Earl Bamber
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Bamber (centre) on the podium following the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans
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| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Born | Earl Anderson Bamber 9 July 1990 Whanganui, New Zealand |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2015-2016 |
| Teams | Porsche Team |
| Best finish | 1st (2015) |
| Class wins | 1 (2015) |
| United SportsCar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Teams | Porsche North America |
| Car no. | 911, 912 (2014–2016) |
| Starts | GT Le Mans: 12 (7 podiums), GT Daytona: 2 (0 podium) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 2nd (GTLM) at the 2014 Petit Le Mans, 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, Continental Tire Road Race Showcase and Oak Tree Grand Prix in 2015 |
| Porsche Supercup career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Teams | FACH Auto Tech |
| Car no. | 19 (2014) |
| Starts | 13 (8 Podiums) |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 3 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2014 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2014 | Porsche Supercup Drivers Championship |
| Awards | |
| 2014 | Porsche Supercup Rookie Classification |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Teams | Nexus Racing (2013), LKM Racing (2014) |
| Car no. | 7 (2013), 1 (2014) |
| Starts | 22 (21 Podiums) |
| Wins | 14 |
| Poles | 11 |
| Fastest laps | 11 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2013, 2014 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2013, 2014 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Drivers Championship |
| Previous series | |
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2009 2008–09 2008–09 2008–09 2008 2008 2007–08 2006–07–2010 2006 2005–06 2005–06 |
Euroseries 3000 GP2 Asia Series A1 Grand Prix Int. Formula Master Australian Formula Three Formula Master Italia Formula V6 Asia Toyota Racing Series Formula BMW Asia New Zealand Formula Ford South Island Formula Ford |
| Championship titles | |
| 2006 | Formula BMW Asia |
| Awards | |
| 2008 | Lady Wigram Trophy |
Earl Anderson Bamber (born 9 July 1990) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand, currently competing as a factory driver for Porsche in the FIA World Endurance Championship GTE class, the North American WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GT Le Mans class and the VLN Endurance Racing Championship Nürburgring. He is the 2014 Porsche Supercup and double Porsche Carrera Cup Asia champion, and won the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans with Nico Hülkenberg and Nick Tandy.
Earl Bamber was born in Whanganui, New Zealand, to Paul and Maureen Bamber (née Johnson), and lived on a farm where he learned to drive in the small settlement of Jerusalem on the Whanganui River. He attended Wanganui Collegiate School along with his younger brother, William. Bamber began in kart racing and won his first title aged 12, at the North Island Sprint Championships (Junior 100cc Yamaha Restricted), and his first national title at the 2004 Sprint Kart Championship meeting in Auckland. Later that year, he secured a podium at the Rotax Max category's annual Grand Final in Portugal after dominating the Junior class in the 2004 Rotax Max Challenge of New Zealand.
Bamber progressed through karts and single seater series and was ranked sixth highest future star in the world by the internationally recognised website driverdb.com in 2008. At 15 he switched to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship before competing in Asia two years later where he won the Asian Formula BMW title. He achieved pole positions, fastest laps and podium results in Formula Renault V6 and Australian Formula 3, despite a tight budget. In 2008 he won two vice-championship trophies – in Formula Renault V6 Asia and Toyota Racing Series New Zealand. Bamber contested several rounds of the international A1 Grand Prix series for the New Zealand team in 2009, finishing on the podium three times. He also stood on the podium in GP2 Asia, at the age of 19. In 2010 he repeated his 2008 success and was again crowned runner-up in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series.
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