Dominik Kraihamer

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Dominik Kraihamer
Dominik Kraihamer Driver of Rebellion Racing's Rebellion R-One AER (27225780805) (2) (cropped).jpg
Kraihamer at the 2016 6 Hours of Silverstone
Nationality Flag of Austria.svg Austrian
Born (1989-11-29) 29 November 1989 (age 34)
Oberndorf, Austria
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Current team ByKolles Racing Team
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number4
Previous series
2011
2009–10
2008
Le Mans Series
Formula Le Mans
FIA GT3 European Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2011-
Best finish18th (2015)
Class winsN/A

Dominik Kraihamer (born 29 November 1989 in Oberndorf) is an Austrian racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for ByKolles Racing Team.

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Career

Kraihamer's racing career began in 2004 in karting, where he found success in the Rotax Max Challenge in his native country, Austria. In 2008 he was runner-up in the Rotax Max Euro Challenge DD2, and fourth in the grand finals. [1] 2008 also saw the start of his car racing career, contesting the FIA GT3 European Championship in a Lamborghini Gallardo for S-Berg Racing.

In 2009, Kraihamer competed in Formula Le Mans, finishing 13th for Boutsen Energy Racing. The following year he improved to finish fifth in the standings. For 2011, he stepped up to LMP2 with the Boutsen team, finishing fifth in the Le Mans Series. He also made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut driving an LMP2 Oreca.

In 2012 Kraihamer raced in the LMP1 category of the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for OAK Racing.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2011 Flag of France.svg Team Oreca-Matmut Flag of France.svg Alexandre Prémat
Flag of France.svg David Hallyday
Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2200DNFDNF
2012 Flag of France.svg OAK Racing Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Baguette
OAK Pescarolo 01 Evo-Judd LMP1219DNFDNF
2013 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lotus Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Holzer
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz
Lotus T128-Praga LMP2219DNFDNF
2014 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rebellion Racing Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Belicchi
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabio Leimer
Rebellion R-One-Toyota LMP1-L73DNFDNF
2015 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rebellion Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Imperatori
Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt
Rebellion R-One-AER LMP133618th9th
2016 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rebellion Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexandre Imperatori
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One-AER LMP1200DNFDNF
2017 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bonanomi
ENSO CLM P1/01-Nismo LMP17DNFDNF
2018 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
Flag of France.svg Tom Dillmann
ENSO CLM P1/01-Nismo LMP165DNFDNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPts
2012 OAK Racing LMP1 OAK Pescarolo 01 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 SEB
25
SPA
Ret
LMS
Ret
71st2
LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
14
SÃO
Ret
BHR
Ret
LMP1 OAK Pescarolo 01 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 FUJ
16
SHA
14
2013 Lotus LMP2 Lotus T128 Praga (Judd) 3.6 L V8 SIL
NC
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
SÃO
Ret
COA
3
FUJ
6
SHA
7
BHR
Ret
9th37
2014 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Lola B12/60 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 SIL
Ret
SPA
Ret
LMS
Ret
COA
Ret
FUJ
10
SHA
8
BHR
6
SÃO
7
17th19
2015 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS
17
NÜR
Ret
COA
14
FUJ
16
SHA
Ret
BHR
11
25th2.5
2016 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL
3
SPA
3
LMS
Ret
NÜR
7
MEX
5
COA
7
FUJ
6
SHA
17
BHR
7
7th66.5
2017 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 SIL
Ret
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
NÜR
14
MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 30th8.5
2018–19 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 L Turbo V6 SPA
4
LMS
Ret
SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 22nd12

* Season still in progress.

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References

  1. "Dominik Kraihamer career statistics". driverdb.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.