Can Artam

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
NationalityTurkish
Born (1981-06-30) 30 June 1981
Istanbul, Turkey

Career

Artam'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

International Formula 3000

(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

(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
  1. "Can Artam ilk 10'da". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2004-05-19. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  2. "Can Artam SüperNova ile anlaştı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2004-08-12. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
  3. "Can Artam yeni takımında". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-09-19.


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