Cameron Das

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Cameron Das
File:Euroformula Open 2021 Spielberg Nr. 28 Das.jpg
Nationality United States American
Born (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24)
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2020
Car no. 28
Former teams Carlin
Starts 18 (18 entries)
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 25th in 2020
Previous series
2018–19
2017–20
2017
2016–17
2016		 Toyota Racing Series
Euroformula Open Championship
BRDC British F3 Championship
U.S. F2000 National Championship
F4 United States Championship
Championship titles
2021
2016		 Euroformula Open Championship
F4 United States Championship

Cameron Das (born March 17, 2000) is an American racing driver who last competed in the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship with Team Motopark. In 2016 Das became the first champion of the United States Formula 4 Championship.

Career

Karting and national championships

Das started karting at Autobahn Indoor Speedway in Jessup, Maryland. In 2015 Das earned his licence to compete in single seaters at the Bertil Roos Racing School.[1] Das made his competition debut in the Bertil Roos Race Series at the Pocono International Raceway east road course. After scoring his first pole position at NJMP Thunderbolt, Das finished fifteenth in the series standings competing a partial schedule.[2] Coached by Jonathan Scarallo, Das scored five podium finishes. Besides the Bertil Roos Race Series the young driver competed at the Carolina Motorsports Park round of the 2015 Formula Lites season. Racing a Crawford FL15 powered by a Honda K24 engine Das finished fifth in both races. Das also competed in the Formula F class of the SCCA Majors Tour Northeast Conference at New Jersey Motorsports Park, winning the second race.[3] With K-Hill Motorsports, Das raced in the New Jersey Motorsports Park with seventh as his best result.[4]

Lower formulae

2016

For 2016, Das joined JDX Racing to race the inaugural United States Formula 4 Championship, which replaced the Formula Lites series. Having scored his first win in car racing at Mid-Ohio, the Maryland native dominated the second half of the campaign, winning eight successive races and taking the title at the season finale.[5][6] Das also raced with JAY Motorsports for a partial U.S. F2000 National Championship the same year. His best result was an eighth place at the Toronto street course.

2017

After making his first appearance on the European scene in the BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy at the end of 2016, Das moved into the BRDC British F3 series with Carlin in 2017, partnering Enaam Ahmed and James Pull.[7][8] The American started his season off strongly, taking a pole position and a podium respectively in the opening weekend at Oulton Park,[9] before scoring a triple of podiums at the following round in Rockingham, which included a victory in Race 2.[10] Another podium came at Snetterton, whilst the subsequent pair of events yielded consistent finishes in the top seven.[11][12] Das took another podium at Brands Hatch with second place in Race 3, before capping off his season with another podium and pole position at the finale in Donington.[13][14] He ended up fifth in the championship, having scored seven podiums.

During the second half of the year, Das also took part in the Euroformula Open Championship with Campos Racing.[15] Having finished eighth on three occasions, the American finished 15th in the standings.

Euroformula Open

2018

Das took part in the Toyota Racing Series in preparation for his 2018 campaign.[16] Contesting the winter series for Victory Motor Racing, Das took a best finish of seventh at Taupo and ended up 12th in the championship, having won an award for the best overtake of the TRS season.[17]

His main campaign would lie in Euroformula Open, where he would reunite with Carlin Motorsport.[18] Starting out at Estoril, Das scored his first podium of the race in the season opener, finishing third after fighting his way through from sixth on the grid.[19] Two sixth places followed, before Das found himself on the rostrum again at Paul Ricard, having overtaken Guilherme Samaia for third place.[20] The two rounds ahead of the summer break, at Spa-Francorchamps and Budapest, yielded points finishes, before another podium came at Silverstone after a two-month break.[21] His final podium of the season came at Monza the round after, as Das bounced back from a retirement caused by a collision in Race 1.[22] Following more points at Jerez, Das proved his worth during the final race of the year in Barcelona, where, having been tagged early by teammate Matheus Iorio and fallen down to 15th place, the American was able to claw his way to fifth by the end of the race, which ultimately saw him cement himself in fifth place overall.[23]

