Earl Bamber

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Earl Bamber
Bamber at the 2024 6 Hours of Fuji
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	Earl Anderson Bamber (1990-07-09) 9 July 1990 (age 34) Whanganui, New Zealand
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Teams	Porsche Team
Best finish	1st (2015, 2017)
Class wins	2 (2015, 2017)
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Teams	Porsche North America
Car number	911, 912 (2014–2016)
Starts	GT Le Mans: 12 (7 podiums), GT Daytona: 2 (0 podium)
Wins	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	2nd (GTLM) at the 2014 Petit Le Mans, 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, Continental Tire Road Race Showcase and Oak Tree Grand Prix in 2015
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season	2014
Teams	FACH Auto Tech
Car number	19 (2014)
Starts	13 (8 Podiums)
Wins	2
Poles	3
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	1st in 2014
Championship titles
2014	Porsche Supercup Drivers Championship
Awards
2014	Porsche Supercup Rookie Classification
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career
Debut season	2013
Teams	Nexus Racing (2013), LKM Racing (2014)
Car number	7 (2013), 1 (2014)
Starts	22 (21 Podiums)
Wins	14
Poles	11
Fastest laps	11
Best finish	1st in 2013, 2014
Championship titles
2013, 2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Drivers Championship
Pts
2013	FACH Auto Tech	ESP	MON	GBR	GER	HUN 15	BEL	ITA	UAE 2	UAE 5		NC	0
2014	FACH Auto Tech	ESP 1	MON 9	AUT 6	GBR 3	GER 2	HUN 3	BEL 1	ITA 3	USA 4	USA 2	1st	155

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2014	Grove Group	Stephen Grove Ben Barker	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Class B	286	8th	1st
2016	Grove Hire	Stephen Grove Scott McLaughlin	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Class B	285	12th	1st
2017	Walkinshaw GT3	Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Class APP	44	DNF	DNF
2018	Craft-Bamboo Racing	Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Class APP	271	5th	3rd

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2015	Porsche Team	Nico Hülkenberg Nick Tandy	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	395	1st	1st
2016	Porsche Motorsport	Jörg Bergmeister Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	140	DNF	DNF
2017	Porsche Team	Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	367	1st	1st
2018	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	334	27th	10th
2019	Porsche GT Team	Patrick Pilet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	342	22nd	3rd
2021	WeatherTech Racing	Laurens Vanthoor Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	139	DNF	DNF
2023	Cadillac Racing	Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	341	3rd	3rd
2024	Cadillac Racing	Alex Lynn Álex Palou	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	311	7th	7th
Sources: [37] [38]

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2016	Manthey Racing	Nick Tandy Kévin Estre Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	1	DNF	DNF
2018	Manthey Racing	Romain Dumas Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9	66	DNF	DNF
2019	Manthey Racing	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9 Pro	156	DSQ	DSQ
2020	KCMG	Jörg Bergmeister Timo Bernhard Dennis Olsen	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9 Pro	83	13th	13th
2021	Frikadelli Racing Team	Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9 Pro	26	DNF	DNF
2022	KCMG	Dennis Olsen Nick Tandy	Porsche 911 GT3 R	SP9 Pro	149	DNF	DNF
2023	Frikadelli Racing Team	Nicky Catsburg Felipe Fernández Laser David Pittard	Ferrari 296 GT3	SP9 Pro	162	1st	1st

