1. Oliver "Olli" Caldwell was born on 11 June 2002 and is a British racing driver who currently competes in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing.
40 Facts About Olli Caldwell
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Olli Caldwell is a race winner in the FIA Formula 3, Formula Regional European, Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4 championships, won the 2018 Gulf 12 Hours in the GT4 category, and was formerly part of the Alpine Academy.
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In February 2025, Caldwell took his first prototype victory at the 4 Hours of Dubai.
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Olli Caldwell was born in Hampshire and began karting in 2013 at the age of eleven.
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In 2016, Olli Caldwell progressed into car racing, driving for JHR Developments in the second half of the Ginetta Junior Championship.
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Olli Caldwell competed in the series for the remainder of that year, finishing 14th with a highest race finish of seventh.
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Mucke Motorsport was the team Olli Caldwell made his Italian F4 debut for in 2017.
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In 2018 Olli Caldwell switched to the Italian outfit Prema Powerteam, partnering Enzo Fittipaldi and Gianluca Petecof for the entire season.
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Olli Caldwell competed in the F4 UAE Championship for Silberpfeil Energy Dubai in preparation for his 2018 season.
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In 2019, Olli Caldwell remained with Prema, progressing to FREC alongside Enzo Fittipaldi and Frederik Vesti.
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Olli Caldwell bounced back in Imola, where, despite a crash in race 3, he would score two second places in the opening two races of the weekend and win in race 4, which was held as a re-run of the cancelled third race at Vallelunga.
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In Barcelona, Olli Caldwell was fighting for a podium position in race 1 until being forced into the gravel by Fittipaldi.
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At the next round in Mugello, Olli Caldwell experienced his worst weekend of the season, scoring a mere three points and getting his first and only non-points finish of the season.
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Olli Caldwell ended his campaign with three top-eight finishes at Monza, as Caldwell finished fifth in the championship.
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At the start of the race Olli Caldwell made contact with Andreas Estner, which later caused him to retire due with front wing and tyre damage.
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In January Olli Caldwell was announced by Trident as one of their three drivers for the 2020 Formula 3 season, partnering the experienced pairing of David Beckmann and Lirim Zendeli.
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Unfortunately, Olli Caldwell then had to endure four successive rounds without any points, a run that included him being spun out in the feature race at Silverstone.
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Olli Caldwell managed to break that streak by finishing seventh in the Barcelona feature race.
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Olli Caldwell was announced to be racing for Prema Racing in the 2021 season, partnering Arthur Leclerc and Dennis Hauger.
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Olli Caldwell won the second race of the season in Barcelona, after inheriting the race lead when the leading pair of Hauger and Matteo Nannini collided on the penultimate lap.
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Olli Caldwell held off a charging Victor Martins on the final lap to take his first F3 victory.
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However, a disappointing weekend at Spa where the whole team qualified outside the top 12, a broken DRS in qualifying at Zandvoort and the decision to choose a wet-weather setup in Sochi, where the races were held in dry conditions despite the predicted rain, meant that Olli Caldwell failed to score a podium in the final rounds.
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Olli Caldwell ended his campaign eighth in the drivers' standings, two places ahead of teammate Leclerc.
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In November 2021 Olli Caldwell announced that he would be joining Campos Racing to partner Ralph Boschung in the final two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
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Olli Caldwell stepped up to Formula 2 full-time for the 2022 season, remaining with Campos and still having Boschung as his teammate.
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At the Red Bull Ring however, Olli Caldwell would get up to eleventh by the end of the race after starting last, which eventually became sixth after penalties ahead of him had been handed out.
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The next round at Monza would bring two retirements due to respective lap 1 collisions, before Caldwell retired at Abu Dhabi with a mechanical issue.
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Olli Caldwell ended up finishing 21st in the standings with 12 points to his name.
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In February 2022, the Alpine F1 Team announced that Olli Caldwell would be joining the team's academy, alongside former F3 rivals Jack Doohan, Victor Martins and Caio Collet.
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Olli Caldwell completed a total of 485.7 kilometres of running throughout the day.
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At the start of 2023, it was announced that Olli Caldwell had graduated from the Alpine Academy.
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On 3 November 2021 it was announced that Olli Caldwell would be making his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving alongside Miro Konopka and Nelson Panciatici for the ARC Bratislava team in the 8 Hours of Bahrain.
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Olli Caldwell ended up setting the second-fastest time of all rookies in the category.
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The campaign began disappointingly at Sebring, where Olli Caldwell was forced to retire after five hours due to an electrical issue.
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Olli Caldwell experienced a more positive race at Portimao, as the Briton overtook Oliver Rasmussen during his first stint.
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Olli Caldwell would be handed qualifying duties at Spa, where he managed to place himself ahead of Charles Milesi in the sister car, before contributing to take eighth on a damp track on Saturday.
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In Le Castellet, Olli Caldwell set the fastest lap of all Pro class entries, finishing seventh.
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The trio finished eighth in class, losing two laps in the first hour after Olli Caldwell tagged a barrier, which necessitated repairs.
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Olli Caldwell remained at the team for the Asian Le Mans Series held during the winter, driving alongside Alex Quinn and amateur-ranked Kriton Lendoudis.
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In 2022, Olli Caldwell lived in Oxford alongside Formula One reserve driver and Mercedes Junior Frederik Vesti.