Lewis Williamson

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Lewis Williamson
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Lewis Williamson (2009)
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 34)
Dundee, Scotland
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2011
Current team Bamboo Engineering
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number17
Former teams Status Grand Prix
MW Arden
Starts23
Wins1
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish8th in 2011
Previous series
2011–12
2009–10
2008
2008
2008		 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Formula Renault UK
FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series
FR2.0 UK Winter Series
Formula Jedi
Championship titles
2018 Blancpain Endurance Pro-Am Cup
Awards
2010
2009		 McLaren Autosport Award
BRDC Rising Star

Lewis Williamson (born 11 November 1989) is a British racing driver.

Contents

Career

Karting

Born in Dundee, Williamson began karting at the age of eight, and spent a successful decade racing in the various classes around the United Kingdom. By the time Williamson moved into the junior formulae in 2008, he had claimed three Scottish karting championship titles at Cadet and MiniMax levels, before taking a clean sweep in 2008. The first driver to record such a feat, Williamson won the British Open, British Grand Prix Super Kart, the Scottish Open, as well as the 125 ICC Championship. [1]

Formula Renault

After a guest drive in Formula Jedi at Brands Hatch in which he won one of the two races, [2] Williamson moved up into Formula Renault, contesting the 2008 Formula Renault UK Winter Series after Highland Arena Ltd, an organisation set up by three family friends [3] helping to promote sporting talent from the Scottish Highlands  – where Williamson resides – leased a car from CR Scuderia. [1] In his second race in the category at Croft, Williamson finished on the podium, taking a third-place finish behind James Calado and Henry Surtees. [4] He added another third place in the final race at Rockingham Motor Speedway, [5] finishing behind Surtees and Dean Stoneman, to end up in sixth place in the championship standings, a point behind fifth-placed William Buller. He also contested the Estoril round of the Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, taking second and fifth-place finishes for CR Scuderia. [2]

CR Scuderia, under their new name of CRS Racing, signed Williamson for the 2009 season as part of a four-car team alongside Harry Tincknell, Matias Laine and Joshua Scott. [6] Williamson's Winter Series campaign ruled him ineligible for the Graduates Cup for drivers aged nineteen or under. During the season, Williamson finished 17 of the 20 races, taking a third place at Donington Park [7] and a second place at Brands Hatch [8] en route to a tenth place championship finish.

Williamson moved to defending champions Manor Competition for the 2010 season, again as part of a four-car team with Will Stevens, Thomas Hylkema and Josh Mulholland, with Ollie Millroy replacing Mulholland during the season. In the first round of the season at Thruxton, Williamson claimed the first pole position, and thus became the first driver to take pole in the Barazi-Epsilon-designed car introduced for the 2010 season. [9] Several races later at Brands Hatch, Williamson threw away a chance at his first victory, spinning out of the lead and eventually finishing seventh. The first victory came a month later at Oulton Park, overtaking Tom Blomqvist at the start of the first race and was never headed.

Williamson took further wins at Croft and Silverstone  – a rescheduled race from Brands Hatch which Williamson had qualified on pole for – as he and Blomqvist commenced their battle for the championship along with Tamás Pál Kiss and Will Stevens. Williamson trailed Pál Kiss by 27 points and Blomqvist by 15 before the World Series by Renault meeting at Silverstone. Williamson won both races from pole position, to trail Blomqvist by one point on dropped scores heading into the final round at Brands Hatch. [10] In the first race, Williamson finished second, ahead of Blomqvist in third, but Blomqvist claimed fastest lap to draw level with Williamson before the final race. In the final race, Blomqvist made a better start and with team-mate Alex Lynn acting as rear gunner, Blomqvist won the championship with his second place. [11] Despite this, Williamson was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the series. [12] On 5 December 2010, after the evaluation tests held at Silverstone, Williamson was named as the winner of the award, taking the £100,000 cash prize and a Formula One test with McLaren. [13]

GP3 Series

After the end of his Formula Renault campaign, Williamson took part in the post-season GP3 Series test in Estoril, Portugal. Driving for Atech CRS GP, Williamson set the fastest time in the afternoon session on the second and third days, [14] [15] having arrived at the circuit the day before after a chance conversation with team boss David Hayle. [3] [16] Williamson was eventually signed by MW Arden to graduate into GP3 in February 2011. [17]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

