Howard Fuller (racing driver)

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Howard Fuller
Howard fuller silverstone2013.JPG
Fuller at the Silverstone round of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season.
NationalityFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  British
Born (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 31)
Worcester Park (England)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team RCIB Insurance Racing
Car number65
Starts12
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2012
Previous series
2011
2010, 2012
2009–2010 		Formula Renault BARC
VW Racing Cup
Formula Palmer Audi

Howard K. Fuller (born 31 July 1992 in Worcester Park, Surrey) is a British racing driver. He currently drives in the British Touring Car Championship for RCIB Insurance Racing.

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Racing career

Early career

Fuller started out his racing career in kart racing, with his key result being a win at the Winter Festival at Sandown Park, which is run by Daytona Motorsport, in 2002.

Volkswagen Racing Cup

Fuller first entered the Volkswagen Racing Cup in 2010 at Rockingham, winning in his second race in the category by a four–second margin. He went on to race in the following round of the championship at Silverstone where he retired with gearbox problems. [1]

British Touring Car Championship

Team HARD. (2012–2017)

Fuller joined the British Touring Car Championship grid for the Rockingham round of the 2012 season, replacing Robb Holland in the Team HARD. Honda Civic. [2] He finished 14th in his first race, bettering this with a 12th place finish in the wet conditions of race two. He finished race one and two at Silverstone two weeks later 11th. Aaron Williamson took over the car for the final event of the season at Brands Hatch, meaning Fuller finished the season 24th in the drivers' championship. [3]

Fuller originally planned to stay in the BTCC for the 2013 season, driving a Team HARD. Volkswagen CC. [4] Although entered for the full season, he did not make his first race appearance until Rockingham where he drove a Vauxhall Insignia. [5]

He was due to return to the BTCC in 2020, again with Team HARD but this time in the team's Volkswagen CC, as a replacement for Mike Bushell. However, the start of the season was delayed until August due to the outbreak of COVID-19, by which time he was replaced by Ollie Brown.

TCR UK

SWR Racing (2018-)

Fuller joined Sean Walkinshaw Racing (SWR) in 2018 to pilot their Honda Civic Type R in the inaugural TCR UK series (www.tcruk.co.uk). Fuller qualified 3rd at Silverstone and finished in 4th and 5th places in the two races that weekend.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2012 Team HARD. Honda Civic BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1
14		 ROC
2
12		 ROC
3
16		 SIL
1
11		 SIL
2
NC		 SIL
3
11		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		24th16
2013 RCIB Insurance Racing Vauxhall Insignia BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1
17		 ROC
2
17		 ROC
3
Ret		 SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
11		 SIL
3
15		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		26th6


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References

  1. ↑ "VOLKSWAGEN RACING CUP RACE REPORTS 2010". Volkswagen Racing Cup. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Fuller to join grid at Rockingham". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Brands debut for Williamson". British Touring Car Championship . TOCA. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Scott (1 February 2013). "Howard Fuller to race Team-HARD. VW in 2013". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Fuller's focus". British Touring Car Championship . TOCA. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
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