Caitlin Wood

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Caitlin Wood
2019 Brands Hatch W Series round 26.jpg
Wood at Brands Hatch in 2019
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Born (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 27)
Maitland, New South Wales
W Series
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Years active 2019, 2021
Teams Hitech GP
Puma W Series Team
W Series Academy
Starts10
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th 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]

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Biography

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]

Racing record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesPosition
2012Australian Rotax Nationals - Rotax Junior30th

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/lapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2013New South Wales Formula Ford Championship900001845th
2014New South Wales Formula Ford ChampionshipSynergy Motorsport600001063rd
Australian Formula Ford Championship 180000321st
2015New South Wales Formula Ford ChampionshipSynergy Motorsport30000609th
Australian Formula Ford Series 1200006111th
Australian Formula 4 Championship AGI Sport300003313th
Dream Motorsport60000
2016 GT4 European Series - Pro Reiter Young Stars 900002017th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Reiter Young Stars 200000NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 200000NC
24H Series - SP3-GT4 Reiter Engineering 10000016th
2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am MTech400000NC
2019 W Series Hitech GP 600001113th
2021 W Series Puma W Series Team 200001116th
W Series Academy 20000
2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2 Adrenalin Motorsport200000NC
2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge Great Britain - Clubsport Pro [12] Clean Racing30003224th
Indian Racing League Bangalore Speedsters5000079‡7th‡

* Season still in progress.

‡ Standings based on entry points, not individual drivers.

Bathurst 12 Hours results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsOvr.
pos.
Class
pos.
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Crampton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Macrow
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justin McMillan
KTM X-Bow GT4C31DNFDNF
2019 Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Crampton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trent Harrison
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tim Macrow
KTM X-Bow GT4C262DNFDNF

Complete W Series results

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

YearTeam12345678DCPoints
2019 Hitech GP HOC
10
ZOL
11
MIS
14
NOR
11
ASS
5
BRH
11
13th11
2021 Puma W Series Team RBR1 RBR2 SIL HUN
17
SPA
5
ZAN 16th11
W Series Academy COA1
13
COA2
10

Indian Racing League results

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

YearFranchise12345678910Pos.Pts
2024Bangalore Speedsters IRU1
1
IRU1
2

Ret
IGR
1

5
IGR
2
IRU2
1

8
IRU2
2
KAR1
1

9
KAR1
2
KAR2
1

Ret
KAR2
2

7th77

‡ Standings based on entry points, not individual drivers.

* Season in progress.

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References

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  5. "Newcastle Supercars: Caitlin Wood enjoys bumpy ride in first GT series". Newcastle Herald . Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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