Josh Files

Josh Files
Nationality	British
Born	(1991-01-09) 9 January 1991 (age 34) Norwich, Norfolk, UK
TCR International Series career
Debut season	2015
Current team	M1RA
Car number	95
Former teams	Campos Racing, Target Competition
Starts	6
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd in 2017
Previous series
2017 2015-16 2014 2013-14 2011-13 2009-10	TCR Middle East Series Clio Cup Italia Porsche Carrera Cup GB Eurocup Clio Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Thoroughbred Sports Cars
Championship titles
2019 2017 2016-17 2013 2013 2010	TCR Europe TCR Middle East Series TCR Germany Eurocup Clio Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Thoroughbred Sports Cars

Joshua Luke Files ^[1] (born 9 January 1991) is a British racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom and Eurocup Clio amongst others. Files won both championships in 2013.

Racing career

Files' car in 2018

Files began his career in 2009 in the Thoroughbred Sports Cars series, he raced there until 2010, winning the championship that year. He switched to the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom for 2011, finishing 7th in the championship standings in his rookie season. ^[2] He took 4 pole positions in 2012, finishing 6th in the standings. ^[3] In 2013 he took 5 pole positions and 2 victories on his way to winning the championship. ^[4] He also raced in the Eurocup Clio series in 2013, also winning the championship that year, with 4 pole positions and 4 wins. He continued in the Eurocup Clio series in 2014. He also raced a guest entry in the 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season that year. In 2015 he raced in the Clio Cup Italia series, finishing 3rd in the standings. ^[5]

In November 2015 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving an Opel Astra OPC for Campos Racing. ^{[6] [7]}

The Brit joined Target Competition to race at the 2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. He scored six wins in 14 races and claimed the title. During the off-season, he claimed the 2017 TCR Middle East Series, winning all races he entered.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Thoroughbred Sports Cars - Class C		3	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2010	Thoroughbred Sports Cars - Class C		8	4	7	6	5	49	1st
2011	Renault Clio Cup UK	Team Pyro	16	0	0	1	2	207	7th
2012	Renault Clio Cup UK	Team Pyro	16	0	4	2	4	268	6th
2013	Renault Clio Cup UK	Team Pyro	16	2	5	9	10	382	1st
	Renault Clio Eurocup		12	4	4	1	9	198	1st
2014	Renault Clio Eurocup	Team Pyro	4	0	2	1	1	32	8th
	Porsche Carrera Cup GB	In2 Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Renault Clio Cup Italy	Rangoni Corse	13	4	0	4	7	178	3rd
	TCR International Series	Campos Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Target Competition	14	6	4	2	8	222	1st
	TCR International Series		2	0	0	0	0	4.5	24th
	TCR Trophy Europe		2	1	0	0	2	25	4th
	Renault Clio Cup Italy	Rangoni Corse	5	1	0	0	4	73	7th
2017	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Target Competition	14	6	0	2	9	411	1st
	TCR Trophy Europe		2	1	0	0	1	43	3rd
	TCR Middle East Series	Lap57 Motorsports	4	4	2	3	4	110	1st
	TCR International Series	M1RA	2	0	0	0	1	23	23rd
2018	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Hell Energy Racing with KCMG	14	1	1	0	4	121	6th
2019	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Autodis Racing by Target Competition	14	3	1	4	8	352	1st
	TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship		10	2	1	3	5	259	2nd
2020	World Touring Car Cup	Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	9	21st
	TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship	Solite Indigo Racing	4	0	0	0	2	55	4th
2022	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	Target Competition	13	0	0	0	3	285	3rd
2023	TCR UK Touring Car Championship	Area Motorsport	2	0	1	1	1	42	20nd

^† As Files was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Campos Racing	Opel Astra OPC	SEP 1	SEP 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	ALG 1	ALG 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	SOC 1	SOC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MRN 1	MRN 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	MAC 1 13	MAC 2 Ret	NC	0
2016	Target Competition	Honda Civic TCR	BHR 1	BHR 2	EST 1	EST 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	SOC 1	SOC 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	MRN 1	MRN 2	SEP 1	SEP 2	MAC 1 14	MAC 2 6	24th	4.5
2017	M1RA	Honda Civic TCR	RIM 1	RIM 2	BHR 1	BHR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	ZHE 1	ZHE 2	DUB 1 6	DUB 2 3			23rd	23

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2018	Hell Energy Racing with KCMG	Honda Civic Type R TCR	LEC 1 45	LEC 2 15	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 1	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 19†	HUN 1 Ret3	HUN 2 3	ASS 1 101	ASS 2 Ret	MNZ 1 34	MNZ 2 2	CAT 1 242	CAT 2 6	6th	121
2019	Autodis Racing by Target Competition	Hyundai i30 N TCR	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 8	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 8	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 14	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 2	OSC 1 3	OSC 2 3	CAT 1 21	CAT 2 5	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 1	1st	352
2022	Target Competition	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	ALG 1 6	ALG 2 5	LEC 1 8	LEC 2 17	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 5	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 3	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 C	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 9	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 19	3rd	285

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	DC	Points
2020	Solite Indigo Racing	Hyundai i30 N TCR	SEP1 1	SEP1 2	SEP2 1 4	SEP2 2 3			4th	55
		Hyundai Veloster N TCR					SEP3 1 7	SEP3 2 2

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2020	Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR	BEL 1	BEL 2	GER 1	GER 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	SVK 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	ESP 1 16	ESP 2 14	ESP 3 10	ARA 1	ARA 2	ARA 3	21st	9

References

1. "Suncity Group Macau Guia Race 2.0T – Provisional Entry List". Macau Grand Prix. 31 May 2018.
2. "New duo boost for Team Pyro". Leicester Mercury . Northcliffe Media. 7 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
3. Devine, Richard (20 March 2012). "Bumper 2012 AirAsia Renault Clio Cup Entry List Revealed". BTCC Crazy. James Mappin. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
4. Ashby, Chris (18 February 2013). "Five Car Attack For Pyro". BTCC Crazy. James Mappin. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
5. "Josh Files career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
6. Hudson, Neil (15 November 2015). "Josh Files and Igor Skuz join Campos, complete 30 car Macau entry". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
7. "Files and Wells join Campos Racing for Macau". tcr-series.com. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

External links

• Josh Files career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by ?	Thoroughbred Sports Cars Class C Champion 2010	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Jack Goff	Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom Champion 2013	Succeeded by Mike Bushell
Preceded by Oscar Nogués	Eurocup Clio Champion 2013	Succeeded by Oscar Nogués
Preceded by Inaugural	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Champion 2016-2017	Succeeded by Harald Proczyk
Preceded by Inaugural	TCR Middle East Series Champion 2017	Succeeded by Luca Engstler
Preceded by Mikel Azcona	TCR Europe Touring Car Series Champion 2019	Succeeded by Mehdi Bennani