Steve Robertson (racing driver)

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Steve Robertson
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1964-07-04) 4 July 1964 (age 60)
Hackney, London, England
British Touring Car Championship
Years active 1996
Teams Team Mondeo
Starts23
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish20th in 1996
Championship titles
1994 Indy Lights

Stephen Robertson (born 4 July 1964) is a British former racing driver and race engineer.

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After spending three years in British Formula Three (which included a 3rd place championship finish in 1990) and competing in a full season of International Formula 3000 in 1992 in which he failed to score points, he won the 1993 Indy Lights Rookie of the Year award. [1] This was followed by the 1994 Indy Lights championship (both with Tasman Motorsports). He captured 7 wins during his 2 years in the series. He is one of only three Indy Lights champions to never race in Champ Car/IndyCar, the others being 1996 champion David Empringham and 2010 champion Jean-Karl Vernay.

He later raced in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in 1996, in a works Ford Mondeo. However, the car was not competitive and he finished 20th in the championship with only two points. [2] In the first race of the season at Donington Park, he spun in front of his teammate Paul Radisich, and Radisich was unable to avoid colliding with him. [3]

After racing, Robertson went on, along with his father Dave, to manage young drivers. After leading Jenson Button to Formula One, the pair took on Kimi Räikkönen. Räikkönen would later make a big jump, from Formula Renault in the UK through to F1 with the Sauber team, the following year. Robertson continued to manage Räikkönen throughout his career. [4]

In November 2004, Räikkönen and Robertson formed a racing team for the British F3 International Series (as it is now called), Räikkönen Robertson Racing. In their second season with the help of Senna's F1 Engineer James Robinson (2006), "Double R" won the main Championship Class, with Brit Mike Conway.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526PosPts
1996 Valvoline Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
DNS		 BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
12		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
Ret		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
13		 OUL
1
10		 OUL
2
13		 SNE
1
13		 SNE
2
10		 BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
17		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
12		 KNO
1
12		 KNO
2
12		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
12		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
14		 DON
1
16		 DON
2
17		 BRH
1
DNS		 BRH
2
DNS		20th2
Source: [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Toomey, Toni. Motor Racing: Robertson determined to graduate: The Indy Lights series may prove a fast track to the elite for a British Rookie of the Year, The Independent, 3 August 1994, Retrieved 2011-05-19
  2. ↑ Steve Robertson Archived 19 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine , BTCC Pages, Retrieved 2011-05-19
  3. ↑ BTCC: Donington report [ dead link ], 8 April 1996, Motorsport.com, Retrieved 2011-05-19
  4. ↑ F1 : Manager Steve Robertson denies Kimi Raikkonen set to quit motor racing Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine , 7 January 2011, F1SA, Retrieved 2011-05-19
  5. ↑ "Steve Robertson Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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