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Earl Bamber
Bamber in 2017
Nationality New Zealander
BornEarl Anderson Bamber
(1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 34)
Whanganui, New Zealand
24 Hours of Le Mans career
TeamsPorsche Team
Best finish1st (2015, 2017)
Class wins2 (2015, 2017)
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2014
TeamsPorsche North America
Car number911, 912 (2014–2016)
StartsGT Le Mans: 12 (7 podiums), GT Daytona: 2 (0 podium)
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish2nd (GTLM) at the 2014 Petit Le Mans, 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, Continental Tire Road Race Showcase and Oak Tree Grand Prix in 2015
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season2014
TeamsFACH Auto Tech
Car number19 (2014)
Starts13 (8 Podiums)
Wins2
Poles3
Fastest laps3
Best finish1st in 2014
Championship titles
2014Porsche Supercup Drivers Championship
Awards
2014Porsche Supercup Rookie Classification
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career
Debut season2013
TeamsNexus Racing (2013), LKM Racing (2014)
Car number7 (2013), 1 (2014)
Starts22 (21 Podiums)
Wins14
Poles11
Fastest laps11
Best finish1st in 2013, 2014
Championship titles
2013, 2014Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Drivers Championship
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Car no., teamNo. 21 (Richard Childress Racing)
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career
Debut season2013
Current teamNexus Racing
Car number7
Former teamsTeam Meritus
International Motorsport
Triple X Motorsport
Starts12
Wins5
Poles7
Fastest laps3
Best finish1st in 2010 Toyota Racing Series
Previous series
2009
2008–09
2008–09
2008–09
2008
2008
2007–08
2006–07–2010
2006
2005–06
2005–06		Euroseries 3000
GP2 Asia Series
A1 Grand Prix
Int. Formula Master
Australian Formula Three
Formula Master Italia
Formula V6 Asia
Toyota Racing Series
Formula BMW Asia
New Zealand Formula Ford
South Island Formula Ford
Championship titles
2006Formula BMW Asia
Awards
2008Lady Wigram Trophy

Earl Anderson Bamber[1] (born 9 July 1990) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand, currently competing as a factory driver for Porsche Motorsport in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM class. He is the 2014 Porsche Supercup and double Porsche Carrera Cup Asia champion,.[2] He is a double Le Mans 24 Hours winner, having won the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans with Nico Hülkenberg and Nick Tandy[3] and the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans with Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley. The trio was also joint winner of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship for Drivers.

Early life

Earl Bamber was born in Whanganui, New Zealand, to Paul and Maureen Bamber (née Johnson), and lived on a farm where he learned to drive in the small settlement of Jerusalem on the Whanganui River.[4][5] He attended Wanganui Collegiate School along with his younger brother, William. Bamber began in kart racing and won his first title aged 12, at the North Island Sprint Championships (Junior 100cc Yamaha Restricted), and his first national title at the 2004 Sprint Kart Championship meeting in Auckland.[6] Later that year, he secured a podium at the Rotax Max category's annual Grand Final in Portugal after dominating the Junior class in the 2004 Rotax Max Challenge of New Zealand.[6]

Racing career

Open-wheel racing

Bamber competing for A1 Team New Zealand at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa

Bamber progressed through karts and single seater series and was ranked sixth highest future star in the world by the internationally recognised website driverdb.com in 2008.[6] At 15 he switched to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship before competing in Asia two years later where he won the Asian Formula BMW title. He achieved pole positions, fastest laps and podium results in Formula Renault V6 and Australian Formula 3, despite a tight budget.[7] In 2008 he won two vice-championship trophies – in Formula Renault V6 Asia and Toyota Racing Series New Zealand. Bamber contested several rounds of the international A1 Grand Prix series for the New Zealand team in 2009, finishing on the podium three times. He also stood on the podium in GP2 Asia, at the age of 19. In 2010 he repeated his 2008 success and was again crowned runner-up in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series.[7]

Sportscar racing

2013

In 2013, Bamber made his first appearance in Porsche's one make series in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with Malaysian team, Nexus Racing. He battled all season with Martin Ragginger but eventually won the drivers championship.[8] Bamber was also successful in endurance racing, winning the Bathurst 12 Hour (Class B) with Grove Racing, alongside team owner and Carrera Cup Australia regular Stephen Grove and eventual Supercup rival Ben Barker.[8] He was subsequently selected to race in three Porsche Supercup meetings.[9] Bamber's inaugural sportscar racing season ended with victory in the Carrera Cup Asia race at the 60th Macau Grand Prix meeting, defeating nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb in the process.[10]

