Kay van Berlo
Dutch racing driver (born 2000)
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Kay van Berlo (born 21 December 2000 in Veghel[2]) is a Dutch racing driver. He is a Porsche North America selected driver, an IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup champion in LMP3 and race-winner in GTD, and most recently won the 2024 GT4 America Series Pro-Am title.
| Kay van Berlo | |
|---|---|
Van Berlo in 2023 | |
| Nationality | |
| Born | 21 December 2000 Veghel, Netherlands |
| Relatives | Glenn van Berlo (brother) |
| Racing licence | |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024 2022 | GT4 America Series - Pro-Am Michelin Endurance Cup - LMP3 |
Prototype career

2018
In late 2017, it was announced that van Berlo would make his motorsport debut in the 2018 24H Proto Series for Speedworks Motorsport.[3] He won two races and finished second in the LMP3 standings.[4] A month after his LMP3 debut, van Berlo joined EuroInternational to compete in the European Le Mans Series.[5] In the season opener at Paul Ricard, van Berlo scored his first podium in ELMS by finishing third, while in the following race at Monza, he achieved his first ELMS win.[6][7] Van Berlo also raced in the Road to Le Mans, winning race one and finishing sixth in race two.[8][9] Towards the end of the year, it was announced that van Berlo would join United Autosports for the 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series.[10] Van Berlo won the 2018 4 Hours of Fuji and finished fourth in the LMP3 standings.[11]
2022
Van Berlo returned to the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series, rejoining United Autosports alongside Jim McGuire and Andrew Bentley.[12] He won the 4 Hours of Imola and finished sixth in the standings.[13] In parallel to his ELMS campaign, van Berlo also raced in the endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Riley Motorsports.[14] He won at Daytona[15] and Watkins Glen en route to the Michelin Endurance Cup title.[16][17]
GT career

Various Porsche Carrera Cup championships (2019-2022)
In 2019, van Berlo competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux.[18] He scored his first win in Carrera Cup competition at Zandvoort.[19] After spending a season in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, van Berlo joined Kelly-Moss Road and Race to compete in the inaugural season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America.[20] He scored his first of seven wins of the season at Sebring[21] and finished runner-up in the standings to Sebastian Priaulx.[22] Staying in Porsche Carrera Cup North America for another season, van Berlo won both races at Sebring and Long Beach to kick off the season.[23][24] Despite sweeping both races at Watkins Glen,[25] van Berlo was beaten to the title by Parker Thompson.[26]
2023
On January 22, van Berlo became a Porsche North America selected driver.[27] Staying in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, van Berlo joined Kelly-Moss with Riley for his first full season in the GTD category.[28] His first GTD win came at Laguna Seca,[29] but the full-season plans were derailed when teammate Alan Metni suffered a non-racing related injury and the car was withdrawn from that year's Petit Le Mans.[30] Alongside his IMSA commitments, van Berlo joined the GT4 America Series, partnering Curt Swearingin at ACI Motorsports. The pair scored four class podiums and finished sixth in the Pro-Am standings.[31]
2024
Ahead of the 2024 season, van Berlo was retained as a Porsche North America Selected driver.[32] In early 2024, it was announced that van Berlo would return to GT4 America Series for ACI Motorsports.[33] He won races at Sebring,[34] VIR and Road America en route to winning the Pro-Am championship with a race to spare.[35][36][37] At the end of the year, van Berlo competed in the IMSA Battle on the Bricks for Kellymoss with Riley.[38] He finished eighth on his GTD return.[39]
2025
At the start of the year, van Berlo competed in the 24 Hours of Dubai for Herberth Motorsport and won in the GT3 Pro-Am class.[40] During 2025, van Berlo made one-off appearances in the GT4 America Series and the 24H Series,[41] most notably winning the 12 Hours of Misano in the 992 class in the latter.[42]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chrono Dutch RMC - Micro Max | 7th | |
| 2012 | Rotax Winter Serie - Mini Max | 25th | |
| Chrono Rotax Winter Cup - Minimax | 17th | ||
| Chrono Dutch RMC - Mini Max | 12th | ||
| 2013 | Chrono Karting Winter Serie - Minimax | 2nd | |
| 2015 | BNL Karting Series - Junior Max | 7th | |
| Rotax Euro Challenge - Junior Max | Hugo Motorsports | 39th | |
| 2016 | BNL International Karting Series - Seniors | 7th | |
| Rotax Euro Challenge - Senior Max | Hugo Motorsports (1) RR Racing (2) M.J.M van Berlo (3) |
4th | |
| RMC Grand Finals - Senior Max | Hugo Motorsports | 29th | |
| 2017 | South Garda Winter Cup — KZ2 | Keijzer Racing | 87th |
| FIA European Championship — KZ2 | 52nd | ||
| Sources:[43][44] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EuroInternational | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 3 |
MNZ 1 |
RBR 7 |
SIL 16 |
SPA 13 |
ALG Ret |
7th | 46.75 |
| 2022 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | LEC 7 |
IMO 1 |
MNZ Ret |
CAT Ret |
SPA 5 |
ALG 4 |
6th | 53 |
Complete Le Mans Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Eurointernational | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | LEC | MNZ | LMS 1 1 |
LMS 2 6 |
RBR | SPA | ALG | 15th | 20 |
| 2022 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | LEC 10 |
IMO |
LMS 1 |
LMS 2 |
MNZ |
SPA |
ALG |
35th | 1 |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | SHA 6 |
FUJ 1 |
CHA 5 |
SEP 5 |
4th | 53 |
Complete GT4 European Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Selleslagh Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Pro-Am | IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
ZAN 1 DSQ |
ZAN 2 9 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NC | 0 |
| 2020 | Selleslagh Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | Pro-Am | IMO 1 16 |
IMO 2 10 |
MIS 1 9 |
MIS 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
6th | 37 |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Riley Motorsports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DAY 1 |
SEB 7 |
MDO | WGL 1 |
MOS | ELK | ATL 4 |
15th | 965 | ||||
| 2023 | Kelly-Moss with Riley | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 16 |
SEB 7 |
LBH 12 |
LGA 1 |
WGL 17 |
MOS 9 |
LIM 14 |
ELK 9 |
VIR 8 |
IMS 11 |
ATL | 11th | 1826 |
| 2024 | Kelly-Moss with Riley | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS 8 |
ATL | 55th | 251 | |
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | Silver | MNZ Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||
| Herberth Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Bronze | LEC |
SPA 6H 26 |
SPA 12H 19 |
SPA 24H 27 |
NÜR |
CAT |
17th | 20 | ||