Joël Camathias

Joël Camathias
Camathias' Proton Porsche in 2017
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
Born (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981
Lugano, Switzerland
Categorisation FIA Gold (until 2012)
FIA Silver (2013–)[1]
Camathias' KCMG Porsche at the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Joël Camathias (born 9 February 1981) is a Swiss race car driver born in Lugano. In 2001, he raced in the International Formula 3000 championship and in 2002 in the European F3000 series. In 2003, he made seven starts in the American Champ Car series for Dale Coyne Racing, his best finish a ninth in his debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Having previously driven sports cars part-time, he then returned to Europe to drive in the Le Mans Series in 2004 and the FIA GT Championship in 2005 and 2006. He also won the GT2 Class of the 2006 Le Mans Series season with Marc Lieb driving a Porsche 911 for Autorlando Sport.

Camathias is the great-nephew of the late Florian Camathias, a solo motorcycle and sidecar racer, and his father Romeo was a car racer.[2]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2001 KTR INT
5		 IMO
15		 CAT
18		 A1R
Ret		 MON
Ret		 NUR
18		 MAG
17		 SIL
17		 HOC
9		 HUN
13		 SPA
15		 MNZ
15		 17th 2
Sources:[3][4]

Complete CART results

(key)

Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref
2003 Dale Coyne Racing 19 Lola B02/00 Ford XFE V8t STP
9		 MTY
11		 LBH
14		 BRH
13		 LAU
16		 MIL
15		 LS
13		 POR CLE TOR VAN ROA MDO MTL DEN MIA MXC SRF FON 22nd 6 [5]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 United Kingdom JWA-Avila United Kingdom Paul Daniels
Finland Markus Palttala		 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTE
Am		 290 33rd 8th
2016 Hong Kong KCMG Germany Wolf Henzler
Germany Christian Ried		 Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am		 300 41st 10th
Sources:[3][6]

References

  1. ↑ "2013 FIA WEC - Liste des catégorisations des pilotes" (PDF). nextgen-auto.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  2. ↑ The Family (connections) Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-12-13
  3. 1 2 "Joël Camathias Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Joel Camathias". Motor Sport. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Joël Camathias – 2003 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Joël Camathias". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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