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia nominated Bamber for the Porsche Motorsport International Cup Scholarship shootout in Oschersleben, Germany, where he beat seven other top pilots from Porsche one-make cups series around the world.[7] Part of the selection process included the simulation of a qualifying session as well as an entire race. He received funding of 200,000 Euros for his 2014 Porsche Supercup season campaign the following season.[7]

2014

Bamber raced with FACH Auto Tech in the Porsche Supercup alongside Porsche Carrera Cups of Germany and Asia with Team 75 Bernhard and LKM Racing, respectively. After ten rounds in the Supercup, Bamber won the drivers championship with 155 points, ahead of Kuba Giermaziak on 132 points, becoming the first New Zealander to win the Porsche Supercup title and the first rookie to do so. After seven of the ten races, the FACH Auto Tech driver had already won the rookie classification.[11] He dominated the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia season on his way to retaining the title as he won eight out of the ten races that he competed in despite missing two races in Zhuhai due to his concurrent commitments in Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany.[8] With the support of Team 75 Bernhard, Bamber competed in ten out of eighteen rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany with two wins, five podiums and three fastest laps. He left the series holding second position in the Drivers Championship and was seventh overall at the end of the season.[8] Bamber also replaced the injured Richard Lietz in the Porsche 911 RSR at the Petit Le Mans in the United SportsCar Championship, joining Porsche works drivers Patrick Long and Michael Christensen. Their second place ensured team Porsche North America, run by Core Autosport, won the manufacturers title in the championship.[12]

2015

The #19 Porsche 919 Hybrid Bamber co-drove with Hülkenberg and Tandy to win the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans

Prior to the 2015 season, Bamber signed with Porsche Motorsport as a works driver.[13] In January 2015, he and fellow works drivers Jörg Bergmeister and Frédéric Makowiecki took the No.912 Porsche 911 RSR to seventh place at the 24 Hours of Daytona.[14] Bamber and Nick Tandy joined Formula One driver Nico Hülkenberg in the Porsche LMP squad to contest the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the Le Mans 24 Hours in a 919 Hybrid.[15] Bamber's hybrid, car No. 19, was third on the grid after Porsche finished first, second and third in qualifying,[16] but ended up winning comfortably. Bamber's childhood friend and Porsche teammate, Brendon Hartley, with co-drivers Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard, started from second on the grid in a 919 Hybrid and finished the race in second place.[17] Bamber claimed his first career GT Le Mans (GTLM) pole at the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America in his first qualifying attempt as a Porsche factory driver on August 8.[18] He bettered the previous lap record by more than a full second.[19] He also made a guest appearance in the FIA World Endurance Championship's 6 Hours of Nürburgring, filling in for Klaus Bachler in the No. 88 Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR.[20] Bamber made his debut in the FIA GT World Cup in the streets of Macau in November.[21] The versatility in going between LMP1, GTE-Pro (GT Le Mans in IMSA) and GTE-Am this year, he said, made him a better driver.[22]

2016

In 2016, Bamber continues to pilot the 911 RSR for Porsche North America and Porsche Motorsport in the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the World Endurance Championship, respectively.[23] Bamber was the highest placed Kiwi driver at the 54th running of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona when his Porsche 911 RSR team came home third in the GTLM class and placed ninth overall.[24] Bamber made a successful return at the Bathurst 12 Hour with a 2nd Class B victory for Grove Motorsport in as many races at the endurance classic in Mount Panorama, Australia alongside team owner Stephen Grove and V8 Supercars driver Scott McLaughlin.[25] In changing weather conditions at the 12 Hours of Sebring, Bamber and his teammates in the #912 Porsche 911 RSR finished 3rd.[26]

2017

On 3 December 2016, Bamber was confirmed as a member of the Porsche LMP1 team with Nick Tandy and André Lotterer to contest 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. He co-drove the #2 car with Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley, replacing the retired Mark Webber.[27]

Other racing

In August 2020, Bamber will join NASCAR team Richard Childress Racing for the Xfinity Series race on the Daytona road course.[28]

Helmets

Bamber uses helmets designed by Italian manufacturers Stilo.[29] He acknowledges his home country with a silver fern design on the sides of his Stilo ST5 helmets, a quasi-national emblem used for various official symbols, including the Coat of arms of New Zealand and the New Zealand one dollar coin. On top are four red stars with white borders representing the Southern Cross which features on the Flag of New Zealand.[30] He has the number 19 painted on the back of one of his helmets, the same number as on his Porsche 919 Hybrid.

