Carlo van Dam
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986 (age 37)
Vlaardingen (Netherlands)
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 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch racing driver. He is currently a factory driver for Subaru and he is the reserve and tear driver for R&D Sport in the Super GT Series while driving for Subaru Tecnica International in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and the Nürburgring Endurance Series. Also, he is competing in Superrace Championship with AMC Motorsport.

Career

Formula Renault

A veteran of karting, and a former member of the Renault Driver Development programme, van Dam stepped up into single-seaters in 2004, competing mainly in the Dutch 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 four German Formula Renault races, amassing eighteen points in total. He continued in the Dutch series in 2005, and also moved up to the pan-European championship with SG 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 the French series, again with SG Formula. Despite only winning one of the first twelve races, van Dam trailed Chris van der Drift by just two points in the Eurocup standings, going into the final round in Barcelona. However, both drivers were overtaken by Filipe 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.

Formula Three

Van Dam on the Formula Three Euroseries at the Hockenheimring (2009)

Van Dam moved up to Formula Three for 2007, competing for Van Amersfoort Racing in the ATS Formel 3 Cup. He was a runaway winner of the championship, clinching the title with a round to spare at the Sachsenring, 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 a GP2 Series car at the end of the season, as a result of winning the title.[3] He also made appearances in the Formula Three Euroseries for RC Motorsport, at the final round at Hockenheim,[4] and the Renault Eurocup for Racing for Belgium. He made his first trip to Macau for the world-famous Macau Grand Prix, but failed to finish the race for HBR Motorsport.

Move to Japan

After failing to find a suitable drive in Europe, van Dam followed the lead of James Courtney, Adrian Sutil and Oliver Jarvis and moved to Japan to compete in the All-Japan Formula Three series, with the TOM'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 teammate Keisuke 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 the Super GT series, competing in the GT500 class at the Suzuka 1000km, and in the GT300 class at Autopolis and Fuji Speedway. At Suzuka, he ended up third overall, teaming up with TOM'S regular Super GT drivers Juichi Wakisaka and André 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 the Macau 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 Dutchman Renger van der Zande at San Francisco. He retired on lap seven of the Grand Prix, that was eventually won by teammate Kunimoto.[13]

Return to Europe

A return to the Formula Three Euroseries beckoned for van Dam, with a 2009 campaign for Kolles & Heinz Union, the new team set up by Colin Kolles and Werner Heinz.[14] However, the partnership was not to last, as after the rounds at Lausitz, van Dam parted company with the team.[15] In four races, his best finish was eighteenth during the season-opening race at Hockenheim.[16] Van Dam drove in the 24-hour endurance races at the Nürburgring[17] and at Spa,[18] before agreeing to drive the car of PSV Eindhoven in the Superleague Formula series.[19] He replaced Dominick Muermans in the car, with the team lying eighteenth in the overall standings. However, he returned to the Euroseries, for the Barcelona rounds, rejoining his former team SG Formula.[20]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2004 Formula Renault 2000 Germany Van Amersfoort Racing 4 0 0 0 0 18 30th
Dutch Formula Renault 2000 ? 0 3 3 3 142 5th
2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 16 0 0 1 4 100 4th
Dutch Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 ? 3 74 7th
2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 14 1 2 1 5 90 3rd
French Formula Renault 2.0 7 0 1 2 2 15 13th
2007 ATS Formel 3 Cup Van Amersfoort Racing 18 9 10 7 16 159 1st
Macau Grand Prix HBR Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th
Formula 3 Euro Series RC Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Eurocup Mégane Trophy Racing for Belgium 8 0 0 0 0 6 18th
2008 All-Japan Formula Three TOM'S 18 9 10 6 18 322 1st
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
Super GT GT500 1 0 0 0 1 11 20th
Super GT GT300 Cusco Racing 2 0 1 0 1 16 23rd
2009 Formula 3 Euro Series Kolles & Heinz Union 6 0 0 0 0 0 31st
SG Formula
Superleague Formula PSV Eindhoven 6 0 0 0 0 145† 18th†
24 Hours of Spa Full Speed Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring Volkswagen Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 20th
2010 Super GT SARD 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2011 Super GT Direction Racing
LMP Motorsport 		6 0 0 0 0 1 24th
2012 Super GT Honda Racing 8 1 0 0 0 40 6th
2013 Super GT Cars Tokai Dream28 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Super GT Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Asian Le Mans Series AAI-Rstrada 1 1 ? ? 1 ? ?
2015 GT Asia Series Singha Motorsport 9 1 ? ? 3 94 8

† - Team standings.

