Roman de Beer

Roman Shane de Beer (born 6 October 1994) is a South African former racing driver.

Career

Karting Born in Johannesburg, de Beer began karting in 1999 and raced primarily in his native South Africa for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the Rotax Max category by 2010, and ultimately, winning the ROK Cup International Final.

Formula Abarth In 2010, de Beer graduated to single–seaters, moving into the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy, with Scuderia Victoria World. He scored podiums at Imola, Varano and Vallelunga and finished the season ninth. De Beer stayed in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011 with the same team, when the series was split into two distinct sub-championships – European and Italian championships. But after three rounds he ended his racing season with a podium at Misano. He finished the season eleventh in the Italian championship standings.

Italian Formula Three In 2012, dṅe Beer continued his collaboration with Scuderia Victoria into the Italian Formula Three Championship. He finished the season twelfth in the Italian championship standings.

GP3 Series After missing the 2013 racing season, de Beer then drove for the Trident team in the GP3 Series in 2014. He finished fourth in race 2 at the Red Bull Ring, but left the series midway through the season.

Racing record

Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2010 Formula Abarth Scuderia Victoria 14 0 0 0 3 53 9th 2011 Formula Abarth Italian Series Victoria World 6 0 0 1 1 36 11th Formula Abarth European Series 2 0 0 1 1 12 16th 2012 Italian Formula Three European Series Scuderia Victoria 9 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Italian Formula Three Italian Series 9 0 0 0 0 28 12th 2014 GP3 Series Trident 10 0 0 0 0 8 18th † – As de Beer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GP3 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 Pos Points 2014 Trident CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 18th 8