Racing record

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
2005–06 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 4th Van Diemen RF93 Ford
2006 Formula BMW Asia 1st Mygale FB02 BMW Team Meritus
2006–07 Toyota Racing Series 7th Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota Team Meritus
2007 Formula Renault V6 Asia Championship 10th Tatuus FRV6 Renault Team Meritus
2007–08 Toyota Racing Series 2nd Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota International Motorsport
2008 Formula V6 Asia 2nd Tatuus FRV6 Renault Team Meritus
Australian Drivers' Championship 13th Dallara F307 Mercedes-Benz Team BRM
International Formula Master 15th Tatuus N.T07 Honda ADM Motorsport
2008–09 Toyota Racing Series 12th Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota Earl Bamber Racing
GP2 Asia Series 14th Dallara GP2/05 Renault Team Meritus
A1 Grand Prix 7th Ferrari A1 08 A1 Team New Zealand
Super Nova Racing
2009 International Formula Master 18th Tatuus N.T07 Honda ADM Motorsport
Euroseries 3000 11th Lola B05/52 Zytek TP Formula
2010 Toyota Racing Series 2nd Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota Triple X Motorsport
Superleague Formula 7th Panoz DP09B Menard F.C. Porto
Reid Motorsport
2010–11 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge New Zealand 15th Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Triple X Motorsport
2011 Toyota Racing Series 15th Tatuus TT104ZZ Toyota M2 Competition
Superleague Formula 7th Panoz DP09B Menard New Zealand
Reid Motorsport
2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 1st Porsche 997 GT3 Cup Nexus Racing
Porsche Supercup NC FACH Auto Tech
2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 1st Porsche 991 GT3 Cup LKM Racing
Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland 7th 75 Motorsport
Porsche Supercup 1st FACH Auto Tech
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1 9th Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche LMP Team
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1st Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche LMP Team
TUDOR United SportsCar Championship 10th Porsche 911 RSR Porsche North America
2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 4th Porsche 911 RSR Porsche North America
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro NC Porsche Motorsport
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship 1st Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche LMP Team
2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 5th Porsche 911 RSR Porsche GT Team
Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 29th Holden ZB Commodore Triple Eight Race Engineering
Super2 Series 24th Holden VF Commodore Grove Motorsport
2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship 1st Porsche 911 RSR Porsche GT Team
FIA GT World Cup 3rd ROWE Racing

*

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 19 20 DC Points
2007–08 New Zealand NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		CHN
SPR
PO 		CHN
FEA
PO 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR
PO 		AUS
FEA
PO 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		GBR
SPR 		GBR
FEA 		2nd 93
2008–09 NED
SPR
2 		NED
FEA
3 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		MYS
SPR
3 		MYS
FEA
6 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		RSA
SPR
8 		RSA
FEA
Ret 		POR
SPR
Ret 		POR
FEA
Ret 		GBR
SPR
Ret 		GBR
FEA
Ret 		7th 36

Complete GP2 Asia Series 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 DC Points
2008–09 Qi-Meritus Mahara CHN
FEA
6 		CHN
SPR
2 		UAE
FEA
Ret 		UAE
SPR
C 		BHR
FEA
11 		BHR
SPR
7 		QAT
FEA 		QAT
SPR 		MAL
FEA 		MAL
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		BHR
SPR 		14th 8

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 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 DC Points
2013 Nexus Racing SEP
3

SHG
2

SHG
2 		ZIC
1 		ZIC
1 		ORD
1 		ORD
1 		INJ
10 		INJ
3 		SIN
1 		SHG
1 		SHG
2 		1st 217
2014 LKM Racing SEP
1 		SHG
1 		SHG
3 		ZIC ZIC FUJ
1 		FUJ
1 		SEP
1 		SEP
2 		SIN
1 		SHG
1 		SHG
1 		1st 199

