Olli Caldwell

Oliver "Olli" Caldwell (born 11 June 2002) is a British racing driver who is set to compete in the 2021 F3 Championship with Prema.

Olli Caldwell
Caldwell in 2017
Nationality British
Born (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002
Hampshire, United Kingdom
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamTrident Racing
Car number12
Starts18 (18 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish16th in 2020
Previous series
2019
2017–18
201718
201718
2017
2016
FR European Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
F4 British Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship

Career

Karting

Caldwell was born in Hampshire, and began karting in 2013 at the age of eleven.[1]

Ginetta Junior Championship

In 2016, Caldwell competed in his first competitive series outside karting where he drove for JHR Developments in the Ginetta Junior Championship. He drove thirteen races where he finished one place behind his current F3 rival Enzo Fittipaldi in 19th.[2]

ADAC Formula 4

In 2017 made his debut in ADAC Formula 4 with the ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. team. Caldwell didn't finish in any points scoring positions however he was ineligible for points due to the fact he was a guest driver. His highest finish that year was 17th at the Nürburgring. In 2018 he made the full-time switch to Prema where he finished in 7th on 125 points, stepping on the podium four times and one of them at Oschersleben he stepped on the top step.[3]

British F4

In 2017, Caldwell finished 14th for Arden with 39 points. His highest finishing position was 7th which he recorded three times.[4]

Italian F4

Mücke Motorsport was the team Caldwell made his Italian f4 debut for in 2017. In the fifteen races he competed in he recorded ten points helping him to 11th in the championship, 273 points behind champion Marcus Armstrong. In 2018 Caldwell switched to the Italian team Prema where he recorded eleven podiums, four of which were wins. Caldwell was one of two drivers to win all 3 races in a weekend. He did this at Vallelunga, Enzo Fittipaldi also achieved this at Misano. Caldwell finished a career best 3rd in this season.

F4 UAE

For the 2017–18 UAE Formula 4 season, Caldwell raced for Silberpfeil Energy Dubai. Caldwell only competed in the first two rounds where he won 3 races and had 4 podiums which gained him 123 points and 7th in the championship.

Formula Regional European

Caldwell competed for Prema in the 2019 Formula Regional European Championship where he finished 5th in the championship with one win and five podiums.

Macau Grand Prix

On 4 November 2019, Caldwell announced he will be racing for the Trident team at the 2019 Macau Grand Prix.[5] Caldwell qualified 17th, 1.6 seconds behind pole-sitter Jüri Vips with a time of 2:06.641. In the qualifying race Caldwell got caught up in an incident at the start where Sargeant braked later than other drivers and his front wing glanced Maini's rear-right wheel. Maini was sent into a spin and rested against a trackside wall in a way that caused his vehicle to protrude at the exit of Lisboa turn, Caldwell ended up stationary briefly meaning he lost position. In the end he finished in 23rd meaning he started the race near the back. At the start of the race Caldwell made contact with Andreas Estner and on the fourth lap, Caldwell retired from the consequences of the earlier collision that damaged his front wing and a tyre.

2020

In January Caldwell was announced by Trident as one of their three drivers for the 2020 Formula 3 Season.[6] He scored 18 points and finished 16th in the drivers' standings, behind his more experienced teammates David Beckmann and Lirim Zendeli.

Caldwell was announced to be racing for Prema Racing in the 2021 season, partnering Arthur Leclerc and Dennis Hauger.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Ginetta Junior Championship JHR Developments 13 0 0 0 0 105 19th
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
British F4 Championship Arden Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 39 14th
Italian F4 Championship Mücke Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 15 11th
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Silberpfeil Energy Dubai 8 3 1 1 4 123 7th
2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 21 4 3 2 11 262 3rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 21 1 0 0 4 125 7th
GT4 Gulf 12 Hours Bullit Racing 2 2 0 1 2 N/A N/A
2019 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 24 1 1 0 7 213 5th
Macau Grand Prix Trident 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 18 18 16th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Aston Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 DC Points
2020 Trident RBR
FEA

20
RBR
SPR

19
RBR
FEA

5‡
RBR
SPR

6
HUN
FEA

21
HUN
SPR

18
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

26
SIL
FEA

21
SIL
SPR

22
CAT
FEA

20
CAT
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

9
MUG
FEA

17
MUG
SPR

16
16th 18
2021 Prema Racing CAT
1
CAT
2
CAT
3
LEC
1
LEC
2
LEC
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
COA
1
COA
2
COA
3

Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

References

  1. "Early Years". OlliCaldwell.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. "Ginetta Junior Championship". OlliCaldwell.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. "ADAC & Italian F4". OlliCaldwell.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. "British F4". OlliCaldwell.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  5. @ollicaldwell64 (4 November 2019). "ANNOUNCEMENT! Super excited to announce that I will be taking part in the 66th running of the iconic Macau Grand Prix with @trident_team. Looking forward to racing the @FIAFormula3 car and seeing what I can achieve at arguably the most prestigious circuit in the world!" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 November 2019 via Twitter.
  6. "Caldwell completes Trident's 2020 line-up". 12 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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