Michael Wainwright | |
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![]() Mike Wainwright as COO of Trafigura | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Worcester, United Kingdom | 25 July 1973
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2016 |
Current team | GR Racing |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 86 |
Former teams | Gulf Racing |
Starts | 44 (44 entries) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 2 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 7th in 2016, 2017, 2018–19 |
Michael Stuart Wainwright [1] (born 25 July 1973) is a British racing driver and oil businessman who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for GR Racing. [2]
He made his professional career at oil trading company Trafigura from 1996 to 2023. Being the protégé of the company's founder Claude Dauphin, [3] he ultimately served as COO of the group based in Geneva. He is listed among the 300 wealthiest individuals of Switzerland, with an estimated fortune of 300-400 millions swiss francs. [4] In 2022, following a very profitable year on the oil market following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he acquired a property in Geneva for 49.5 million swiss francs. [5]
In December 2023, Wainwright was charged by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court and the US Department of Justice over allegations of bribing public officials in Angola and Brazil, together with two other individuals. In January 2025, he was sentenced to 32 months in prison on charges of bribery, with 20 months being suspended. [6]
† As Wainwright was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Gulf Racing UK | GTE | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 9 | IMO 8 | RBR 9 | 11th | 28 | |||
Porsche 911 RSR | LEC 6 | EST 4 | ||||||||||
2015 | Gulf Racing UK | GTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 1 | IMO 8 | RBR 7 | LEC 7 | EST 3 | 4th | 56 | |
2018 | Gulf Racing | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | LEC Ret | MNZ | RBR | SIL 5 | SPA | ALG | 7th | 10 |
2020 | Gulf Racing UK | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | LEC | SPA | LEC | MNZ | ALG Ret | NC | 0 | |
2024 | GR Racing | LMGT3 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 | CAT 2 | LEC 5 | IMO 7 | SPA 2 | MUG 8 | ALG 6 | 5th | 64 |
Source: [17] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2016 | Gulf Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL Ret | SPA 5 | LMS 3 | NÜR 5 | MEX 4 | COA 4 | FUJ 4 | SHA 6 | BHR 4 | 7th | 106 |
2017 | Gulf Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 4 | SPA Ret | LMS 5 | NÜR 5 | MEX 3 | COA Ret | FUJ 4 | SHA 2 | BHR 5 | 6th | 97 |
2018–19 | Gulf Racing UK | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SPA 7 | LMS 6 | SIL 6 | FUJ 4 | SHA 9 | SEB 4 | SPA 7 | LMS 4 | 7th | 79 | |
2019–20 | Gulf Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 4 | FUJ 8 | SHA 9 | BHR 3 | COA 6 | SPA 10 | LMS 5 | BHR 5 | 9th | 85 | |
2021 | GR Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SPA Ret | ALG 8 | MNZ 8 | LMS 9 | BHR 6 | BHR 9 | 15th | 23 | |||
2022 | GR Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SEB | SPA 6 | LMS 3 | MNZ 12 | FUJ 12 | BHR 6 | 10th | 50 | |||
2023 | GR Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SEB 7 | PRT 11 | SPA 12 | LMS 3 | MNZ 3 | FUJ 8 | BHR 8 | 6th | 64 | ||
Sources: [17] [2] |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2011 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GTE Am | 141 | DNF | DNF |
2016 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 328 | 33rd | 5th |
2017 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 328 | 38th | 10th |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 283 | 40th | 10th |
2019 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 331 | 38th | 8th |
2020 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am | 337 | 29th | 5th |
2021 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 322 | 43rd | 14th |
2022 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 340 | 37th | 4th |
2023 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am | 312 | 29th | 3rd |
2024 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 296 GT3 | LMGT3 | 278 | 39th | 12th |
Sources: [19] [17] |
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