Gustavo "''El Tigrillo''" (English: Ocelot) Yacamán Aristizabal (born February 25, 1991) is a Colombian racing driver from

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. Yacamán began his career in

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racing, but switched to sports car endurance racing in

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. He raced in the US until he joined

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in 2015, where he drove a

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in the WEC Championship and finished that season 3rd in the

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class. In 2016 Yacamán switched to a sprint format, driving for BMW Team Teo Martín in the International GT Open series. He finished runner-up for the 2016 Championship.

Racing career

Early career

After winning the American Stars of

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competition in 2005, he moved immediately to the

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for the 2006 season, a significant jump for a young driver. He finished 16th in the championship. He also competed in Master Junior Formula in Europe and finished 4th. The following year Yacamán captured his first win and finished 8th in Spanish Formula Three. In 2008, he captured another win and finished 9th in Spanish F3.

Indy Lights

For 2009, he returned to the U.S. to race in the

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with

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.Knapp Schilke, Nancy
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Motorsport.com, December 30, 2008 He finished 12th in points with a best finish of 4th at the

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. He returned to the series in 2010 with the rookie team

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with

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Racing. Yacamán improved to 10th in points and captured his first podium finish with a 3rd place at

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. He returned to the series in 2011 for a third season, this time with

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. He captured his first win late in the season at

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and finished fourth in points. Yacamán achieved his first Indy Lights

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at the

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. He finished the season third in points with two wins (at Detroit and Toronto) and three runner-up finishes.

Sports cars

For 2013 Yacamán moved to sports car racing after having raced in the

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the previous year, driving the #6

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- Riley

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entry for

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in the

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. Yacaman caused a great deal of controversy during the 2013 race at Detroit's Belle Isle. On the first lap of the race Yacaman was trying to make a move inside of

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but ran wide, pushing Rojas' car off-line and into a concrete barrier. The incident caused significant damage to Rojas' car, and also collected Yacaman's teammate

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. As a result of the incident Rojas and His teammate

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did not accrue any points for the race which put them at a severe disadvantage for the Championship. In the course of the season, Yacamán managed a best finish of second place at Lime Rock, to finish eleventh in the championship. For

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Yacamán has joined the newly unified

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with

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; first with a

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-Nissan and then with a

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-Honda, managed to win at Mosport Park, and three podiums, so that ended eighth in the drivers' championship Prototype class. Yacamán became a junior Lamborghini factory driver in 2017, and will compete at the Blancpain GT Series for

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Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

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Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

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GRC Lites

References

External links

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