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| Yelmer Buurman | |
|---|---|
 Buurman at the2012 24 Hours of Le Mans | |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Born | (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (age 38) Ubbergen,Netherlands |
| GT3 career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | A.C. Milan |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Car number | 3 |
| Former teams | PSV Eindhoven R.S.C. Anderlecht |
| Starts | 23 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Best finish | 1st in2008 |
| Previous series | |
| 2008–2009–10 2008 2007 2006–07 2005–06 2004–05 2004 2003–05 2003–04 2003–04 2002 2002 | GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Three Euroseries British Formula 3 Formula Renault UK FTR 2000 Winter Series FR2.0 Netherlands Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 FRUK Winter Series Formula König Dutch Winter Endurance |
Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman (born 19 February 1987) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He was 3rd in theBlancpain Endurance Series in2013, and second in theFIA GT1 Championship in2012. Besides achieving victories in those categories, also won several races in theSuperleague Formula, and was second in the2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[1]
Born inUbbergen,Gelderland, Buurman drove in theGerman-basedFormula König championship in 2002, finishing twentieth in the season standings.
Buurman concentrated on variousFormula Renault championships from 2003 to 2005, competing in theBritish,Dutch,European andAmerican series during this period. In the British Winter Series in 2003, he began a four-year association with theFortec Motorsport team. His most successful FRenault championships were the 2003 British Winter Series and the 2004 Dutch season, finishing third in both.
In 2007, Buurman made a brief appearance for Fortec in theFormula Renault 3.5 Series, replacing the injuredRichard Philippe for four races. At the second race weekend in which he replaced Philippe, he finished fifth and fourth in the two races.
Following two races inBritishFormula Three in 2005, Buurman concentrated on this formula for 2006 and 2007. In 2006, he finished in fourth place in the British championship and drove in four races in theFormula Three Euroseries for Fortec. In 2007, he switched to the Euroseries full-time with theManor Motorsport team, taking sixth place in the championship. He also competed in the stand-aloneMacau Grand Prix andMasters F3 events in both years.
In 2008, Buurman competed in both theGP2 Series and the newGP2 Asia Series for theArden team, alongsideSébastien Buemi. He was not originally scheduled to race in the Asian championship, but replacedAdam Langley-Khan when thePakistani driver decided to focus on hisA1 Grand Prix and education commitments and left the team after two rounds of the season.
After ten races of the GP2 Series season, Buurman was replaced at Arden byLuca Filippi, who had in turn lost his previous drive with theART Grand Prix team toSakon Yamamoto.[1]
Buurman was signed by the newly renamedOcean Racing Technology team for the remainder of the2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season.[2] He was replaced for the final round byKarun Chandhok however, but he finished 19th in the championship. He was recalled to the team for the final two rounds of the2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season.[3]
Following the loss of his GP2 drive, Buurman moved to the newSuperleague Formula series as a driver for thePSV Eindhoven team. He finished in second position in the2008 championship. For the2009 season, he drove for theR.S.C. Anderlecht team. For2010, Buurman will drive for his third different side, moving to the Atech Grand Prix-runA.C. Milan outfit.[4]
In 2011, Buurman debuted in theFIA GT1 Championship in the final round atPotrero de los Funes, with aChevrolet Corvette C6.R ofExim Bank Team China, winning the two races.
Buurman became a full-time driver forVitaphone in theFIA GT1 Championship in 2012 along withMichael Bartels; posted four wins, two seconds places, two thirds, two fourths and two fifths, so that finished fifth in the championship behind the pairingsMarc Basseng /Markus Winkelhock andStef Dusseldorp /Frédéric Makowiecki. He also contested in the24 Hours of Le Mans and the6 Hours of Castellet with a LMP2's carLola B12/80, where he finished third in the Paul Ricard race.
Marc VDS Racing Team hired a Buurman to drive a BMW Z4 for the 2013Blancpain Endurance Series, more precisely in the Pro Cup class, along withMaxime Martin andBas Leinders. The trio won a race, so that finished fourth in the series. Furthermore, Buurman finished second in the24 Hours of Nurburgring.
Buurman won the2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the Pro-Am division of the2020 British GT Championship.[5]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Fortec Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 5 | MON 1 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | DON 1 5 | DON 2 4 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | EST 1 | EST 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 20th | 15 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Trust Team Arden | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 10 | IST FEA 14 | IST SPR Ret | MON FEA 12 | MON SPR 8 | MAG FEA 12 | MAG SPR 2 | SIL FEA 15 | SIL SPR 10 | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 20th | 5 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Trust Team Arden | DUB1 FEA | DUB1 SPR | SEN FEA | SEN SPR | SEP FEA 6 | SEP SPR 5 | BHR FEA 9 | BHR SPR 8 | DUB2 FEA 3 | DUB2 SPR 5 | 9th | 13 | ||
| 2008–09 | Ocean Racing Technology | SHI FEA | SHI SPR | DUB FEA Ret | DUB SPR C | BHR1 FEA Ret | BHR1 SPR 13 | LSL FEA Ret | LSL SPR DNS | SEP FEA 5 | SEP SPR 11 | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | 19th | 4 |
| 2009–10 | Ocean Racing Technology | YMC1 FEA | YMC1 SPR | YMC2 FEA | YMC2 SPR | BHR1 FEA 12 | BHR1 SPR 10 | BHR2 FEA 13 | BHR2 SPR 7 | 21st | 0 |
(Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PSV Eindhoven | Azerti Motorsport | DON | NÜR | ZOL | EST | VAL | JER | 2nd | 337 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |||||
| 2009 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | Zakspeed | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | 4th | 305 | ||||||
| 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 16 | D | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |||||
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | R.S.C. Anderlecht Zakspeed | MAG 4 | ZOL N/A | DON DNQ | EST 4 | MOZ N/A | JAR 1 |
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NC | 11 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | A.C. Milan | Atech | SIL | ASS | MAG | JAR | NÜR | ZOL | BRH | ADR | POR | ORD | BEI | NAV | 5th | 631 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | X | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4 | X | 10 | 16 | X | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | C | 7 | 12 | X | |||||
| 2011 | Azerti Motorsport | Netherlands – PSV Eindhoven | HOL | BEL | 4th | 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Exim Bank Team China | Corvette C6.R | ABU QR | ABU CR | ZOL QR | ZOL CR | ALG QR | ALG QR | SAC QR | SAC CR | SIL QR | SIL CR | NAV QR | NAV CR | PRI QR | PRI CR | ORD QR | ORD CR | BEI QR | BEI CR | SAN QR 1 | SAN CR 1 | 15th | 33 |
| 2012 | BMW Team Vita4One | BMW E89 Z4 GT3 | NOG QR 11 | NOG CR 10 | ZOL QR 1 | ZOL CR 2 | NAV QR 3 | NAV QR 5 | SVK QR 3 | SVK CR 1 | ALG QR 2 | ALG CR 5 | SVK QR 1 | SVK CR 1 | MOS QR 10 | MOS CR 7 | NUR QR 4 | NUR CR 4 | DON QR 9 | DON CR 9 | 3rd | 144 |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Status Grand Prix |  Alexander Sims Romain Iannetta | Lola B12/80-Judd | LMP2 | 239 | DNF | DNF |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Champion 2018 With:Maro Engel &Luca Stolz | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Jonny Cocker Sam De Haan | British GT Championship Pro-Am Champion 2020-2021 With: Ian Loggie | Succeeded by Incumbent |