18 2 1 1 7 314‡3rd‡ Belcar Endurance Championship Deldiche Racing 1st Supercar Challenge – Superlights 1 Prime Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2017 TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship Team WRT 18 3 1 0 8 316‡ 5th‡GT4 European Series Northern Cup – SilverAllied Racing 2 0 0 0 0 10 30thInternational GT OpenAston Martin Brussels Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NCGT & Prototype Challenge – LMP3Equipe Verschuur 2 1 1 1 2 49 6thGT & Prototype Challenge – CNDeldiche Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2017–18 Formula E Mahindra RacingTest driver2018GT4 European Series – SilverSelleslagh Racing Team 4 0 0 0 0 14 23rdGT4 Belgium Cup 4 Belgian EnduranceDeldiche Racing by JDC Events 2 0 2 1 0 170.5 5th25 Hours VW Fun CupClubsport Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10thBlancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-AmBrussels Racing 1 0 0 0 0 1 28th 2018–19 Formula E Mahindra RacingTest driver2019European Le Mans Series – LMP2Inter Europol Competition 1 0 0 0 0 0.5 35thEuropean Le Mans Series – LMP3 3 0 0 0 0 2 21st24H TCE Series – TCRAC Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NCGT & Prototype Challenge – CNDeldiche Racing 2 0 0 0 2 44 6th 2019–20 Formula E Mahindra RacingTest and reserve driver 2020GT & Prototype Challenge – CNDeldiche Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2021GT & Prototype Challenge – CNDeldiche Racing 6 4 2 3 6 134 4th2022Porsche Carrera Cup BeneluxTeamPGZ by Red Ant Racing 10 0 0 0 3 112 4thPrototype Challenge – CNDeldiche Racing 12 6 5 0 10 2231st24H GT Series – 992Red Ant Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2022–23Middle East Trophy – TCRAC Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 40 NC2023Porsche Sprint Chalenge Southern Europe - ProNationale Autoclub Excelsior / Redant Racing 6 0 0 0 1 67 5thPorsche Carrera Cup BeneluxRedAnt Racing 12 0 0 0 1 107 6thGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – SilverComtoyou Racing 5 1 0 1 4 1002nd24H GT Series – 992 AmRed Ant Racing 1 1 0 1 1 0 NC 2024GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – SilverComtoyou Racing 3 0 0 0 0 37 14th 202524 Hours of ZolderQ1-Trackracing 1 0 0 0 1 3rdSource:

‡ Team standings

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 DC Points 2010 Team AstromegaHOC1HOC2BRN1BRN2ZAN1ZAN2OSC1OSC2OSC3ASS1ASS2MST1MST2MST3SPA1SPA2SPA3NÜR1NÜR2NÜR3 5th 223

Complete Auto GP 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 Pos Points 2014 Virtuosi UK MAR1 MAR2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1 EST2 10th 41

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2018 Brussels Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Pro-Am MON SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H CAT 28th 1 2023 Comtoyou Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver MNZ LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 2nd 100 2024 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Silver LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR MNZ JED 14th 37

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points2019Inter Europol Competition LMP3 Ligier JS P3 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL 21st 2 LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG 35th 0.5 * Season still in progress.

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