Casper Stevenson

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Casper Stevenson
2023 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps D'Station Racing Aston Martin Vantage AMR No.777 (DSC05291).jpg
Stevenson's car in 2023
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 (age 21)
London, United Kingdom
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season 2024
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number59
Starts3
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Best finish2nd in 2024
Previous series
2023
2022
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
FIA WEC
GTWC Europe Endurance Cup
GTWC Europe Sprint Cup
Euroformula Open Championship
F4 British Championship
Ginetta Junior Championship
Ginetta Winter Championship
Championship titles
2021 EF Open - Rookies' Championship
Awards
2020F4 British Championship Scholarship

Casper Stevenson (born 22 April 2003) is a British racing driver who is currently competing in the European Le Mans Series and the GT World Challenge Europe this year.

Contents

During the 2024 season he raced in the FIA World Endurance Championship for D'station Racing. He finished 2nd in the 8 Hours of Bahrain. As well as finishing on the podium in the Spa 24 Hours. Previously in his single seater career he became Euroformula Open rookies champion in 2021 and was 3rd in the F4 British Championship in 2020.

Early career

Karting

Stevenson mainly developed his karting career in the United Kingdom, racing in the various classes of the Super 1 National Kart Championships. [1]

Ginetta Junior Championship

Stevenson made his car racing debut in the winter series of the Ginetta Junior Championship in November 2018, before a full-time entry the following year with Richardson Racing. [2] He finished the season 6th overall with nine podiums, and 2nd in the rookie standings behind Zak O'Sullivan. [3] [4]

Formula 4

In November 2019, following an assessment day at Silverstone, Stevenson won the inaugural F4 British Championship scholarship prize. [5] [6] He subsequently signed with new team Argenti Motorsport, which took over reigning champions Double R Racing's cars, for 2020. [7] He started the year off with consistent points finishes, before a run of nine consecutive podiums halfway through the season propelled him to 3rd in the standings. [8] He achieved his first two wins in cars at Silverstone and Croft in the process. [9] [10]

Stevenson at the Spielberg round of the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship. Euroformula Open 2021 Spielberg Nr. 25 Stevenson (side).jpg
Stevenson at the Spielberg round of the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship.

Euroformula Open

Though initially planning to race in the Formula Regional European Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing in 2021, [11] for which he prepared during the winter in Asian F3, [12] Stevenson ended up joining the team in the Euroformula Open instead. [13] He took two wins throughout the season on his way to 6th in the standings, and was crowned rookies' champion. [14] [15]

Sportscar career

2022: Debut in GT3

Stevenson competed in the Gulf 12 Hours in January 2022, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for 2 Seas Motorsport. [16] He finished fourth overall and third in his class, alongside gentleman drivers Ian Loggie and Morgan Tillbrook. [17] Stevenson gained praise after a competitive stint that saw him close in on platinum-rated factory driver Ben Barnicoat, in what was his professional sportscar racing debut. [18]

He then contested the GT World Challenge Europe for the AKKodis ASP Team, partnering Tommaso Mosca and Konstantin Tereshchenko in the Endurance Cup and Thomas Drouet in the Sprint Cup. [19] [20] Having taken six podiums from his first seven races before racing at the historic Spa 24 Hours in late July, Stevenson finished runner-up in the Silver class of the Sprint Cup and ninth in the Endurance Cup.

2023: Step-up to the World Endurance Championship

In 2023, Stevenson moved to Aston Martin Racing to make his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for the TF Sport-operated D'station Racing team in the GTE Am class alongside Satoshi Hoshino and Tomonobu Fujii. [21] [22] He finished 2nd in the last race of the FIA World Endurance Championship in the 8 Hours of Bahrain. Stevenson was commended for his final stints which saw him close a thirty three second gap to the leader to just 1.6 seconds leading to a tight battle for victory in the closing laps. [23]

He also notably finished 3rd in the Spa 24 Hours in the Pro-Am class in early July.

2024: European Le Mans Series & GT World Challenge Europe

For 2024, Stevenson stayed with Aston Martin Racing to compete in the European Le Mans Series with partner team Racing Spirit of Léman. [24] He also entered the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with the successful British team Barwell Motorsport.

