Joël Camathias


Joël Camathias 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 7 starts in the American Champ Car series for Dale Coyne Racing, his best finish a 9th 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.
Joël 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

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2001KTRINT
5
IMO
15
CAT
18
A1R
Ret
MON
Ret
NUR
18
MAG
17
SIL
17
HOC
9
HUN
13
SPA
15
MNZ
15
17th2

Complete CART results

YearTeamChassisEngine12345678910111213141516171819RankPoints
2003Dale Coyne RacingLola B02/00Ford XFE V8tSTP
9
MTY
11
LBH
14
BRH
13
LAU
16
MIL
15
LS
13
PORCLETORVANROAMDOMTLDENMIAMXCSRFFON22nd6

24 Hours of Le Mans results