Joël Camathias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joël Camathias

racing driver

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1981

Place of Birth: Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland

Profession: engineer, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Joël Camathias (born 9 February 1981) is a Swiss race car driver born in Lugano.
In 2001 he raced in the International Formula 3000 championship and in 2002 in the European F3000 series.
In 2003 he made 7 starts in the American Champ Car series for Dale Coyne Racing, his best finish a 9th in his debut at the Grand Prix of St.
Petersburg.
Having previously driven sports cars part-time, he then returned to Europe to drive in the Le Mans Series in 2004 and the FIA GT Championship in 2005 and 2006.
He also won the GT2 Class of the 2006 Le Mans Series season with Marc Lieb driving a Porsche 911 for Autorlando Sport. Joël is the great-nephew of the late Florian Camathias, a solo motorcycle and sidecar racer, and his father Romeo was a car racer.