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Wopke Hoekstra

Supercup Career
Nationality	Dutch
Active Years	2011-2012
Team(s)	Kernow Sport, Innervision
Races	22
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Race	2011 Supercup Austrian Grand Prix

Wopke Hoekstra is a Dutch sim-racer who currently drives for Kernow Sport in the Supercup. He previously drove as a guest driver in the 2010 Masters Series season.

Supercup

With around 25% of the 2011 Supercup season gone, Wopke joined GPVWC for a second time, after driving in the Masters Series before. Not many people knew what to expect, but according to a few GPROC drivers, he had a good pace. Therefore it didn't take him long to find a seat at Kernow Sport. The first race on his schedule was the Austrian Grand Prix. The race was a horrible experience for him, as he qualified way off the pace, and had to drive half the race with a FPS rate of 4-6. Because of that reason, he decides to skip the French Grand Prix, but in Monaco he returned with a much better video card, though still finding himself at the back. As the season progressed there was a clear progress in Wopke's results too, despite him retiring from most races. Eventually the progress resulted in two 6th places in the final two races of the season.

Early into the season break, it was announced that Wopke had extended his contract at Kernow Sport. Even though there were some payment issues, everything was fine in the end, and thus he appeared at the starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix. As much as he hated the mod, he was extremely excited. This excitement didn't last long when a massive start accident caused him to retire after just one lap. Due to lack of time, he only raced 11/18 races, of which two races were for the Innervision team, after Wopke broke the contract with Kernow Sport due to a lack of time, which in the end wasn't a right decision. During the season he manages to grab two 10th places and thus 2 points.

After the 2012 season was completed, Wopke announced that he would step back from racing at least until the summer. He didn't keep this promise and got himself a seat in the Formula Challenge just less than a week ahead of the first race.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Driver Car No. AUS UAE JPN CHN RSA AUT FRA MON GBR BHR SAN TUR MEX CAN BRA ITA ESP BEL NED SIN Driver Points Wopke Hoekstra 29 Driver Car No. AUS UAE JPN CHN RSA AUT FRA MON GBR BHR SAN TUR MEX CAN BRA ITA ESP BEL Driver Points Wopke Hoekstra 29 Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WDC Points 2011 Kernow Sport SC-011 Renault AUS - UAE - JAP - CHN - RSA - AUT Ret FRA - MON Ret GBR - BAH 17 SMR Ret TUR Ret MEX - CAN Ret BRA - ITA Ret ESP Ret BEL Ret NED 6 SIN 6 26th 10 2012 Kernow Sport SC-012 Mecachrome AUS Ret CHN 14 UAE - HUN Ret ESP 10 MON - CAN Ret KOR 10 TUR Ret GBR - ITA - BEL - NED Ret IND Ret USA - BRA - JAP 13 SIN Ret 29th 2 † Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. Formula Challenge Driver Car No. AUS MAL AUT HUN ESP MON CAN KOR TUR GBR ITA BEL FRA GER USA UAE JPN BRA Driver Points Wopke Hoekstra 9 10 1 31 (3rd)