Ben Barker (racing driver)

Ben Barker
Barker in 2023
Nationality	British
Born	(1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 33) Cambridge, United Kingdom
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Proton Competition
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	77
Co-driver	Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon
Former teams	GR Racing
Starts	45 (45 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	6th (LMGTE Am) in 2017
Championship titles
2010	Australian Drivers' Championship

Benjamin William "Ben" Barker ^[1] (born 23 April 1991) is a British professional racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. ^[2] A Porsche stalwart for over a decade, he is an Australian Formula 3 champion, a Porsche Carrera Cup GB runner-up, a four-time Bathurst 12 Hour class winner and a Dubai 24 Hour overall winner. Despite limited success in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Barker is considered one of the strongest GTE Am drivers, having broken the lap record for the category at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2023, Barker finished on the 24 Hours of Le Mans class podium, having played an instrumental role in his team's charge towards the front. ^[5] Ahead of the 2024 season, Barker left GR Racing after eight seasons to become a Ford factory driver, moving to Proton Competition. ^[6]

Early career

Having started his career in karts in 2004, Barker would step into the British Formula Ford Championship in 2009 with Fluid Motorsport Development. ^[7] Following a year in which he scored one win at Knockhill, the Brit would migrate to Australia for a season in the 2010 Australian Formula 3 Championship. ^[8] He won the title by one point versus Mitch Evans, having taken six race wins.

Barker in 2010, his Australian Formula 3 title-winning season

Sportscar career

National Porsche Cups

Barker moved into the Australian Porsche Carrera Cup in 2011, remaining with Team BRM, where he would finish fifth in the standings. The following year saw him return to Britain, partaking in a full-time campaign in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB. ^[9] Despite having to wait for his first victory until the round at Knockhill, Barker would finish second in the championship, having won five races in a row in the latter half of the season. ^{[10] [11]}

Porsche Supercup

In 2013, Barker graduated to the Porsche Supercup as part of Team Bleekemolen. ^[12] With a best result of fourth at the final round, Barker finished tenth in the overall standings and third in the rookie classification. ^{[13] [14]} At the end of the year, Barker would receive a silver ranking by the FIA. ^[15]

Remaining in the Supercup for 2014, Barker would score one podium for the Lechner Racing Team. ^[16] As well as this, 2014 also saw Barker pair up with businessman Michael Wainwright at his team Gulf Racing in the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series, driving a Porsche 911 RSR. ^[17] Finally, Barker made six appearances for GB Autosport in the United SportsCar Championship. ^[18]

At the start of 2015, Barker would be upgraded to gold by the FIA. ^[19] He switched to MOMO-Megatron Team PARTRAX in the Porsche Supercup, where a podium at Monaco helped him to ninth in the standings. He also appeared in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, in which the Briton scored two podiums. ^[20]

Tenure with GR Racing

Before the 2016 season, it was announced that Barker would partner Michael Wainwright and Adam Carroll at Gulf Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. ^{[21] [22]} Driving in the LMGTE Am category, the trio scored four fourth places and finished fifth in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, thereby ending up sixth in the teams' championship. Barker partook in a round of the ELMS with Proton Competition, scoring a pole position at Estoril. ^[23]

Barker remained with Wainwright and Gulf Racing for the 2017 season, this time being partnered by Nick Foster. ^[24] Their results improved, as Barker was able to guide the team to third place at Mexico and to second in Shanghai, though the team would once again finish the championship as the lowest full-time entrant with fifth place overall.

