Callum Ilott

Callum Benjamin Ilott (born 11 November 1998) is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship racing for Jota Sport in the Hypercar category.

He competed in the NTT IndyCar Series for Juncos Hollinger Racing from 2021-2023.

Making his debut in 2008, he saw his first win in 2011 in the Formula Kart Stars, and finished third in the German Junior Karting Championship, both in KF3.

He then raced a full season in F2, finishing 11th in the overall standings, securing two podiums in the sprint races in Catalunya and Sochi respectively and his maiden pole in Monza.

He remained in KF3 with Chiesa Corse Team for the 2012 season, with much success.

Ilott put himself on the radar at age 13 by winning the WSK Masters Series, the WSK Final Cup, and finishing as runner-up in the WSK Euro Series and the CIK-FIA World Cup.

He was selected as the youngest ever WSK Driver of the Year.

In 2013 he contested in KF and KF2 machinery and won the Trofeo delle Industrie and the WSK Final Cup.

In 2014, with Zanardi Strakka Racing, he finished fourth in the CIK-FIA World Championship, third in the WSK Champions Cup, and won the WSK Super Masters Series, as well as the CIK-FIA European Championship.

Callum Ilott made his single-seater debut in the Toyota Racing Series with ETEC Motorsport, using a helmet with the Red Bull livery, but unofficially announced as a member of the Red Bull driver development programme.

He took a fourth in the seventh race, and in Taupo was the quickest in the practice sessions.

In Manfeild he finished near the podium.

Ilott stepped up to Formula Three in 2015, racing in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship with Carlin aged 16.

Despite being a rookie, his pace placed him as one of the title contenders before the start of the season.

He tested F3 machinery and Formula Renault 2.0 to accumulate experience before his Formula 3 debut.

In the preseason testing, Ilott made his first impressions, finishing sixth in his first collective test and second in wet conditions on his second day.

Ilott achieved one podium at the Nürburgring, finished seventh in the Rookie Championship and twelfth in the overall standings.

Ilott was inducted into the Red Bull Junior Team in 2015 prior to his FIA Formula 3 European Championship debut, however he was dropped from the programme at the end of the year following a winless campaign.

He finished 16th in the championship, being fast in qualifying and practices but struggled for race pace.

For the 2016 season, Ilott switched to Van Amersfoort Racing alongside rookies Pedro Piquet, Harrison Newey and Anthoine Hubert.

In the second race of the first round at Circuit Paul Ricard, Ilott took his first victory in the sport and a second victory at the Red Bull Ring resulting in an overall sixth-place finish.

On 22 November 2016, Ilott was confirmed to be racing with Prema Powerteam for the 2017 season.

He improved to fourth in the driver standings, losing to his teammate Maximilian Günther by 39 points.

Ilott won six races and finished another six races on the podium, helping Prema Powerteam secure the Teams' championship title for the fifth consecutive season.

In December 2016, Ilott tested with ART Grand Prix in the post-season test at Yas Marina.

In July 2017, Ilott made his debut at the sixth round at Silverstone with Trident Racing.

He finished both races outside the top-ten positions.

After finishing fourth in the championship in 2017, he became a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

After GP3 Series tests at Abu Dhabi it was announced that Ilott was scheduled to race with ART Grand Prix in the 2018 GP3 Series.

He finished in 3rd place, only behind teammates Nikita Mazepin and the late Anthoine Hubert.

He scored seven podiums, two of them being victories.

In 2018, after racing a season of GP3, Ilott took part in the Formula 2 post-season test with Trident and Charouz Racing System.

Ilott was runner-up to Mick Schumacher in the 2020 Formula 2 Championship.

He was previously a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

For the 2020 season, Ilott left Sauber Junior Team by Charouz and joined 2019 teams' championship runner-up UNI-Virtuosi Racing alongside Zhou Guanyu.

He remained a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Ilott took his first Formula 2 victory at the delayed season's opening race at the Red Bull Ring after pole sitter Zhou suffered electrical problems.

Ahead of the season finale, Ilott announced that he would not race in F2 or F1 in 2021.

Ilott ended the season with 3 wins, 5 poles and 6 podiums, finishing runner-up to fellow FDA driver Mick Schumacher.

Ilott reunited with his former team Charouz Racing System for the first day of the Formula 2 2020 post-season test in Bahrain.