Callum Ilott

Callum Ilott
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
FIA European Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2015
Current team Prema Powerteam
Former teams Carlin
Van Amersfoort Racing
Starts 63
Wins 2
Poles 2
Fastest laps 3
Best finish 6th in 2016
Previous series
2015 Toyota Racing Series

Callum Ilott (born 11 November 1998) is a British racing driver. He is a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team.

Career

Karting

Ilott was one of the most successful karting drivers of his generation.[1] Making his debut in 2008, he began to impress in 2011, winning in the Formula Kart Stars and finishing third in the German Junior Karting Championship, both in KF3. The next year, 2012, he remained in KF3 with Chiesa Corse Team. In 2012, Callum puts himself in the radar at age of 13: winning the WSK Masters Series and the WSK Final Cup, and finishing runner up in the WSK Euro Series and CIK-FIA World Cup. He was selected as the youngest ever WSK Driver of the Year. In 2013 he contested in KF2 and KF machinery. Winning in KF2 th 42° Trofeo delle Industrie. In KF he won the WSK Final Cup. In 2014, with Zanardi Strakka Racing he finished fourth in the CIK-FIA World Championship, third in the WSK Champions Cup, and won the WSK Super Masters Series and the CIK-FIA European Championship.

Toyota Racing Series

Callum Ilott made single-seater debut in the Toyota Racing Series with ETEC Motorsport, using a helmet with the Red Bull livery, but unofficially announced as member of the Red Bull drivers development program.[2] He took a fourth in the seventh race, and in Taupo was the quickest in the practice sessions. In Manfeild he was near of the podium. He finished 16th in the championship, being fast in qualifying and practices but with struggling a bit for a good pace in race. After the championship, he was confirmed as Red Bull Racing Junior Team driver.

Formula Three

Ilott stepped up to Formula Three in 2015, racing in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Carlin at age of 16. Despite being a rookie, his pace placed him as one of the title contenders before the start of the season.[3] He tested F3 machinery and Formula Renault 2.0 to acumulate experience before his Formula 3 debut.[4] In the preseason testing, Ilott made his first impressions, finishing sixth in his first collective test [5] and second in wet conditions on his second day.[6] Ilott achieved one podium at the Nürburgring and finished seventh in the Rookie Championship and twelfth in the overall standings.

For the 2016 season, Ilott switched to Van Amersfoort Racing alongside rookies Pedro Piquet, Harrison Newey and Anthoine Hubert. In the second race of the first round at Circuit Paul Ricard, Ilott took his first victory in the sport and a second victory at the Red Bull Ring resulting in an overall sixth place finish.

On 22 November 2016, Ilott was confirmed to be racing with Prema Powerteam for the 2017 season.[7]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Toyota Racing Series ETEC Motorsport 16 0 0 1 0 358 16th
FIA European Formula 3 Championship Carlin 33 0 0 0 1 65.5 12th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2016 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 30 2 2 3 6 226 6th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2017 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Prema Powerteam

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2015 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1
10		 SIL
2
19		 SIL
3
9		 HOC
1
13		 HOC
2
5		 HOC
3
10		 PAU
1
11		 PAU
2
15		 PAU
3
16		 MNZ
1
20		 MNZ
2
14		 MNZ
3
15		 SPA
1
14		 SPA
2
11		 SPA
3
4		 NOR
1
11		 NOR
2
16		 NOR
3
7		 ZAN
1
11		 ZAN
2
12		 ZAN
3
22		 RBR
1
30		 RBR
2
12		 RBR
3
10		 ALG
1
16		 ALG
2
26†		 ALG
3
11		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
9		 NÜR
3
8		 HOC
1
15		 HOC
2
11		 HOC
3
5		 12th 65.5
2016 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes LEC
1
10		 LEC
2
1		 LEC
3
12		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
9		 HUN
3
6		 PAU
1
5		 PAU
2
3		 PAU
3
4		 RBR
1
1		 RBR
2
4		 RBR
3
2		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
7		 NOR
3
7		 ZAN
1
5		 ZAN
2
3		 ZAN
3
6		 SPA
1
16		 SPA
2
5		 SPA
3
Ret		 NÜR
1
5		 NÜR
2
7		 NÜR
3
4		 IMO
1
15		 IMO
2
Ret		 IMO
3
3		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
DSQ		 HOC
3
Ret		 6th 226

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. ↑ Allen, Peter (18 September 2014). "Ten more karting stars to watch". Paddock Scout.
  2. ↑ "Red Bull Junior Team 2015 - Drivers". 9 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Previa FIA F3 2015. Un año de grandes cambios". 18 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Franczak, Andrew (9 January 2015). "Red Bull sign up Little Hadham teenage racer". Hertfordshire Mercury.
  5. ↑ "Antonio Giovinazzi leads first test session of 2015". 17 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Leclerc fastest in wet star to second day of European F3 testing". 18 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Callum Ilott joins Prema for 2017 European F3 season". November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.

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