John Martin (Australian racing driver)

John Martin
John Martin
	John Martin in 2010
Nationality	Australian
Born	8 July 1984 (age 40); Gosford, New South Wales
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	ADR-Delta
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	25
Previous series
2009 ; 2009 ; 2007–08 ; 2007–08 ; 2005–06; 2006; 2005; 2005	Formula Renault 3.5 Series ; Superleague Formula ; British F3 ; A1 Grand Prix ; Formula Ford Australia ; Formula Ford UK ; Formula Ford NSW, Australia ; Formula Ford Victoria, Australia
Championship titles
2011; 2006; 2005	Superleague Formula ; Formula Ford Australia ; Formula Ford Victoria, Australia

Last updated December 24, 2024

John Martin is an Australian professional racing driver. Martin has had wide experience racing in European based open-wheel series since 2006. In that time Martin has had a wide experience of open-wheel racing having driven in various national and international series driving Formula Ford, Formula 3, A1 Grand Prix and Formula Renault 3.5. For the past two season Martin has raced for several teams in the football inspired series Superleague Formula. Martin has long been associated with the British Alan Docking Racing team having raced with them in a variety of formulae for four of the five years he has been racing in Europe. In 2012 Martin will again race with ADR, racing an Oreca 03 sports car in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[1]

Career
Karting
Formulas
Racing record
Career summary
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
Complete Superleague Formula results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Complete TCR Australia results
Complete S5000 results
References
External links

Career

Martin competing for A1 Team Australia at the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa. A1-Aus-Kyalami-01.jpg — Martin competing for A1 Team Australia at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa.

Karting

2004: Pole and 2nd at Australian Resa nationals ; 2nd in Queensland, Australian Rotax light ; 2nd in Queensland, Australian clubman heavy and 4th in senior national heavy
2003: Geelong Ford Kartstars championships, Australia
2002: 1st in Resa Queensland state championship
2001: 5th in Resa nationals

Formulas

He finished 28th in the 2007 Masters of Formula 3.^[2] He joined A1 Team Australia and drove in the A1 Grand Prix series during the 2007–08 season,^[3] and continued to race for the team in 2008–09.^[4] Martin drove the Rangers F.C. car in the 2009 Superleague Formula season for one win from thirteen races. In 2010 he started the Superleague Formula season with Atlético Madrid before ending the season with Beijing Guoan, starting twenty nine races for six wins and twenty top tens.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Points	Position
2005	Australian Formula Ford Championship	GK Martin P/L	6	2	1	?	71	10th
	New South Wales Formula Ford Championship	Borland Racing Developments	18	11	?	?	418	2nd
	Victorian Formula Ford Championship	Borland Racing Developments	15	6	5	?	425	1st
2006	Australian Formula Ford Championship	CAMS Rising Star	23	8	?	?	300	1st
2006	British Formula Ford Championship	Alan Docking Racing	8	1	2	?	?	?
2007	British Formula 3 Championship	Alan Docking Racing	22	0	0	0	16	15th
2007–08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Australia	12	0	0	0	18‡	17th‡
2008	British Formula 3 Championship	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	22	0	0	1	45	13th
2008–09	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Australia	14	0	0	0	36‡	8th‡
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	7	0	0	0	8	22nd
	Superleague Formula	Rangers F.C.	12	0	0	0	241‡	10th‡
	Australian Mini Challenge	BMW Group Australia	2	0	0	1	48	36th
2010	Superleague Formula	Beijing Guoan	26	6	2	0	453‡	9th‡
2010	Superleague Formula	Atlético Madrid	3	0	0	0	265‡	17th‡
2011	Superleague Formula	Australia	6	2	0	2	158‡	1st ‡
2012	World Endurance Championship	ADR-Delta	8	0	0	0	26	17th
2013	World Endurance Championship	G-Drive Racing	8	0	0	0	53	17th
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	G-Drive Racing	8	4	3	0	132	3rd
2014	United Sports Car Championship - Prototype	Action Express Racing	1	0	0	0	31	43rd
2014	United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Challenge	Starworks Motorsport	5	0	0	0	57	25th
2015	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	Copyworld	14	0	0	0	282	16th
2016	Australian Endurance Championship	Walkinshaw GT3	2	0	0	0	364	5th
2017	Australian Endurance Championship	Walkinshaw GT3	4	0	0	1	480	3rd
2017	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Walkinshaw GT3	1	0	0	0	0	NC†
2018	Australian GT Championship	Walkinshaw GT3	6	0	0	1	698	10th
2019	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	Wall Racing	20	1	0	0	380	8th
2021	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	Wall Racing	15	0	0	0	402	5th
2021	S5000 Tasman Series	AGI Sport with GRM	3	0	0	0	21	13th
2022	S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship	Versa Motorsport	3	0	0	0	64	13th
2024	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	Wall Racing	3	0	0	0	83	14th

† - Guest driver, ineligible for points.

‡ - Team standings.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(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	18	19	20	DC	Points
2007–08	Australia	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR PO	CZE FEA PO	MYS SPR PO	MYS FEA PO	CHN SPR PO	CHN FEA PO	NZL SPR 9	NZL FEA Ret	AUS SPR 6	AUS FEA 5	RSA SPR 6	RSA FEA 14	MEX SPR Ret	MEX FEA 21	CHN SPR 15	CHN FEA 14	GBR SPR 14	GBR FEA Ret	17th	20
2008–09	Australia	NED SPR 12	NED FEA 4	CHN SPR 11	CHN FEA 6	MYS SPR 8	MYS FEA 4	NZL SPR Ret	NZL FEA 4	RSA SPR 12	RSA FEA 13	POR SPR 10	POR FEA 12	GBR SPR 7	GBR FEA 8							8th	36

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2009	Comtec Racing	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MON FEA 12	HUN SPR 20	HUN FEA 13	SIL SPR 21	SIL FEA 20	BUG SPR	BUG FEA	ALG SPR	ALG FEA	NÜR SPR 7	NÜR FEA 8	ALC SPR	ALC FEA	22nd	8

Complete Superleague Formula results

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

Year	Operator	Team	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Position	Points
2009	Alan Docking Racing	Rangers F.C.	MAG			ZOL			DON			EST			MOZ			JAR																					10th	241
2009	Alan Docking Racing	Rangers F.C.	17	16	X	2	15	C	2	16	1	5	8	X	11	12	C	10	9	X																			10th	241
2010	Alan Docking Racing	Atlético Madrid	SIL			ASS			MAG			JAR			NÜR			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD			BEI †			NAV			17th	265
		Atlético Madrid	10	3	6																																		17th	265
		Beijing Guoan				10	17	X	4	10	X	1	9	2	18	15	X	13	7	X	1	16	1	2	9	4	1	11	3	19	DN	X	11	6	C	1	6	1	9th	453
2011	Alan Docking Racing	Australia	HOL			BEL																																	1st	158
2011	Alan Docking Racing	Australia	6	2	4	7	1	2																															1st	158

† Non Championship round

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	ADR-Delta	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SEB 9	SPA 7	LMS 11	SIL 8	SÃO 12	BHR 20	FUJ 8	SHA 7	17th	26
2013	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 6	SPA 4	LMS EX	SÃO 1	COA 1	FUJ 2	SHA 1	BHR 1	3rd	132

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2012	ADR-Delta	Tor Graves Jan Charouz	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	346	13th	6th
2013	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Mike Conway	Oreca 03-Nissan	LMP2	327	EX	EX

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2014	Action Express Racing	Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Fabien Giroix	Chevrolet Corvette DP	P	695	3rd	3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2017	Walkinshaw GT3	Liam Talbot Duvashen Padayachee	Porsche 911 GT3 R	AAM	289	4th	1st
2018	Nineteen Corp P/L	Mark Griffith David Reynolds Liam Talbot	Mercedes-AMG GT3	APA	266	15th	9th

