Rocco Coronel
| Rocco Coronel | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Coronel in 2026 | |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Born | 23 October 2010 Eemnes, Netherlands |
| Relatives | Tom Coronel (father) Tim Coronel (uncle) |
| Championship titles | |
| 2025 | Ginetta Junior Championship |
Rocco Coronel (born 23 October 2010) is a Dutch racing driver who competes for MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team. He is the son of Tom Coronel, and won the 2025 Ginetta Junior Championship.
Personal life
[edit]Coronel is the son of accomplished touring car racer Tom Coronel and fellow racing driver Paulien Zwart.[1][2] He is also the nephew of Dakar regular Tim Coronel, brother of Tom.[3]
Career
[edit]Karting (2014–2025)
[edit]Coronel began driving karts in 2014,[4] before making his competitive debut in 2021,[5][6] a year in which he won the GK4 title and finished runner-up in the IAME Netherlands Series, both in mini karts.[7][8] After winning the Junior SignMind title in 2022, Coronel began racing internationally in 2023, winning the IAME Series France and WSK Open Series,[9][10] as well as taking third in the IAME Euro Series standings.[11] In his final full-time year in karts, Coronel most notably finished third in the Karting World Championship,[12] as well as taking fourth in the WSK Champions Cup and fifth in the Champions of the Future Euro Series.[13]
Ginetta Juniors (2024–2025)
[edit]
In late 2024, Coronel made his car racing debut, competing in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series for R Racing,[14] scoring two rookie podiums.[15] Continuing with the team for the main season in 2025, Coronel began the year by winning twice at Donington Park, before winning all three races at Silverstone and twice at Oulton Park to take an early championship lead.[16][17] Coronel then won four times between Snetterton and Zandvoort,[18][19] and then finished on the podium six times in the next eight races to become the first Dutchman to clinch the Ginetta Juniors title, doing so with two races to spare.[20][21]
Formula 4 (2025–present)
[edit]Towards the end of 2025, Coronel made his single-seater debut in the Barcelona finale of the F4 Spanish Championship for MP Motorsport,[22] in which he finished third in race two, but was ineligible for points as he was a guest driver.[23]
In early 2026, Coronel joined Van Amersfoort Racing to compete in the first three rounds of the Formula Winter Series,[24] in which he took his maiden single-seater win in race two at Estoril.[25] In parallel, Coronel also continued with MP Motorsport to race in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship, in which he took four podiums and ended the season seventh overall.[26] Following that, Coronel remained with MP for the main Spanish F4 season,[27] which he kicked off by winning twice in Valencia.[28]
Formula One
[edit]During 2024, Coronel joined the Red Bull Junior Team, after entering their Driver Search programme during the summer.[29]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | WSK Champions Cup — X30 Junior | VictoryLane | 4th |
| IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior | 34th | ||
| IAME Series France — X30 Junior | 1st | ||
| IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior | VictoryLane | 3rd | |
| WSK Open Series — X30 Junior | VictoryLane Aurelien Fath Nicolas Martins[a] |
1st | |
| Karting Academy Trophy | Tom Coronel | 11th | |
| Champions of the Future Euro Series — OK-J | VictoryLane | 153rd | |
| Karting World Championship — OK-J | Nicolas Martins | 38th | |
| IAME Warriors Final — X30 Junior | VictoryLane | NC | |
| WSK Final Cup — OK-J | Nicolas Martins | 36th | |
| 2024 | WSK Champions Cup — OK-J | Aurelien Fath | 4th |
| WSK Super Master Series — OK-J | VictoryLane | 17th | |
| IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior | 4th | ||
| British Kart Championship — X30 Junior | 43rd | ||
| Champions of the Future Euro Series — OK-J | VictoryLane | 5th | |
| Karting European Championship — OK-J | 12th | ||
| Karting World Championship — OK-J | 3rd | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OK-J | 4th | ||
| 2025 | WSK Super Master Series — OK | VictoryLane | 19th |
| Sources:[30][31] | |||
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ginetta Junior Winter Series | R Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 7th |
| 2025 | Ginetta Junior Championship | R Racing | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 660 | 1st |
| F4 Spanish Championship | MP Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2026 | Formula Winter Series | Van Amersfoort Racing | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 9th |
| Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship | MP Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 6th | |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87* | 4th* | ||
| BMW M240i Cup – Pro | [32] | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | * | * | |
| Supercar Challenge – GT | Koopman Racing | * | * | ||||||
| Sources:[33][30] | |||||||||
* Season still in progress.
Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results
[edit](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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | R Racing | DON1 1 6 |
DON1 2 1 |
DON1 3 1 |
SIL 1 1 |
SIL 2 1 |
SIL 3 1 |
OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 1 |
OUL 3 2 |
SNE 1 2 |
SNE 2 1 |
SNE 3 1 |
ZAN 1 1 |
ZAN 2 1 |
ZAN 3 2 |
BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 3 |
BRH 3 2 |
CRO 1 8 |
CRO 2 3 |
CRO 3 3 |
DON2 1 4 |
DON2 2 DNS |
DON2 3 DNS |
1st | 660 |
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
[edit](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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MP Motorsport | ARA 1 |
ARA 2 |
ARA 3 |
NAV 1 |
NAV 2 |
NAV 3 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
CRT 1 |
CRT 2 |
CRT 3 |
CAT 1 22 |
CAT 2 3 |
CAT 3 10 |
NC† | 0 |
| 2026 | MP Motorsport | CRT 1 1 |
CRT 2 1 |
CRT 3 4 |
POR 1 25 |
POR 2 5 |
POR 3 5 |
ARA 1 6 |
ARA 2 6 |
ARA 3 30 |
JAR 1 |
JAR 2 |
JAR 3 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
JER 3 |
NAV 1 |
NAV 2 |
NAV 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
4th* | 87* |
† As Coronel was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Winter Series results
[edit](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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Van Amersfoort Racing | EST 1 12 |
EST 2 1 |
EST 3 17 |
POR 1 4 |
POR 2 4 |
POR 3 9 |
CRT 1 2 |
CRT 2 Ret |
CRT 3 15 |
ARA 1 |
ARA 2 |
ARA 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
9th | 70 |
Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MP Motorsport | POR 1 Ret |
POR SPR 3 |
POR 2 3 |
JAR 1 28† |
JAR SPR 30 |
JAR 2 21 |
ARA 1 3 |
ARA SPR 25 |
ARA 2 2 |
7th | 57 |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Coronel competed for VictoryLane in round 1, for Aurelien Fath in round 2 and for Nicolas Martins in round 3.
References
[edit]- ↑ Kaligis, Bas (17 October 2020). "Wie scoort de meeste racebekers in huize Coronel? Rocco Coronel, zijn vader Tom, of zijn moeder Paulien of zijn zus Carmen?". racexpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Venema, André (23 March 2021). "Tom Coronel opnieuw in WTCR: 'Ik heb nog zeven jaar om wereldkampioen te worden'". formule1.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Tim Coronel: 'Zwem in de regen, in plaats van dat je ervoor schuilt'". weespernieuws.nl (in Dutch). 7 September 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Pellemans, Jette (6 July 2025). "Racetalent Rocco Coronel (14): 'Mensen judgen me door m'n achternaam, dus de druk is hoger'". quotenet.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Kaligis, Bas (21 April 2021). "10-jarig zoontje van Tom Coronel grijpt eerste podium van 2021 - Rocco: "Ik ben heel erg blij"". racexpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "The Coronel Legacy: The New Daring Dutchman". therookiereporters.com. 28 January 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel wint podiumplaats in GK4 Kart Series". belnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel (11) sluit jaar af met tweede plaats in het Nederlands kampioenschap". belnieuws.nl (in Dutch). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel "super happy" with win in France and ticket for the IAME World Finals in Portimão". kartxpress.com. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "The WSK Open Series crowns the first champions in Castelletto". kartcom.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "IAME Euro Champions Crowned". kartsportnews.com. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "OK-Junior: Craigie wins controversial World Championship Final". racexpress.nl. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Korsel, Frank (12 March 2024). "Triomf voor Rocco Coronel, domineert Champions of the Future in Valencia: "He, hoe kan dit?"". racexpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Whitfield, Steve (7 November 2024). "Red Bull Juniors make Ginetta debuts ahead of 2025 campaigns". autosport.com. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Korsel, Frank (2 November 2024). "Rocco Coronel scoort podium bij autosportdebuut Ginetta Junior Winter Series!". racexpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Smit, Bjorn (30 April 2025). "Rocco Coronel imponeert met hattrick aan zeges op Silverstone". motorsport.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Smit, Bjorn (28 May 2025). "Rocco Coronel imponeert ook op Oulton Park in Ginetta Junior Championship". motorsport.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ginetta Junior Championship: Rocco Coronel verstevigt leiding in Ginetta Junior Championship". autosport.nl (in Dutch). 14 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Jansen, Gerd (27 July 2025). "IJzersterke Coronel domineert voor thuispubliek op Zandvoort". racingnews365.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Kerk, Stefan (6 October 2025). "Nieuw avontuur Red Bull-junior Coronel bekend". racingnews365.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel wins British Ginetta Junior Championship". kartxpress.com. 6 October 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Plaizier, Bob (14 November 2025). "Nederlands Red Bull-toptalent maakt F4-debuut". gptoday.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Korsel, Frank (16 November 2025). "Rocco Coronel (15) scoort indrukwekkend podium bij F4-debuut in Barcelona". racexpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "F1 in het kort | Rocco Coronel gaat met Van Amersfoort Racing naar de Winter Series". formule1.headliner.nl (in Dutch). 22 January 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Van Kessel, Jolanda (26 January 2026). "Sterke start met winst in Winter Series voor Rocco Coronel". autosportnieuws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (16 March 2026). "Noah Monteiro crowned Spanish F4 Winter champion at Aragon". formulascout.com. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel tekent bij MP Motorsport voor debuutjaar in Spaanse Formule 4". autosport.nl (in Dutch). 26 January 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ Smit, Bjorn (13 April 2026). "Rocco Coronel grijpt macht in Spaanse F4 met succesvol openingsweekend". motorsport.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel als 13-jarig talent opgenomen in Red Bull Junior Team". start84.nl (in Dutch). 11 September 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Rocco Coronel | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Coronel Rocco". kartcom.com. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel en Rick van Zijverden verdelen hoofdrollen tijdens derde ronde BMW Racing Cup op Zandvoort". autosport.nu (in Dutch). 15 May 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ "Rocco Coronel Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
External links
[edit]- Rocco Coronel career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website