Callum Ilott
Callum Ilott is a British racing driver. He is a current member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, and UNI-Virtuosi and a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team.
Career
Karting
Ilott was one of the most successful karting drivers of his generation. Making his debut in 2008, he began to impress in 2011, winning in the Formula Kart Stars and finishing third in the German Junior Karting Championship, both in KF3.The next year, 2012, he remained in KF3 with Chiesa Corse Team. In 2012, Callum puts himself in the radar at age of 13: winning the WSK Masters Series and the WSK Final Cup, and finishing runner up in the WSK Euro Series and CIK-FIA World Cup. He was selected as the youngest ever WSK Driver of the Year.
In 2013 he contested in KF2 and KF machinery. Winning in KF2 th 42° Trofeo delle Industrie. In KF he won the WSK Final Cup. In 2014, with Zanardi Strakka Racing he finished fourth in the CIK-FIA World Championship, third in the WSK Champions Cup, and won the WSK Super Masters Series and the CIK-FIA European Championship.
Toyota Racing Series
Callum Ilott made his single-seater debut in the Toyota Racing Series with ETEC Motorsport, using a helmet with the Red Bull livery, but unofficially announced as a member of the Red Bull drivers' development program.He took a fourth in the seventh race, and in Taupo was the quickest in the practice sessions. In he finished near the podium. He finished 16th in the championship, being fast in qualifying and practices but struggled for race pace. After the championship, he was confirmed as a Red Bull Racing Junior Team driver.
Formula Three
Ilott stepped up to Formula Three in 2015, racing in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Carlin at age of 16. Despite being a rookie, his pace placed him as one of the title contenders before the start of the season. He tested F3 machinery and Formula Renault 2.0 to accumulate experience before his Formula 3 debut.In the preseason testing, Ilott made his first impressions, finishing sixth in his first collective test and second in wet conditions on his second day. Ilott achieved one podium at the Nürburgring, finished seventh in the Rookie Championship and twelfth in the overall standings.
For the 2016 season, Ilott switched to Van Amersfoort Racing alongside rookies Pedro Piquet, Harrison Newey and Anthoine Hubert. In the second race of the first round at Circuit Paul Ricard, Ilott took his first victory in the sport and a second victory at the Red Bull Ring resulting in an overall sixth-place finish.
On 22 November 2016, Ilott was confirmed to be racing with Prema Powerteam for the 2017 season. He improved to fourth in the driver standings, losing to his teammate Maximilian Günther by 39 points. Ilott won six races and finished another six races on the podium. After his 2017 FIA F3 campaign he was included to the Ferrari Driver Academy.
GP2 Series
In December 2016, Ilott tested with ART Grand Prix in the post-season test at Yas Marina.GP3 Series
After GP3 Series tests at Abu Dhabi it was announced that Ilott was scheduled to race with ART Grand Prix in the 2018 GP3 Series. He finished in 3rd place, only behind teammates Nikita Mazepin and the late Anthoine Hubert. He scored seven podiums, two of them being victories.FIA Formula 2 Championship
In July 2017, Ilott made his debut at the sixth round at Silverstone with Trident Racing. He finished both races outside the top-ten positions.The following year, Ilott partook in the post-season test with Trident and Charouz Racing System.
In January 2019, the Ferrari Driver Academy announced Ilott would make a full-time switch to the championship by joining Sauber Junior Team by Charouz alongside Juan Manuel Correa. He finished his rookie season in 11th position in the overall standings by securing two podiums in the sprint races in Catalunya and Sochi respectively and his maiden Pole Position in Monza.
For the 2020 season, Ilott left Sauber Junior Team by Charouz and joined 2019 teams' championship runner-up UNI-Virtuosi Racing alongside Guanyu Zhou. He will remain a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. Ilott took his first Formula 2 victory at the delayed season's opening race at the Red Bull Ring after pole sitter Zhou suffered electrical problems.
Racing record
Career summary
* Season still in progress.Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | Carlin | Volkswagen | SIL 1 10 | SIL 2 19 | SIL 3 9 | HOC 1 13 | HOC 2 5 | HOC 3 10 | PAU 1 11 | PAU 2 15 | PAU 3 16 | MNZ 1 20 | MNZ 2 14 | MNZ 3 15 | SPA 1 14 | SPA 2 11 | SPA 3 4 | NOR 1 11 | NOR 2 16 | NOR 3 7 | ZAN 1 11 | ZAN 2 12 | ZAN 3 22 | RBR 1 30 | RBR 2 12 | RBR 3 10 | ALG 1 16 | ALG 2 26† | ALG 3 11 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 9 | NÜR 3 8 | HOC 1 15 | HOC 2 11 | HOC 3 5 | 12th | 65.5 |
| 2016 | Van Amersfoort Racing | Mercedes | LEC 1 10 | LEC 2 1 | LEC 3 12 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 9 | HUN 3 6 | PAU 1 5 | PAU 2 3 | PAU 3 4 | RBR 1 1 | RBR 2 4 | RBR 3 2 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 7 | NOR 3 7 | ZAN 1 5 | ZAN 2 3 | ZAN 3 6 | SPA 1 16 | SPA 2 5 | SPA 3 Ret | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 7 | NÜR 3 4 | IMO 1 15 | IMO 2 Ret | IMO 3 3 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DSQ | HOC 3 Ret | 6th | 226 | |||
| 2017 | Prema Powerteam | Mercedes | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 2 | SIL 3 1 | MNZ 1 9 | MNZ 2 7 | MNZ 3 1 | PAU 1 Ret | PAU 2 3 | PAU 3 2 | HUN 1 5 | HUN 2 1 | HUN 3 2 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 9 | NOR 3 9 | SPA 1 14 | SPA 2 6 | SPA 3 4 | ZAN 1 5 | ZAN 2 1 | ZAN 3 19 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 3 | NÜR 3 4 | RBR 1 1 | RBR 2 4 | RBR 3 Ret | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 1 | HOC 3 5 | 4th | 344 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| Trident | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | BAK FEA | BAK SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA 19 | SIL SPR 14 | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | JER FEA | JER SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 26th | 0 | |||
| Sauber Junior Team by Charouz | BHR FEA 14 | BHR SPR 16 | BAK FEA Ret | BAK SPR 9 | CAT FEA 8 | CAT SPR 3 | MON FEA DNS | MON SPR 14 | LEC FEA Ret | LEC SPR 8 | RBR FEA 14 | RBR SPR 9 | SIL FEA 8 | SIL SPR 4 | HUN FEA 10 | HUN SPR 10 | SPA FEA C | SPA SPR C | MNZ FEA 4 | MNZ SPR 12 | SOC FEA 9 | SOC SPR 3 | YMC FEA 5 | YMC SPR 4 | 11th | 74 | |
| UNI-Virtuosi Racing | RBR1 FEA 1 | RBR1 SPR 9 | RBR2 FEA 5 | RBR2 SPR 5 | HUN FEA 8 | HUN SPR 2 | SIL1 FEA 5 | SIL1 SPR | SIL2 FEA | SIL2 SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | * | * |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
Complete GP3 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | ART Grand Prix | CAT FEA 3 | CAT SPR 7 | LEC FEA 8 | LEC SPR 1 | RBR FEA 1 | RBR SPR 6 | SIL FEA 3 | SIL SPR 5 | HUN FEA 6 | HUN SPR 2 | SPA FEA 6 | SPA SPR 3 | MNZ FEA 3 | MNZ SPR DSQ | SOC FEA 13 | SOC SPR 18 | YMC FEA 4 | YMC SPR 4 | 3rd | 167 |