Olli Caldwell
British racing driver
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2025 | Olli Caldwell competed in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) with APR, partnering with Quinn and Lendoudis. The team finished second in class at the first round in Barcelona, narrowly behind the #25 sister car after a late safety car restart. |
February 2025 | At the 4 Hours of Dubai, finished third in race 1. |
February 2025 | At Abu Dhabi, finished second in race 1 and achieved a podium spot in race 2 before a steering column issue ended their chances. |
February 2025 | Took his first prototype victory at the 4 Hours of Dubai while competing in the LMP2 class with Algarve Pro Racing. |
January 2025 | Competed in the Asian Le Mans Series with teammates Alex Quinn and Kriton Lendoudis. |
January 2025 | At Sepang, finished sixth in race one and third in race two after benefiting from a rain shower. |
2024 | Competed in Asian Le Mans Series with Algarve Pro Racing, finishing 4th overall and achieving 1 race win. |
2024 | Finished eighth at Portimão, ending the ELMS season fifth in the drivers' standings. |
2024 | At Mugello, claimed second place after an undercut on Panis Racing, despite being overtaken for the lead during a safety car restart. |
2024 | Finished eighth at Imola in the ELMS, struggling with a poorly-timed virtual safety car. |
2024 | At Spa, finished several laps down after a collision with a GT Ferrari. |
2024 | At Le Castellet, set the fastest lap of all Pro class entries and finished seventh. |
2024 | At the Barcelona season-opener, charged into the lead during his stint and finished second with the team. |
2024 | Joined Algarve Pro Racing for his second European Le Mans Series (ELMS) season, partnering with Matthias Kaiser and Alex Lynn. |
2024 | Competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with teammates Matthias Kaiser and Roman De Angelis, finishing eighth in class after losing two laps due to an early barrier collision. |
2023 | In the European Le Mans Series with Inter Europol Competition, Caldwell achieved a podium finish at Le Castellet despite a drive-through penalty. |
June 2023 | At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Caldwell defended fourth place against Ben Barnicoat and later took third place during his second stint. The team ultimately finished ninth in the LMP2 class after a collision with other cars. |
May 2023 | At Spa, Caldwell qualified ahead of Charles Milesi in the sister car and helped the team finish eighth on a damp track. |
April 2023 | At the Portimão race, Caldwell overtook Oliver Rasmussen during his first stint, with the team finishing eleventh. |
March 2023 | Caldwell joined Alpine Elf Team in the WEC LMP2 class, partnering with André Negrão and Memo Rojas. His first race at Sebring ended in retirement due to an electrical issue. |
January 2023 | Caldwell graduated from the Alpine Academy. |
2022 | Olli Caldwell lived in Oxford with Formula One reserve driver and Mercedes Junior Frederik Vesti. |
November 2022 | Competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test at Bahrain, driving the Richard Mille Racing Team LMP2 car and setting the second-fastest time among rookies in the LMP2 category. |
November 2022 | Caldwell tested the Alpine A521 again, completing more than 100 laps around the Bahrain International Circuit. |
November 2022 | Caldwell concluded the Formula 2 season, finishing 21st in the standings with 12 points, experiencing multiple retirements at Monza and Abu Dhabi due to collisions and mechanical issues. |
September 2022 | At Zandvoort, Caldwell outqualified teammate Boschung, retired from the sprint race with brake issues, but finished ninth in the feature race, later elevated to eighth after a penalty. |
July 2022 | At the Hungaroring, Caldwell qualified 13th, finished tenth in the sprint race, but retired from the feature race after running out of fuel and received a twelfth penalty point, which excluded him from the Spa round. |
July 2022 | At the Red Bull Ring, Caldwell advanced from last place to finish sixth after penalties were applied to other drivers. |
June 14 2022 | Caldwell confirmed to drive Alpine's 2021 car (Alpine A521) at his home track in Silverstone, taking over from Oscar Piastri. He completed 485.7 kilometres of running during the test. |
March 2022 | Caldwell began his full-time Formula 2 season with Campos Racing, experiencing challenges including an engine issue in the Bahrain sprint race and collecting seven penalty points. |
February 2022 | Alpine F1 Team announced Olli Caldwell's joining of their academy, alongside Jack Doohan, Victor Martins, and Caio Collet. |
2021 | Won his first FIA Formula 3 race in Barcelona, taking the lead after Hauger and Nannini collided on the penultimate lap and holding off Victor Martins on the final lap. |
2021 | Finished eighth in the FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers' standings, two places ahead of teammate Arthur Leclerc. |
2021 | Promoted to second place at Budapest after race winner Lorenzo Colombo received a five-second penalty. |
2021 | Achieved podium finishes at Spielberg, securing second place in race one and third place in race three, notably advancing past five cars to reach the rostrum. |
2021 | Announced as a driver for Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering Arthur Leclerc and Dennis Hauger. |
November 2021 | Olli Caldwell announced his joining of Campos Racing for the final two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, partnering with Ralph Boschung. |
November 3 2021 | Caldwell was announced to make his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, joining ARC Bratislava team to compete in the 8 Hours of Bahrain alongside Miro Konôpka and Nelson Panciatici. |
2020 | Caldwell was confirmed to drive with Marvin Kirchhöfer and Luca Ghiotto for the Bathurst 12 Hour race with R-Motorsport. The team was forced to withdraw due to a crash during qualifying that damaged their Vantage AMR GT3 car. |
2020 | Caldwell had a successful start to the season, finishing in the top six in both races at the second round in Spielberg. |
2020 | Concluded the FIA Formula 3 Championship season in 16th place in the drivers' standings. |
2020 | Experienced a challenging period with four successive rounds without scoring points, including being spun out in the feature race at Silverstone. |
2020 | Broke his points drought by finishing seventh in the Barcelona feature race. |
2020 | Scored final points of the season at the penultimate round in Monza. |
January 2020 | Olli Caldwell was announced by Trident as one of their three drivers for the 2020 Formula 3 Championship season, partnering David Beckmann and Lirim Zendeli. |
2019 | Achieved podium finishes in all three races at the Hungaroring. |
2019 | Experienced a race 2 setback in Austria due to a faulty gearbox, which cost him his best chance of winning. |
2019 | Scored podium in second race at Vallelunga. |
2019 | Experienced his worst weekend of the season at Mugello, scoring only three points and getting his first non-points finish. |
2019 | Concluded the championship season with three top-eight finishes at Monza, ultimately finishing fifth in the championship standings. |
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