Olli Caldwell

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Olli Caldwell
Olli Caldwell in 2021.jpg
Caldwell in 2021
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 19)
Winchester, United Kingdom
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number14
Starts6 (6 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish26th in 2021
Previous series
2021
2020-2021
2019
2017–18
2017–18
2017–18
2017
2016		World Endurance Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FR European Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
F4 British Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship

Oliver "Olli" Caldwell (born 11 June 2002) is a British racing driver currently racing in the Formula 2 Championship with Campos Racing. He is a race winner in the FIA Formula 3, Formula Regional European, Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4 championships and is a member of the Alpine Academy.

Career[]

Karting[]

Caldwell was born in Hampshire, and began karting in 2013 at the age of eleven.[1] His biggest karting achievement was finishing second in the Rotax Euro Challenge in 2016.

Ginetta Junior Championship[]

In 2016, Caldwell competed in his first competitive series outside karting where he drove for JHR Developments in the Ginetta Junior Championship. He drove thirteen races where he finished one place behind his futureFormula 3 rival Enzo Fittipaldi in 19th.[2]

Formula 4[]

ADAC Formula 4[]

In 2017 made his debut in ADAC Formula 4 with the ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. team. Caldwell didn't finish in any points scoring positions however he was ineligible for points due to the fact he was a guest driver. His highest finish that year was 17th at the Nürburgring. In 2018 he made the full-time switch to Prema where he finished in 7th on 125 points, stepping on the podium four times and one of them at Oschersleben he stepped on the top step.[3]

F4 British Championship[]

In 2017, Caldwell raced in the F4 British Championship with Arden in the second half of the season. He ended his campaign in 14th with 39 points, having achieved a highest finishing position of seventh which he recorded three times.[4]

Italian F4 Championship[]

Mücke Motorsport was the team Caldwell made his Italian F4 debut for in 2017. In the fifteen races he competed in he recorded ten points helping him to 11th in the championship, 273 points behind champion Marcus Armstrong. In 2018 Caldwell switched to the Italian team Prema where he recorded eleven podiums, four of which were wins. Caldwell was one of just two drivers to win all 3 races in a single weekend that season. He achieved this feat at Vallelunga; Enzo Fittipaldi also achieved this at Misano. Caldwell finished a career best third in the drivers' standings.[5]

Formula 4 UAE[]

For the 2017–18 UAE Formula 4 season, Caldwell raced for Silberpfeil Energy Dubai. Caldwell only competed in the first two rounds where he won 3 races and had 4 podiums which gained him 123 points and 7th in the championship.[6]

Formula Regional European Championship[]

Caldwell competed for Prema in the 2019 Formula Regional European Championship[7] where he finished 5th in the championship, with one win in Imola and five podiums, being beaten by his teammates Frederik Vesti and Enzo Fittipaldi, who finished in the top two positions.[8]

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

Macau Grand Prix[]

On 4 November 2019, Caldwell announced he will be racing for the Trident team at the 2019 Macau Grand Prix.[9] Caldwell qualified 17th, 1.6 seconds behind pole-sitter Jüri Vips with a time of 2:06.641. In the qualifying race Caldwell got caught up in an incident at the start where Sargeant braked later than other drivers and his front wing glanced Maini's rear-right wheel. Maini was sent into a spin and rested against a trackside wall in a way that caused his vehicle to protrude at the exit of Lisboa turn, Caldwell ended up stationary briefly meaning he lost position. In the end he finished in 23rd meaning he started the race near the back. At the start of the race Caldwell made contact with Andreas Estner and on the fourth lap, Caldwell retired from the consequences of the earlier collision that damaged his front wing and a tyre.

2020[]

In January Caldwell was announced by Trident as one of their three drivers for the 2020 Formula 3 season, partnering the experienced pairing of David Beckmann and Lirim Zendeli.[10] The Brit had a successful start to the year, finishing in the top six in both races at the second round at Spielberg. Unfortunately, Caldwell then had to endure four successive rounds without any points, a run that included him being spun out in the feature race at Silverstone. Caldwell managed to break that streak by finishing seventh in the Barcelona feature race. His final points of the year came at the penultimate round in Monza, and he ended up 16th in the drivers' standings.