For the 2018–19 WEC "super-season", Barker and Wainwright were joined by Alex Davison for the first three rounds and by Thomas Preining during subsequent events. ^[25] The season itself brought few peaks, with the team failing to score a podium, though their consistency of finishing every race would bring Gulf Racing sixth in the standings. Barker managed to stand out, setting a new lap record for his category at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. ^[4] During these two years Barker would also win the Bathurst 12 Hour race in the GT3 Cup class, having previously won this race in 2014 driving in the same category. ^{[26] [27]}

In the 2019–20 WEC campaign, Barker, Wainwright, and new teammate Andrew Watson managed to score a lone podium in Bahrain, finishing third. ^[28] They ended up seventh in the standings, having once again completed every race. At the start of 2020, Barker would attain overall victory at the Dubai 24 Hours and took another Bathurst victory, this one coming in the GT3 Pro-Am class. ^{[29] [30]}

The 2021 season proved to be a disappointment, as the team dropped to twelfth and last of all full-time LMGTE Am entries with a best race result of sixth place. ^{[31] [32]}

Having started his 2022 season by leading Dinamic Motorsport in the Asian Le Mans Series, Barker returned to GR Racing with Wainwright and new silver-ranked driver Riccardo Pera. ^{[33] [34] [35]} Even though they missed the opening round, the team improved by scoring a then-record fourth place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and rising to eighth in the teams' standings. ^{[36] [37]} Barker would play his part, setting two overall fastest laps in class at Spa and Monza.

The team retained their lineup for the 2023 WEC season, the last of the LMGTE era. ^[38] The year proved to be the team's magnum opus, as Barker helped GR to finish third at the Centenary Le Mans 24 Hours, where Barker proved to be the fastest LMGTE driver, before managing another third place in Monza. ^{[39] [40] [41]} These two podiums helped the team to sixth in the championship. Barker concluded his tenure with GR Racing by racing in the 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series, stating that Wainwright and the team had "put [him] on a pedestal" by giving him the chance to race in the WEC for seven seasons. ^[42]

Ford factory driver

At the end of 2023, it was announced that Barker would become part of the Ford factory driver lineup in the WEC and join the Canada-based Multimatic Motorsports operation. ^{[43] [44]} He would migrate to Proton Competition, driving a Ford Mustang GT3 alongside Zacharie Robichon and Ryan Hardwick in 2024. ^[45]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	British Formula Ford Championship	Fluid Motorsport Development	24	1	1	1	1	272	8th
	Formula Ford Festival		3	0	0	0	1	N/A	4th
2010	Australian Formula 3 Championship - Gold Star	Team BRM	20	6	1	10	12	220	1st
	Australian Formula 3 Championship - East Coast Shootout		8	3	0	5	6	101	1st
	Australian Formula Ford Championship		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	MW Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	156	31st
2011	Porsche Carrera Cup Australia	Team BRM	21	2	2	3	6	755	5th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	Parr Motorsport	4	0	0	1	2	45	17th
	Radical Australia Cup	Excaliber Racing	2	1	0	1	2	0	NC†
	PSCRAA Enduro Championship	Quintessence Construction	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2012	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	Parr Motorsport	20	5	5	5	9	282	2nd
	Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - F3 pre-1985		1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
2013	Porsche Supercup	Team Bleekemolen	9	0	0	0	0	66	10th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team BetterLife	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2014	Porsche Supercup	VERVA Lechner Racing Team	10	0	0	0	1	96	6th
	European Le Mans Series - GTC	Gulf Racing UK	4	0	0	0	0	26	12th
	United Sports Car Championship - GTD	GB Autosport	6	0	0	0	0	139	26th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	Parr Motorsport	3	3	1	2	3	22	19th
	Porsche Carrera Cup 24H Le Mans Support Race - Class A		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class B	Grove Motorsport [46]	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2015	Porsche Supercup	MOMO-Megatron Team PARTRAX	9	0	0	0	1	69	9th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A	Land Motorsport	17	0	0	0	2	101	12th
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class B	Grove Group	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing	9	0	0	0	0	106	7th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	Porsche Supercup	MOMO-Megatron Team PARTRAX	4	0	0	0	0	43	12th
	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Proton Competition	1	0	1	0	0	11	18th
	GT3 Le Mans Cup	Mentos Racing	1	0	0	0	1	18	11th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	TRG-AMR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing [3] [47]	9	0	0	0	2	97	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	Le Mans Cup - GT3		4	1	1	3	2	44.5	6th
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class B (GT3 Cup)	Grove Motorsport	1	0	1	1	0	0	NC†
2018	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Gulf Racing [4]	2	0	0	0	0	10	12th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	1	0	N/A	10th
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class B (GT3 Cup)	Grove Racing [48] [49]	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing UK	8	0	0	1	0	79	7th
2019	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class B (GT3 Cup)	Grove Racing	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing	8	0	0	0	1	85	9th
2020	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Gulf Racing UK	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	24H GT Series Continents' - GT3 Pro	Black Falcon	1	1	0	0	1	30	3rd
	Dubai 24 Hour - GT3 Pro		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class A (GT3 Pro/Am)	Grove Racing [50] [51]	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing	6	0	0	0	0	23	15th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	International GT Open - Pro Cup	Lechner Racing	2	0	1	0	2	18	13th
	British GT Cup Championship - GTH	In2 Racing	4	2	0	0	3	0	NC†
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Dinamic Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	5.5	13th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing	5	0	0	2	0	50	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Barwell Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Pro-Am		0	0	1	0	0	1	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Barwell Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Allied Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold	Barwell Motorsport [52]	1	0	0	0	0	18	15th
		Allied Racing	1	0	0	1	0
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class A (GT3 Pro/Am)	Grove Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Dinamic GT	0	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
		Kessel Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing	7	0	0	0	2	64	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic GT Huber Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Dinamic GT	2	0	0	0	0
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	GR Racing	4	0	0	0	0	6	25th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	0*	NC*
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-FWD	Walkenhorst Motorsport
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-R+4WD