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)	SIL	SPA 6	LMS 1							9th	58
	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6				NÜR 6	COA 2	FUJ 5	SHA	BHR		13th	36
2017	Porsche LMP Team	LMP1	Porsche 919 Hybrid	Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid)	SIL 2	SPA 3	LMS 1	NÜR 1	MEX 1	COA 1	FUJ 4	SHA 2	BHR 2	1st	208
2023	Cadillac Racing	Hypercar	Cadillac V-LMDh	Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8	SEB 4	ALG 4	SPA 5	LMS 3	MNZ 10	FUJ 10	BHR 11			5th	72
2024	Cadillac Racing	Hypercar	Cadillac V-Series.R	Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8	QAT DSQ	IMO 10	SPA Ret	LMS 7	SÃO 13	COA 4	FUJ Ret	BHR 6		15th	38
Sources: [37] [39]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	No.	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	Mühlner Motorsports America	18	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 27	SEB 20		LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA		79th	27	[40]
	Porsche North America	912	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR				LBH									PET 2	29th	33
2015	Porsche North America	912	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 7	SEB 7	LBH	LGA	WGL 2	MOS 7	LIM	ELK 2	VIR 2	COA 5	PET 8		10th	225	[41]
2016	Porsche North America	912	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 3	SEB 3	LBH 7	LGA 3	WGL 10	MOS 6	LIM 8	ELK 4	VIR 3	COA 1	PET 5		4th	313	[42]
2017	Porsche GT Team	912	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 5		24th	26	[43]
2018	Porsche GT Team	912	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 6	SEB 3	LBH 7	MDO 1	WGL 4	MOS 6	LIM 3	ELK 4	VIR 5	LGA 2	PET 6		5th	308	[44]
2019	Porsche GT Team	912	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 3	SEB 5	LBH 1	MDO 1	WGL 6	MOS 1	LIM 2	ELK 3	VIR 2	LGA 7	PET 5		1st	330	[45]
2020	Porsche GT Team	912	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 2	DAY 2	SEB 3	ELK 5	VIR 5	ATL 6	MDO	CLT 6	PET 5	LGA 1	SEB 2		6th	289	[46]
2021	Team Hardpoint EBM		GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 10	SEB 10	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR		41st	462	[47]
	Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing	01	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8												PET 5	20th	284
2022	Cadillac Racing	02	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 6	SEB 1	LBH 2	LGA 5	MDO 4	DET 3	WGL 4	MOS 4	ELK 2	PET 5			4th	3191	[48]
2023	Cadillac Racing	02	GTP	Cadillac V-LMDh	Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8	DAY 4	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET				21st	306	[49]
2024	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	4	GTD Pro	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8	DAY 8	SEB 11	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 12			25th	695	[50]
2025	Cadillac Whelen		GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	Cadillac LMC55R 5. 5 L V8	DAY 9	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET				9th*	248*
Source: [37]

^* Season still in progress.

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	Position	Points	Ref
2018	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 PO	HID R15	HID R16	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	SMP R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN QR 16	SAN R24 2	BAT R25 5	SUR R26 10	SUR R27 C	PUK R28	PUK R29	NEW R30	NEW R31	29th	576	[51]

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2018	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Holden Commodore ZB	Shane van Gisbergen	5th	161

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2020	Richard Childress Racing	21	Chevy	DAY	LVS	CAL	PHO	DAR	CLT	BRI	ATL	HOM	HOM	TAL	POC	IRC	KEN	KEN	TEX	KAN	ROA	DRC 33	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	ROV	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	62nd	14	[52]

¹ Ineligible for series points.

References

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External links

• Official website
• Earl Bamber on Twitter
• Earl Bamber on Instagram
• Earl Bamber career summary at DriverDB.com
• Earl Bamber's Official Porsche Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Salman Al Khalifa	Formula BMW Asia Champion 2006	Succeeded by Jazeman Jaafar
Preceded by Daniel Gaunt	New Zealand Grand Prix Winner 2010	Succeeded by Mitch Evans
Preceded by Alexandre Imperatori	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Champion 2013–2014	Succeeded by Chris van der Drift
Preceded by Nicki Thiim	Porsche Supercup Champion 2014	Succeeded by Philipp Eng
Preceded by Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2015 With: Nico Hülkenberg & Nick Tandy	Succeeded by Romain Dumas Neel Jani Marc Lieb
Preceded by Romain Dumas Neel Jani Marc Lieb	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2017 With: Timo Bernhard & Brendon Hartley	Succeeded by Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso
Preceded by Romain Dumas Neel Jani Marc Lieb	FIA World Endurance Champion 2017 With: Timo Bernhard & Brendon Hartley	Succeeded by Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Fernando Alonso
Preceded by Antonio García Jan Magnussen	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM Champion 2019 With: Laurens Vanthoor	Succeeded by Antonio García Jordan Taylor