Richard Williams (racing driver)

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Richard Williams (born 11 June 1977) is a British racing driver who competed in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as a member of the SPS Automotive Performance Team.

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Williams was born in Yeovil, Somerset. He entered motor sport through karting before moving to cars. After coming 4th overall with a single race win the Renault Clio Cup in 2004, he entered the 2005 BTCC in a Lexus, ran by SpeedEquipe and sponsored by Friends Reunited and HPI Racing. He came 14th overall in a small field, with a best result of 7th . In 2006 he contested the Porsche Carrera Cup, with a best result of 3rd, also entering the Supercup round at Silverstone as a wild card of sorts. For 2007 he is contesting the British GT Championship

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just 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)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2005 HPI Racing Lexus IS200 DON
1

NC
DON
2

9
DON
3

11
THR
1

DNS
THR
2

DNS
THR
3

DNS
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

DNS
BRH
3

9
OUL
1

13
OUL
2

9
OUL
3

Ret
CRO
1

13
CRO
2

12
CRO
3

Ret
MON
1

15
MON
2

12
MON
3

13
SNE
1

13
SNE
2

12
SNE
3

9
KNO
1

DNS
KNO
2

Ret
KNO
3

DNS
SIL
1

12
SIL
2

7
SIL
3

Ret
BRH
1

11
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

9
14th14

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 2 points awarded 2008 onwards in all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213DCPoints
2006 IN2RACING Porsche 997 GT3 BHR ITA1 GER1 ESP MON GBR
15
NC†0†
Morellato Racing Team PZ Essen USA1
8
USA2
Ret
FRA GER2 HUN
Morellato Stars Team ITA2
10
2007 Racing Team Indonesia Porsche 997 GT3 BHR1
9
BHR2
11
ESP1
19
MON
11
FRA
8
GBR
Ret
GER
8
HUN
12
TUR
Ret
ITA
9
BEL
8
10th60
2008 Jetstream Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 BHR1 BHR2 ESP1 TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN ESP2 BEL
15
ITA NC†0†
2009 SPS Automotive Porsche 997 GT3 BHR1
Ret
BHR2
5
ESP1
8
MON
Ret
TUR
8
GBR
12
GER
6
HUN
Ret
ESP2
5
BEL
6
ITA
18
UAE1
12
UAE2
10
8th90

† Not eligible for points.

Complete British GT results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314DCPts
2007 Trackspeed Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT3 OUL
1

14
OUL
2

5
DON
1
DON
2
SNE BRH
1
BRH
2
SIL THR
1
THR
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
ROC
1
ROC
2
23rd4
2008 Trackspeed Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S GT3 OUL
1

4
OUL
2

19
KNO
1

4
KNO
2

11
ROC
1
ROC
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
THR
1
THR
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
DON SIL 30th11

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