James Walker | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Jersey (Channel Islands) | 25 August 1983
Superleague Formula career | |
Debut season | 2008 |
Current team | Liverpool F.C. |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 1 |
Former teams | Rangers F.C. Borussia Dortmund |
Starts | 4 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 13th in 2008 |
Previous series | |
2007–09 2006 2004–06 2002–03 2002 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Three Euroseries British Formula Three Formula Ford Great Britain Junior Formula Ford UK |
Championship titles | |
2003 | FFord GB – S'ship Class |
James Walker (born 25 August 1983, in Jersey) is a professional racing driver from Great Britain.
Walker began his single seater racing career in 2002 in the UK Formula Ford championship, finishing the year in 17th place. He also took part in the Avon Tyres Junior Formula Ford series, finishing 6th, and the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, where he finished 12th.
For 2003 he stayed in UK Formula Ford, winning the scholarship class for year-old cars as well as taking three overall podium finishes, including a win at Mondello Park. He also finished 9th in the Formula Ford Festival. As a result of his achievements during the season he was nominated for the National Racing Driver of the Year at the annual Autosport Awards.
The following year Walker moved up to the British Formula Three Championship, the first of three seasons in the category. Competing for Hitech Racing, he finished his first season in 18th place. He also raced in the one-off Formula 3 European Cup event, finishing 11th, and the Marlboro Masters at Zandvoort, where he finished in 28th place. During the same year, he was also awarded 'Rising Star' status by the British Racing Drivers Club.
In 2005 he switched to the Fortec Motorsport team, taking one race win, at the Nürburgring, to finish the year 11th overall. He once again took part in the Marlboro Masters race, but retired from the event. Walker returned to Hitech Racing for the 2006 season, taking three podium places on his way to 9th in the final standings. He also took part in two F3 Euroseries rounds, at Hockenheim and Brands Hatch, but failed to score a point in the four races he entered. Walker also made a third attempt at the renamed BP Ultimate Masters of Formula 3, but once again failed to finish the race.
For 2007 Walker made the step up to the World Series by Renault with Fortec Motorsport, who were also making their debut in the series. He finished his maiden year 19th in the final standings, with the highlight being a win in front of his home crowd at Donington Park.
Despite testing for Red Devil Team Comtec during the off-season, Walker stayed with Fortec for a second season in 2008. [1] During the year, he finished in the points on nine occasions, taking a single podium in the final race of the season in Barcelona to finish 13th in the championship.
In the off-season, Walker tested for both Ultimate Signature and P1 Motorsport before joining the latter for the 2009 season. [2] He ended up fifth in the championship, winning a single race at Spa-Francorchamps.
In 2008, Walker also took part in four races of the inaugural Superleague Formula season. He raced for Rangers F.C. at the Nürburgring and then for Borussia Dortmund at Jerez, where he won the final race of the season. He will return to the series in 2010, driving for defending champions Liverpool, replacing Adrián Vallés. [3]
Walker was given a drive a Porsche for J Lowe Racing in the 2010 24 Hours of Daytona, [4] but the car retired before he got behind the wheel.
Walker joined Le Mans Series team JMW Motorsport for the 2011 season. He and Rob Bell got two class wins out of five races driving a Ferrari 458 Italia, resulting runners-up in the GTE-Pro drivers and teams championships. In 2012 he won the Paul Ricard race for JMW together with Jonny Cocker, and retired at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The driver swtichted to Delta-ADR for the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship. Driving an Oreca-Nissan, he got a LMP2 class win, a fourth-place finish and a fifth, resulting 6th in the teams standings.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
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2007 | Fortec Motorsport | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 14 | NÜR 1 24 | NÜR 2 18 | MON 1 14 | HUN 1 12 | HUN 2 10 | SPA 1 20 | SPA 2 Ret | DON 1 10 | DON 2 1 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 18 | EST 1 7 | EST 2 20 | CAT 1 15 | CAT 2 10 | 19th | 19 |
2008 | Fortec Motorsport | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 7 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 16 | MON 1 8 | SIL 1 10 | SIL 2 12 | HUN 1 7 | HUN 2 10 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 13 | BUG 1 Ret | BUG 2 9 | EST 1 Ret | EST 2 14 | CAT 1 7 | CAT 2 2 | 13th | 36 |
2009 | P1 Motorsport | CAT 1 6 | CAT 2 Ret | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 1 | MON 1 3 | HUN 1 4 | HUN 2 Ret | SIL 1 4 | SIL 2 2 | BUG 1 Ret | BUG 2 9 | ALG 1 6 | ALG 2 8 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 4 | ALC 1 18 | ALC 2 9 | 5th | 89 |
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
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2008 | Rangers F.C. | Alan Docking Racing | DON | NÜR | ZOL | EST | VAL | 13th | 227 | |||||||
4 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Borussia Dortmund | Zakspeed | JER | 14th | 218 | ||||||||||||
14 | 1 |
Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | Liverpool F.C. | Atech | SIL | ASS | MAG | JAR | NÜR | ZOL | BRH | ADR | POR | ORD | NAV | 10th | 439 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 17 | X | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 4 | X | 6 | 18 | X | 6 | 13 | X | 10 | 10 | X |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2012 | JMW Motorsport | Jonny Cocker Roger Wills | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro | 204 | DNF | DNF |
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