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Yelmer Buurman
Yelmer Buurman
Nationality	Dutch
GP2 Asia Series career
Debut season	2008
Current team	Arden
Car number	11
Starts	4
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0

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

Career

Formula König

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

Formula Renault

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.

Formula Three

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.

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.

Racing record

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	0	0	0	0	TBD
2008	GP2 Asia Series	Arden	4	0	0	5	14th*

* Season in progress.

References

Career statistics from driverdb.com. Retrieved on April 9 2008.

External links

Official website

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