Kay van Berlo


Kay van Berlo 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 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 became a 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. His 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 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 GT3 Pro-Am class. During 2025, van Berlo made one-off appearances in the GT4 America Series and the 24H Series, most notably winning the 12 Hours of Misano in the 992 class in the latter.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2018EuroInternationalLMP3Ligier JS P3Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8LEC
3
MNZ
1
RBR
7
SIL
16
SPA
13
ALG
Ret
7th46.75
2022United AutosportsLMP3Ligier JS P320Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8LEC
7
IMO
1
MNZ
Ret
CAT
Ret
SPA
5
ALG
4
6th53

Complete Le Mans Cup results

YearEntrantClassChassis1234567RankPoints
2018EurointernationalLMP3Ligier JS P3LECMNZLMS
1

1
LMS
2
6
RBRSPAALG15th20
2022United AutosportsLMP3Ligier JS P320LEC
10
IMO
LMS
1
LMS
2
MNZ
SPA
ALG
35th1

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

YearTeamClassCarEngine1234Pos.Points
2018–19United AutosportsLMP3Ligier JS P3Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8SHA
6
FUJ
1
CHA
5
SEP
5
4th53

Complete GT4 European Series results

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112PosPoints
2019Selleslagh Racing TeamMercedes-AMG GT4Pro-AmIMO
1
IMO
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
MIS
1
MIS
2
ZAN
1

DSQ
ZAN
2
9
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NC0
2020Selleslagh Racing TeamMercedes-AMG GT4Pro-AmIMO
1
16
IMO
2
10
MIS
1

9
MIS
2
Ret
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
6th37

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup