Yelmer Buurman

Yelmer Buurman (2009)

Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman (born February 19, 1987 in Ubbergen ) is a Dutch automobile racing driver .

Career

Buurman began his motorsport career in karting . In 2002 he made his debut in formula racing and was 20th in the German Formula King . He then drove from 2003 to 2005 in the British, Dutch, European and US Formula Renault . In the British winter series 2003 he began a four-year collaboration with the Fortec Motorsport team . His greatest successes were two third places in the drivers' championship: 2003 in the British winter series and 2004 in the Dutch series. In 2005 he finished fifth overall in the British Formula Renault with three wins

Yelmer Buurman in the cockpit of the Arden GP2 car during the GP2 Asia Series in Bahrain

After two races in the British Formula 3 championship in 2005 , Burmann started in this racing series in 2006 and achieved fourth place with two victories. After he had already driven four races for Fortec in the Formula 3 Euro Series this year , he switched to the Manor Motorsport team for the 2007 season in order to continue to compete in the Formula 3 Euro Series. At the end of the season, he finished sixth. In 2007 Buurman also started for Fortec in four races in Formula Renault 3.5 to replace the injured Richard Philippe . On the second race weekend he was fifth and fourth in the two races that were held.

Yelmer Buurman in the Fortec vehicle during Formula Renault 3.5 2007 at Donington Park.

In the 2008 season, Buurman drove for the Arden International team in the GP2 Asia series, which was held for the first time in the spring . The Pakistani Adam Khan was originally supposed to drive for Arden in the GP2 Asia series. However, Khan decided to focus on the A1 Grand Prix and his studies and was therefore replaced by Buurman after the second race weekend. Although he could only take part in six of the ten races, the Dutchman managed to achieve ninth place in the overall standings. In the subsequent season of the European GP2 series , Buurman stayed with Arden International. The Dutchman was unable to keep up with his teammate Sébastien Buemi in most of the races and only scored points once in second place. In the middle of the season he was replaced by Luca Filippi . In the overall ranking he finished 20th. Then he started for the PSV Eindhoven team, which was supervised by Azerti Motorsport , in the Superleague Formula and was the only driver of the team to win the runner-up. Among other things, he left his compatriot Robert Doornbos behind.

In the GP2 Asia Series season 2008/09 , Buurman came into action as a surprise: After the sale of BCN Competición to Tiago Monteiro , Buurman started for the newly founded Ocean Racing Technology team from the second race weekend . On the last race weekend, the Dutchman was replaced by Karun Chandhok and finished 19th overall at the end of the season. He then returned to the Superleague Formula and competed for the entire 2009 season for the RSC Anderlecht team, which was supervised by Zakspeed . Buurman managed a victory and his team finished fourth overall at the end of the season. For the third race weekend of the GP2 Asia Series season 2009/10 , Buurman returned to Ocean Racing Technology and finished 21st overall at the end of the season. In the 2010 Superleague Formula season , Buurman started for the AC Milan team, which is supported by the Atech Grand Prix . He won two races and was once a weekend winner . His team finished fifth in the championship at the end of the season. At the end of the season, Buurman completed his first Formula 1 test for Force India .

statistics

Career stations

season	series	team	run	Poles	Victories	Points	Driver ranking
2002	Formula King	Lohmann Motorsport	14th	0	0	53	20th
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	Verschuur team	4th	0	0	6th	22nd
	Dutch Formula Renault	Verschuur team	?	?	?	110	6th
	British Formula Renault Winter Series	Fortec Motorsport	4th	1	1	49	3.
2004	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	AR Motorsport	15th	0	0	4th	30th
	Dutch Formula Renault	AR Motorsport	?	?	?	174	3.
	British Formula Renault	Fortec Motorsport	2	0	0	8th	37
	British Formula Renault Winter Series	Fortec Motorsport	4th	0	0	71	5.
	Formula TR 2000 Pro series	?	5	0	0	82	6th
2005	British Formula Renault	Fortec Motorsport	20th	1	3	359	4th
	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsport	2	0	0	0	-
	Dutch Formula Renault	Fortec Motorsport	2	0	0	11	26th
2006	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsport	22nd	0	2	186	4th
	Formula 3 Euro Series	Fortec Motorsport	4th	0	0	1	17th
	Macau Grand Prix	Fortec Motorsport	1	0	0	-	8th.
	Ultimate Masters of Formula 3	Fortec Motorsport	1	0	0	-	19th
2007	Formula 3 Euro Series	Manor Motorsport	20th	0	0	40	6th
	Formula Renault 3.5	Fortec Motorsport	4th	0	0	15th	20th
	Macau Grand Prix	Manor Motorsport	1	0	0	-	-
	Ultimate Masters of Formula 3	Manor Motorsport	1	0	0	-	7th
2008	GP2 Asia series	Arden International	6th	0	0	13	9.
	GP2 series	Arden International	8th	0	0	5	15th
	Superleague Formula	Azerti Motorsport	12	0	1	337	2.
2009	GP2 Asia series	Ocean Racing Technology	5	0	0	4th	19th
	Superleague Formula	Zakspeed	14th	0	2	305	4th
2010	GP2 Asia series	Ocean Racing Technology	4th	0	0	0	21st
	Superleague Formula	Atech Grand Prix	31	0	3	631	5.

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2012	Status Grand Prix	Lola B12 / 80	Alexander Sims	Romain Iannetta	failure	malfunction

Web links

Commons : Yelmer Buurman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Yelmer Buurman (English)
• Career statistics at driverdb.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Buurman should win for AC Milan" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 17, 2010)
2. ↑ "Force India: Breakdown prevents better Buurman time" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2010)