Cameron Das
Cameron Das
Das driving in the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship at the Red Bull Ring
NationalityUnited States American
Born (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2020
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number28
Former teamsCarlin
Starts18 (18 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2020
Previous series
2018–192017–2020172016–172016Toyota Racing SeriesEuroformula Open ChampionshipBRDC British F3 ChampionshipU.S. F2000 National ChampionshipF4 United States Championship
Championship titles
20212016Euroformula Open ChampionshipF4 United States Championship

Cameron Das (born March 17, 2000) is an American former racing driver and content creator who last competed in the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship with Team Motopark. In 2016 Das became the first champion of the United States Formula 4 Championship.

Career

Karting and national championships

Das started karting at Autobahn Indoor Speedway in Jessup, Maryland. In 2015, Das earned his licence to compete in single seaters at the Bertil Roos Racing School.[1] Das made his competition debut in the Bertil Roos Race Series at Pocono Raceway east road course. After scoring his first pole position at NJMP Thunderbolt, Das finished fifteenth in the series standings competing a partial schedule.[2] Coached by Jonathan Scarallo, Das scored five podium finishes. Besides the Bertil Roos Race Series the young driver competed at the Carolina Motorsports Park round of the 2015 Formula Lites season. Racing a Crawford FL15 powered by a Honda K24 engine Das finished fifth in both races. Das also competed in the Formula F class of the SCCA Majors Tour Northeast Conference at New Jersey Motorsports Park, winning the second race.[3] With K-Hill Motorsports, Das raced in the New Jersey Motorsports Park with seventh as his best result.[4]

Lower formula

2016

For 2016, Das joined JDX Racing to race the inaugural United States Formula 4 Championship, which replaced the Formula Lites series. Having scored his first win in car racing at Mid-Ohio, the Maryland native dominated the second half of the campaign, winning eight successive races and taking the title at the season finale.[5][6] Das also raced with JAY Motorsports for a partial U.S. F2000 National Championship the same year. His best result was an eighth place at the Toronto street course.

2017

After making his first appearance on the European scene in the BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy at the end of 2016, Das moved into the BRDC British F3 series with Carlin in 2017, partnering Enaam Ahmed and James Pull.[7][8] The American started his season off strongly, taking a pole position and a podium respectively in the opening weekend at Oulton Park,[9] before scoring a triple of podiums at the following round in Rockingham, which included a victory in Race 2.[10] Another podium came at Snetterton, whilst the subsequent pair of events yielded consistent finishes in the top seven.[11][12] Das took another podium at Brands Hatch with second place in Race 3, before capping off his season with another podium and pole position at the finale in Donington.[13][14] He ended up fifth in the championship, having scored seven podiums.

During the second half of the year, Das also took part in the Euroformula Open Championship with Campos Racing.[15] Having finished eighth on three occasions, the American finished 15th in the standings.

Euroformula Open

2018

Das took part in the Toyota Racing Series in preparation for his 2018 campaign.[16] Contesting the winter series for Victory Motor Racing, Das took a best finish of seventh at Taupo and ended up 12th in the championship, having won an award for the best overtake of the TRS season.[17]

Das' main campaign would lie in Euroformula Open, where he would reunite with Carlin Motorsport.[18] Starting out at Estoril, he scored his first podium of the race in the season opener, finishing third after fighting his way through from sixth on the grid.[19] Two sixth places followed, before Das found himself on the rostrum again at Paul Ricard, having overtaken Guilherme Samaia for third place.[20] The two rounds ahead of the summer break, at Spa-Francorchamps and Budapest, yielded points finishes, before another podium came at Silverstone after a two-month break.[21] His final podium of the season came at Monza the round after, as Das bounced back from a retirement caused by a collision in Race 1.[22] Following more points at Jerez, Das proved his worth during the final race of the year in Barcelona, where, having been tagged early by teammate Matheus Iorio and fallen down to 15th place, the American was able to claw his way to fifth by the end of the race, which ultimately saw him cement himself in fifth place overall.[23]

2019

After another appearance in the Toyota Racing Series at the start of 2019, where Das took a sole race win at Manfield and finished seventh in the standings for M2 Competition, he began his season in Euroformula Open with Fortec Motorsports. However, after just four events, Das announced that he would be contesting the remainder of the campaign for Team Motopark.[24] His season proved to be disappointing, with a fifth place at Silverstone being the highlight of Das's year, which he ended twelfth in the championship.[25]

FIA Formula 3

Das progressed into FIA Formula 3 in 2020, partnering Clément Novalak and Enaam Ahmed at Carlin Buzz Racing,[26][27] whilst fulfilling double-duties in the Euroformula Open Championship with Motopark.[28] In F3, Das experienced a challenging season during which he failed to score points, with a pair of eleventh-placed finishes at Silverstone turning out to be his best results. Meanwhile, two podiums would come from his Euroformula campaign, which he finished sixth in the standings, having missed two events.

