2023 World Junior Karting Champion Dries Van Langendonck joins the McLAREN Driver Development programme
“He has shown huge potential during his karting career and impressed massively”
McLaren Racing today announced that 2023 World Junior Karting Champion Dries Van Langendonck has joined the McLaren Driver Development programme.
The 13-year-old from Heusden-Zolder, Belgium is a promising young racer with multiple karting accolades to his name, including the 2023 WSK Final Cup. He recently finished second in the 2024 Super Masters Series with two podiums and a victory from four races.
Dries has impressed in the OK-Junior category of the 2024 FIA Karting European Championship, securing victories on two occasions in Valencia and at the Slovakia Ring as well as a second-placed finish at the Val d’Argenton in France.
He saw the Chequered Flag at Round 4 of the Champions of the Future in Sweden and is currently leading the COTF Championship.
Led by F1 Business Operations Director, Stephanie Carlin, the McLaren Driver Development programme will see Dries join the team’s talent pipeline at the first step where he will receive support in his development from karting to professional racing driver.
Source: www.mclaren.com
