Collin Veijer was born in Meppel, the Netherlands, on February 19th, 2005. He started his racing career by winning the Italian CIV MiniGP50 Championship in 2017.
After two more seasons in the CIV Italian Championship, Veijer was selected for the Red Bull Rookies Cup in 2020, finishing inside the Top 10 overall. In 2021, the Dutch rider completed a solid campaign with a KTM in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, as well as finishing in the points in 10 races in the Rookies Cup.
In 2022, Veijer fought for the title in the Red Bull Rookies Cup with José Antonio Rueda, only losing out in the final race of the season in Valencia. He took three wins and two third places, as well as finishing all fourteen rounds in the points. That same year, in the revamped FIM JuniorGP World Championship, Veijer took his first wins in the class, as well as three pole positions and a second position. He concluded the campaign sixth despite missing the first round due to injury.
At the beginning of 2023, Veijer was confirmed as a full-time Moto3 World Championship rider. At the Austrian GP, he became the first Dutch rider to claim a Grand Prix pole since Jurgen van der Goorbergh in 1999. He went on to get his first podium in Thailand and his first victory a few days later in Malaysia, which made him the first Dutch race winner in 33 years. Finally, he was seventh in the overall standings and the second best rookie of the season.
In 2024, he further established himself in the World Championship, concluding the campaign third. Along the way, he took one pole position, one victory, four second positions and other four thirds. Across 39 races in Moto3, he claimed 2 victories, 11 podiums and 3 pole positions.
After a successful stint in the Moto3 class during his first two seasons in the World Championship, Veijer decided to move up to Moto2 in 2025, joining Red Bull KTM Ajo to replace Celestino Vietti and partner Deniz Öncü throughout 2025. Following a gradual adaptation to the Kalex, the Dutchman slowly established himself as one of the most competitive rookies. Despite suffering an arm injury that sidelined him for two races, Veijer proved to be reliable and consistent during the second half of the season, becoming a regular in both Q2 and the raceday Top 10. He took his first podium finish in the class with second place in Portugal, in addition to two other Top 5 finishes in Hungary and Valencia. Overall, Veijer finished his rookie year in Moto2 in 15th place with 97 points, completing 19 of the 20 races he entered -13 of them in the points.
Now, after a great first season of adaptation, Collin hopes to make another leap forward that will place him even closer to the top during his second season in Moto2.
