Yelmer Buurman

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Yelmer Buurman

Nationality Flag of the Netherlands Dutch
Date of Birth February 19, 1987 (1987-02-19) (age 21)
2008 GP2 Series
Debut season 2008
Current team Trust Team Arden
Car No. 15
Starts 6
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0

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

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[edit] Career

[edit] Formula König

Buurman drove in the German-based Formula König championship in 2002, finishing twentieth in the season standings.

[edit] Formula Renault

Buurman driving for Fortec Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 World Series by Renault season.
Buurman driving for Fortec Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 World Series by Renault season.

Buurman concentrated on various Formula Renault championships from 2003 to 2005, competing in the British, Dutch, European and American series during this period. In the British Winter Series in 2003, he began a four-year association with the Fortec Motorsport team. His most successful FRenault championships were the 2003 British Winter Series and the 2004 Dutch season, finishing third in both.

In 2007, Buurman made a brief appearance for Fortec in the World Series by Renault, replacing the injured Richard Philippe for four races. At the second race weekend in which he replaced Philippe, he finished fifth and fourth in the two races.

[edit] Formula Three

Buurman driving for Fortec in the 2006 Grand Prix de Pau.
Buurman driving for Fortec in the 2006 Grand Prix de Pau.

Following two races in British Formula Three in 2005, Buurman concentrated on this formula for 2006 and 2007. In 2006, he finished in fourth place in the British championship and drove in four races in the Formula Three Euroseries for Fortec. In 2007, he switched to the Euroseries full-time with the Manor Motorsport team, taking sixth place in the championship. He also competed in the stand-alone Macau Grand Prix and Masters F3 events in both years.

[edit] GP2 Series

For 2008, Buurman is competing in both the GP2 Series and the new GP2 Asia Series for the Arden team, alongside Sébastien Buemi. He was not originally scheduled to race in the Asian championship, but replaced Adam Langley-Khan when the Pakistani driver decided to focus on his A1 Grand Prix and education commitments and left the team after two rounds of the season.

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2002 Formula König Lohmann Motorsport 14 0 0 53 20th
2003 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Equipe Verschuur 4 0 0 6 22nd
Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands Equipe Verschuur  ?  ?  ? 110 6th
Formula Renault 2000 UK Winter Championship Fortec Motorsport 4 1 1 49 3rd
2004 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 AR Motorsport 15 0 0 4 30th
Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands AR Motorsport  ?  ?  ? 174 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 UK Fortec Motorsport 2 0 0 8 37th
Formula Renault 2000 UK Winter Championship Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0 71 5th
Formula TR 2000 Pro Series Winter Invitational  ? 5 0 0 82 6th
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Fortec Motorsport 20 1 3 359 4th
British Formula Three Fortec Motorsport 2 0 0 0 NC
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands Fortec Motorsport 2 0 0 11 26th
2006 British Formula Three Fortec Motorsport 22 0 2 186 4th
Formula Three Euroseries Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0 1 17th
Macau Grand Prix Fortec Motorsport 1 0 0 N/A 8th
Masters of Formula Three Fortec Motorsport 1 0 0 N/A 19th
2007 Formula Three Euroseries Manor Motorsport 20 0 0 40 6th
World Series by Renault Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0 15 20th
Macau Grand Prix Manor Motorsport 1 0 0 N/A NC
Masters of Formula Three Manor Motorsport 1 0 0 N/A 7th
2008 GP2 Series Arden 6 0 0 0 22nd*
GP2 Asia Series Arden 6 0 0 13 9th

* Season in progress.

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