Complete TCR Australia results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Position	Points
2019	Wall Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	SMP R1 6	SMP R2 6	SMP R3 Ret	PHI R4 13	PHI R5 14	PHI R6 Ret	BEN R7 3	BEN R8 4	BEN R9 1	QLD R10 15	QLD R11 7	QLD R12 6	WIN R13 14	WIN R14 8	WIN R15 6	SAN R16 5	SAN R17 Ret	SAN R18 DNS	BEN R19 6	BEN R20 11	BEN R21 6	8th	397
2021	Wall Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8)	SYM R1 17	SYM R2 14	SYM R3 13	PHI R4 4	PHI R5 3	PHI R6 4	BAT R7 6	BAT R8 5	BAT R9 5	SMP R10 11	SMP R11 20	SMP R12 12	BAT R19 7	BAT R20 7	BAT R21 9							5th	402
2024	Wall Racing	Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5)	SAN R1 10	SAN R2 5	SAN R3 11	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	PHI R7	PHI R8	PHI R9	BND R10	BND R11	BND R12	QLD R13	QLD R14	QLD R15	SMP R19	SMP R20	SMP R21	BAT R22	BAT R23	BAT R24	14th	83

Complete S5000 results

Year	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Position	Points
2019	Exhibition	AGI Sport	SAN R1 2	SAN R2 3	SAN R2 3	BMP R1 3	BMP R2 3	BMP R2 1										N/C	-
2021	Tasman	AGI Sport	SMP R1	SMP R2	SMP R3	BAT R4 Ret	BAT R5 7	BAT R6 8	BAT R7 C									13th	21
2022	Australian	Versa Motorsport	SYM R1	SYM R2	SYM R3	PHI R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	MEL R7	MEL R8	MEL R9	SMP R10	SMP R11	SMP R12	HID R13 5	HID R14 5	HID R15 6	13th	64

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References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ John Martin driverdb.com
↑ Rookies combined Archived 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com (18 January 2008)
↑ "Martin back for Australia". a1gp.com. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.

External links

John Martin career summary at DriverDB.com
Official web

Sporting positions
Preceded by Daniel Elliott	Australian Formula Ford Championship champion 2006	Succeeded by Tim Blanchard
Preceded by Davide Rigon (R.S.C. Anderlecht)	Superleague Formula champion (Australia) 2011	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] John Martin driverdb.com

[3] Rookies combined Archived 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com (18 January 2008)

[4] "Martin back for Australia". a1gp.com. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.

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v t e Superleague Formula champions
2008	Beijing Guoan Davide Rigon Zakspeed
2009	Liverpool F.C. Adrián Vallés Hitech Junior Team
2010	R.S.C. Anderlecht Davide Rigon GU-Racing International
2011	Australia John Martin Alan Docking Racing

v t e Rangers F.C. in Superleague Formula
Seasons competed	2008 2009
Drivers	Ryan Dalziel (2008) James Walker (2008) John Martin (2009)
Operating teams	Alan Docking Racing

v t e Atlético Madrid in Superleague Formula
Seasons competed	2008 2009 2010
Drivers	Andy Soucek (2008) Ho-Pin Tung (2009) María de Villota (2009, 2010) John Martin (2010) Bruno Méndez (2010) Paul Meijer (2010)
Operating teams	EuroInternational (2008) Alan Docking Racing (2009) Alpha Team (2010)

v t e Beijing Guoan in Superleague Formula
Seasons competed	2008 2010
Drivers	Davide Rigon (2008) John Martin (2010)
Operating teams	Zakspeed (2008) Alan Docking Racing (2010)

John Martin (Australian racing driver)

Contents

Career

Karting

Formulas

Racing record

Career summary

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

Complete Superleague Formula results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Complete TCR Australia results

Complete S5000 results

Related Research Articles

References

External links