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 test 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. 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 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. 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. He also made appearances in the Formula Three Euroseries for RC Motorsport, at the final round at Hockenheim, 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. 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. TOM's also won the teams title, winning the championship by 187 points. 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. In GT300, van Dam replaced Cusco Racing's Kota Sasaki, and ended up with results of sixth at Autopolis, and third at Fuji.

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. 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.

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. However, the partnership was not to last, as after the rounds at Lausitz, van Dam parted company with the team. In four races, his best finish was eighteenth during the season-opening race at Hockenheim. Van Dam drove in the 24-hour endurance races at the Nürburgring and at Spa, before agreeing to drive the car of PSV Eindhoven in the Superleague Formula series. 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.

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 2007ATS 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 RacingLMP 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-Rstrada11??1??2015 GT Asia Series Singha Motorsport91??3948

† - Team standings.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics 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 ZOL1 ZOL2 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 4th 100 2006 SG FormulaZOL1ZOL2IST1IST2MIS1MIS2NÜR1NÜR2DON1DON2LMS1LMS2CAT1CAT23rd90

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 FUJ1 FUJ2 AUT1 AUT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 OKA1 OKA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 FUJ1 FUJ2 SUG1 SUG2 1st 322

Superleague Formula record (key)

2009 (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Operator123456 Position Points2009PSV EindhovenAzerti Motorsport MAG ZOL DONEST MOZ JAR 18th 145 10 10 16 8 12 17

2009 Super Final Results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 62009PSV EindhovenAzerti Motorsport MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR

Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Pts 2008TOM'SLexus SC430GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOT20th11Cusco RacingSubaru Impreza WRX STIGT300AUTFUJ23rd16 2010SARDLexus SC430GT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJMOTNC0 2011Direction RacingPorsche 911 GT3-RGT300OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJ24th1LMP MotorsportFerrari F430 GTCAUTMOT 2012Honda RacingHonda HSV-010 GTGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT6th40 2013 Cars Tokai Dream28 McLaren MP4-12C GT3GT300OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJFUJAUTMOTNC0 2014Audi Sport Team HitotsuyamaAudi R8 LMS ultraGT300OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOTNC0

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 MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR 2nd 119 2018 TP 12 - Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Pro-Am ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 2nd 126

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2009 Volkswagen Motorsport Alfrid Heger Cheng Congfu Franck Mailleux Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 SP3T 149 20th 3rd 2011 Subaru Tecnica International Toshihiro Yoshida Kota Sasaki Marcel Engels Subaru Impreza WRX SP3T 142 21st 1st 2012 Subaru Tecnica International Toshihiro Yoshida Kota Sasaki Marcel Engels Subaru GVB SP3T 133 28th 1st 2013 Subaru Tecnica International Toshihiro Yoshida Kota Sasaki Marcel Lasée Subaru GVB SP3T 80 26th 2nd 2014 Subaru Tecnica International Toshihiro Yoshida Kota Sasaki Marcel Lasée Subaru WRX STI SP3T 138 32nd 4th 2015 Subaru Tecnica International Hideki Yamauchi Tim Schrick Marcel Lasée Subaru WRX STI SP3T 143 18th 1st 2016 Subaru Tecnica International Hideki Yamauchi Tim Schrick Marcel Lasée Subaru WRX STI SP3T 121 20th 1st 2017 Subaru Tecnica International Hideki Yamauchi Tim Schrick Marcel Lasée Subaru WRX STI SP3T 126 Ret. Ret. 2018 Subaru Tecnica International Hideki Yamauchi Tim Schrick Takuto Iguchi Subaru WRX STI SP3T 112 62nd 1st 2019 Subaru Tecnica International Hideki Yamauchi Tim Schrick Takuto Iguchi Subaru WRX STI SP3T 145 19th 1st

References

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