Cameron Das

Cameron Das (born March 17, 2000 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American racing driver currently competing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Carlin Motorsport and the Euroformula Open Championship with Team Motopark. In 2016 Das became the first champion of the United States Formula 4 Championship.

Cameron Das
Nationality American
Born (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamCarlin
Car number28
Starts18 (18 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2020
Previous series
201819
201720
2017
201617
2016
Toyota Racing Series
Euroformula Open Championship
BRDC British F3 Championship
U.S. F2000 National Championship
F4 United States Championship
Championship titles
2016F4 United States 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

For 2016 Das joined JDX Racing to race the inaugural United States Formula 4 Championship, which replaced the Formula Lites series. The Maryland native dominated the second half of the championship winning eight straight races. Das also raced with JAY Motorsports for a partial 2016 U.S. F2000 National Championship. His best result was an eighth place at the Toronto street course.

In 2017, Das was signed to the Carlin team for the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship.[5] The American ended up fifth in the standings after one race win and three more podium finishes.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 United States Formula 4 Championship JDX Racing 15 9 10 6 9 281 1st
U.S. F2000 National Championship JAY Motorsports 13 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 7 4 4 425 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 16 0 4 0 1 159 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 Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 54 12th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 2 0 2 205 7th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 18 25th
Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 14 0 0 1 2 123 6th

* Season still in progress.

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 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

References

  1. "Cameron Das Joins Group-A Racing Driver Development Program". Group A Racing. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. "Bertil Roos Race Series ~ 2015 Point Standings" (PDF). racenow.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. "2015 SCCA Majors Championship Point Standings Northeastern Conference" (PDF). SCCA. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. "Cameron Das". Driverdb.com. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  5. "Carlin completes 2017 BRDC British F3 line-up with F4 Champion Das". January 23, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural
Formula 4 United States Championship
Champion

2016
Succeeded by
Kyle Kirkwood
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