Kay van Berlo (born 21 December 2000 in Veghel) 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.
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. He won two races and finished second in the LMP3 standings.
A month after his LMP3 debut, van Berlo joined EuroInternational to compete in the 2018 European Le Mans Series. 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.
van Berlo also raced in the Road to Le Mans, winning race one and finishing sixth in race two.
Towards the end of the year, it was announced that van Berlo would join United Autosports for the 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series. van Berlo won the 2018 4 Hours of Fuji and finished fourth in the LMP3 standings.
2022
van Berlo returned to the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series, rejoining United Autosports alongside Jim McGuire and Andrew Bentley. He won the 4 Hours of Imola and finished sixth in the standings.
In parallel to his ELMS campaign, van Berlo also raced in the endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Riley Motorsports. He won at Daytona and Watkins Glen en route to the Michelin Endurance Cup title.
GT career
Various Porsche Carrera Cup championships (2019-2022)
In 2019, van Berlo competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. He scored his first win in Carrera Cup competition at Zandvoort.
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. He scored his first of seven wins of the season at Sebring and finished runner-up in the standings to Sebastian Priaulx.
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. Despite sweeping both races at Watkins Glen, van Berlo was beaten to the title by Parker Thompson.
2023
On January 22, van Berlo was named Porsche North America Selected Driver.
Staying in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, van Berlo joined Kelly-Moss with Riley for his first full season in the GTD category. The Dutchman's first GTD win came at Laguna Seca, 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.
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.
2024
Ahead of the 2024 season, van Berlo was retained as a Porsche North America Selected driver.
In early 2024, it was announced that van Berlo would return to GT4 America Series for ACI Motorsports. He won races at Sebring, VIR and Road America en route to winning the Pro-Am championship with a race to spare.
At the end of the year, van Berlo competed in the 2024 IMSA Battle on the Bricks for Kellymoss with Riley. He finished eighth on his GTD return.
2025
At the start of the year, van Berlo competed in the 24 Hours of Dubai for Herberth Motorsport and won in the Pro-Am class.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
- Kay van Berlo career summary at DriverDB.com
