| Carlo van Dam | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Born | (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (age 39) Vlaardingen (Netherlands) |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Previous series | |
| 2007-09 2009 2008 2008, 10-13 2007 2007 2006 2005–06 2004–05 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series Superleague Formula All-Japan Formula Three Super GT German F3 Renault Eurocup French Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 FR2.0 Netherlands FR2000 Germany |
| Championship titles | |
| 2008 2007 | All-Japan Formula Three German F3 |
Carlo van Dam (born 27 February 1986 inVlaardingen) is a Dutch racing driver. He is currently a factory driver forSubaru and he is the reserve and tear driver forR&D Sport in theSuper GT Series while driving forSubaru Tecnica International in the24 Hours of Nürburgring and theNürburgring Endurance Series. Also, he is competing inSuperrace Championship with AMC Motorsport.
A veteran of karting, and a former member of theRenault Driver Development programme, van Dam stepped up into single-seaters in 2004, competing mainly in theDutch Formula Renault series. In his debut season, he achieved three pole positions and three fastest laps, on his way to fifth in the championship. He also competed in fourGerman Formula Renault races, amassing eighteen points in total. He continued in the Dutch series in 2005, and also moved up to thepan-European championship withSG Formula. With most of his focus on the European series, van Dam finished on the podium four times on his way to fourth in the championship. He ended up seventh in the Dutch series, despite only competing in six races. 2006 saw a second season of European Formula Renault for van Dam, and he added a campaign in theFrench series, again with SG Formula. Despite only winning one of the first twelve races, van Dam trailedChris van der Drift by just two points in the Eurocup standings, going into the final round inBarcelona. However, both drivers were overtaken byFilipe Albuquerque as the Portuguese driver won both races to clinch the title.[1] Van Dam was fourteenth overall in the French series, competing in just six of the races due to his Eurocup campaign.
Van Dam moved up toFormula Three for 2007, competing for Van Amersfoort Racing in theATS Formel 3 Cup. He was a runaway winner of the championship, clinching the title with a round to spare at theSachsenring, amassing sixteen podiums from the eighteen races.[2] He also became the youngest championship winner in its history, however this has since been surpassed by Laurens Vanthoor, who won the 2009 championship. Van Dam also tested aGP2 Series car at the end of the season, as a result of winning the title.[3] He also made appearances in theFormula Three Euroseries for RC Motorsport, at the final round atHockenheim,[4] and theRenault Eurocup for Racing for Belgium. He made his first trip toMacau for the world-famousMacau Grand Prix, but failed to finish the race for HBR Motorsport.
After failing to find a suitable drive in Europe, van Dam followed the lead ofJames Courtney,Adrian Sutil andOliver Jarvis andmoved to Japan to compete in theAll-Japan Formula Three series, with theTOM'S team.[5] He dominated the series, winning nine of the eighteen races, finishing every race on the podium en route to a 103-point winning margin over teammateKeisuke Kunimoto.[6][7] TOM's also won the teams title,[8] winning the championship by 187 points.[7] Van Dam also made three appearances in theSuper GT series, competing in the GT500 class at theSuzuka 1000km, and in the GT300 class atAutopolis andFuji Speedway. At Suzuka, he ended up third overall, teaming up with TOM'S regular Super GT driversJuichi Wakisaka andAndré Lotterer.[9] In GT300, van Dam replaced Cusco Racing's Kota Sasaki, and ended up with results of sixth at Autopolis,[10] and third at Fuji.[11]
At the conclusion of the season, van Dam headed to theMacau Grand Prix with TOM's, and took a surprise pole for the team for the qualification race, heading Kunimoto in a TOM's 1-2.[12] A disappointing qualification race saw van Dam retire on the first lap, having suffered a puncture at Mandarin Bend and then collided with fellow DutchmanRenger van der Zande at San Francisco. He retired on lap seven of the Grand Prix, that was eventually won by teammate Kunimoto.[13]
A return to theFormula Three Euroseries beckoned for van Dam, with a2009 campaign for Kolles & Heinz Union, the new team set up byColin Kolles and Werner Heinz.[14] However, the partnership was not to last, as after the rounds atLausitz, van Dam parted company with the team.[15] In four races, his best finish was eighteenth during the season-opening race atHockenheim.[16] Van Dam drove in the 24-hour endurance races at theNürburgring[17] and atSpa,[18] before agreeing to drive the car ofPSV Eindhoven in theSuperleague Formula series.[19] He replacedDominick Muermans in the car, with the team lying eighteenth in the overall standings. However, he returned to the Euroseries, for theBarcelona rounds, rejoining his former team SG Formula.[20]
† - Team standings.
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | SG Formula | ZOL 1 Ret | ZOL 2 7 | VAL 1 24 | VAL 2 5 | LMS 1 4 | LMS 2 4 | BIL 1 6 | BIL 2 3 | OSC 1 6 | OSC 2 3 | DON 1 4 | DON 2 6 | EST 1 5 | EST 2 3 | MNZ 1 27 | MNZ 2 2 | 4th | 100 |
| 2006 | SG Formula | ZOL 1 5 | ZOL 2 24 | IST 1 2 | IST 2 3 | MIS 1 8 | MIS 2 6 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 8 | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 2 | LMS 1 3 | LMS 2 1 | CAT 1 10 | CAT 2 7 | 3rd | 90 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Petronas Team TOM'S | Toyota | FUJ 1 2 | FUJ 2 2 | AUT 1 3 | AUT 2 3 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 1 | MOT 1 1 | MOT 2 2 | OKA 1 2 | OKA 2 1 | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 1 | MOT 1 1 | MOT 2 2 | FUJ 1 1 | FUJ 2 2 | SUG 1 1 | SUG 2 1 | 1st | 322 |
(key)
(Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | PSV Eindhoven | Azerti Motorsport | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | 18th | 145 | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | PSV Eindhoven Azerti Motorsport | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST DNQ | MOZ N/A | JAR DNQ |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 3 | MOT | 20th | 11 | ||
| Cusco Racing | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | GT300 | AUT 6 | FUJ 3 | 23rd | 16 | ||||||||
| 2010 | SARD | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ | FUJ | MOT 11 | NC | 0 | |
| 2011 | Direction Racing | Porsche 911 GT3-R | GT300 | OKA | FUJ DNQ | SEP | SUG 14 | SUZ Ret | FUJ 16 | 24th | 1 | |||
| LMP Motorsport | Ferrari F430 GTC | AUT 10 | MOT 14 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | Honda Racing | Honda HSV-010 GT | GT500 | OKA 7 | FUJ 9 | SEP 1 | SUG 7 | SUZ 8 | FUJ Ret | AUT 9 | MOT 7 | 6th | 40 | |
| 2013 | Cars Tokai Dream28 | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SEP | SUG | SUZ 18 | FUJ | FUJ | AUT | MOT | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS ultra | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 14 | AUT | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | BUR | MOT | NC | 0 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kessel Racing TP12 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Pro-Am | MIS QR 17 | MIS CR 19 | BRH QR 26 | BRH CR 20 | ZOL QR 18 | ZOL CR 19 | HUN QR 19 | HUN CR 16 | NÜR QR 26 | NÜR CR 20 | 2nd | 119 |
| 2018 | TP 12 - Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Pro-Am | ZOL 1 12 | ZOL 2 10 | BRH 1 14 | BRH 2 13 | MIS 1 13 | MIS 2 14 | HUN 1 17 | HUN 2 21 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 13 | 2nd | 126 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Volkswagen Motorsport |  Alfrid Heger Cheng Congfu Franck Mailleux | Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 | SP3T | 149 | 20th | 3rd |
| 2011 | Subaru Tecnica International |  Toshihiro YoshidaKota Sasaki Marcel Engels | Subaru Impreza WRX | SP3T | 142 | 21st | 1st |
| 2012 | Subaru Tecnica International | Toshihiro YoshidaKota Sasaki Marcel Engels | Subaru GVB | SP3T | 133 | 28th | 1st |
| 2013 | Subaru Tecnica International | Toshihiro YoshidaKota Sasaki Marcel Lasée | Subaru GVB | SP3T | 80 | 26th | 2nd |
| 2014 | Subaru Tecnica International | Toshihiro YoshidaKota Sasaki Marcel Lasée | Subaru WRX STI | SP3T | 138 | 32nd | 4th |
| 2015 | Subaru Tecnica International | Hideki YamauchiTim Schrick Marcel Lasée | Subaru WRX STI | SP3T | 143 | 18th | 1st |
| 2016 | Subaru Tecnica International | Hideki YamauchiTim Schrick Marcel Lasée | Subaru WRX STI | SP3T | 121 | 20th | 1st |
| 2017 | Subaru Tecnica International | Hideki YamauchiTim Schrick Marcel Lasée | Subaru WRX STI | SP3T | 126 | Ret. | Ret. |
| 2018 | Subaru Tecnica International | Hideki YamauchiTim SchrickTakuto Iguchi | Subaru WRX STI | SP3T | 112 | 62nd | 1st |
| 2019 | Subaru Tecnica International | Hideki YamauchiTim SchrickTakuto Iguchi | Subaru WRX STI | SP3T | 145 | 19th | 1st |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | German Formula Three Champion 2007 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | All-Japan Formula Three Champion 2008 | Succeeded by |