Nigel was born on January 25th 1991 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Heading off his career, Nigel started Karting at the age of 9 when he joined the Mini Junior class in Holland. With only a couple of races at the end of 2000, in 2001 he and his father decided to join the Dutch Mini Junior Championship for a full season, which he won surprisingly in its first year. From that period onwards there was one thing he and his father new for sure, Nigel needed to make use of his talent to become professional Race Driver.
From that point onwards, his incredible CV went on as follows:

Karting:

2002: Dutch National Junior Karting – Champion.

2003: Dutch National Junior Karting – Champion.

2003: Belgian National Cadette Karting - Champion

2004: Dutch ICA Junior Karting - Champion. 

2005: European ICA Junior Karting – Vice Champion.

2005: German ICA Junior Karting – Champion.

Autosport:

2008: Formula Renault 2.0, Northern European Cup – v. Amersfoort Racing | NL.

2008: Formula Renault 2.0, Italian Championship – v. Amersfoort Racing | NL.

2009: Formula Renault 2.0, Eurocup – MP Motorsport | NL.

2009: Formula Renault 2.0, Northern European Cup – MP Motorsport | NL.

2010: GP3 Series – RSC Mücke Motorsport | DE.

Facts:
Nigel won his first ever kart race after only 3 months of Karting out of a field with 25 entrants.

Entering the highest class of Karting at the age of 15, he again won his first race at WSK (World Serie Kart) level in Italy.

May 8th 2010, Nigel made history to become the first ever driver to take Pole Position in the newly formed GP3 series at Circuito de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain.

May 29th 2010, again Nigel was capable of driving the fastest lap for the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park, ensuring another Pole Position spot for race 1.