Can Artam
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Can Artam is a race car driver born in Istanbul, Turkey on June 30, 1981 into a car racing family. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the iSport team and was the 2001 US Barber Formula Dodge champion.
Artam's career begun in karting in 1999, and he moved up to the Turkish Touring Car Championship in 2001. Later in the year he also raced in US Barber Formula Dodge, winning the title.
He remained in the TTCC in 2002, also racing in North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship and some races of Turkish Formula Three, whilst returning to karting for some events. The Formula Renault would be the only series he would compete in in 2003, though with the new year seeing part seasons in both British Formula Three's National-Class and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.
On May 29, 2004 Can Artam got his shot in Formula 3000 in Imola as the first Turkish pilot racing in this category, driving part of the season for the Coloni team, and later driving some races for Super Nova. In 2005, he drove in GP2, the replacement series for F3000, for the iSport International team alongside Scott Speed, although without much success, scoring just two points with seventh place at the Monaco round of the inaugural GP2 championship.
[edit] Racing record
[edit] Complete Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Coloni | Lola B02/50 | Zytek-Judd KV | A | SMR Ret |
ESP 10 |
MON Ret |
EUR 13 |
FRA Ret |
GBR |
GER 10 |
NC | 0 | |||
| Super Nova | HUN 14 |
BEL 13 |
ITA 9 |
[edit] GP2 Series record
| Season | Team Name | No. | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing |
| 2005 | iSport International | 02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22nd |