2021[]

Caldwell was announced to be racing for Prema Racing in the 2021 season, partnering Arthur Leclerc and Dennis Hauger.[11] He won the second race of the season in Barcelona, after he inherited the race lead when the leading pair of Hauger and Matteo Nannini collided on the penultimate lap. Caldwell held off a charging Victor Martins on the final lap to take his first F3 victory.[12] While his next round wasn't as successful, with only nine points taken from the weekend, the Brit returned to the podium at the Red Bull Ring, where he finished second in race one and third in race three, where he made his way past five cars on the way to the rostrum.[13] Caldwell's next podium finish occurred at the next race in Budapest, with him being promoted to second place after initial race winner Lorenzo Colombo received a five-second penalty.[14][15] However, following a disappointing weekend at Spa where the whole team qualified outside the top 12 and a broken DRS in qualifying at Zaandvort meant a poor last half of the season in which he didn't manage to finish on the podium. ,[16] Caldwell ended his campaign eighth in the drivers' standings, two places ahead of teammate Leclerc.

FIA World Endurance Championship[]

On 3 November 2021 it was announced that Caldwell would be making his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving alongside Miro Konôpka and Nelson Panciatici for the ARC Bratislava team in the 2021 8 Hours of Bahrain.[17] The trio finished the race eleventh in the LMP2 category.

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

In November 2021 Caldwell announced that he would be joining Campos Racing to partner Ralph Boschung in the final two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[18] Despite experiencing a difficult debut weekend the Brit stated that the jump from F3 to F2 "wasn't as big as [he] expected", but also said that he had to improve his tyre warm-up in qualifying, which had cost him "around 1-1.5 seconds".[19] After the final round of the campaign Caldwell took part in the post-season test with the Spanish team.[20]

Caldwell stepped up to Formula 2 full-time for the 2022 season, remaining with Campos and still having Boschung as his teammate.[21]

Formula One[]

In February 2022, the Alpine F1 Team announced that Caldwell would be joining the team's academy, alongside former F3 rivals Jack Doohan, Victor Martins and Caio Collet.[22] Academy director Mia Sharizman said about Caldwell that "we accept it might take a few races for [him] to adjust to [his] new surroundings, but we’re confident [he] will hit the ground running towards the second half of the season.". Caldwell himself was quoted as saying that he was "excited to join the Academy", and that the pressure added to him was "good pressure to have in order to keep pushing".

Caldwell in 2021 at the Red Bull Ring

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2013 Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet Eclipse Motorsport NC
Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet 9th
2014 Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max 22nd
2015 Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior NC
Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max KR Sport 21st
Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior 33rd
2016 Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior KR Sport 30th
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior 8th
Rotax International Open — Junior 9th
BNL International Karting Series — Junior 17th
Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax Max Junior 2nd
Sources:[23][24]

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Ginetta Junior Championship JHR Developments 13 0 0 0 0 105 19th
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
F4 British Championship Arden Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 39 14th
Italian F4 Championship Mücke Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 15 11th
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Silberpfeil Energy Dubai 8 3 1 1 4 123 7th
2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 21 4 3 2 11 262 3rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 21 1 0 0 4 125 7th
Gulf 12 Hours - GT4 Bullit Racing 2 2 0 1 2 N/A N/A
2019 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 24 1 1 0 7 213 5th
Macau Grand Prix Trident 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 18 0 0 0 0 18 16th
Intercontinental GT Challenge R-Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 20 1 0 1 4 93 8th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 ARC Bratislava 1 0 0 0 0 1 31st
FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing

† As Caldwell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete F4 British Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 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 Pos Points
2017 Arden Motorsport BRI
1 		BRI
2 		BRI
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1
DNP 		CRO
2
10 		CRO
3
12 		SNE
1
7 		SNE
2
8 		SNE
3
8 		KNO
1
9 		KNO
2
C 		KNO
3
13 		KNO
4
9 		ROC
1
12 		ROC
2
7 		ROC
3
Ret 		SIL
1
17 		SIL
2
18 		SIL
3
8 		BHGP
1
9 		BHGP
2
7 		BHGP
3
9 		14th 39

Complete Italian F4 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2017 Mücke Motorsport MIS
1 		MIS
2 		MIS
3 		ADR
1 		ADR
2 		ADR
3 		VLL
1
18 		VLL
2
14 		VLL
3
13 		MUG1
1
11 		MUG1
2
13 		MUG1
3
11 		IMO
1
Ret 		IMO
2
19 		IMO
3
14 		MUG2
1
21 		MUG2
2
10 		MUG2
3
10 		MNZ
1
11 		MNZ
2
15 		MNZ
3
6 		11th 15
2018 Prema Theodore Racing ADR
1
7 		ADR
2
4 		ADR
3
8 		LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
8 		LEC
3
2 		MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
2 		MNZ
3
3 		MIS
1
6 		MIS
2
10 		MIS
3
9 		IMO
1
9 		IMO
2
2 		IMO
3
9 		VLL
1
1 		VLL
2
1 		VLL
3
1 		MUG
1
2 		MUG
2
4 		MUG
3
3 		3rd 262

