Isaac Tutumlu Lopez

Isaac Tutumlu López (born 5 July 1985) is a Kurdish-Spanish racing driver. He currently races in the ADAC GT Masters, having formerly raced in the World Touring Car Championship, International GT Open, Porsche Supercup, 24 Hours of Daytona and others.

Racing career Tutumlu began his career racing in the karting championships in Catalonia (Spain). He moved into cars by competing in the Mitjet Series in 2007. In 2008, he won the Catalunya Touring Car Championship. In 2009, he began racing in GTs, competing in five rounds of the Porsche Supercup as well as starting International GT Open and Spanish GT Championship races.

At the start of 2011, Tutumlu entered the Superstars Series in a BMW M3 for the Spanish team Campos Racing. However, he would only participate in the first three rounds of the season. Later in the year he returned to the Porsche Supercup.

Porsche Supercup Tutumlu first entered the Porsche Supercup when he entered five rounds at the championship with SANITEC Racing, starting with the Nürburgring. He raced in the championship until the penultimate round at Monza, as a guest driver he was ineligible to score points.

Tutumlu returned to the championship in 2011, beginning with a single race for MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg at Monaco, however he was disqualified from the results. He reappeared at the Hungaroring with SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team and did two further races at Spa-Francorchamps and Abu Dhabi for Attempto Racing.

Tutumlu returned to the Porsche Supercup in 2012 with Attempto Racing, starting with the second round of the championship at Barcelona.

World Touring Car Championship In 2012, Tutumlu signed to race in the World Touring Car Championship with Proteam Racing, again in a BMW. He was forced to miss the fourth round of the championship at the Slovakiaring due to damage sustained on his car in Marrakech. After the Race of Slovakia, he announced he would leave Proteam and the WTCC to return to the Porsche Supercup.

Blancpain Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe In 2015, Tutumlu was confirmed as a driver in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe. He did not race in the first weekend of the year at Monza and started his season in Silverstone driving for Leipert Motorsport. His team-mate was the Austrian Gerhard Tweraser.

Personal life Isaac Tutumlu López is of Kurdish descent from his father side and is from Spanish descent from his mothers' side. He is a Kurdish nationalist and sported the flag of Kurdistan on his BMW during his World Touring Car Championship stint. Tutumlu is the son of football agent Bayram Tutumlu who is from Turkey.

Racing record

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 11 12 13 Pts 2009 SANITEC Racing BHR BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN ESP BEL ITA UAE UAE NC 0‡ 2011 MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg TUR ESP MON GER GBR GER NC 0‡ SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team HUN Attempto Racing BEL ITA UAE UAE 2012 Förch Racing by Lukas MS BHR BHR MON ESP GBR GER HUN HUN BEL ITA 17th 21 ‡ Not eligible for points

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts 2012 Proteam Racing BMW 320 TC ITA1 ITA2 ESP1 ESP2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 POR1 POR2 BRA1 BRA2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0