Chris Goodwin

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Chris Goodwin
Chris Goodwin.jpg
Goodwin driving in 24 hours Spa 2018
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1967-03-10) 10 March 1967 (age 58)
Debut season1987
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze

Stephen Christopher Goodwin (10 March 1967) is a British auto racing driver. Currently he works as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin. Additionally he manages the racing career of Bruno Senna and continues to race in International GT Endurance events. He was also TV commentator on F1 for ESPN Star Sports for nearly ten years and occasionally still appears on EPS&M and other networks such as ITV (GP2 coverage).

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Racing career

Goodwin's early racing was in single-seaters, starting in 1987 with the Formula First Championship. He was featured in the final episode of the 1987 series of Top Gear in which he collided with another competitor. He was Champion of Brands Hatch and finished runner-up in the 1989 Formula Ford Junior Championship, and runner-up again in 1990 when he competed in Formula Renault. He competed in Formula 3000 and Formula Vauxhall in 1991 and 1992 respectively.[ citation needed ]

In 1993, Goodwin drove in two rounds of the British Touring Car Championship for the Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Team in a Vauxhall Cavalier. This included an impressive tenth-place finish at the final round at Silverstone. He entered a Cavalier in 1994 as an independent entry for Roy Kennedy Racing, finishing third in the Cup for Privateers despite missing some rounds.

In 1995 and 1996, Goodwin drove for the factory Lotus GT team in International GT Endurance races.[ citation needed ]

Goodwin worked for McLaren in 1997, competing in both the FIA GT Championship and Le Mans. In 1999 he raced the British GT Championship with a McLaren F1 GTR. Two more years were spent in the British GTs in 1999 and 2000. In 2001 he raced in both the European Le Mans Series winning the GTS class and the ASCAR Championship. He returned to Touring Cars in 2002 driving a Nissan Primera in the European Touring Car Championship.

In 2008, Goodwin was instrumental in establishing the SLR GT Trophy for the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren sportscar and finished second in six races.[ citation needed ]

Most recently, Goodwin has raced in the FIA GT3 Championship, the FIA GT Championship (best result 3rd in GT2 at the Spa 24 Hours) and in GT2 in the International GT Open Championship.[ citation needed ]

Goodwin, in his role as McLaren Automotive Chief Test Driver, drove the 2008 title-winning MP4-23 Formula One car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday 3 July 2009.[ citation needed ]

Goodwin was announced as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin on 20 December 2017. [1]

Goodwin driving the MP4-23 at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed Chris goodwin mclaren.jpg
Goodwin driving the MP4-23 at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PosPts
1993 Ecurie Eccose Vauxhall Vauxhall Cavalier SIL DON SNE DON OUL BRH
1
BRH
2
PEM SIL KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL BRH
Ret
THR DON
1
DON
2
SIL
10
26th1
1994 Roy Kennedy Racing Vauxhall Cavalier 16v THR BRH
1

14
BRH
2

13
SNE
14
SIL
1

17
SIL
2

17
OUL
15
DON
1

19
DON
2

17
BRH
1

17
BRH
2

Ret
SIL
DNS
KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL
18
BRH
1

22
BRH
2

11
SIL
1

19
SIL
2

15
DON
1

14
DON
2

21
26th0

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPts
2002 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera MAG
1
MAG
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
JAR
1
JAR
2
AND
1

Ret
AND
2

DNS
OSC
1
OSC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
PER
1
PER
2
DON
1
DON
2
EST
1
EST
2
NC0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2003 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg EMKA Racing Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard Porsche 996 GT3-R N-GT301/GearboxDNFDNF
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ray Mallock Ltd Flag of Brazil.svg Thomas Erdos
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Ramos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Newton
Saleen S7-R GT220/engineDNFDNF
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg CRS Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Quaife
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Niarchos
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430 GTC GT5259th6th
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren GT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Bell
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Mullen
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 PRO88/fireDNFDNF
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Von-Ryan Racing Flag of Portugal (official).svg Álvaro Parente
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Barff
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Wills
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 PRO-AM4979th4th
2013 Flag of New Zealand.svg Von-Ryan Racing Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Barff
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 PRO54015th8th
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Garage 59 Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander West
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Ellis
McLaren 650s GT3 AM50132nd7th
2018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Garage 59 Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander West
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Watson
McLaren 650s GT3 AM39142nd6th
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Garage 59 Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander West
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Harris
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 AM39147th9th

References

  1. "Aston Martin continues expansion of engineering team with key industry hires". www.astonmartin.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.