Johannes van Leer

Van Leer at the MMS S6 Italian Grand Prix.

Johannes van Leer is a Dutch professional racing driver, the reigning MMS IndyCar champion, who is currently competing in MMS F1 Season 5, driving for the British outfit Monteverdi Onyx Formula One. He is the most succesful Dutch motorsport driver in MMS history and has a highly decorated trophy cabinet.

## Personal life

Johannes van Leer was born on 18 January 2000 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. His father, Raymon van Leer, is of Dutch descent, while his mother, Monika Frei, is from German descent, giving him a double nationality. Van Leer's parents seperated when he was young, after which he lived with his father while his little brother Martin lived with their mother.

Van Leer's father, Raymon van Leer competed in touring car racing and is a two-time Supercar champion. Although Johannes has a German mother, was born in Germany and resided in Goch, Germany, he decided to compete under a Dutch racing license because he indentifies himself Dutch than German, having spent more time with his father than with his mother.

Across Van Leer's junior career, he became close friends with fellow Dutch driver, Thijmen de Jong, who is currently driving for the British outfit Benetton Formula Ltd in MMS F1 Season 5.

## Junior racing career

### Karting

Van Leer's karting career started in 2009, aged just 9 years old. He got into karting after his father, Raymon, brought him to a local karting event in Oberhausen, Germany, after which Johannes van Leer immediately fell in love with karting and motorsport. When van Leer turned 11 years old, he would compete in his first international karting championship, the 2011 German KF3 Karting Championship, which he would win in his rookie season. The following year, Van Leer would compete in the 2012 KF3 European Cup finishing as runner-up, which later in 2013 he would go on to win. A dominant KF2 campaign in 2014 would see Johannes van Leer claim his first karting world championship & race in karts for the last time.

### Junior Formula

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## Formula One career

### Benetton (S1-S2)

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### Ferrari (S3)

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### Onyx (S5-present)

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