Joël Camathias (born 9 February 1981) 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
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | KTR | INT 5 |
IMO 15 |
CAT 18 |
A1R Ret |
MON Ret |
NUR 18 |
MAG 17 |
SIL 17 |
HOC 9 |
HUN 13 |
SPA 15 |
MNZ 15 |
17th | 2 |
Complete CART results
(key)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | STP 9 |
MTY 11 |
LBH 14 |
BRH 13 |
LAU 16 |
MIL 15 |
LS 13 |
POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MIA | MXC | SRF | FON | 22nd | 6 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  JWA-Avila
|
Paul Daniels Markus Palttala
|
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Am |
290 | 33rd | 8th |
| 2016 |  KCMG
|
 Wolf Henzler Christian Ried
|
Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am |
300 | 41st | 10th |
References
- The Family (connections) Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-12-13
- "Joël Camathias – 2003 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
External links
- Official website (hybrid English-Italian)
- Joël Camathias career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byMichele Bartyan | International GT Open champion 2007 with Richard Lietz |
Succeeded byAndrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi |
| Preceded byAndrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi |
International GT Open champion 2009 with Marcel Fässler |
Succeeded byÁlvaro Barba Pierre Kaffer |
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Swiss racing drivers
- Champ Car drivers
- FIA GT Championship drivers
- Auto GP drivers
- International Formula 3000 drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- International GT Open drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Sportspeople from Lugano
- European auto racing biography stubs
- Swiss sportspeople stubs
- KCMG drivers
- Keerbergs Transport Racing drivers
- Dale Coyne Racing drivers
- Ombra Racing drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- GT4 European Series drivers
- Craft-Bamboo Racing drivers
- Proton Competition drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers