Berkay Besler (born 19 February 1999) is a Turkish racing driver competing internationally in the Porsche Supercup. [1] [2]
He was born in İnegöl, Bursa, Turkey on 19 February 1999. [1] [3] [4] In 2019 he won his first Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East race at the Bahrain International Circuit. [5] He then joined the Turkish racing team Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport to compete in the GT4 European Series driving a BMW M4 GT4 together with his teammate Cem Bölükbaşı. [6]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2017 | Renault Sport Clio Cup Italia | Essecorse | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8th |
2018 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux | Toksport WRT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 103 | 6th |
2018-19 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 335 | 2nd | |
2019 | Porsche Supercup | MRS GT-Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Car Collection Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.5 | 16th | |
Porsche Super Sports Cup Germany - 5F | Toksport WRT | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | NC† | |
2019-20 | Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 67 | 15th | |
2020 | Porsche Supercup | Lechner Racing Middle East | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Toksport WRT | |||||||
GT4 European Series - Silver | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 15th | |
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 11th | ||
2022 | GT4 European Series - Silver | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 108 | 5th |
Prototype Cup Germany | Toksport WRT | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 111.5 | 1st | |
2023 | GT4 European Series - Silver | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 3rd |
2024 | GT4 European Series - Silver | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 6th |
† As Besler was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||
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2021 | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | BMW M4 GT4 | MNZ | LEC | ZAN | SPA | NÜR | BAR | ||||||||
10 | 4 | DNS | DNS | 9 | 14 | DNS | DNS | 7 | 14 | |||||||
2023 | Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport | BMW M4 GT4 | MNZ | LEC | SPA | MIS | HOC | BAR | 3rd* | 42* | ||||||
2 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
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