Kaan Önder
| Kaan Önder | |
|---|---|
Formula BMW Talent Cup | |
| Championship titles | |
| 2011 2010 2009 2008 | Winner Rotax Max International Jr. CIK-SEEKZ Championship KF3 Turkish Karting Championship KF3 Turkish Karting Championship ICAJ |
Kaan Önder, (born 10 January 1997 in Istanbul) is a former Turkish race driver. He was mentored by triple world champion Andy Priaulx in 2014 and 2015.
He holds titles of
As of the 2016 season he has been inactive, having retired from the motorsports to study mathematics and physics. As of 2019 he is studying at the
Racing career
Kaan's motorsports career started in 2007 with TOSFED's PO Cup project and he participated over 400 races and is the 1st Turkish driver to follow whole European Rotax Max Championship season in 2010. Kaan also raced for British Super 1 Championship, Belgian Championship, BNL Series, SEEKZ (South East European Karting Championship), and many other international trophies and race events.
He is the first Turkish kart driver who holds champion title at an international level and awarded as national sportsman in 2010.
Borusan Otomotiv and Castrol Turkey started to support him during 2010.
In 2013 he raced for the
During the season, he raced with
Karting
Mini / Cadet
Kaan began karting in 2007 at the age of ten at Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey and his first season raced for PO Cup, SEEKZ and Turkish mini Championships with Tony Rocky chassis and Parilla Swift engine. Also raced at Easykart Cadet class in N.Cyprus during the 2007 winter season.
Junior ( Rotax / ICA-J / KF3 )
From the Cadet ranks, he progressed through the Junior (ICA-J) in Turkey and Rotax Mini Max in the UK (2008).
In his 1st year he became the Turkish ICA-J 2008 Champion with 355 points: He is also the 1st International KF3 Winner for Turkey in Karting. In 2009 he got the KF3 Turkish Champion title with 275 points.
He won the 1st International Karting Championship for Turkey in 2010.
SEEKZ (South East European Karting Zone) KF3 2010 Champion title came in Haskovo Bulgaria. Kaan came to Haskovo as leader of the championship and also track record holder for KF3 after Greek and Romanian Rounds. His total 92 points brought him the S.E. European KF3 Champion title.
In 2011 he won the Rotax Max International Open Junior race in Zuera Spain on a Tony Kart run by UK based Protrain Racing Team.[2]
Formula BMW Talent Cup
During 2011 and 2012 Kaan had his first Formula BMW tests in
Kaan won two test races in Slovakia and Hungary and finished the last race of the season in Oschersleben on second place podium.
European Touring Car Cup (TC2)
Early 2014
Audi Sport TT Cup
Önder raced in the 2015 Audi Sport TT Cup which was the inaugural season of the Audi Sport TT Cup. It began on 2 May 2015 at Hockenheim and finished on 18 October at Hockenheim after six double-header meetings, all of which are support events for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
References
External links
- Kaan Önder on Twitter
- Kaan Önder career summary at DriverDB.com
- Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport