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2017 ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. OSC1
1 		OSC1
2 		OSC1
3 		LAU
1 		LAU
2 		LAU
3 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		OSC2
1
23 		OSC2
2
26 		OSC2
3
22 		NÜR
1
20 		NÜR
2
21 		NÜR
3
17 		SAC
1 		SAC
2 		SAC
3 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		NC† 0
2018 Prema Theodore Racing OSC
1
10 		OSC
2
8 		OSC
3
1 		HOC1
1
3 		HOC1
2
15 		HOC1
3
10 		LAU
1
Ret 		LAU
2
3 		LAU
3
7 		RBR
1
8 		RBR
2
4 		RBR
3
4 		HOC2
1
Ret 		HOC2
2
2 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
9 		NÜR
3
7 		HOC3
1
10 		HOC3
2
12 		HOC3
3
9 		7th 125

† As Caldwell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Regional European Championship 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 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points
2019 Prema Powerteam LEC
1
4 		LEC
2
DSQ 		LEC
3
4 		VLL
1
8 		VLL
2
3 		VLL
3
C 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
3 		HUN
3
2 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
Ret 		RBR
3
7 		IMO
1
2 		IMO
2
2 		IMO
3
Ret 		IMO
4
1 		CAT
1
7 		CAT
2
6 		CAT
3
4 		MUG
1
9 		MUG
2
11 		MUG
3
10 		MNZ
1
5 		MNZ
2
8 		MNZ
3
7 		5th 213

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Italy Trident Dallara F3 2019 17th 23rd DNF

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2020 Trident RBR
FEA
20 		RBR
SPR
19 		RBR
FEA
5‡ 		RBR
SPR
6 		HUN
FEA
21 		HUN
SPR
18 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
26 		SIL
FEA
21 		SIL
SPR
22 		CAT
FEA
20 		CAT
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
7 		SPA
SPR
11 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
9 		MUG
FEA
17 		MUG
SPR
16 		16th 18
2021 Prema Racing CAT
1
6 		CAT
2
1 		CAT
3
4 		LEC
1
10 		LEC
2
4 		LEC
3
Ret 		RBR
1
2 		RBR
2
9 		RBR
3
3 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
29 		HUN
3
8 		SPA
1
16 		SPA
2
15 		SPA
3
11 		ZAN
1
10 		ZAN
2
6 		ZAN
3
14 		SOC
1
17 		SOC
2
C 		SOC
3
10 		8th 93

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2021 ARC Bratislava LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR
11 		31st 1

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

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 25 26 27 28 DC Points
2021 Campos Racing BHR
SP1 		BHR
SP2 		BHR
FEA 		MCO
SP1 		MCO
SP2 		MCO
FEA 		BAK
SP1 		BAK
SP2 		BAK
FEA 		SIL
SP1 		SIL
SP2 		SIL
FEA 		MNZ
SP1 		MNZ
SP2 		MNZ
FEA 		SOC
SP1 		SOC
SP2 		SOC
FEA 		JED
SP1
18 		JED
SP2
12 		JED
FEA
16 		YMC
SP1
20 		YMC
SP2
15 		YMC
FEA
18 		26th 0
2022 Campos Racing BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
FEA 		IMO
SPR 		IMO
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		MCO
SPR 		MCO
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		ZAN
SPR 		ZAN
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		SOC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		-* 0*

* Season starts 18 March 2022.

References[]

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  2. ^ "Ginetta Junior Championship". OlliCaldwell.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ^ "ADAC & Italian F4". OlliCaldwell.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ^ "British F4". OlliCaldwell.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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  9. ^ @ollicaldwell64 (4 November 2019). "ANNOUNCEMENT! Super excited to announce that I will be taking part in the 66th running of the iconic Macau Grand Prix with @trident_team. Looking forward to racing the @FIAFormula3 car and seeing what I can achieve at arguably the most prestigious circuit in the world!" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 November 2019 – via Twitter.
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