Callum Ilott

Callum Ilott (born 11 November 1998) is a British racing driver, who competes with the UNI-Virtuosi Racing team in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship. A member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and an alumni of the Red Bull Junior Team, Ilott joined the F2 permanently in 2019 having finished third in the GP3 Series, after originally making his F2 debut in 2017.

Ilott joined the Sauber Junior Team by Charouz for his maiden F2 campaign, racing alongside Juan Manuel Correa and later Matevos Isaakyan. The Brit had a successful rookie season as he scored two podium finishes and a pole position, leaving him in eleventh in the 2019 Championship.

For 2020 Ilott would move to the UNI-Virtuosi Racing team, partnering Guanyu Zhou for the full season in the #4 car.

Background
Ilott's career began in 2008 when the young racer began karting, steadily rising through the ranks to win the CIK-FIA European Championship. The Toyota Racing Series beckoned for Ilott at the start of 2015, with the youngster receiving backing from the Red Bull Junior Team for the season. Ilott would also secure a seat in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for the season, although he would finish mid-table in both series.

An Academy Man
2016 saw Ilott remain in European F3, with the Brit duly collecting his first wins in the series, en-route to sixth in the final standings. 2017 saw Ilott produce a similar campaign, finishing fourth with six wins, prompting a move to the GP3 Series for 2018. Third in GP3 saw Red Bull ultimately end their interest in Ilott, only for the Brit to be hired by the Ferrari Driver Academy ahead of the 2019 campagin.

Formula Two History
Ilott made his FIA Formula 2 Championship debut at the 2017 Silverstone Feature Race, standing in for Sergio Canamasas at Trident. However, after a fairly anonymous debut Ilott would not drive an F2 car again until the 2018 Yas Marina Test, where he tested with Trident and Charouz Racing System. Charouz duly picked Ilott to race for a full F2 campaign in 2019, having become the official junior team of Formula One constructors Sauber.

Sauber Support: 2019
Ilott opened his maiden F2 campaign with two non-scores in Bahrain, although the Brit did outpace teammate Juan Manuel Correa. The Brit then endured a difficult 2019 Baku Feature Race, retiring after sustaining too much collision damage, although he would bounce back to claim ninth in the Sprint. Ilott's form improved at the 2019 Barcelona Feature Race, scoring his first points in the Series with eighth, which left him in pole position for the Sprint.

The Brit's maiden F2 Sprint pole would not lead to a victory however, as the Brit was overhauled by Nyck de Vries and Luca Ghiotto, before edging out Anthoine Hubert in a duel for third. A clutch failure at the start of the 2019 Monaco Feature Race ensured that he failed to score in Monte Carlo, before retiring in the 2019 Le Castellet Feature Race with an unspecified issue. He duly starred in the Le Castellet Sprint as he climbed up to eighth, before failing to score in either of the Red Bull Ring races.

Ilott's form returned at the 2019 Silverstone Feature Race as the Brit scored eighth place, which left him on pole for the Silverstone Sprint. Once again, however, the Brit would have a poor start and slip down the field early on, before losing a battle for third late on with de Vries for third. A point at the Hungaroring followed, leaving the Brit in fourteenth in the Championship before the summer break.

After the cancellation of the Spa round, Ilott secured pole position for the 2019 Monza Feature Race, and duly aced his start to claim an early lead from Guanyu Zhou. Yet, the Brit would soon be passed by Nobuharu Matsushita in the opening stages, before those on alternate strategies dumped him back to fourth. A mistake while duelling with Jack Aitken for the lead of the Monza Sprint then left the Brit without a point.

Ilott's strong form carried over in the Sochi meeting, as the Brit claimed his second podium of the season in the Sprint. Fifth and fourth in the Yas Marina round followed, leaving Ilott in eleventh in the Championship on 74 points.

Virtuosi Graduation?: 2020
Ilott signed up to the UNI-Virtuosi Racing squad for the 2020 season, partnering Guanyu Zhou for the full campaign.

Full Formula Two Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in Formula Two in statistical form.

Formula Two Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their F2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full Formula Two record.


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