Liam Griffin | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Barnet (England) | 9 March 1973
British Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2011 |
Current team | Addison Lee Motorbase |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 66 |
Starts | 76 |
Wins | 0 (6 in class) |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 21st in 2011, 2012 |
Previous series | |
2009–10 2008–09 | Porsche Carrera Cup GB VW Cup |
Liam Griffin (born 9 March 1973 in Barnet, Greater London) is a British racing driver and businessman. He is the son of John Griffin and was CEO of minicab company Addison Lee for 10 years before carrying out a management buyout with the private equity firm Carlyle. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Addison Lee.
He has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice and currently races in the European Le Mans Series. He has also represented Ireland at Triathlon in the European and World Age Group Championships.
Griffin started racing in 2008, competing in the VW Cup. He spent two years in the series, collecting three podiums and two race wins. In 2009 he entered two rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain at Silverstone, driving for Motorbase Performance. He returned for a full season in 2010 for the team, driving in the Pro-Am 1 class, he finished twenty-first overall in the driver standings.
Griffin raced in the BTCC for 3 years and had a number of top 10 finishes and 1 front row grid start as a result of the reverse grid. In his final year he competed in the Jack Sears Trophy where he had 8 Class wins and finished 2nd in the Championship.
For 2011 he entered the British Touring Car Championship. Staying with Motorbase, he drove a Ford Focus ST. [1]
Griffin stayed with Motorbase in 2012, now racing under the Redstone Racing banner. [2] [3] He brought out the safety car at Croft after crashing his Redstone Racing Focus into the tyre wall, causing an engine fire. Griffin pulled out of the following meeting at Snetterton in order to focus on his business commitments during the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4] He returned to the team at Silverstone [5] and participated in the final two rounds of the season. After the final round at Brands Hatch, Griffin intended to retire from the BTCC. [6]
In February 2013, Motorbase Performance announced that Griffin would race for them in the Jack Sears Trophy, driving the Super 2000 specification Ford Focus in 2013. [7] Griffin took two class victories at the season opening Brands Hatch round to lead the trophy going to the second around at Donington Park. [8]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)
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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Pos | Pts |
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2011 | Airwaves Racing | Ford Focus ST Mk.II | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 18 | BRH 3 18 | DON 1 13 | DON 2 Ret | DON 3 9 | THR 1 14 | THR 2 17 | THR 3 15 | OUL 1 15 | OUL 2 18 | OUL 3 Ret | CRO 1 18 | CRO 2 Ret | CRO 3 16 | SNE 1 17 | SNE 2 14 | SNE 3 Ret | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 Ret | KNO 3 16 | ROC 1 16 | ROC 2 16 | ROC 3 19 | BRH 1 16 | BRH 2 19 | BRH 3 15 | SIL 1 15 | SIL 2 14 | SIL 3 13 | 21st | 2 |
2012 | Redstone Racing | Ford Focus ST Mk.II | BRH 1 14 | BRH 2 12 | BRH 3 11 | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 Ret | DON 3 14 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 17 | THR 3 12 | OUL 1 Ret | OUL 2 8 | OUL 3 Ret | CRO 1 14 | CRO 2 14 | CRO 3 Ret | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | ROC 3 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 13 | SIL 3 Ret | BRH 1 19 | BRH 2 13 | BRH 3 14 | 21st | 37 |
2013 | Addison Lee Motorbase | Ford Focus ST Mk.II | BRH 1 17 | BRH 2 11 | BRH 3 15 | DON 1 20 | DON 2 Ret | DON 3 Ret | THR 1 20 | THR 2 Ret | THR 3 Ret | OUL 1 20 | OUL 2 19 | OUL 3 16 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | CRO 3 | SNE 1 Ret | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 Ret | KNO 1 17 | KNO 2 18 | KNO 3 Ret | ROC 1 Ret | ROC 2 Ret | ROC 3 DNS | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 Ret | SIL 3 DNS | BRH 1 19 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 Ret | 25th | 6 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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2014 | Oman Racing Team | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | ROC 1 12 | SIL 1 9 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | BRH 1 | DON 1 5 | 28th | 18 |
2015 | Oman Racing Team | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 1 | OUL 2 4 | ROC 1 3 | SIL 1 6 | SPA 1 5 | BRH 1 6 | SNE 1 1 | SNE 2 21 | DON 1 Ret | 4th | 123.5 | |
2016 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 | BRH 1 3 | ROC 1 4 | OUL 1 1 | OUL 2 5 | SIL 1 Ret | SPA 1 8 | SNE 1 9 | SNE 2 Ret | DON 1 5 | 5th | 98.5 | |
2017 | Barwell Motorsport with GardX | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 Ret | ROC 1 5 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 2 | SIL 1 6 | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 Ret | BRH 1 2 | DON 1 4 | 5th | 134 |
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ 7 | SHA 6 | BHR | 19th | 14 | |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS 4 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 11th | 24 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2016 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | GTE Am | 318 | 36th | 7th |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am | 332 | 30th | 5th |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2018 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 1 | MNZ 4 | RBR Ret | SIL 1 | SPA 4‡ | ALG 2 | 2nd | 88 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
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