Ronan Pearson

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Ronan Pearson
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (2001-10-04) 4 October 2001 (age 22)
Fife, Scotland
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2023
Current team Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8
Car number14
Starts30 (30 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish18th in 2023
Previous series
2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018
2017, 2016		 Mini Challenge JCW
Michelin Clio Cup Series
Junior Saloon Car Championship
Championship titles
2019Michelin Clio Cup Series

Ronan Pearson (born 4 October 2001) is a British racing driver from Scotland currently competing in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship, driving for Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8. He was the 2019 Michelin Clio Cup Series champion.

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Career

Karting

Pearson competed in club karting in his native Scotland for six years before his car racing debut, competing in cadet karts before moving up to juniors. [1]

Junior Saloon Car Championship

Pearson made his car racing debut in 2016, driving in the Junior Saloon Car Championship for 6 of the 9 rounds. [1] He finished 20th in the overall standings. Returning to the championship for a full season in 2017 with Westbourne Motorsport, he finished 10th in the overall standings, with one podium at the Snetterton round. [2]

Michelin Clio Cup

For 2018, Pearson would step up to the Michelin Clio Cup, driving again for Westbourne Motorsport. [3] He finished on the podium five times throughout the season, also recording two pole positions and four fastest laps.

He returned to the championship in 2019, continuing with Westbourne Motorsport, [4] where he won the championship. [5]

Mini Challenge UK

In 2020, Pearson moved up to the Mini Challenge UK with Lux Motorsport. [5] With one podium throughout the season, he finished 11th in the overall standings.

Switching to LDR Performance Tuning for the 2021 season, he finished 8th in the standings, with one podium and one fastest lap.

He continued in the championship for the 2022 season, this time switching to EXCELR8 Motorsport, and becoming a development driver for their BTCC team in the process. [6] He won three races across the season, including one at the opening round at Donington Park, [7] and two at his home round at Knockhill, [8] which together with eight podiums, one pole position and five fastest laps, brought him to 4th place in the overall standings.

He initially signed a contract to compete in the 2023 season with EXCELR8 Motorsport, [9] but would not race after his surprise move to the British Touring Car Championship. [10]

British Touring Car Championship

In November 2022, it was announced that Pearson would compete in the 2023 Mini Challenge UK with EXCELR8. [11] However, after a new sponsorship deal with Macklin Motors, in February 2023 it was announced that he would drive for Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship, [12] alongside Tom Ingram, Tom Chilton and Nick Halstead. In the first round of the season at Donington Park, Pearson qualified in a respectable 11th place. [13] In a mixed-conditions race in the second race of the weekend, after starting 24th due to a driving error in the first race, Pearson climbed 21 places to finish third following a successful strategy call, [14] what would have been his first overall podium in the championship. However, he was disqualified from the race after his car failed the post-race ride-height test. [15]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2016Junior Saloon Car Championship ?1200005020th
2017Junior Saloon Car ChampionshipWestbourne Motorsport14000118710th
2018Michelin Clio Cup SeriesWestbourne Motorsport with Hillnic Homes ?0245 ? ?
2019Michelin Clio Cup Series – RaceWestbourne Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ?1st
2020 Mini Challenge – JCW Lux Motorsport13000128411th
2021 Mini Challenge – JCW LDR Performance Tuning1901014848th
2022 Mini Challenge – JCW EXCELR8 Motorsport 2031587044th
2023 British Touring Car Championship Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 3000106918th

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present 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 – 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2023 Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance DON
1
24		 DON
2
DSQ		 DON
3
19		 BRH
1
16		 BRH
2
13		 BRH
3
13		 SNE
1
12		 SNE
2
14		 SNE
3
Ret		 THR
1
15		 THR
2
19		 THR
3
19		 OUL
1
18		 OUL
2
16		 OUL
3
17		 CRO
1
NC		 CRO
2
24		 CRO
3
19		 KNO
1
5		 KNO
2
7		 KNO
3
4*		 DON
1
14		 DON
2
14		 DON
3
15		 SIL
1
24		 SIL
2
11		 SIL
3
5		 BRH
1
20		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
16		18th69

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