Josh Caygill

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Josh Caygill
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Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1989-06-22) 22 June 1989 (age 35)
Dewsbury, England
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2018
Current team AmD with AutoAid/RCIB Insurance Racing
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Car number54
Starts6
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish40th in 2018
Finished last season40th
Previous series
2018
2017
20152017
2013–2014
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Audi Sport TT Cup
VW Racing Cup

Joshua Caygill [1] (born 22 June 1989) is a British racing driver and former motorcycle road racer, [2] [3] currently racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for United Autosports. He has previously competed in the British Supersport Championship, the British Touring Car Championship and the European Le Mans Series. [4] [5]

Contents

Racing record

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2018 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 Silver ZOL
1

18
ZOL
2

16
BRH
1

15
BRH
2

Ret
MIS
1

15
MIS
2

Ret
HUN
1
HUN
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
9th33

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2018 AmD with AutoAid
RCIB Insurance Racing
MG 6 GT 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
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1

23
SIL
2

NC
SIL
3

Ret
BRH
1

26
BRH
2

21
BRH
3

Ret
40th0

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2022 United Autosports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 LEC
2
IMO
Ret
MNZ
5
CAT
9
SPA
Ret
ALG
2
9th48

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678RankPoints
2024 United Autosports LMGT3 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT
13
IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR NC*0*

* Season still in progress.

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References

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