| Colin Caresani | |
|---|---|
 Caresani in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Born | 22 December 2003 Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024 2021 2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver VRM BMW M2 Cup Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup |
Colin Caresani (born 22 December 2003 in Haarlem [1] ) is a Dutch racing driver. He is the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver Cup champion. [2]
Caresani started karting at the age of nine, [3] most notably finishing fifth in the 2018 Rotax Euro Trophy in the Junior class. [4]
Stepping up to car racing in 2019, Caresani finished runner-up in the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup in his first season in cars. [5] Over the next two years, Caresani won the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup in 2020 and the BMW M2 CS Racing Cup Benelux in 2021. [6] [7]
In 2022, Caresani joined Project 1 to compete in the final season of the DTM Trophy. [8] After finishing third at the Lausitzring, Caresani won both races at Imola to take the points lead from Tim Heinemann. [9] [10] Keeping the points lead through Norisring, [11] Caresani took pole at the Nürburgring but was only able to convert it into a fourth-place finish. [12] Having fallen to second in points after not scoring podiums at the Nürburgring and Spa, Caresani won both the opening races of the last two rounds of the season at Red Bull Ring and Hockenheimring to end runner-up in the standings. [13] [14]
During 2023, Caresani made his ADAC GT Masters debut at the Nürburgring round for Schnitzelalm Racing alongside Marcel Marchewicz. [15] In his only round in the series, Caresani scored a best result of fifth in race two. [16]
The following year, Caresani made his GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup debut for Winward Racing alongside Daan Arrow and Tanart Sathienthirakul. [17] Caresani finished on the podium in every race he contested, which included class wins at Le Castellet and Monza, [18] en route to the Silver Cup title with a race to spare. [19]
For his Silver Cup title defence, Caresani switched to GetSpeed ahead of 2025. [20] The Dutchman also joined AKM Motorsport alongside Florian Scholze and Tanart Sathienthirakul to compete in the 2025 Italian GT Endurance Championship. [21]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rotax Euro Challenge — Rotax Junior | JJ Racing | 19th |
| BNL Golden Trophy — Junior Max | 29th | ||
| 2018 | Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Junior Max | JJ Racing | 5th |
| Sources: [22] [23] | |||