Yelmer Buurman

Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman (born 19 February 1987) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He was 3rd in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2013, and second in the FIA GT1 Championship in 2012. Besides achieving victories in those categories, also won several races in the Superleague Formula, and was second in the 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

Career

Formula König Born in Ubbergen, Gelderland, Buurman drove in the German-based Formula König championship in 2002, finishing twentieth in the season standings.

Formula Renault Buurman driving for Fortec Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

Buurman concentrated on various Formula Renault championships from 2003 to 2005, competing in the British, Dutch, European and American series during this period. In the British Winter Series in 2003, he began a four-year association with the Fortec Motorsport team. His most successful FRenault championships were the 2003 British Winter Series and the 2004 Dutch season, finishing third in both.

In 2007, Buurman made a brief appearance for Fortec in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, replacing the injured Richard Philippe for four races. At the second race weekend in which he replaced Philippe, he finished fifth and fourth in the two races.

Formula Three Following two races in British Formula Three in 2005, Buurman concentrated on this formula for 2006 and 2007. In 2006, he finished in fourth place in the British championship and drove in four races in the Formula Three Euroseries for Fortec. In 2007, he switched to the Euroseries full-time with the Manor Motorsport team, taking sixth place in the championship. He also competed in the stand-alone Macau Grand Prix and Masters F3 events in both years.

GP2 Series Buurman driving for Arden at the 2008 GP2 Series season Silverstone round.

In 2008, Buurman competed in both the GP2 Series and the new GP2 Asia Series for the Arden team, alongside Sébastien Buemi. He was not originally scheduled to race in the Asian championship, but replaced Adam Langley-Khan when the Pakistani driver decided to focus on his A1 Grand Prix and education commitments and left the team after two rounds of the season.

After ten races of the GP2 Series season, Buurman was replaced at Arden by Luca Filippi, who had in turn lost his previous drive with the ART Grand Prix team to Sakon Yamamoto.

Buurman was signed by the newly renamed Ocean Racing Technology team for the remainder of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season. He was replaced for the final round by Karun Chandhok however, but he finished 19th in the championship. He was recalled to the team for the final two rounds of the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season.

Superleague Formula Following the loss of his GP2 drive, Buurman moved to the new Superleague Formula series as a driver for the PSV Eindhoven team. He finished in second position in the 2008 championship. For the 2009 season, he drove for the R.S.C. Anderlecht team. For 2010, Buurman will drive for his third different side, moving to the Atech Grand Prix-run A.C. Milan outfit.

Sports car racing In 2011, Buurman debuted in the FIA GT1 Championship in the final round at Potrero de los Funes, with a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R of Exim Bank Team China, winning the two races.

Buurman became a full-time driver for Vitaphone in the FIA GT1 Championship in 2012 along with Michael Bartels; posted four wins, two seconds places, two thirds, two fourths and two fifths, so that finished fifth in the championship behind the pairings Marc Basseng / Markus Winkelhock and Stef Dusseldorp / Frédéric Makowiecki. He also contested in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 6 Hours of Castellet with a LMP2's car Lola B12/80, where he finished third in the Paul Ricard race.

Marc VDS Racing Team hired Buurman to drive a BMW Z4 for the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series, more precisely in the Pro Cup class, along with Maxime Martin and Bas Leinders. The trio won a race, so that finished fourth in the series. Furthermore, Buurman finished second in the 24 Hours of Nurburgring.