Complete Japanese Formula 3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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

Superleague Formula record

(key)

2009

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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

2009 Super Final Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6
2009 PSV Eindhoven
Azerti Motorsport 		MAG ZOL DON EST
DNQ 		MOZ
N/A 		JAR
DNQ

Complete Super GT results

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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009 Volkswagen Motorsport Germany Alfrid Heger
China Cheng Congfu
France Franck Mailleux 		Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 SP3T 149 20th 3rd
2011 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Toshihiro Yoshida
Japan Kota Sasaki
Germany Marcel Engels 		Subaru Impreza WRX SP3T 142 21st 1st
2012 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Toshihiro Yoshida
Japan Kota Sasaki
Germany Marcel Engels 		Subaru GVB SP3T 133 28th 1st
2013 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Toshihiro Yoshida
Japan Kota Sasaki
Germany Marcel Lasée 		Subaru GVB SP3T 80 26th 2nd
2014 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Toshihiro Yoshida
Japan Kota Sasaki
Germany Marcel Lasée 		Subaru WRX STI SP3T 138 32nd 4th
2015 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Germany Tim Schrick
Germany Marcel Lasée 		Subaru WRX STI SP3T 143 18th 1st
2016 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Germany Tim Schrick
Germany Marcel Lasée 		Subaru WRX STI SP3T 121 20th 1st
2017 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Germany Tim Schrick
Germany Marcel Lasée 		Subaru WRX STI SP3T 126 Ret. Ret.
2018 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Germany Tim Schrick
Japan Takuto Iguchi 		Subaru WRX STI SP3T 112 62nd 1st
2019 Subaru Tecnica International Japan Hideki Yamauchi
Germany Tim Schrick
Japan Takuto Iguchi 		Subaru WRX STI SP3T 145 19th 1st

References

  1. ^ "Albuquerque puts an end to the suspense". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 2006-10-29. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  2. ^ "Dutchman wins German Championship". f3v.de. German F3. 2007-09-17. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  3. ^ "Formula 3 Champion tests GP2". f3v.de. German F3. 2007-11-05. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  4. ^ "Cup winner van Dam debuts with Volkswagen Formula 3 engine". f3euroseries.com. Formula Three Euroseries. 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  5. ^ "Cup Champion introduced in Japan". f3v.de. German F3. 2008-02-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  6. ^ "Flying Dutchman notches 7th win and claims emphatic F3 title at Fuji". petmos.com.my. Petronas. 2008-09-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  7. ^ a b "2008 Championship results". j-formula3.com. All-Japan Formula Three. Archived from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  8. ^ "PETRONAS Team Tom's wraps up title at Sugo". petmos.com.my. Petronas. 2008-09-26. Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  9. ^ "37th International Pokka 1000km Results". supergt.net. Super GT. 2008-08-24. Archived from the original on 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  10. ^ "Super GT in Kyushu 300km Results". supergt.net. Super GT. 2008-10-19. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  11. ^ "Fuji GT 300km Race Results". supergt.net. Super GT. 2008-11-09. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  12. ^ Noble, Jonathan (2008-11-14). "Van Dam grabs last-gasp Macau pole". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  13. ^ Noble, Jonathan (2008-11-16). "Kunimoto takes surprise Macau win". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  14. ^ "Heinz & Union in VW deal". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  15. ^ "van Dam leaves Kolles & Heinz". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  16. ^ "Hockenheim Race 1 Classification" (PDF). f3euroseries.com. Formula Three Euroseries. 2009-05-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  17. ^ "24-Hour Race: Carlo van Dam finishes third in his category". f3euroseries.com. Formula Three Euroseries. 2009-05-25. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  18. ^ ten Caat, Marcel (2009-07-20). "Carlo van Dam joins Full Speed Racing at Spa". Planetlemans.com. Planet Le Mans. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  19. ^ "Superleague Formula transfer bij PSV Eindhoven". superleagueformula.com (in Dutch). Superleague Formula. 2009-09-03. Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  20. ^ "Reunited with SG Formula: Carlo van Dam returns to Formula 3 Euroseries". motorsport.com. 2009-09-17. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

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