# Kay van Berlo

Kay van Berlo (born 21 December 2000 in Veghel) is a Dutch racing driver. He is a Porsche North America selected driver, an IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup champion in LMP3 and race-winner in GTD, and most recently won the 2024 GT4 America Series Pro-Am title.

## Prototype career
### 2018

In late 2017, it was announced that van Berlo would make his motorsport debut in the 2018 24H Proto Series for Speedworks Motorsport. He won two races and finished second in the LMP3 standings.
A month after his LMP3 debut, van Berlo joined EuroInternational to compete in the 2018 European Le Mans Series. In the season opener at Paul Ricard, van Berlo scored his first podium in ELMS by finishing third, while in the following race at Monza, he achieved his first ELMS win.
van Berlo also raced in the Road to Le Mans, winning race one and finishing sixth in race two.
Towards the end of the year, it was announced that van Berlo would join United Autosports for the 2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series. van Berlo won the 2018 4 Hours of Fuji and finished fourth in the LMP3 standings.

### 2022

van Berlo returned to the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series, rejoining United Autosports alongside Jim McGuire and Andrew Bentley. He won the 4 Hours of Imola and finished sixth in the standings.
In parallel to his ELMS campaign, van Berlo also raced in the endurance rounds of the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Riley Motorsports. He won at Daytona and Watkins Glen en route to the Michelin Endurance Cup title.

## GT career
### Various Porsche Carrera Cup championships (2019-2022)

In 2019, van Berlo competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. He scored his first win in Carrera Cup competition at Zandvoort.
After spending a season in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, van Berlo joined Kelly-Moss Road and Race to compete in the inaugural season of the Porsche Carrera Cup North America. He scored his first of seven wins of the season at Sebring and finished runner-up in the standings to Sebastian Priaulx.
Staying in Porsche Carrera Cup North America for another season, van Berlo won both races at Sebring and Long Beach to kick off the season. Despite sweeping both races at Watkins Glen, van Berlo was beaten to the title by Parker Thompson.

### 2023

On January 22, van Berlo was named Porsche North America Selected Driver.
Staying in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, van Berlo joined Kelly-Moss with Riley for his first full season in the GTD category. The Dutchman's first GTD win came at Laguna Seca, but the full-season plans were derailed when teammate Alan Metni suffered a non-racing related injury and the car was withdrawn from that year's Petit Le Mans.
Alongside his IMSA commitments, van Berlo joined the GT4 America Series, partnering Curt Swearingin at ACI Motorsports. The pair scored four class podiums and finished sixth in the Pro-Am standings.

### 2024

Ahead of the 2024 season, van Berlo was retained as a Porsche North America Selected driver.
In early 2024, it was announced that van Berlo would return to GT4 America Series for ACI Motorsports. He won races at Sebring, VIR and Road America en route to winning the Pro-Am championship with a race to spare.
At the end of the year, van Berlo competed in the 2024 IMSA Battle on the Bricks for Kellymoss with Riley. He finished eighth on his GTD return.

### 2025

At the start of the year, van Berlo competed in the 24 Hours of Dubai for Herberth Motorsport and won in the Pro-Am class.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2011 | Chrono Dutch RMC - Micro Max | | 7th |
| 2012 | Rotax Winter Serie - Mini Max | | 25th |
| 2012 | Chrono Rotax Winter Cup - Minimax | | 17th |
| 2012 | Chrono Dutch RMC - Mini Max | | 12th |
| 2013 | Chrono Karting Winter Serie - Minimax | | 2nd |
| 2015 | BNL Karting Series - Junior Max | | 7th |
| 2015 | Rotax Euro Challenge - Junior Max | Hugo Motorsports | 39th |
| 2016 | BNL International Karting Series - Seniors | | 7th |
| 2016 | Rotax Euro Challenge - Senior Max | Hugo Motorsports (1) RR Racing (2) M.J.M van Berlo (3) | 4th |
| 2016 | RMC Grand Finals - Senior Max | Hugo Motorsports | 29th |
| 2017 | South Garda Winter Cup — KZ2 | Keijzer Racing | 87th |
| 2017 | FIA European Championship — KZ2 | Keijzer Racing | 52nd |
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## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2018 | Dutch Winter Endurance Championship - Div. 1 | Van Berlo Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11th |
| 2018 | 24H GT Series - 991 | Van Berlo Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13th |
| 2018 | 24H Proto Series - P3 | Speedworks Motorsport | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 2nd |
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | EuroInternational | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46.75 | 6th |
| 2018 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | EuroInternational | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15th |
| 2018–19 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 | United Autosports | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 4th |
| 2019 | Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux | Bas Koeten Racing | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17th |
| 2019 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10 | Prosport-Performance GmbH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2019 | VLN Series - V6 | Prosport-Performance GmbH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2019 | VLN Series - VT3 | Prosport-Performance GmbH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2019 | GT4 European Series - Pro-Am | Selleslagh Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2020 | Dutch Winter Endurance Series | Van Berlo Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15th |
| 2020 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP7 | rent2drive-FAMILIA-racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2020 | GT4 European Series - Pro-Am | Selleslagh Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 6th |
| 2020 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Nebulus Racing by Huber | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 9th |
| 2021 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Kelly-Moss Road and Race | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 287 | 2nd |
| 2022 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3 | Riley Motorsports | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 965 | 15th |
| 2022 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Kelly-Moss Road and Race | 16 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 290 | 2nd |
| 2022 | European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | United Autosports | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 6th |
| 2022 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | United Autosports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35th |
| 2023 | IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD | Kelly-Moss with Riley | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2289 | 13th |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver | GRT Grasser Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze | Herberth Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17th |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Accelerating Performance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | GT4 America Series - Pro-Am | ACI Motorsports | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 6th |
| 2023–24 | Middle East Trophy - 992 | Team Captain America by Bas Koeten Racing | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | GT4 America Series - Pro-Am | ACI Motorsports | 13 | 2 | | | 8 | 219 | 1st |
| 2024 | Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS | Kellymoss with Riley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 60th |
| 2024 | IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD | Kellymoss with Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 55th |
| 2024 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | RennSport1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18th |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge America - Pro | RennSport1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12th |
| 2025 | Middle East Trophy - GT3 Pro-Am | Herberth Motorsport | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | |
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### Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2018 | EuroInternational | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | LEC 3 | MNZ 1 | RBR 7 | SIL 16 | SPA 13 | ALG Ret | 7th | 46.75 |
| 2022 | United Autosports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | LEC 7 | IMO 1 | MNZ Ret | CAT Ret | SPA 5 | ALG 4 | 6th | 53 |

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Points |
| 2022 | Riley Motorsports | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 7 | MDO | WGL 1 | MOS | ELK | ATL 4 | | | | | 15th | 965 |
| 2023 | Kelly-Moss with Riley | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 16 | SEB 7 | LBH 12 | LGA 1 | WGL 17 | MOS 9 | LIM 14 | ELK 9 | VIR 8 | IMS 11 | ATL | 11th | 1826 |
| 2024 | Kelly-Moss with Riley | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS 8 | ATL | | 55th | 251 |