After testing for ISR Racing during the final test session of 2010, [18] Williamson took part in the opening round of the 2011 season for the team at Motorland Aragón, deputising for regular driver Daniel Ricciardo who was on third driver duties for Scuderia Toro Rosso at the Chinese Grand Prix. [19]

Personal life

Despite his recent success in formulae cars, Williamson combines his racing with an apprenticeship at Ross-Shire Engineering, working as a fabrication engineer in Muir of Ord, a 100-mile round trip from his home in Golspie. [20]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2008 Formula Renault UK Winter Series Highland Arena Ltd.40002576th
Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series CR Scuderia 20001184th
Formula JediTeam Jedi21201 ? ?
2009 Formula Renault UK CRS Racing 20000222910th
2010 Formula Renault UK Manor Competition 2055494592nd
2011 GP3 Series MW Arden 161012318th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series ISR Racing 40000033rd
2012 GP3 Series Status Grand Prix 800001117th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Arden Caterham 50000032nd
2013 GP3 Series Bamboo Engineering 1400014412th
2016 Renault Sport Trophy - Pro Strakka Racing 31212436th
Renault Sport Endurance Trophy 201112115th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 400003218th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Strakka Racing 1000000NC
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup 1033381102nd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 50000437th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 400001229th
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 50000244th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 50122921st
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 400013010th
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 400001023rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 40000224th
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Ema Group/Team 59Racing100000NC
2022 British GT Championship - GT3 2 Seas Motorsport901021144th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am Oregon Team12540101421st
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed100000NC

* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2011 MW Arden IST
FEA
Ret		 IST
SPR
20		 CAT
FEA
14		 CAT
SPR
9		 VAL
FEA
2		 VAL
SPR
6		 SIL
FEA
7		 SIL
SPR
1		 NÜR
FEA
2		 NÜR
SPR
14		 HUN
FEA
6		 HUN
SPR
Ret		 SPA
FEA
9		 SPA
SPR
DNS		 MNZ
FEA
18		 MNZ
SPR
10		8th31
2012 Status Grand Prix CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		VAL
FEA 		VAL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HOC
FEA
13		 HOC
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
10		 HUN
SPR
5		 SPA
FEA
8		 SPA
SPR
7		 MNZ
FEA
19		 MNZ
SPR
Ret		17th11
2013 Bamboo Engineering CAT
FEA
11		 CAT
SPR
7		 VAL
FEA
19		 VAL
SPR
17		 SIL
FEA
25†		 SIL
SPR
14		 NÜR
FEA
4		 NÜR
SPR
4		 HUN
FEA
24		 HUN
SPR
Ret		 SPA
FEA
14		 SPA
SPR
10		 MNZ
FEA
4		 MNZ
SPR
3		 YMC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		11th44

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2011 ISR Racing ALC
1
15		 ALC
2
20		 SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MON
1 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		CAT
1
18		 CAT
2
Ret		33rd0
2012 Arden Caterham ALC
1
14		 ALC
2
Ret		 MON
1
13		 SPA
1
19		 SPA
2
16		 NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		MSC
1 		MSC
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		32nd0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789RankPoints
2016 Strakka Racing LMP2 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR
4		 MEX
4		 COA
Ret		 FUJ
6		 SHA BHR 18th32

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2017 Strakka Racing McLaren 650S GT3 Silver MIS
QR
19		 MIS
CR
13		 BRH
QR
14		 BRH
CR
11		 ZOL
QR
11		 ZOL
CR
25		 HUN
QR
25		 HUN
CR
Ret		 NÜR
QR
17		 NÜR
CR
13		2nd110

Complete British GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2022 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 OUL
1
5		 OUL
2
Ret		 SIL
1
Ret		 DON
1
2		 SNE
1
4		 SNE
2
7		 SPA
1
2		 BRH
1
4		 DON
1
9		4th114

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Pro-Am Champion
2018
With: Nick Leventis & Chris Buncombe 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
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