Return to Euroformula Open

In 2021, Das returned to the Euroformula Open Championship, pairing up with Jak Crawford at Motopark.[29] He started his season out in perfect fashion, taking all three victories at the Formula One support event in Portimão, despite having to create a ten-second gap in Race 3 after being awarded a penalty.[30] More success came at Le Castellet, where Das won another race, having battled hard in Race 3 with teammate Crawford, and finished the other two on the podium.[31] The next round at Spa set back Das's championship aspirations, as, despite two second places, a retirement caused by a suspension failure and a clean sweep of victories from Louis Foster narrowed the gap at the top of the standings.[32] Another retirement whilst in the lead of Race 1 at the Hungaroring, this time owing to a brake failure, compounded matters, in spite of which Das would be able to take another win in Race 3, that becoming his first ever wet-weather victory.[33] At Imola, Das's car was affected by chassis damage, which meant that he could only finish on the podium in Race 3,[34] whilst he was able to extend his championship lead in Austria after taking a second and third place respectively.[35] The penultimate event, held at Monza, brought glory to the American, who, after taking his first pole position in the category, went on to win races 1 and 3, the latter of which being a race affected hugely by hydroplaning.[36] A second place in Race 1 at Barcelona sealed the Euroformula Open title for Das, and he ended the season with another podium, bringing his tally up to 16.[37][38]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Formula LitesHoward Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 20 8th
2016 Formula 4 United States ChampionshipJDX Racing 15 9 4 9 9 281 1st
U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipJAY Motorsports 12 0 0 0 0 83 16th
BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn TrophyCarlin3 0 0 0 0 44 7th
2017 BRDC British Formula 3 ChampionshipCarlin24 1 2 3 7 425 5th
Euroformula Open ChampionshipCampos Racing8 0 0 0 0 13 15th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipNewman Wachs Racing2 0 0 0 0 25 28th
2018 Euroformula Open ChampionshipCarlin Motorsport16 0 0 1 4 159 5th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship6 0 0 1 1 73 3rd
Toyota Racing SeriesVictory Motor Racing 15 0 0 0 0 438 12th
2019 Euroformula Open ChampionshipFortec Motorsports8 0 0 0 0 54 12th
Team Motopark10 0 0 1 0
Toyota Racing SeriesM2 Competition15 1 0 2 2 205 7th
2020 FIA Formula 3 ChampionshipCarlin Buzz Racing18 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Euroformula Open ChampionshipTeam Motopark14 0 0 1 2 123 6th
2021 Euroformula Open ChampionshipTeam Motopark24 7 1 6 16 382 1st2025 World Racing League - GPU Automatic Racing 1 0 0 0 126 4th

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

Complete Formula 4 United States 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 DC Points
2016JDX Racing MOH115MOH124MOH134MOH2112MOH224MOH231NJMP15NJMP21NJMP31ATL11ATL21ATL31HMS11HMS21HMS211st 281

Complete U.S. F2000 National Championship Results

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2016JAY Motorsports STPSTPBAR20BAR12IMS17IMS24LORROA9ROA14TOR8TOR15MOHDNSMOH10MOH20LAG14LAG1216th 83
2017Newman Wachs RacingSTP8STP9BARBARIMSIMSROAROAIOWTORTORMOHMOHWGL28th 25

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 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 DC Points
2017CarlinOUL15OUL26OUL32ROC12ROC21ROC33SNE116SNE122SNE136SIL16SIL27SIL35SPA17SPA24SPA35BRH1RetBRH210BRH32SNE216SNE2215SNE238DON13DON24DON3135th 425

Complete Euroformula Open 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 DC Points
2017Campos RacingEST1EST2SPA1SPA2LEC1LEC2HUN1HUN2SIL18SIL2RetMNZ110MNZ28JER111JER28CAT1RetCAT21415th 13
2018Carlin MotorsportEST13EST26LEC16LEC23SPA1RetSPA25HUN15HUN24SIL16SIL23MNZ1RetMNZ23JER16JER24CAT16CAT255th 159
2019Fortec MotorsportsLEC1RetLEC215PAU16PAU28HOC110HOC210SPA119SPA21812th 54
Team MotoparkHUN110HUN214RBR19RBR28SIL15SIL26CAT18CAT212MNZ16MNZ2Ret
2020Team MotoparkHUN1HUN2LEC110LEC28RBR1RBR2MNZ15MNZ25MNZ36MUG19MUG27SPA15SPA24SPA34CAT17CAT22CAT33CAT466th 123
2021Team MotoparkPOR11POR21POR31LEC12LEC23LEC31SPA1RetSPA22SPA32HUN1RetHUN210HUN31IMO15IMO213IMO33RBR13RBR24RBR32MNZ11MNZ25MNZ31CAT12CAT25CAT321st 382

* Season still in progress.

Complete Toyota Racing Series 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 DC Points
2018Victory Motor Racing RUA111RUA2RetRUA37TER19TER27TER38HMP111HMP2RetHMP37TAU1RetTAU211TAU36MAN111MAN27MAN31112th 438
2019M2 CompetitionHIG19HIG26HIG37TER14TER2CTER3CHMP1RetHMP27HMP35HMP43TAU115TAU210TAU35TAU48MAN17MAN21MAN3Ret7th 205

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 DC Points
2020Carlin Buzz RacingRBRFEA22RBRSPRRetRBRFEA24RBRSPRRetHUNFEA17HUNSPR22SILFEA21SILSPR24SILFEA11SILSPR11CATFEA19CATSPR17SPAFEA25SPASPR22MNZFEA15MNZSPR16MUGFEA23MUGSPR2525th 0

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