At the halfway point of the European Le Mans Series Stevenson and his teammates Derek De Boer and Valentin Hasse-Clot currently sit 2nd in the championship with two podiums so far in the opening three races. [25] [26]

In the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup campaign, Stevenson and his teammates finished on the podium in the historic centenary edition of the Spa 24 Hours in the competitive Bronze Cup category. Finishing 14th overall out of the 66 car grid. [27]

Personal life

Stevenson has mild cerebral palsy. [28] [29] This affected him in his single seater career, most notably facing mobility problems in the Tatuus F3 T-318, which led to his switch from the Formula Regional European Championship to Euroformula in 2021. [11]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2018Ginetta Junior Winter ChampionshipN/A30000 ? ?
2019 Ginetta Junior Championship Richardson Racing2600094276th
2020 F4 British Championship Argenti Motorsport 26223143283rd
2021 Euroformula Open Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 2420042176th
F3 Asian Championship Evans GP 60000023rd
Rundstrecken Challenge Nürburgring - VT2 AVIA Racing100006.56NC†
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AKKodis ASP Team50000432nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 0001339th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 1000001213th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 0007882nd
Gulf 12 Hours - GT3 Pro-Am 2 Seas Motorsport10011N/A3rd
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am D'station Racing 700013114th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 10000N/ADNF
Super Taikyu - ST-1 10101151.5‡2nd‡
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am CSA Racing100010NC
GT Cup Championship - Group GT3 7TSIX401020NC
2023-24 Asian Le Mans Series - GT D'station Racing 50000033rd
2024 European Le Mans Series - GT3 Racing Spirit of Léman60102663rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Barwell Motorsport400000NC*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze 000124*15th*
24H Series - GT3 Dynami:t Energy Racing 10000**

As Stevenson was a guest driver, he was ineligible for a championship position.
* Season still in progress.

‡ Team standings

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526DCPoints
2020 Argenti Motorsport DON
1

7
DON
2

2
DON
3

6
BHGP
1

7
BHGP
2

7
BHGP
3

6
OUL
1

3
OUL
2

2
OUL
3

9
KNO
1

3
KNO
2

4
KNO
3

2
THR
1

2
THR
2

2
THR
3

3
SIL
1

3
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

1
CRO
1

2
CRO
2

1
SNE
1

5
SNE
2

2
SNE
3

4
BHI
1

11
BHI
2

8
BHI
3

7
3rd328

Complete F3 Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints
2021 Evans GP DUB
1

17
DUB
2

16
DUB
3

16
ABU
1

13
ABU
2

Ret
ABU
3

Ret
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
23rd0

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2021 Van Amersfoort Racing POR
1

5
POR
2

3
POR
3

6
LEC
1

5
LEC
2

4
LEC
3

8
SPA
1

3
SPA
2

5
SPA
3

5
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

1
HUN
3

5
IMO
1

12
IMO
2

6
IMO
3

8
RBR
1

8
RBR
2

7
RBR
3

5
MNZ
1

6
MNZ
2

1
MNZ
3

10
CAT
1

9
CAT
2

8
CAT
3

9
6th214

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567Pos.Points
2022 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver IMO
Ret
LEC
8
SPA
6H

54
SPA
12H

44
SPA
24H

Ret
HOC
16
CAT
22
9th33

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2022 AKKodis ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver BRH
1

8
BRH
2

11
MAG
1

8
MAG
2

12
ZAN
1

7
ZAN
2

14
MIS
1

9
MIS
2

16
VAL
1

8
VAL
2

8
2nd88

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassCarEngine1234567RankPts
2023 D'station Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEB
10
PRT
NC
SPA
10
LMS
Ret
MNZ
Ret
FUJ
10
BHR
2
14th31

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2023 Flag of Japan.svg D'station Racing Flag of Japan.svg Tomonobu Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Hoshino
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Am
163DNFDNF

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

YearTeamClassCarEngine12345Pos.Points
2023–24 D'station Racing GT Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEP
1

16
SEP
2

17
DUB
Ret
ABU
1

19
ABU
2

13
33rd0

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2024 Racing Spirit of LémanLMGT3 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8 CAT
6
LEC
3
IMO
2
SPA
4
MUG
5
ALG
9
3rd66

* Season still in progress.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Euroformula Open Championship
Rookies' Champion

2021
Succeeded by