2019

After another appearance in the Toyota Racing Series at the start of 2019, where Das took a sole race win at Manfield and finished seventh in the standings for M2 Competition, he began his season in Euroformula Open with Fortec Motorsports. However, after just four events, Das announced that he would be contesting the remainder of the campaign for Team Motopark.[24] His season proved to be disappointing, with a fifth place at Silverstone being the highlight of Das's year, which he ended twelfth in the championship.[25]

FIA Formula 3

Das progressed into FIA Formula 3 in 2020, partnering Clément Novalak and Enaam Ahmed at Carlin Buzz Racing,[26][27] whilst fulfilling double-duties in the Euroformula Open Championship with Motopark.[28] In F3, Das experienced a challenging season during which he failed to score points, with a pair of eleventh-placed finishes at Silverstone turning out to be his best results. Meanwhile, two podiums would come from his Euroformula campaign, which he finished sixth in the standings, having missed two events.

Return to Euroformula Open

In 2021, Das returned to the Euroformula Open Championship, pairing up with Jak Crawford at Motopark.[29] He started his season out in perfect fashion, taking all three victories at the Formula One support event in Portimão, despite having to create a ten-second gap in Race 3 after being awarded a penalty.[30] More success came at Le Castellet, where Das won another race, having battled hard in Race 3 with teammate Crawford, and finished the other two on the podium.[31] The next round at Spa set back Das's championship aspirations, as, despite two second places, a retirement caused by a suspension failure and a clean sweep of victories from Louis Foster narrowed the gap at the top of the standings.[32] Another retirement whilst in the lead of Race 1 at the Hungaroring, this time owing to a brake failure, compounded matters, in spite of which Das would be able to take another win in Race 3, that becoming his first ever wet-weather victory.[33] At Imola, Das's car was affected by chassis damage, which meant that he could only finish on the podium in Race 3,[34] whilst he was able to extend his championship lead in Austria after taking a second and third place respectively.[35] The penultimate event, held at Monza, brought glory to the American, who, after taking his first pole position in the category, went on to win races 1 and 3, the latter of which being a race affected hugely by hydroplaning.[36] A second place in Race 1 at Barcelona sealed the Euroformula Open title for Das, and he ended the season with another podium, bringing his tally up to 16.[37][38]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Formula Lites Howard Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 20 8th
2016 Formula 4 United States Championship JDX Racing 15 9 4 9 9 281 1st
U.S. F2000 National Championship JAY Motorsports 12 0 0 0 0 83 16th
BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy Carlin 3 0 0 0 0 44 7th
2017 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 24 1 2 3 7 425 5th
Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 8 0 0 0 0 13 15th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
U.S. F2000 National Championship Newman Wachs Racing 2 0 0 0 0 25 28th
2018 Euroformula Open Championship Carlin Motorsport 16 0 0 1 4 159 5th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 1 1 73 3rd
Toyota Racing Series Victory Motor Racing 15 0 0 0 0 438 12th
2019 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 8 0 0 0 0 54 12th
Team Motopark 10 0 0 1 0
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 0 2 2 205 7th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 14 0 0 1 2 123 6th
2021 Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 24 7 1 6 16 382 1st

† As Das was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 United States Championship results

(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 DC Points
2016 JDX Racing MDO1
1
5		 MDO1
2
4		 MDO1
3
4		 MDO2
1
12		 MDO2
2
4		 MDO2
3
1		 NJMP
1
5		 NJMP
2
1		 NJMP
3
1		 ATL
1
1		 ATL
2
1		 ATL
3
1		 HMS
1
1		 HMS
2
1		 HMS
2
1		 1st 281

Complete U.S. F2000 National Championship Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2016 JAY Motorsports STP STP BAR
20		 BAR
12		 IMS
17		 IMS
24		 LOR ROA
9		 ROA
14		 TOR
8		 TOR
15		 MDO
DNS		 MDO
10		 MDO
20		 LAG
14		 LAG
12		 16th 83
2017 Newman Wachs Racing STP
8		 STP
9		 BAR BAR IMS IMS ROA ROA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO WGL 28th 25

