Dániel Nagy (racing driver)

Dániel Nagy (born 9 April 1998) is a Hungarian racing driver currently competing in the World Touring Car Championship for Zengő Motorsport. He previously competed in the TCR International Series and the Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup, where he won the title in 2013 and 2015 while still a teenager.

Dániel Nagy
Nagy at the Hungaroring in 2024
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 27) Budapest, Hungary
International GT Open career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Zengő Motorsport
Car number	99
Starts	2
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in 2017
Previous series
2015 2012-2015	TCR International Series Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup
Championship titles
2013, 15	Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup

He is the brother of water polo player Viktor Nagy.^[1][2]

Racing career

The Hyundai i30 N as used by Nagy in 2018.

Dániel began his career in 2011 in the Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup, he won the championship in 2013 and 2015.^{[3][failed verification]} In July 2015, it was announced that Dániel would make his TCR International Series debut with Zengő Motorsport driving a SEAT León Cup Racer.^[4] He competed at the Red Bull Ring round of the championship, qualifying in third on his debut. In March 2016 he was announced as part of Zengő's team for their 2016 World Touring Car Championship campaign, driving a Honda Civic.^[5] Dániel competed in the final five events of the 2016 WTCC season, with a best finish of 11th, which he achieved at the series finale in Qatar.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	TCR International Series	Zengő Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	3	36th
2016	World Touring Car Championship	Zengő Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	TCR International Series	Zengő Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	World Touring Car Championship		20	0	0	1	0	1	19th
2018	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	M1RA	14	1	0	1	6	138	5th
	World Touring Car Cup		3	0	0	1	1	36	20th
2019	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	M1RA	8	0	0	0	1	60	21st
2020	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	BRC Racing Team	12	0	0	0	1	202	8th
2021	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Zengő Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	60	18th
2022	World Touring Car Cup	Zengő Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	62	16th
2024	International GT Open	Zengő Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	60th

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Zengő Motorsport	SEAT León Cup Racer	SEP 1	SEP 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	ALG 1	ALG 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	SOC 1	SOC 2	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 DNS	MRN 1	MRN 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	36th	3
2017	Zengő Motorsport	SEAT León TCR	RIM 1	RIM 2	BHR 1	BHR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	HUN 1 15	HUN 2 DNS	OSC 1	OSC 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	ZHE 1	ZHE 2	DUB 1	DUB 2			NC	0

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2016	Zengő Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	FRA 1 WD	FRA 2 WD	SVK 1	SVK 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	GER 1	GER 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	POR 1 17	POR 2 Ret	ARG 1 15	ARG 2 17	JPN 1 15	JPN 2 19	CHN 1 15	CHN 2 18	QAT 1 11	QAT 2 15	NC	0
2017	Zengő Motorsport	Honda Civic WTCC	MAR 1 11†	MAR 2 14	ITA 1 10	ITA 2 Ret	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 Ret	GER 1 14	GER 2 Ret	POR 1 13	POR 2 14	ARG 1 12	ARG 2 14	CHN 1 DSQ	CHN 2 DSQ	JPN 1 15	JPN 2 14	MAC 1 15	MAC 2 11	QAT 1 15	QAT 2 13			19th	1

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2018	M1RA	Hyundai i30 N TCR	LEC 1 23	LEC 2 3	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 11	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 6	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 2	ASS 1 14	ASS 2 Ret	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 12	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 2	5th	138
2019	M1RA	Hyundai i30 N TCR	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 3	HOC 1 23	HOC 2 15	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 Ret	RBR 1 13	RBR 2 Ret	OSC 1	OSC 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	21st	60
2020	BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	LEC 1 11	LEC 2 10	ZOL 1 46	ZOL 2 3	MNZ 1 6	MNZ 2 13	CAT 1 63	CAT 2 5	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 6	JAR 1 79	JAR 2 20†			8th	202
2021	Zengő Motorsport	CUPRA León Competición TCR	SVK 1 33	SVK 2 5	LEC 1 WD	LEC 2 WD	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	18th	60

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2018	M1RA	Hyundai i30 N TCR	MAR 1	MAR 2	MAR 3	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 2	HUN 3 6	GER 1	GER 2	GER 3	NED 1	NED 2	NED 3	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	SVK 1	SVK 2	SVK 3	CHN 1	CHN 2	CHN 3	WUH 1	WUH 2	WUH 3	JPN 1	JPN 2	JPN 3	MAC 1	MAC 2	MAC 3	20th	36
2022	Zengő Motorsport	CUPRA León Competición TCR	FRA 1 13	FRA 2 11	GER 1 C	GER 2 C	HUN 1 17	HUN 2 Ret	ESP 1 Ret	ESP 2 4	POR 1 12	POR 2 Ret	ITA 1	ITA 2	ALS 1 8	ALS 2 12	BHR 1 11	BHR 2 10	SAU 1 Ret	SAU 2 7													16th	62