Colin Caresani

Colin Caresani (born 22 December 2003 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch racing driver. He is the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver Cup champion.

Career Caresani started karting at the age of nine, most notably finishing fifth in the 2018 Rotax Euro Trophy in the Junior class.

Stepping up to car racing in 2019, Caresani finished runner-up in the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup in his first season in cars. Over the next two years, Caresani won the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup in 2020 and the BMW M2 CS Racing Cup Benelux in 2021.

In 2022, Caresani joined Project 1 to compete in the final season of the DTM Trophy. After finishing third at the Lausitzring, Caresani won both races at Imola to take the points lead from Tim Heinemann. Keeping the points lead through Norisring, Caresani took pole at the Nürburgring but was only able to convert it into a fourth-place finish. Having fallen to second in points after not scoring podiums at the Nürburgring and Spa, Caresani won both the opening races of the last two rounds of the season at Red Bull Ring and Hockenheimring to end runner-up in the standings.

During 2023, Caresani made his ADAC GT Masters debut at the Nürburgring round for Schnitzelalm Racing alongside Marcel Marchewicz. In his only round in the series, Caresani scored a best result of fifth in race two.

The following year, Caresani made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup debut for Winward Racing alongside and Tanart Sathienthirakul. Caresani finished on the podium in every race he contested, which included class wins at Le Castellet and Monza, en route to the Silver Cup title with a race to spare.

For his Silver Cup title defence, Caresani switched to GetSpeed ahead of 2025. The Dutchman also joined AKM Motorsport alongside Florian Scholze and Tanart Sathienthirakul to compete in the Italian GT Endurance Championship. Racing in the first three rounds in the former and ending the year 35th in the Silver Cup standings, Caresani found more success in the latter, scoring a class win at Imola to end the season sixth in the GT3 Pro-Am points.

In 2026, Caresani joined Haupt Racing Team-run Grupo Prom Racing Team to compete in select rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2019 Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup Bas Koeten Racing 12 1 4 1 9 1852nd 2020 Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup Bas Koeten Racing 7 4 1 1 7 1331st2021 VRM BMW M2 Cup Powered by Hankook Bas Koeten Racing 12 5 2 0 6 172.51st BMW M2 Cup Germany Team Project 1 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 88 6th2022 DTM Trophy Project 1 14 4 1 4 7 1882nd Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - BMW M240i Schnitzelalm Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - BMW M240i Schnitzelalm Racing 2 0 0 0 1 11 15th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 3 0 0 0 0 5 6th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 DNF ADAC GT Masters 2 0 0 0 0 16 26th2024 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am Konrad Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 3rd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Winward Racing 4 0 0 0 0 2 30th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 4 2 1 2 4 102 1st Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2025 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed3 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 0 0 0 0 6 35th Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup - GT3 Pro-Am Antonelli Motorsport 4 1 0 0 1 55 6th2026 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Grupo Prom Racing Team GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro HRT Ford Racing 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 1 0 0 DNF Intercontinental GT Challenge Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Am Stratia Motorsport Sources:

Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2023 Schnitzelalm Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo HOC1 HOC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 26th 16

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)