Buurman won the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the Pro-Am division of the 2020 British GT Championship.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2002 Formula König Lohmann Motorsport 14 0 0 ? ? 53 20th 2003 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Equipe Verschuur 4 0 0 0 0 6 22nd Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands ? ? ? ? ? 110 6th Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Fortec Motorsport 4 1 1 1 2 49 3rd 2004 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup AR Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 4 30th Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands ? ? ? ? ? 174 3rd Formula Renault 2.0 UK Fortec Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 8 37th Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series 4 0 0 1 1 71 5th Formula TR 2000 Pro Series Winter Invitational ? 5 0 0 ? ? 82 6th 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Fortec Motorsport 20 3 1 1 5 359 4th British Formula 3 International Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 19th Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 11 26th 2006 British Formula 3 International Series Fortec Motorsport 22 2 0 0 5 186 4th Formula 3 Euro Series 4 0 0 0 0 1 17th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 19th 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series Manor Motorsport 20 0 0 0 3 40 6th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 15 20th 2008 GP2 Series Trust Team Arden 10 0 0 0 1 5 20th GP2 Asia Series 6 0 0 0 1 13 9th Superleague Formula PSV Eindhoven 12 1 0 2 2 337 2nd 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Ocean Racing Technology 6 0 0 0 0 4 19th 2009 Superleague Formula R.S.C. Anderlecht 11 1 0 2 2 305 4th 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series Ocean Racing Technology 4 0 0 0 0 0 21st 2010 Superleague Formula A.C. Milan 31 3 1 4 9 631 5th Formula One Force India F1 TeamTest driver 2011 Superleague Formula Netherlands - PSV Eindhoven 6 1 0 0 2 130 4th FIA GT1 World Championship Exim Bank Team China 2 2 0 0 2 33 15th 2012 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Status Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 15 10th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF FIA GT1 World Championship Vita4One Racing Team 12 4 1 ? 8 15 10th Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro 1 0 0 0 0 4 30th 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Marc VDS Racing Team 5 1 0 0 2 71 3rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd FIA GT Series - Pro Vita4One Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 1 22nd ADAC GT Masters 4 0 0 0 0 10 32nd 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 9 19th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Blancpain Sprint Series Vita4One Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Black Falcon 5 0 0 0 0 10 20th 24H Series - A6 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Black Falcon 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24H Series - A6 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 AMG - Team Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Black Falcon 5 0 0 0 0 19 19th 24H Series - A6 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed 2 0 1 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon 5 1 1 1 2 73 1st 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd 24H GT Series - A6 Black Falcon British GT Championship - GT3 ERC Sport 9 1 0 0 3 133.5 4th 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon 5 0 1 0 2 51 3rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 1 0 1 48 9th Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 Mercedes-AMG Team SPS Automotive Performance 1 0 0 0 0 24H GT Series - A6 Abu Dhabi Racing Black Falcon 2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed Performance 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team Craft Bamboo Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 12 15th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th British GT Championship - GT3 Ram Racing 9 0 0 0 3 111 5th 2021 British GT Championship - GT3 Ram Racing 9 1 1 0 4 162.5 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 10Q Racing Team Hauer & Zabel GbR 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th 2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am Iron Lynx 10 1 ? ? ? 88 5th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Konrad Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2025 International GT Open Team Motopark 4 0 0 0 0 0 52nd 2025–26 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Vista AF Corse 2 0 0 0 0 14 16th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 DC Points 2007 Fortec Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 20th 15

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 DC Points 2008 Trust Team Arden CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 20th 5

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Superleague Formula

2008-2009 (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

2009 Super Final Results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 62009 R.S.C. AnderlechtZakspeed MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR

2010

Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2011 Exim Bank Team China Corvette C6.R ABUQR ABUCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ALGQR ALGQR SACQR SACCR SILQR SILCR NAVQR NAVCR PRIQR PRICR ORDQR ORDCR BEIQR BEICR SANQR1 SANCR1 15th 33 2012 BMW Team Vita4One BMW E89 Z4 GT3 NOGQR11 NOGCR10 ZOLQR1 ZOLCR2 NAVQR3 NAVQR5 SVKQR3 SVKCR1 ALGQR2 ALGCR5 SVKQR1 SVKCR1 MOSQR10 MOSCR7 NURQR4 NURCR4 DONQR9 DONCR9 3rd 144 Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans Results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2012 Status Grand Prix Alexander Sims Romain Iannetta Lola B12/80-Judd LMP2 239 DNF DNF