Roman de Beer


Roman Shane de Beer is a South African racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Johannesburg, de Beer began karting in 1999 and raced primarily in his native South Africa for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the Rotax Max category by 2010, and ultimately, winning the ROK Cup International Final.

Formula Abarth

In 2010, de Beer graduated to single–seaters, moving into the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy, with Scuderia Victoria World. He scored podiums at Imola, Varano and Vallelunga and finished the season ninth. De Beer stayed in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011 with the same team, when the series was split into two distinct sub-championships – European and Italian championships. But after three rounds he ended his racing season with a podium at Misano. He finished the season eleventh in the Italian championship standings.

Italian Formula Three

In 2012 De Beer continued his collaboration with Scuderia Victoria into the Italian Formula Three Championship. He finished the season twelfth in the Italian championship standings.

GP3 Series

After missing the 2013 racing season, de Beer then drove for the Trident team in the GP3 Series in 2014.

Racing record

Career summary

† – As de Beer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2014TridentCAT
FEA
Ret		CAT
SPR
DSQ		RBR
FEA
12		RBR
SPR
4		SIL
FEA
17		SIL
SPR
16		HOC
FEA
21		HOC
SPR
17		HUN
FEA
15		HUN
SPR
12		SPA
FEA		SPA
SPR		MNZ
FEA		MNZ
SPR		SOC
FEA		SOC
SPR		YMC
FEA		YMC
SPR		18th8