Erkut Kızılırmak

Erkut Kızılırmak (born 14 September 1969) is a Turkish racing driver. He started racing in rallying in 1992 and switched to touring cars in 2002, at the age of 32. In 2005 he won the Turkish Touring Car Championship, in a Vauxhall Astra Coupé formerly raced by Yvan Muller in the BTCC. He also made an appearance in the Turkish round of the World Touring Car Championship in 2005 driving an ex works SEAT Toledo for the GR Asia team alongside Tom Coronel.

Kizilirmak driving the Arkas Racing Vauxhall Astra at Brands Hatch during the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.
Erkut Kızılırmak
Kızılırmak at Rockingham Motor Speedway in 2008
NationalityTurkey Turkish
Born (1969-09-14) 14 September 1969
İzmir, Turkey
BTCC record
TeamsArkas Racing
Drivers'
championships		0
Wins0
Podium finishes0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Debut season2006
First win-
Best championship position22nd in 2008
Final season (2008) position22nd (1 point)

His connections with the series and the Triple 8 Race Engineering company, increased in 2006, with Erkut becoming the first Turkish driver to compete in the BTCC when he raced at Croft in a BTC-T Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch, converted from one of the team's show cars. He also competed at Snetterton, where he achieved his best result - 13th.

On 9 February 2007 Erkut announced that he would be competing in the full BTCC championship in 2007, in an ex VX Racing Astra Sport Hatch. His Arkas Team unites with Tech-Speed Motorsport to run the car.

Two tenth-places in the high-attrition round 8 at Brands Hatch gave him his only 2 overall points of the season, while he finished 9th in the Independents' Cup, showing some speed and gusto in a 2006-spec car.

Erkut also won the first two races of the 2007 Turkish Touring Car Championship.

In 2008 he returned for another season in the BTCC. This time as part of a two car team alongside Martyn Bell with the renamed Team Arkas Racing with Sunshine.co.uk. His best result of the year was a tenth-place finish in round six at Rockingham Speedway, giving him his one championship point of the year.

Racing record

World Touring Car Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2005 GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra ITA
1
 ITA
2
 FRA
1
 FRA
2
 GBR
1
 GBR
2
 SMR
1
 SMR
2
 MEX
1
 MEX
2
 BEL
1
 BEL
2
 GER
1
 GER
2
 TUR
1
Ret		 TUR
2
DNS		 ESP
1
 ESP
2
 MAC
1
 MAC
2
 - 0

British Touring Car Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts
2006 VX Racing Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BRH
1
 BRH
2
 BRH
3
 MON
1
 MON
2
 MON
3
 OUL
1
 OUL
2
 OUL
3
 THR
1
 THR
2
 THR
3
 CRO
1
15		 CRO
2
Ret		 CRO
3
15		 DON
1
 DON
2
 DON
3
 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
13		 SNE
3
14		 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 KNO
3
 BRH
1
 BRH
2
 BRH
3
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 26th 0
2007 Arkas Racing Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BRH
1
14		 BRH
2
12		 BRH
3
15		 ROC
1
16		 ROC
2
DNS		 ROC
3
11		 THR
1
17		 THR
2
13		 THR
3
14		 CRO
1
13		 CRO
2
Ret		 CRO
3
Ret		 OUL
1
14		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
11		 DON
1
14		 DON
2
15		 DON
3
13		 SNE
1
11		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
11		 BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
Ret		 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 KNO
3
 THR
1
15		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
Ret		 24th 2
2008 Arkas Racing with sunshine.co.uk Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BRH
1
19		 BRH
2
16		 BRH
3
17		 ROC
1
17		 ROC
2
18		 ROC
3
10		 DON
1
16		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
DNS		 THR
1
22		 THR
2
19		 THR
3
14		 CRO
1
16		 CRO
2
15		 CRO
3
13		 SNE
1
18		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
13		 OUL
1
 OUL
2
 OUL
3
 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 KNO
3
 SIL
1
18		 SIL
2
DNS		 SIL
3
17		 BRH
1
18		 BRH
2
17		 BRH
3
Ret		 22nd 1
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