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| Gustavo Yacamán | |
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 Yacamán in 2014. | |
| Nationality |  Colombian |
| Born | (1991-02-25)February 25, 1991 (age 34) |
| International GT Open career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | BMW Team Teo Martín |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Car number | 2 |
| Starts | 14 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 2nd in2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 2015 2013-2014 2012 2009-2012 2006–08 2006 | FIA World Endurance WeatherTech Sportscar Rolex Sports Car Series Firestone Indy Lights Spanish Formula 3 Spanish Formula BMW |
Gustavo "El Tigrillo" (English: The Ocelot)Yacamán Aristizabal (born February 25, 1991) is a Colombian racing driver fromSantiago de Cali who currently manages theUSF Juniors series. Yacamán began his career inopen-wheel racing, but switched tosports car endurance racing in2012. He raced in the US until he joinedG-Drive Racing in 2015, where he drove aLigier in theWEC Championship and finishedthat season third in theLMP2 class. In 2016 Yacamán switched to a sprint format, driving forBMW Team Teo Martín in theInternational GT Open series. He finished runner-up for the2016 Championship.
After winning the American Stars ofKarting competition in 2005, he moved immediately to theSpanish Formula Three Championship for the 2006 season, a significant jump for a young driver. He finished sixteenth in the championship. He also competed in Master Junior Formula in Europe and finished fourth. The following year Yacamán captured his first win and finished eighth in Spanish Formula Three. In 2008, he captured another win and finished ninth in Spanish F3.
For 2009, he returned to the U.S. to race in theFirestone Indy Lights Series withSam Schmidt Motorsports.[1] He finished twelfth in points with a best finish of fourth at theMilwaukee Mile. He returned to the series in 2010 with the rookie teamCape Motorsports withWayne Taylor Racing. Yacamán improved to tenth in points and captured his first podium finish with a third place atToronto. He returned to the series in2011 for a third season, this time withTeam Moore Racing. He captured his first win late in the season atBaltimore and finished fourth in points. Yacamán achieved his first Indy Lightspole position at the2012Firestone Freedom 100. He finished the season third in points with two wins (at Detroit and Toronto) and three runner-up finishes.
For 2013, Yacamán moved to sports car racing after having raced in the24 Hours of Daytona the previous year, driving the No. 6Ford-RileyDaytona Prototype entry forMichael Shank Racing in theRolex Sports Car Series Yacamán caused a great deal of controversy during the 2013 race at Detroit's Belle Isle. On the first lap of the race Yacaman was trying to make a move inside ofMemo Rojas but ran wide, pushing Rojas' car off-line and into a concrete barrier. The incident caused significant damage to Rojas' car, and also collected Yacamán's teammateJohn Pew. As a result of the incident Rojas and His teammateScott Pruett did not accrue any points for the race which put them at a severe disadvantage for the Championship. In the course of the season, Yacamán managed a best finish of second place atLime Rock, to finish eleventh in the championship.
For2014, Yacamán has joined the newly unifiedUnited SportsCar Championship withOAK Racing; first with aMorgan LMP2-Nissan and then with aLigier JS P2-Honda, managed to win at Mosport Park, and three podiums, so that ended eighth in the drivers' championship Prototype class.
Yacamán became a junior Lamborghini factory driver in 2017, and will compete at the Blancpain GT Series forTeam Lazarus.
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2009 | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | STP1 12 | STP2 9 | LBH 9 | KAN 17 | INDY 18 | MIL 4 | IOW 5 | WGL 7 | TOR 8 | EDM 16 | KTY 19 | MOH 10 | SNM 19 | CHI | HMS 16 | 12th | 269 | [2] |
| 2010 | Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing | STP 5 | ALA 9 | LBH 14 | INDY 11 | IOW 11 | WGL 8 | TOR 3 | EDM 9 | MOH 15 | SNM 4 | CHI 15 | KTY 5 | HMS 16 | 10th | 293 | [3] | ||
| 2011 | Team Moore Racing | STP 14 | ALA 12 | LBH 4 | INDY 15 | MIL 5 | IOW 2 | TOR 3 | EDM1 5 | EDM2 16 | TRO 2 | NHM 4 | BAL 1 | KTY 11 | LVS 4 | 4th | 403 | [4] | |
| 2012 | Team Moore Racing | STP 6 | ALA 4 | LBH 10 | INDY 4 | DET 1 | MIL 8 | IOW 2 | TOR 1 | EDM 7 | TRO 2 | BAL 2 | FON 11 | 3rd | 394 | [5] |
(key)(Races inbold indicate pole position, Results areoverall/class)
| Year | Team | Make | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2014 | OAK Racing | P | Morgan LMP21-9 Ligier JS P210-11 | NissanVK45DE 4.5 LV81-9 Honda HR28TT 2.8 LV6Turbo10-11 | DAY 6 | SIR 4 | LBH 4 | LS 8 | DET 3 | S6H 2 | MSP 1 | IMS 8 | ELK 11 | COA 2 | PET 9 | 5th | 287 | [6] |
| 2018 | AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports | P | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 12 | SEB 11 | LBH 11 | MOH 6 | DET 8 | WGL 9 | MOS 9 | ELK 13 | 15th | 192 | [7] | |||
| Oreca 07 | LGA 8 | PET |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  G-Drive Racing |  Ricardo González Pipo Derani | Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 354 | 12th | 4th |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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| 2015 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 | SPA 1 | LMS 3 | NÜR 3 | COA 3 | FUJ 3 | SHA Ret | BHR 3 | 3rd | 134 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Orange 1 Team Lazarus | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 15 | MIS CR 17 | BRH QR 21 | BRH CR 15 | ZOL QR | ZOL CR | HUN QR | HUN CR | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | NC* | 0* | [11] |
* Season still in progress.
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| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Lites | Points |
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| 2017 | AF Racing | LitesFord Fiesta | MEM | LOU 3 | THO1 | THO2 | OTT1 | OTT2 | INDY | AC1 | AC2 | SEA1 | SEA2 | LA | 13th | 60 |
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