🇳🇱 Yelmer Buurman

Racing driver from Netherlands. British GT Championship, RAM Racing.

Driver facts

Full name

Yelmer Buurman

Born

19 February 1987(b. 1987)

Nationality

Netherlands

Current team

RAM Racing

Series

British GT Championship

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

5,889

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

5,889

RANK 108 / 12,285 INDEXED · +0 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Platinum

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 7H AGO

Yelmer Buurman is a Dutch professional racing driver who built his career in GT competition after early success in categories such as Superleague Formula. Over the course of his career he finished third in the 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series and second in the 2012 FIA GT1 Championship, also placing second in the 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring. These results established him as a seasoned endurance and GT specialist before his move into British GT Championship competition with RAM Racing.[1]

In British GT with RAM Racing, Buurman has made 14 career starts, taking 1 win and 5 podiums without a championship title. His Racer Rating stands at 5,888, placing him 170th among active drivers on the Elo-style scale. In the 2026 season he recorded 1 win and 2 podiums across 5 rounds, good for eighth in the standings, before his status with the team was marked as retired.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Yelmer Buurman is a racing driver from Netherlands who last raced in British GT Championship for RAM Racing. Buurman has recorded 1 win and 5 podiums from 14 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,889 ranks Buurman 108th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2021 form

LAST 14 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 2H AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Points	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2021	British GT Championship	RAM Racing	5	1	2	0	0	0	P8	−287	5,889
2020	British GT Championship	RAM Racing	9	0	3	0	0	0	P12	−825	6,175

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES BUURMAN FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇬🇧 Sandy Mitchell	4,642	14	5	9	36%
🇬🇧 Phil Keen	3,315	14	8	6	57%
🇬🇧 Adam Balon	2,669	14	8	6	57%
🇬🇧 Michael Igoe	2,383	14	9	5	64%
🇬🇧 Lewis Proctor	2,340	14	8	6	57%
🇬🇧 Sam De Haan	2,803	10	4	6	40%
🇬🇧 Jordan Witt	2,599	10	6	4	60%
🇬🇧 Stewart Proctor	1,783	10	8	2	80%
🏳️ Rob Collard	3,691	9	2	7	22%
🇫🇮 Patrick Kujala	3,594	9	3	6	33%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 7H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia