Liam Doran

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Liam Doran
Liam Doran 2015-04-13 001.jpg
Doran in 2015
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1987-03-22) 22 March 1987 (age 36)
Related to Pat Doran (father)
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current teamNone
Car number33
Former teams Monster Energy World RX
SDRX
JRM Racing
Starts46
Wins0
Podiums1
Best finish8th in 2019
Global RallyCross Championship
Years active 2011–2013
Former teamsLD Motorsports
Doran Motorsport
Starts13
Wins2
Podiums3
Best finish9th in 2013
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active 2011–2013
Former teamsLD Motorsports
Doran Motorsport
Starts29
Wins3
Podiums8
Best finish2nd in 2012
FIA ERX Division 1 Championship
Years active 2009–2010
Former teams Kenneth Hansen Racing
Starts16
Wins2
Podiums3
Best finish3rd in 2010
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
X Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Los Angeles Rally Car Racing

Liam Doran (born 22 March 1987) [1] is a British professional rallycross driver competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, X Games, and European Rallycross Championship. He is the son of British rallycross driver and Lydden Hill Race Circuit owner Pat Doran. In his early life he attended Fulston Manor School in Sittingbourne.[ citation needed ]

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Having signed with Monster Energy in 2011 he has gone on to achieve an X Games Gold medal and numerous other accomplishments in various disciplines.

Racing career

2000

Doran started his career at the age of 14 choosing to follow in his fathers footsteps. In 2000 he competed in a junior Mini in the sport of rallycross. Doran progressed through the stages rapidly and continued in rallycross, driving a Citroën Saxo stockhatch and then a rear-wheel drive Ford Fiesta in 2007.

2009

In 2009 Doran ran among the quickest drivers in Europe in a Ford Fiesta ST Supercar and beat them, managing in the process to come second in the MSA British Rallycross Championship.

2010

Doran secured a drive with 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen driving with the Citroën Total Rallycross Team in a Citroën C4. He managed to get to grips with the new Citroën very quickly and soon managed to get some outstanding results, being the driver to score the most points in the second half of the season, all this taking into consideration it was his first year at European level.

2011

In 2011 Doran had built up a reputation within the rallycross industry and resulting from this managed to sign with Monster Energy. The newly formed Monster Energy Citroën Rallycross Team opened new doors of opportunity for Doran.

Doran was invited [2] to participate in X Games 17 and went in as the underdog to drivers such as Tanner Foust, Ken Block and Travis Pastrana. The X Games Rally final saw Doran go head-to-head with Marcus Grönholm, where he beat the former WRC Champion to win the Gold Medal. [3]

From his US success an opportunity arose to compete in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS). [4] Following an impressive performance in his first race he was offered the opportunity to drive in the series for 2012.

2012

With continued support from Monster Energy, Doran managed to achieve a second position in the 2012 European Rallycross Championship, concluding the season with a victory in Germany.

2013

With another full calendar scheduled and a new European rallycross team mate in 21-year-old Norwegian, Andreas Bakkerud, LD Motorsports was one of the strongest teams in the 2013 season.

This was Doran's most successful year winning 3 XGames medals. Doran won a gold and silver at XGAMES Munich and a bronze at XGAMES Los Angeles.

2014

For 2014 Doran raced a Citroën DS3 Supercar in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [5] He contested the first 6 rounds and the final round of the season, finishing in 25th overall with 17 points. For the other 5 rounds he was later suspended from racing by his native autosport authority MSA because of his bad behavior against some track marshalls during the home ERX round at Lydden Hill when his father's Ford RS200 caught fire. [6] He made the finals stage once, in Sweden, and finished fifth.

2015

For 2015, Doran continued in the World Rallycross Championship, this time combining with reigning World Champion Petter Solberg to create the SDRX team. He raced in all rounds excluding Germany where his car failed scrutineering. He scored points at seven events and failed to reach the final, finishing 16th in the standings on 35 points - 266 points behind his championship winning team-mate.

2016

Doran signed for JRM Racing in 2016, contesting the WRX season with a Mini Countryman. Despite the car still being in its development phase, Doran took a shock win in his Semi-Final at the 2016 World RX of Hockenheim - having made the Semis in the previous race in Portugal. He failed to score in three of the next four events, before he was fired following a drunken altercation at Gatebil prior to the Canadian round.

2017

Following his Gatebil incident, the governing body of motorsport in the United Kingdom suspended Doran's racing license for 12 months, preventing his participation in the 2017 season. [7]

2019

Returning for 2019, finished 3rd at the Yas Marina Circuit, in the opening round.

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Division 1

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
2009 Liam Doran Ford Fiesta ST GBR
-		PORFRA
8		HUN
13		AUTSWEBEL
-		GER
13		POLCZE
4		15th30
2010 Kenneth Hansen Racing Citroën C4 POR
4		FRA
3		GBR
3		HUN
7		SWE
7		FIN
1		BEL
2		GER
6		POL
1		CZE
6		3rd112

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
2011 Doran Motorsport Citroën C4 GBR
4		POR
5		FRA
3		NOR
9		SWE
10		BEL
3		NED
15		AUT
9		POL
11		CZE
11		7th83
2012 Doran Motorsport Citroën DS3 GBR
3		FRA
8		AUT
4		HUN
6		NOR
2		SWEBEL
6		NED
Ret		FIN
2		GER
1		2nd104
2013 LD Motorsports Citroën DS3 GBR
11		POR
1		HUN
12		FIN
4		NOR
1		SWE
35		FRA
14		AUT
7		GER
9		5th121

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

YearEntrantCar123456789GRCPoints
2011 Doran Motorsport Citroën C4 IRW1
IRW2
SEA1
SEA2
PIK1
8		PIK2
10		LA1
1		LA2
8		11th46
2012 Doran Motorsport Citroën C4 CHA
TEX
12		LA
5		LOU
7		LV
LVC
14		15th30
2013 LD Motorsports Citroën DS3 BRA
13		9th59
BMW Mini Countryman JCW MUN1
1		MUN2
2		LOU
BRI
8		IRW
10		ATL
CHA
LV

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WRXPoints
2014 Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 POR
19		 GBR
20		 NOR
DSQ		 FIN
12		 SWE
5		 BEL
10		 CAN FRA GER ITA TUR ARG
17		51st2
2015 SDRX Citroën DS3 POR
15		 HOC
7		 BEL
14		 GBR
17		 GER
SWE
14		 CAN
15		 NOR
18		 FRA
17		 BAR
18		 TUR
21		 ITA
12		 ARG
15		16th35
2016 JRM Racing BMW Mini Countryman JCW POR
10		 HOC
5		 BEL
17		 GBR
19		 NOR
17		 SWE
16		 CAN
FRA
BAR
LAT
GER
ARG
20th9
2018 GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS RX BAR POR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA
8		 LAT
12		 USA GER
19		 RSA 16th19
2019 Monster Energy RX Cartel Audi S1 UAE
3		 ESP
10		 BEL
6		 GBR
6		 NOR
5		 SWE
15		 CAN
8		 FRA
9		 LAT
6		 RSA
16a		8th114
2020 Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel Renault Mégane R.S. RX SWE
17		 SWE
17		 FIN
19		 FIN
14		 LAT
9		 LAT
12		 ESP
10		 ESP
16		13th29

a Loss of 15 championship points – stewards' decision

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References

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  2. ↑ Allen, Peter (13 July 2011). "Liam Doran to Contest X Games 17 in La". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "DORAN UPSETS GRÖNHOLM IN RALLY CAR". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "LUCAS OIL OFF ROAD RACING SERIES (LOORRS) SEASON FINAL" . Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "World RX Presents 2014 Cars and Drivers in Italy". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  6. ↑ World Rallycross driver Doran banned for 2017 due to altercation - Hal Ridge, 31 March 2017
  7. ↑ Ridge, Hal. "World Rallycross driver Doran banned for 2017 due to altercation". autosport.com. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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