Frank Bird (racing driver)

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Frank Bird
ADAC GT Masters 2022 Spielberg Nr. 84.jpg
Bird in 2022
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 24)
Nassington, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season 2020
Current team2 Seas Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number60
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th (Silver Cup) in 2021

Frank "Frankie" Bird Jr. (born 20 August 1999) is a British racing driver. [1] He is part of the Mercedes-AMG driver lineup, having been introduced to the programme as a junior driver in 2024. [2] [3] [4]

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After starting out his career in 2015 racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship, Bird switched to single-seaters, competing in British F4 and the Formula Renault Eurocup without much success. He raced in the Eurocup until 2019 before moving into GT3 competition, having previously competed in several GT4 races and taken a Renault Clio Cup class win at the 2018 Dubai 24 Hour. [5]

In 2020, Bird entered the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Team Parker Racing as part of Bentley's academy programme. [6] The following year, Bird moved to the GTWC Sprint Cup, finishing second in class after taking two Silver Cup wins alongside Ryuichiro Tomita. [7] Bird then entered the ADAC GT Masters in 2022 with Team Landgraf, though he would end up 21st in the overall standings. He returned to the Sprint Cup in 2023 and won three races in class, helping teammate Jordan Love to the Silver Cup title as Bird had missed two events due to the death of his father Paul Bird, a former rally driver who owned the Paul Bird Motorsport team. [8] [9] In addition, Bird won that year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the two-car SPX category, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT2. [10]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015 Ginetta Junior Championship R & J Motorsport2000006922nd
Ginetta Junior Winter Series400000NC
2016 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports [11] [12] 300000319th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 200000NC†
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup Fortec Motorsports [13] [14] 230000032nd
Formula Renault Northern European Cup 200002620th
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Tech 1 Racing [15] [16] 200000618th
Formula Renault Northern European Cup 1200005210th
24H TCE Series - Continents' - A2 Ciceley Motorsport 110010NC†
Gulf 12 Hours - GT420000N/ADNF
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup Arden [17] 2000001418th
24H GT Series - Continents' - GT4 Ciceley Motorsport 100000NC†
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Team Parker Racing 400000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 00002317th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 100000NC
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsports 300001324th
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT [18] 50000428th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 00015111th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10000133.58th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 200585.52nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Team WRT 100000NC
24H GT Series - GT3 Pro 1000126NC†
2022 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Garage 59 [19] 4000129.57th
ADAC GT Masters Mann-Filter Team Landgraf [20] 1300005221st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Haupt Racing Team [21] [22] 100000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 00001918th
International GT Open 100002414th
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Haupt Racing Team [23] [24] [25] 40000615th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 60000915th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 312580.54th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 100000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 00001118th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing100001223rd
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-FWD SRS Team Sorg Rennsport100000NC†
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - V4 100000NC†
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT3 Team Mathol Racing e.V.222220NC†
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Haupt Racing Team100000NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SPX Mercedes-AMG Team HRT11??1N/A1st
2024 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT20000**
Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT [26] 20000
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 10000N/A11th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2 Seas Motorsport100000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold 000027*8th*

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

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2016 Fortec Motorsports BHI
1
18		 BHI
2
Ret		 BHI
3
17		 DON
1
15		 DON
2
11		 DON
3
16		 THR
1
14		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
15		 OUL
1
15		 OUL
2
14		 OUL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
10		 CRO
2
Ret		 CRO
3
15		 SNE
1
13		 SNE
2
10		 SNE
3
14		 KNO
1
12		 KNO
2
10		 KNO
3
14		 ROC
1
14		 ROC
2
NC		 ROC
3
17		 SIL
1
15		 SIL
2
16		 SIL
3
13		 BHGP
1
12		 BHGP
2
Ret		 BHGP
3
16		19th3

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223PosPoints
2016 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1 		ALC
2 		ALC
3 		MON
1 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
1 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		EST
1
15		 EST
2
20		NC†0
2017 Fortec Motorsports MNZ
1
19		 MNZ
2
17		 SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
22		 PAU
1
20		 PAU
2
17		 MON
1
Ret		 MON
2
Ret		 HUN
1
23		 HUN
2
22		 HUN
3
27		 NÜR
1
29		 NÜR
2
24		 RBR
1
25		 RBR
2
23		 LEC
1
22		 LEC
2
25		 SPA
1
32		 SPA
2
27		 SPA
3
20		 CAT
1
24		 CAT
2
Ret		 CAT
3
20		32nd0
2018 Tech 1 Racing LEC
1
17		 LEC
2
18		 MNZ
1
13		 MNZ
2
8		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
21		 MON
1
22		 MON
2
20		 RBR
1
13		 RBR
2
10		 SPA
1
14		 SPA
2
11		 HUN
1
12		 HUN
2
13		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
21		 HOC
1
20		 HOC
2
13		 CAT
1
10		 CAT
2
17		18th6
2019 Arden MNZ
1
8		 MNZ
2
14		 SIL
1
15		 SIL
2
20		 MON
1
13		 MON
2
15		 LEC
1
10		 LEC
2
12		 SPA
1
17		 SPA
2
11		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
10		 HUN
1
6		 HUN
2
Ret		 CAT
1
15		 CAT
2
16		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
16		 YMC
1
17		 YMC
2
15		18th14

† As Bird was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567Pos.Points
2020 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 Silver IMO
37		 NÜR
37		 SPA
6H
37		 SPA
12H
30		 SPA
24H
28		 LEC
Ret		17th23
2021 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver MNZ
8		 LEC
Ret		 SPA
6H
37		 SPA
12H
16		 SPA
24H
24		 NÜR
16		 CAT
12		11th51
2022 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver IMO LEC SPA
6H
20		 SPA
12H
12		 SPA
24H
Ret		 HOC CAT 18th19
2023 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro-Am MNZ LEC SPA
6H
50		 SPA
12H
47		 SPA
24H
Ret		 NÜR CAT 18th11
2024 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Gold LEC SPA
6H
20		 SPA
12H
53		 SPA
24H
42		 NÜR
MNZ
JED
8th*27*

*Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2021 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver MAG
1
24		 MAG
2
11		 ZAN
1
4		 ZAN
2
7		 MIS
1
26		 MIS
2
4		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
5		 VAL
1
14		 VAL
2
16		2nd85.5
2023 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver BRH
1
20		 BRH
2
16		 MIS
1
12		 MIS
2
16		 HOC
1 		HOC
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		ZAN
1
6		 ZAN
2
6		4th80.5

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPoints
2022 Mann-Filter Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC
1
DNS		 OSC
2
19		 RBR
1
20		 RBR
2
18		 ZAN
1
17		 ZAN
2
9		 NÜR
1
6		 NÜR
2
4		 LAU
1
16		 LAU
2
Ret		 SAC
1
7		 SAC
2
10		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
Ret		21st52

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