Sean Walkinshaw

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Sean Walkinshaw
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 31)
Brussels, Belgium
Super Taikyu Series career
Debut season2023
Current teamHitotsuyama Racing
Car number21
Previous series
2022
2017-2021
Intercontinental GT Challenge
Super GT

Sean Walkinshaw (born 3 November 1993) is a British racing driver who currently competes in Super Taikyu Series for Hitotsuyama Racing. He is the son of former Formula 1 team principal Tom Walkinshaw.

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Career

Super GT

Walkinshaw made his debut in Super GT in 2017 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri alongside Shinichi Takagi. They clinched 4th in the standings with a win. They continued to race in the next season, finishing runners up with two wins, losing out to LEON Racing of Naoya Gamou, and Haruki Kurosawa. [1] With ARTA changing their car to Honda NSX GT3, Walkinshaw got replaced by Honda Junior Nirei Fukuzumi. [2]

In 2019, Walkinshaw moved to Team Thailand to race alongside Nattapong Horthongkum. [3] Walkinshaw returned to the team, for the last three rounds of the 2020 season alongside Mathias Beche. Walkinshaw raced for the last time in Super GT for 2021 where he raced with Giuliano Alesi. [4] [5] During his time in Team Thailand, he did not score a single point.

Super Taikyu

In 2023, Walkinshaw returned to Japan, competing in Super Taikyu with Hitotsuyama Racing.

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2011 Formula Renault BARC Finals Cup Hillspeed 600011314th
Formula Renault BARC 1200003922nd
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 20000351st
2012 JK Racing Asia Series US Formula Project 200000NC†
Formula Renault BARC MTECH Lite1400007118th
2012-13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 20000025th
2013 European F3 Open Championship Team West-Tec F3 160000033rd
European F3 Open Championship - Copa 160002199th
British Formula 3 International Series - National Class Team West-Tec 30000209th
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup SL Formula20000545th
2013-14 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing
2014 Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 1600005310th
2015 GT Sprint Series MRS GT-Racing800113114th
Always Evolving Motorsport60020
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Cup MRS GT-Racing500001815th
2015-16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 1000003512th
2016 GT Series Sprint Cup Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 1000000NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 500000NC
Italian GT Championship - SuperGT3 Drive Technology Italia Srl
2017 Super GT - GT300 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 81103614th
Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3 FIST - Team AAI200000NC
2018 Super GT - GT300 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri 82102622nd
TCR UK Touring Car Championship Sean Walkinshaw Racing400017614th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN 100000NC
2019 Super GT - GT300 arto Ping An Team Thailand800000NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 100000NC
2020 Super GT - GT300 arto Ping An Team Thailand300000NC
2021 Super GT - GT300 arto Team Thailand800000NC
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Madpanda Motorsport500000NC
2023 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Hitotsuyama Racing
2024 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Hitotsuyama Racing

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2011 Hillspeed HOC
1

HOC
2

HOC
3

SPA
1

SPA
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

ASS
1

ASS
2

ASS
3

OSC
1

OSC
2

ZAN
1

22
ZAN
2

18
MST
1

MST
2

MST
3

MNZ
1

MNZ
2

MNZ
3

51st3
2013 SL Formula HOC
1

HOC
2

HOC
3

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

SPA
1

19
SPA
2

18
ASS
1

ASS
2

MST
1

MST
2

MST
3

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

45th5

Complete Super GT results

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

YearTeamClass12345678DCPts
2017 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA
5
FUJ
17
AUT
3
SUG
Ret
FUJ
1
SUZ
Ret
CHA
4
MOT
2
4th61
2018 Autobacs Racing Team Aguri BMW M6 GT3 GT300 OKA
6
FUJ
1
SUZ
20
CHA
11
FUJ
1
SUG
10
AUT
4
MOT
9
2nd62
2019 arto Ping An Team Thailand Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA
18
FUJ
24
SUZ
16
CHA
17
FUJ
20
AUT
20
SUG
21
MOT
22
NC0
2020 arto Ping An Team Thailand Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 FUJ FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ
19
MOT
23
FUJ
26
NC0
2021 arto Team Thailand Lexus RC F GT3 GT300 OKA
24
FUJ
22
MOT
Ret
SUZ
20
SUG
17
AUT
Ret
MOT
17
FUJ
20
NC0

References

  1. "TEAM KUNIMITSUにバトンが加入!Hondaが2018年体制を発表。ARTAやGT300新チームも登場 | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE". supergt.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. "Honda Announces 2019 Super GT Teams and Drivers". dailysportscar.com. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. "Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2019 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Outlines 2021 Motorsports Activities". TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.