^† As Barker was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2013	Team Bleekemolen	CAT 10	MON 9	SIL 9	GER 6	HUN 16	SPA 9	MNZ 12	UAE 4	UAE 9			10th	66
2014	Verva Lechner Racing Team	CAT 3	MON 5	RBR 8	SIL 9	GER 10	HUN 8	SPA 7	MNZ 9	USA 7	USA 4		6th	96
2015	MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX	CAT 9	MON 3	RBR 19	SIL 4	HUN 12	SPA 6	SPA 8	MNZ Ret	MNZ DNS	USA C	USA 6	9th	69

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2016	Gulf Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL Ret	SPA 5	LMS 3	NÜR 5	MEX 4	COA 4	FUJ 4	SHA 6	BHR 4	7th	106
2017	Gulf Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 4	SPA Ret	LMS 5	NÜR 5	MEX 3	COA Ret	FUJ 4	SHA 2	BHR 5	6th	97
2018–19	Gulf Racing UK	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SPA 7	LMS 6	SIL 6	FUJ 4	SHA 9	SEB 4	SPA 7	LMS 4		7th	79
2019–20	Gulf Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 4	FUJ 8	SHA 9	BHR 3	COA 6	SPA 10	LMS 5	BHR 5		9th	85
2021	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SPA Ret	ALG 8	MNZ 8	LMS 9	BHR 6	BHR 9				15th	23
2022	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB	SPA 6	LMS 3	MNZ 12	FUJ 12	BHR 6				10th	50
2023	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB 7	PRT 11	SPA 12	LMS 3	MNZ 3	FUJ 8	BHR 8			6th	64
2024	Proton Competition	LMGT3	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8	QAT 11	IMO 9	SPA 9	LMS 14	SÃO 7	COA	FUJ	BHR		21st*	10*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Gulf Racing	Adam Carroll Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	328	33rd	5th
2017	Gulf Racing UK	Nick Foster Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	328	38th	10th
2018	Gulf Racing	Alex Davison Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	283	40th	10th
2019	Gulf Racing	Thomas Preining Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	331	38th	8th
2020	Gulf Racing	Michael Wainwright Andrew Watson	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	337	29th	5th
2021	GR Racing	Tom Gamble Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	322	43rd	14th
2022	GR Racing	Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	340	37th	4th
2023	GR Racing	Riccardo Pera Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	312	29th	3rd
2024	Proton Competition	Ryan Hardwick Zacharie Robichon	Ford Mustang GT3	LMGT3	227	46th	17th

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External links

• Official website
• Ben Barker career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joey Foster	Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship 2010	Succeeded by Chris Gilmour