Can Artam (born 30 June 1981, in Istanbul) is a Turkish race car driver born into a car racing family. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the iSport team and was the 2001 US Barber Formula Dodge champion.
| Can Artam | |
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 Can Artam during the 2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round | |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Born | 30 June 1981 Istanbul, Turkey |
Career
editArtam's career begun in karting in 1999, and he moved up to the Turkish Touring Car Championship in 2001. Later in the year he also raced in US Barber Formula Dodge, winning the title.
He remained in the TTCC in 2002, also racing in North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship and some races of Turkish Formula Three Championship, whilst returning to karting for some events. The Formula Renault would be the only series he would compete in during 2003, though with the new year seeing part seasons in both British Formula 3's National-Class and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.
On 29 May 2004 Can Artam got his shot in Formula 3000 in Imola as the first Turkish driver racing in this category, driving part of the season for the Coloni team,[1] and later driving some races for Super Nova.[2] In 2005, he drove in GP2, the replacement series for F3000, for the iSport International team alongside Scott Speed, although without much success, scoring just two points with seventh place at the Monaco round of the inaugural GP2 championship. Until 2013 he has not raced in any major championships.
In 2013 he started racing again in the Turkish Touring Car Championship with Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport.[3] He finished the first race of the season 3rd despite a flat tire.
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship | AutoTechnica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14th |
| 2003 | Formula Renault V6 Eurocup | EuroInternational | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19th |
| British Formula 3 International Series - Scholarship | Promatecme UK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7th | |
| 2004 | International Formula 3000 Championship | Coloni Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19th |
| 2005 | GP2 Series | iSport International | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22nd |
International Formula 3000
edit(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Coloni Motorsport | IMO Ret |
CAT 10 |
MON Ret |
NUR 13 |
MAG Ret |
SIL | HOC 10 |
NC | 0 | |||
| Super Nova Racing | HUN 14 |
SPA 13 |
MNZ 9 |
GP2 Series
edit(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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | iSport International | IMO FEA 16 |
IMO SPR Ret |
CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA 7 |
NÜR FEA 17 |
NÜR SPR Ret |
MAG FEA 17 |
MAG SPR 16 |
SIL FEA 18 |
SIL SPR 14 |
HOC FEA Ret |
HOC SPR 20 |
HUN FEA 14 |
HUN SPR 12 |
IST FEA 11 |
IST SPR 16 |
MNZ FEA 9 |
MNZ SPR 9 |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 22 |
BHR FEA 17 |
BHR SPR 16 |
22nd | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Can Artam ilk 10'da". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 19 May 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Can Artam SüperNova ile anlaştı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 12 August 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Can Artam yeni takımında". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 14 March 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
External links
edit- Can Artam career summary at DriverDB.com
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