James Calado

Calado in the British Formula Renault 2009

James Calado at the main race of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

James Calado (born June 13, 1989 in Cropthorne , Worcestershire ) is a British racing driver . He competed in the GP2 series in 2012 and 2013 . In 2014 and 2015 he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Career

Calado began his motorsport career in karting in 1999 , in which he was active until 2007. Among other things, he won the European ICA Championship in 2005. In 2008 he switched to Formula racing at Fortec Motorsport . He started in the British Formula Renault and finished seventh overall with a win. He also took part in three races of the northern European Formula Renault. Subsequently, Calado won the winter championships of the British and Portuguese Formula Renault. 2009 Calado stayed in the British Formula Renault and Fortec Motorsport. He won most of the races with eight wins, but was only runner-up at the end of the season behind Dean Smith , who won one race less. In addition, he took part in six races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and finished 17th overall in this series.

In 2010 Calado moved to Carlin in the British Formula 3 championship . At the second race weekend at Silverstone , Calado won two out of three races and thus clinched his first victories in the British Formula 3 championship. With a total of five wins he was runner-up behind his teammate Jean-Éric Vergne . In 2011 , Calado started for Lotus ART in the GP3 series . He won a race and finished the season in second place behind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas . After the season, Calado took part in the 2011 GP2 Final for Lotus ART . He decided the sprint race for himself and was fifth in the classification.

In 2012 Calado started for ART in the GP2 series . The team competed as the Lotus GP that season . He won his first race in the GP2 series at the sprint race at the season opener in Sepang . With Calado's failure at the sprint race in Monte Carlo , his series ended with 57 cross-series finishings in a row. He scored his second win of the season in the sprint race in Hockenheim . With 160 to 176 points, Calado lost to Esteban Gutiérrez within the team . As the best newcomer, Calado was fifth in the drivers' championship. In 2013 , Calado stayed with ART, which will use the name ART Grand Prix again this year . After finishing second in the main race at the season opener, he caused a collision in the sprint race. Due to the collision, the race stewards imposed a starting place penalty of ten places for the next race. At the eighth event in Spa-Francorchamps , Calado scored his first win of the season in the sprint race. Before that, three second places were his best results. He repeated a victory at the season finale in the sprint race on the Yas Marina Circuit . Calado finished the season with 159 points in third place and thus clearly prevailed within the team against Daniel Abt , who had scored 11 points. He also completed Formula 1 test drives for Force India for the first time . At the beginning of September he was also named test and replacement driver for this racing team. In this capacity, he first took part in a Formula 1 weekend at the Italian Grand Prix when he was used in the first free practice session.

In 2014 Calado left formula racing and switched to the GT car. He was given a cockpit at AF Corse in a Ferrari 458 Italia in the FIA World Endurance Championship . He formed a driver duo with Davide Rigon . At the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014 , Calado was injured after a training accident. Calado and Rigon finished second in the GT class once and third four times. At the end of the season they were seventh in the GT World Cup. In 2015 , Calado and Rigon stayed with AF Corse in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. A second place in the GT classification was her best result. They finished the season in fourth place in the GT World Cup.

statistics

Career stations

1999-2007: karting 2008: British Formula Renault (7th place) 2008: Northern European Formula Renault (26th place) 2008: British Formula Renault, winter series (champions) 2008: Portuguese Formula Renault, winter series (champions) 2009: British Formula Renault (2nd place)

2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (17th place) 2010 : British Formula 3 (2nd place) 2011 : GP3 series (2nd place) 2012 : GP2 series (5th place) 2013 : GP2 series (3rd place)

2013 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2014 : FIA World Endurance Championship, GT (7th place) 2015 : FIA World Endurance Championship, GT (4th place) 2016 : FIA World Endurance Championship, GT (3rd place) 2017 : FIA World Endurance Championship, GT (champion) 2018/19 : Asian Le Mans Series, GT (champions)

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2012	Lotus GP	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		160	5.
		8th	1	5	3	16	12	2	4th	7th	DNF	8th	2	DNF	20 *	8th	1	4th	6th	2	3	12	14th	DNF	10
2013	ART Grand Prix	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				159	3.
		2	DNF	12	5	DNF	11	5	5	9	3	2	2	9	6th	8th	1	6th	26th	3	20th	6th	1

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship - GT World Cup

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2014	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	SIL	SPA	LMS	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	SAO	94	7th
			11	15th	INJ	19th	14th	18th	15th	9
2015	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	123	4th
			11	22nd	21st	17th	16	16	17th	24

colour	meaning
gold	winner
silver	2nd place
bronze	3rd place
green	Classified within the top 10
Light Blue	Classified within the point ranks (from 11th place)
blue	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	Race not finished (DNF)
	not classified (NC)
red	not qualified (DNQ)
black	disqualified (DSQ)
White	not at the start (DNS)
	withdrawn (WD)
	Race canceled (C)
Blank	not participated
	reported but not participated (DNP)
	injured or sick (INJ)
	excluded (EX)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Davide Rigon	Olivier Beretta	Rank 21
2016	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	Gianmaria Bruni	Alessandro Pier Guidi	failure
2018	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	Daniel Serra	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Rank 22
2019	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	Daniel Serra	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Rank 20 and class win

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2017	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Giancarlo Fisichella	Toni Vilander	Rank 9
2018	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Toni Vilander	Rank 14

Web links

Commons : James Calado  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Career Stats James Calado (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "British Formula 3: Places are filling up" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2010).
2. ↑ "GP3 - ART signs James Calado" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 27, 2010).
3. ↑ ^{a b} "Lotus-ART 2012 with new driver pairing" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 25, 2011).
4. ↑ Lennart Schmid: "Lotus extends contract with Calado". Motorsport-Total.com, December 12, 2012, accessed January 1, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "GP2 - Calado: In Bahrain shifted ten places as a penalty". Double setback for the top favorite. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 24, 2013, accessed March 28, 2013 . 
6. ↑ “Calado impresses Force India at test”. gpupdate.net, July 30, 2013, accessed August 2, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: "Formula 1 - Calado officially Force India test driver". Friday assignments planned. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 2, 2013, accessed September 9, 2013 . 
8. ^ Gary Watkins: James Calado lands AF Corse Ferrari seat for 2014 WEC. autosport.com, March 28, 2014, accessed February 8, 2015 . 
9. ^ Roman Wittemeier: AF Corse: Kaffer replaces Calado. Motorsport-Total.com, June 12, 2014, accessed February 8, 2015 . 
10. ^ Roman Wittemeier: WEC 2015: 35 cars go on a world tour. Motorsport-Total.com, February 5, 2015, accessed February 5, 2015 .