Kay van Berlo

Dutch racing driver (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000 (age 25)
Veghel, Netherlands
RelativesGlenn van Berlo (brother)
Racing licence FIA Bronze (2018)
FIA Silver (2019–2023)[1]
FIA Gold (2024–)
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Kay van Berlo
Van Berlo in 2023
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (2000-12-21) 21 December 2000 (age 25)
Veghel, Netherlands
RelativesGlenn van Berlo (brother)
Racing licence FIA Bronze (2018)
FIA Silver (2019–2023)[1]
FIA Gold (2024–)
Championship titles
2024
2022
GT4 America Series - Pro-Am
Michelin Endurance Cup - LMP3
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Prototype career

Van Berlo's car at the Watkins Glen round of the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship season

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

Van Berlo's car at the Watkins Glen round of the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America season

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

More information Season, Series ...
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]
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Racing record

Racing career summary

More information Season, Series ...
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Dutch Winter Endurance Championship - Div. 1 Van Berlo Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 11th
24H GT Series - 991 2 0 0 1 1 21 13th
24H Proto Series - P3 Speedworks Motorsport 3 2 0 1 3 47 2nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 EuroInternational 6 1 0 0 2 46.75 6th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 2 1 0 0 1 20 15th
IMSA Michelin Encore – LMP3 K2R Motorsports 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 United Autosports 4 1 0 0 1 53 4th
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux Bas Koeten Racing 8 1 0 1 4 0 17th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10 Prosport-Performance GmbH 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
VLN Series - V6 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
VLN Series - VT3 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am Selleslagh Racing Team 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC
2020 Dutch Winter Endurance Series Van Berlo Racing 2 0 0 1 1 8 15th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP7 rent2drive-FAMILIA-racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am Selleslagh Racing Team 4 0 0 0 1 37 6th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Nebulus Racing by Huber 10 0 0 0 0 59 9th
2021 Porsche Carrera Cup North America Kelly-Moss Road and Race 16 7 2 4 12 287 2nd
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3 Riley Motorsports 4 2 1 0 2 965 15th
Porsche Carrera Cup North America Kelly-Moss Road and Race 16 6 7 7 10 290 2nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 United Autosports 6 1 0 1 1 53 6th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 1 0 0 0 0 1 35th
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD Kelly-Moss with Riley 10 1 0 0 1 2289 13th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver GRT Grasser Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze Herberth Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 20 17th
Porsche Carrera Cup North America Accelerating Performance 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT4 America Series - Pro-Am ACI Motorsports 14 0 0 0 4 116 6th
2023–24 Middle East Trophy - 992 Am Team Captain America by Bas Koeten Racing 1 0 0 0 0 20 NC
2024 GT4 America Series - Pro-Am ACI Motorsports 13 2 8 219 1st
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS Kellymoss with Riley 2 0 0 0 0 170 60th
IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD 1 0 0 0 0 251 55th
Intercontinental GT Challenge RennSport1 1 0 0 0 0 12 18th
GT World Challenge America - Pro 1 0 0 0 0 24 12th
2025 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Pro-Am Herberth Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC
GT4 America Series - Pro-Am ACI Motorsports 3 0 1 0 0 3 16th
24H Series - 992 Van Berlo Motorsport by Bas Koeten Racing 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC
Sources:[43]
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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...
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
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Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...
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
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Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

More information Year, Team ...
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
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Complete GT4 European Series results

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

More information Year, Team ...
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
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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

More information Year, Team ...
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
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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

More information Year, Team ...
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
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