Gustavo Yacamán
Gustavo Yacamán | |
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![]() Yacamán in 2014. | |
Nationality | Colombian |
Born | Santiago de Cali, Colombia | February 25, 1991
Rolex Sports Car Series career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | Michael Shank Racing |
Car number | 6 |
Starts | 6 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 28th in 2012 |
Previous series | |
2009-2012 2006–08 2006 | Firestone Indy Lights Spanish Formula 3 Spanish Formula BMW |
Gustavo "El Tigrillo" (English: Ocelot) Yacamán Aristizabal (born February 25, 1991) is a Colombian racing driver from Santiago de Cali.
Racing career
Early career
After winning the American Stars of Karting competition in 2005, he moved immediately to the Spanish Formula Three Championship for the 2006 season, a significant jump for a young driver. He finished 16th in the championship. He also competed in Master Junior Formula in Europe and finished 4th. The following year Yacamán captured his first win and finished 8th in Spanish Formula Three. In 2008, he captured another win and finished 9th in Spanish F3.
Indy Lights
For 2009, he returned to the U.S. to race in the Firestone Indy Lights Series with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.[1] He finished 12th in points with a best finish of 4th at the Milwaukee Mile. He returned to the series in 2010 with the rookie team Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing. Yacamán improved to 10th in points and captured his first podium finish with a 3rd place at Toronto. He returned to the series in 2011 for a third season, this time with Team Moore Racing. He captured his first win late in the season at Baltimore and finished fourth in points. Yacamán achieved his first Indy Lights pole position at the 2012 Firestone Freedom 100. He finished the season third in points with two wins (at Detroit and Toronto) and three runner-up finishes.
Sports cars
For 2013 Yacamán moved to sports car racing after having raced in the 24 Hours of Daytona the previous year, driving the #6 Ford-Riley Daytona Prototype entry for Michael Shank Racing in the Rolex Sports Car Series. Yacaman caused a great deal of controversy during the 2013 race at Detroit's Belle Isle. On the first lap of the race Yacaman was trying to make a move inside of Memo Rojas but ran wide, pushing Rojas' car off-line and into a concrete barrier. The incident caused significant damage to Rojas' car, and also collected Yacaman's teammate John Pew. As a result of the incident Rojas and His teammate Scott Pruett did not accrue any points for the race which put them at a severe disadvantage for the Championship. In the course of the season, Yacamán managed a best finish of second place at Lime Rock, to finish eleventh in the championship.
For 2014 Yacamán has joined the newly unified United SportsCar Championship with OAK Racing; first with a Morgan LMP2-Nissan and then with a Ligier JS P2-Honda, managed to win at Mosport Park, and three podiums, so that ended eighth in the drivers' championship Prototype class.
Racing record
American open–wheel racing results
(key)
Indy Lights
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Rank | Points |
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2009 | Sam Schmidt Motorsports | STP1 12 |
STP2 9 |
LBH 9 |
KAN 17 |
INDY 18 |
MIL 4 |
IOW 5 |
WGL 7 |
TOR 8 |
EDM 16 |
KTY 19 |
MDO 10 |
SNM 19 |
CHI | HMS 16 |
12th | 269 |
2010 | Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing |
STP 5 |
ALA 9 |
LBH 14 |
INDY 11 |
IOW 11 |
WGL 8 |
TOR 3 |
EDM 9 |
MDO 15 |
SNM 4 |
CHI 15 |
KTY 5 |
HMS 16 |
10th | 293 | ||
2011 | Team Moore Racing | STP 14 |
ALA 12 |
LBH 4 |
INDY 15 |
MIL 5 |
IOW 2 |
TOR 3 |
EDM1 5 |
EDM2 16 |
TRO 2 |
NHM 4 |
BAL 1 |
KTY 11 |
LVS 5 |
4th | 401 | |
2012 | Team Moore Racing | STP 6 |
ALA 4 |
LBH 10 |
INDY 4 |
DET 1 |
MIL 8 |
IOW 2 |
TOR 1 |
EDM 7 |
TRO 2 |
BAL 2 |
FON 11 |
3rd | 394 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 |
SPA 1 |
LMS 3 |
NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 2nd* | 74* |
* Season still in progress.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | ![]() |
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Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 354 | 12th | 4th |
References
- ^ Knapp Schilke, Nancy. Gustavo Yacaman to take on new American challenge, Motorsport.com, December 30, 2008
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Gustavo "Tigrillo" Yacamán – Official Web Site
- Gustavo Yacamán career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Cali
- Colombian racing drivers
- European F3 Open Championship drivers
- Indy Lights drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- United SportsCar Championship drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers