James Calado – Formula 1 Star of the Future!
Following our sponsorship of James in GP3 last season, here’s an update on his very exciting future!
“Just to let you know that my first GP2 test went fantastically well. I was p5 and the car is just incredible. After such a good performance its clear that RSF will put me into the series in preparation for F1 in 2013.”
The story so far…
James Calado is a prime British motor racing talent who is rated by many of the sport’s top pundits as a Formula 1 star of the future.
In 2011 he raced in GP3 with the crack French Lotus ART squad and ended the year as Vice-Champion. The immensely tough formula – along with GP2 – is a one-make support series for F1 in Europe. Both are designed to pit the world’s best up-and-coming drivers against one another in readiness for the step up to the pinnacle of motorsport.
In a tightly-fought 16-race season that produced 11 different winners from the 30-strong grid, he secured six podium finishes, including one win, one pole position and two fastest laps. The race record – including his innate ability to develop a front-running car – impressed both Lotus ART and many of the movers and shakers in the F1 paddock.
Since graduating from karts to single-seaters in 2008, he has competed in 103 races racking up a total of 20 wins, 41 podiums, 20 pole positions and 20 fastest laps. His impressive CV includes Vice-Championships in British Formula 3 International and Formula Renault UK.
He now aspires to graduate to GP2 in 2012 with Lotus ART, the most successful team in both GP2 and GP3.
