Joël Camathias

Joël Camathias (born 9 February 1981) is a Swiss race car driver born in Lugano. In 2001, he raced in the International Formula 3000 championship and in 2002 in the European F3000 series. In 2003, he made seven starts in the American Champ Car series for Dale Coyne Racing, his best finish a ninth in his debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Having previously driven sports cars part-time, he then returned to Europe to drive in the Le Mans Series in 2004 and the FIA GT Championship in 2005 and 2006. He also won the GT2 Class of the 2006 Le Mans Series season with Marc Lieb driving a Porsche 911 for Autorlando Sport.

Camathias is the great-nephew of the late Florian Camathias, a solo motorcycle and sidecar racer, and his father Romeo was a car racer.

Racing record 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 11 12 DC Points 2001 KTR INT IMO CAT A1R MON NUR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 17th 2

Complete CART results (key) Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref 2003 Dale Coyne Racing 19 Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t STP MTY LBH BRH LAU MIL LS POR CLE TOR VAN ROA MDO MTL DEN MIA MXC SRF FON 22nd 6

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps JWA-Avila Paul Daniels Markus Palttala Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEAm 290 33rd 8th KCMG Wolf Henzler Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 300 41st 10thSources: