From > THAILAND
Date of Birth > 05/2004
Racing in > FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Carl Bennett is the first Thai driver to ever reach the Hypercar class and at 19 became the youngest ever in the top class. Born in 2004 in California and raised in Thailand, he comes from a racing family: His grandfather is a Baja 1000 and 2000 off road champion and was inducted into the off road motorsports hall of fame; His father currently competes in sports car racing.

It would be late 2017 when Carl first started in go karts. He has competed in some of the biggest go karting events in the world; For example, he has competed in SKUSA and in the IAME International Finals previously.

Carl won his first karting championship in 2020 and has had many top finishes in championships listed below and others:

Super kart Thailand 2020, Champion Senior
Rotax MAX Challenge Thailand Championship 2020, Vice
Champion, Senior Max
PTT Rotax Max Challenge 2019, Vice Champion, Senior Max
Kart Association Thailand 2018, Vice Champion, 125cc Junior Open

Proceeding to his first single seater F4 USA season in 2022 he consistently finished in the top 10 to score points. In 2023 he achieved his first F4 USA win and F4 Brazil Podium. 2024 he closed the ALMS (Asian Le Mans series) season with a podium at the start of the year and was promoted from the reserve driver role to active driver for the 2024 WEC season with Isotta Fraschini-Duqueine. Later in 2024 he was invited to compete with COOL Racing in ELMS alongside with WEC.

CAREER

Super kart Thailand 2020, Champion Senior
Rotax MAX Challenge Thailand Championship 2020, Vice
Champion, Senior Max
PTT Rotax Max Challenge 2019, Vice Champion, Senior Max
Kart Association Thailand 2018, Vice Champion, 125cc Junior Open