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2017 Carlin OUL
1
5		 OUL
2
6		 OUL
3
2		 ROC
1
2		 ROC
2
1		 ROC
3
3		 SNE1
1
6		 SNE1
2
2		 SNE1
3
6		 SIL
1
6		 SIL
2
7		 SIL
3
5		 SPA
1
7		 SPA
2
4		 SPA
3
5		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
2		 SNE2
1
6		 SNE2
2
15		 SNE2
3
8		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
4		 DON
3
13		 5th 425

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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 24 DC Points
2017 Campos Racing EST
1		 EST
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
Ret		 MNZ
1
10		 MNZ
2
8		 JER
1
11		 JER
2
8		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
14		 15th 13
2018 Carlin Motorsport EST
1
3		 EST
2
6		 LEC
1
6		 LEC
2
3		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
5		 HUN
1
5		 HUN
2
4		 SIL
1
6		 SIL
2
3		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
3		 JER
1
6		 JER
2
4		 CAT
1
6		 CAT
2
5		 5th 159
2019 Fortec Motorsports LEC
1
Ret		 LEC
2
15		 PAU
1
6		 PAU
2
8		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
10		 SPA
1
19		 SPA
2
18		 12th 54
Team Motopark HUN
1
10		 HUN
2
14		 RBR
1
9		 RBR
2
8		 SIL
1
5		 SIL
2
6		 CAT
1
8		 CAT
2
12		 MNZ
1
6		 MNZ
2
Ret
2020 Team Motopark HUN
1		 HUN
2		 LEC
1
10		 LEC
2
8		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 MNZ
1
5		 MNZ
2
5		 MNZ
3
6		 MUG
1
9		 MUG
2
7		 SPA
1
5		 SPA
2
4		 SPA
3
4		 CAT
1
7		 CAT
2
2		 CAT
3
3		 CAT
4
6		 6th 123
2021 Team Motopark POR
1
1		 POR
2
1		 POR
3
1		 LEC
1
2		 LEC
2
3		 LEC
3
1		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
2		 SPA
3
2		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
10		 HUN
3
1		 IMO
1
5		 IMO
2
13		 IMO
3
3		 RBR
1
3		 RBR
2
4		 RBR
3
2		 MNZ
1
1		 MNZ
2
5		 MNZ
3
1		 CAT
1
2		 CAT
2
5		 CAT
3
2		 1st 382

* Season still in progress.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2018 Victory Motor Racing RUA
1
11		 RUA
2
Ret		 RUA
3
7		 TER
1
9		 TER
2
7		 TER
3
8		 HMP
1
11		 HMP
2
Ret		 HMP
3
7		 TAU
1
Ret		 TAU
2
11		 TAU
3
6		 MAN
1
11		 MAN
2
7		 MAN
3
11		 12th 438
2019 M2 Competition HIG
1
9		 HIG
2
6		 HIG
3
7		 TER
1
4		 TER
2
C		 TER
3
C		 HMP
1
Ret		 HMP
2
7		 HMP
3
5		 HMP
4
3		 TAU
1
15		 TAU
2
10		 TAU
3
5		 TAU
4
8		 MAN
1
7		 MAN
2
1		 MAN
3
Ret		 7th 205

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(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 DC Points
2020 Carlin Buzz Racing RBR
FEA
22		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 RBR
FEA
24		 RBR
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
17		 HUN
SPR
22		 SIL
FEA
21		 SIL
SPR
24		 SIL
FEA
11		 SIL
SPR
11		 CAT
FEA
19		 CAT
SPR
17		 SPA
FEA
25		 SPA
SPR
22		 MNZ
FEA
15		 MNZ
SPR
16		 MUG
FEA
23		 MUG
SPR
25		 25th 0

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural
 Formula 4 United States Championship
Champion
2016		 Succeeded by
Kyle Kirkwood
Preceded by Euroformula Open Championship
Champion
2021		 Succeeded by
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