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 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 DC Points
2014 Team 75 Bernhard HOC
3 		HOC
1 		OSC
Ret 		OSC
5 		HUN
5 		HUN
17 		NOR
5 		NOR
2 		RBR
2 		RBR
1 		NÜR NÜR LAU LAU SAC SAC HOC HOC 7th 126

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 Pos. Pts
2013 FACH Auto Tech ESP MON GBR GER HUN
15 		BEL ITA UAE
2 		UAE
5 		NC 0
2014 FACH Auto Tech ESP
1 		MON
9 		AUT
6 		GBR
3 		GER
2 		HUN
3 		BEL
1 		ITA
3 		USA
4 		USA
2 		1st 155

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 Australia Grove Group Australia Stephen Grove
United Kingdom Ben Barker 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Class B 286 8th 1st
2016 Australia Grove Hire Australia Stephen Grove
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 		Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Class B 285 12th 1st
2017 Australia Walkinshaw GT3 France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 GT3 R Class APP 44 DNF DNF
2018 Hong Kong Craft-Bamboo Racing France Kévin Estre
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor 		Porsche 911 GT3 R Class APP 271 5th 3rd

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 Germany Porsche Team Germany Nico Hülkenberg
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 395 1st 1st
2016 Germany Porsche Motorsport Germany Jörg Bergmeister
France Frédéric Makowiecki 		Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro 		140 DNF DNF
2017 Germany Porsche Team Germany Timo Bernhard
New Zealand Brendon Hartley 		Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 367 1st 1st
2018 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro 		334 27th 10th
2019 United States Porsche GT Team France Patrick Pilet
United Kingdom Nick Tandy 		Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro 		342 22nd 3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2015 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4
(Hybrid) 		SIL SPA
6 		LMS
1 		9th 58
Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 NÜR
6 		COA
2 		FUJ
5 		SHA BHR 13th 36
2017 Porsche LMP Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid) SIL
2 		SPA
3 		LMS
1 		NÜR
1 		MEX
1 		COA
1 		FUJ
4 		SHA
2 		BHR
2 		1st 208

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2014 Mühlner Motorsports America GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
27 		SEB
20 		LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA 79th 27
Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR PET
2 		29th 33
2015 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
7 		SEB
7 		LBH LGA WGL
2 		MOS
7 		LIM ELK
2 		VIR
2 		COA
5 		PET
8 		10th 225
2016 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
3 		SEB
3 		LBH
7 		LGA
3 		WGL
10 		MOS
6 		LIM
8 		ELK
4 		VIR
3 		COA
1 		PET
5 		4th 313
2017 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
5 		24th 26
2018 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
6 		SEB
3 		LBH
7 		MDO
1 		WGL
4 		MOS
6 		LIM
3 		ELK
4 		VIR
5 		LGA
2 		PET
6 		5th 308
2019 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
3 		SEB
5 		LBH
1 		MDO
1 		WGL
6 		MOS
1 		LIM
2 		ELK
3 		VIR
2 		LGA
7 		PET
5 		1st 330
2020 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY
2 		DAY
2 		SEB
3 		ELK
5 		VIR
 ATL
 MDO
 CLT
 PET
 LGA
 SEB
 2nd* 120*

* Season still in progress.

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Position Points
2018 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1 		ADE
R2 		MEL
R3 		MEL
R4 		MEL
R5 		MEL
R6 		SYM
R7 		SYM
R8 		PHI
R9 		PHI
R10 		BAR
R11 		BAR
R12 		WIN
R13
PO 		WIN
R14
PO 		HID
R15 		HID
R16 		TOW
R17 		TOW
R18 		QLD
R19 		QLD
R20 		SMP
R21 		BEN
R22 		BEN
R23 		SAN
QR
16 		SAN
R24
2 		BAT
R25
5 		SUR
R26
10 		SUR
R27
C 		PUK
R28 		PUK
R29 		NEW
R30 		NEW
R31 		29th 576

Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2018 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore ZB New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 5th 161

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2020 Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IND KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DAY
 DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT KAN TEX MAR PHO -* -*

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Salman Al Khalifa
 Formula BMW Asia
Champion
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
Winner
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Champion
2013–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Porsche Supercup
Champion
2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2015
With: Nico Hülkenberg & Nick Tandy 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2017
With: Timo Bernhard & Brendon Hartley 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA World Endurance Champion
2017
With: Timo Bernhard & Brendon Hartley 		Succeeded by
Preceded by WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
GTLM Champion
2019
With: Laurens Vanthoor 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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