John Martin (Australian racing driver)

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John Martin
Silverstone 2010 - John Martin (racing driver).JPG
John Martin in 2010
Nationality Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian
Born (1984-07-08) 8 July 1984 (age 39)
Gosford, New South Wales
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team ADR-Delta
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number25
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

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]

Contents

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.
Martin driving for Raikkonen Robertson Racing at the Croft round of the 2008 British Formula 3 season. John Martin 2008 British F3 Croft.jpg
Martin driving for Räikkönen Robertson Racing at the Croft round of the 2008 British Formula 3 season.

Karting

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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPointsPosition
2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship GK Martin P/L621?7110th
New South Wales Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments 1811??4182nd
Victorian Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments 1565?4251st
2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship CAMS Rising Star 238??3001st
British Formula Ford Championship Alan Docking Racing 812???
2007 British Formula 3 Championship Alan Docking Racing 220001615th
2007-08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Australia 1200018‡17th‡
2008 British Formula 3 Championship Räikkönen Robertson Racing 220014513th
2008–09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Australia 1400036‡8th‡
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing 7000822nd
Superleague Formula Rangers F.C. 12000241‡10th‡
Australian Mini Challenge BMW Group Australia20014836th
2010 Superleague Formula Beijing Guoan 26620453‡9th‡
Superleague Formula Atlético Madrid 3000265‡17th‡
2011 Superleague Formula Australia6202158‡1st ‡
2012 World Endurance Championship ADR-Delta 80002617th
2013 World Endurance Championship G-Drive Racing 80005317th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 4301323rd
2014 United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Action Express Racing 10003143rd
United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Challenge Starworks Motorsport 50005725th
2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Copyworld1400028216th
2016 Australian Endurance Championship Walkinshaw GT3 20003645th
2017 Australian Endurance Championship Walkinshaw GT3 40014803rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 10000NC†
2018 Australian GT Championship Walkinshaw GT3 600169810th
2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Wall Racing201003808th
2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Wall Racing150004025th
S5000 Tasman Series AGI Sport with GRM 30002113th
2022 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship Versa Motorsport30006413th
2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Wall Racing30008313th

† - 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)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
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		17th20
2008–09 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		8th36

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
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 		22nd8

Complete Superleague Formula results

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

YearOperatorTeam123456789101112PositionPoints
2009 Alan Docking Racing Rangers F.C. MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR 10th241
1716X215C216158X1112C109X
2010 Alan Docking Racing Atlético Madrid SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI † NAV 17th265
1036
Beijing Guoan 1017X410X1921815X137X1161294111319DNX116C1619th453
2011 Alan Docking Racing Australia HOL BEL 1st158
624712

† Non Championship round

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678RankPoints
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		17th26
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		3rd132

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ADR-Delta Flag of Thailand.svg Tor Graves
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Charouz 		Oreca 03-Nissan LMP234613th6th
2013 Flag of Russia.svg G-Drive Racing Flag of Russia.svg Roman Rusinov
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Conway 		Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2327EXEX

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Action Express Racing Flag of the United States.svg Brian Frisselle
Flag of the United States.svg Burt Frisselle
Flag of France.svg Fabien Giroix 		Chevrolet Corvette DP P6953rd3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Walkinshaw GT3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Talbot
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Duvashen Padayachee 		Porsche 911 GT3 R AAM2894th1st
2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nineteen Corp P/L Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Griffith
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Reynolds
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Liam Talbot		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 APA26615th9th

Complete TCR Australia results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PositionPoints
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		8th397
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		5th402
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
13th83

Complete S5000 results

YearSeriesTeam123456789101112131415PositionPoints
2019 ExhibitionAGI Sport SAN
R1
2		 SAN
R2
3		 SAN
R2
3		 BMP
R1
3		 BMP
R2
3		 BMP
R2
1		N/C-
2021 TasmanAGI Sport SMP
R1 		SMP
R2 		SMP
R3 		BAT
R4
Ret		 BAT
R5
7		 BAT
R6
8		 BAT
R7
C		13th21
2022 AustralianVersa 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		13th64

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References

  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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Daniel Elliott
 Australian Formula Ford Championship champion
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Superleague Formula champion
(Australia)
2011		Succeeded by
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