Olli Caldwell

Caldwell was born in Hampshire, and began karting in 2013 at the age of eleven.[1] His biggest karting achievement was finishing second in the Rotax Euro Challenge in 2016.

In 2016, Caldwell competed in his first competitive series outside karting where he drove for JHR Developments in the Ginetta Junior Championship. He drove thirteen races where he finished one place behind his futureFormula 3 rival Enzo Fittipaldi in 19th.[2]

In 2017 made his debut in ADAC Formula 4 with the ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. team. Caldwell didn't finish in any points scoring positions however he was ineligible for points due to the fact he was a guest driver. His highest finish that year was 17th at the Nürburgring. In 2018 he made the full-time switch to Prema where he finished in 7th on 125 points, stepping on the podium four times and one of them at Oschersleben he stepped on the top step.[3]

In 2017, Caldwell raced in the F4 British Championship with Arden in the second half of the season. He ended his campaign in 14th with 39 points, having achieved a highest finishing position of seventh which he recorded three times.[4]

Mücke Motorsport was the team Caldwell made his Italian F4 debut for in 2017. In the fifteen races he competed in he recorded ten points helping him to 11th in the championship, 273 points behind champion Marcus Armstrong. In 2018 Caldwell switched to the Italian team Prema where he recorded eleven podiums, four of which were wins. Caldwell was one of just two drivers to win all 3 races in a single weekend that season. He achieved this feat at Vallelunga; Enzo Fittipaldi also achieved this at Misano. Caldwell finished a career best third in the drivers' standings.[5]

For the 2017–18 UAE Formula 4 season, Caldwell raced for Silberpfeil Energy Dubai. Caldwell only competed in the first two rounds where he won 3 races and had 4 podiums which gained him 123 points and 7th in the championship.[6]

Caldwell competed for Prema in the 2019 Formula Regional European Championship[7] where he finished 5th in the championship, with one win in Imola and five podiums, being beaten by his teammates Frederik Vesti and Enzo Fittipaldi, who finished in the top two positions.[8]

On 4 November 2019, Caldwell announced he will be racing for the Trident team at the 2019 Macau Grand Prix.[9] Caldwell qualified 17th, 1.6 seconds behind pole-sitter Jüri Vips with a time of 2:06.641. In the qualifying race Caldwell got caught up in an incident at the start where Sargeant braked later than other drivers and his front wing glanced Maini's rear-right wheel. Maini was sent into a spin and rested against a trackside wall in a way that caused his vehicle to protrude at the exit of Lisboa turn, Caldwell ended up stationary briefly meaning he lost position. In the end he finished in 23rd meaning he started the race near the back. At the start of the race Caldwell made contact with Andreas Estner and on the fourth lap, Caldwell retired from the consequences of the earlier collision that damaged his front wing and a tyre.

In January Caldwell was announced by Trident as one of their three drivers for the 2020 Formula 3 Season.[10] He scored 18 points and finished 16th in the drivers' standings, behind his more experienced teammates David Beckmann and Lirim Zendeli.

Caldwell was announced to be racing for Prema Racing in the 2021 season, partnering Arthur Leclerc and Dennis Hauger.[11] He won the second race of the season in Barcelona, after he inherited the race lead when the leading pair of Hauger and Matteo Nannini collided on the penultimate lap. Caldwell held off a charging Victor Martins on the final lap to take his first F3 victory.[12] While his next round wasn't as successful, with only nine points taken from the weekend, the Brit returned to the podium at the Red Bull Ring, where he finished second in race one and third in race three, where he made his way past five cars on the way to the rostrum.[13] Caldwell's next podium finish occurred at the next race in Budapest, with him being promoted to second place after initial race winner Lorenzo Colombo received a five-second penalty.[14][15] However, following a disappointing last third of the season in which he didn't manage to finish on the podium due to troubles in qualifying,[16] Caldwell ended his campaign eighth in the drivers' standings, two places ahead of teammate Leclerc.

On 3 November 2021 it was announced that Caldwell would be making his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving alongside Miro Konôpka and Nelson Panciatici for the ARC Bratislava team in the 2021 8 Hours of Bahrain.[17] The trio finished the race eleventh in the LMP2 category.

In November 2021 Caldwell announced that he would be joining Campos Racing to partner Ralph Boschung in the final two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[18] Despite experiencing a difficult debut weekend the Brit stated that the jump from F3 to F2 "wasn't as big as [he] expected", but also said that he had to improve his tyre warm-up in qualifying, which had cost him "around 1-1.5 seconds".[19] After the final round of the campaign Caldwell took part in the post-season test with the Spanish team.[20]

Caldwell in 2021 at the Red Bull Ring

^† As Caldwell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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

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

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

^† As Caldwell was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

* Season still in progress.