Caitlin Wood | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Maitland, New South Wales | 15 January 1997
W Series | |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Years active | 2019, 2021 |
Teams | Hitech GP Puma W Series Team W Series Academy |
Starts | 10 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2018 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship Australian Formula Ford Championship Formula 4 Australia GT4 European Series Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe |
Caitlin Wood (born 15 January 1997 in Maitland, New South Wales) is an Australian female racing driver who last competed in the 2021 W Series. [1]
Hailing from Tenambit in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, Wood began her professional motorsport career in 2013 in a state-level Formula Ford championship. She ended her debut in car racing 5th out of 7 in the championship. She subsequently moved up to the inaugural Australian Formula Ford Championship in 2015, however she struggled to 21st in the championship with only three points finishes. The Australian Formula 4 Championship would become the new national feeder series in Australia, and Wood contested a three-event part-time schedule – eventually finishing 13th in the championship before setting her sights on Europe. [2]
Wood was accepted into Reiter Engineering's Young Stars program in early 2016, and was entered into the GT4 European Series. [3] She finished 17th in the championship despite missing the round at Silverstone. [4] Reiter promoted Wood to their Blancpain Sprint Series program for 2017 alongside Finnish driver Marko Helistekangas, although the duo only contested the first round before being promoted again to the Blancpain Endurance Series where they were joined by Tomáš Enge. [5] [6] Due to budget constraints, the team only contested the 1000km of Paul Ricard and 3 Hours of Barcelona, and failed to score any points. Wood then switched to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for 2018, joining British team MTech. [7] She contested the opening two rounds at Monza and Silverstone, before missing the next two events after she broke her ankle in training. She returned for the fifth round at the Nürburgring, scoring a best result of sixth before running out of funding; she then remained in the United Kingdom for the rest of the year working as a driver coach. [8]
Wood applied for the W Series evaluation in 2019, and qualified as one of the seasons' 18 permanent drivers. [9] She scored a point with a 10th place in the season opener at the Hockenheim round, before suffering a run of misfortune in the following races; having gone off-track in a points-scoring position at Zolder, damaging her suspension in qualifying at Misano that put her at the back of the grid for the race, and a comeback drive from clutch issues at the Norisring saw her only finish 11th. Wood finished 5th place at the Assen round, scoring her best result for the series. [10] Despite this, she missed the automatic invitation to the 2020 season by a single point after another 11th-place finish at Brands Hatch. [11]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2013 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 5th | |
2014 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | Synergy Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 3rd |
Australian Formula Ford Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st | ||
2015 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | Synergy Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 9th |
Australian Formula Ford Series | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 11th | ||
Australian Formula 4 Championship | AGI Sport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 13th | |
Dream Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2016 | GT4 European Series - Pro | Reiter Young Stars | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17th |
2017 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Reiter Young Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
24H Series - SP3-GT4 | Reiter Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16th | |
2018 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am | MTech | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2019 | W Series | Hitech GP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13th |
2021 | W Series | Puma W Series Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16th |
W Series Academy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2 | Adrenalin Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
* Season still in progress.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Ovr. pos. | Class pos. |
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2018 | M Motorsport | David Crampton Tim Macrow Justin McMillan | KTM X-Bow GT4 | C | 31 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | M Motorsport | David Crampton Trent Harrison Tim Macrow | KTM X-Bow GT4 | C | 262 | DNF | DNF |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
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2019 | Hitech GP | HOC 10 | ZOL 11 | MIS 14 | NOR 11 | ASS 5 | BRH 11 | 13th | 11 | ||
2021 | Puma W Series Team | RBR1 | RBR2 | SIL | HUN 17 | SPA 5 | ZAN | 16th | 11 | ||
W Series Academy | COA1 13 | COA2 10 |
* Season still in progress.
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