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.

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.

Artam 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, 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, and later driving some races for Super Nova. 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 did not in any major championships.

In 2013, Artam started racing again in the Turkish Touring Car Championship with Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport. He finished the first race of the season 3rd despite a flat tire.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Points Position 2002 North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship AutoTechnica 2 0 0 0 20 14th 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup EuroInternational 3 0 0 0 6 19th British Formula 3 International Series - Scholarship Promatecme UK 5 0 0 0 35 7th 2004 International Formula 3000 Championship Coloni Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 19th 2005 GP2 Series iSport International 24 0 0 0 2 22nd

Complete Formula Renault V6 Eurocup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Points 2004 Coloni Motorsport IMO CAT MON NUR MAG SIL HOC NC 0 Super Nova Racing HUN SPA MNZ

Complete GP2 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 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points 2005 iSport International IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 22nd 2