Stuart Hall (racing driver)

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Stuart Hall
NationalityFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  British
Born (1984-10-18) 18 October 1984 (age 38)
Chelmsford, England
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team Aston Martin Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number96
Previous series
2016
2013
20122013
20092011
2008
2008
20072009
2006
2004
2004–05
2002–03
2000
Britcar
WEC
Blancpain Endurance Series
British GT Championship
FIA GT3 European Championship
American Le Mans Series
Le Mans Series
British F3
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Formula Renault UK
British Formula Ford
T Cars
Championship titles
2013
2004
2000
FIA Endurance Trophy LMGTE Am
Formula Renault UK Winter Series
T Cars

Stuart Hall (born 18 October 1984 in Chelmsford) is a British racing driver. He is the 2013 GTEAM World Endurance Champion and has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for teams including Aston Martin Racing.

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Career

Single-seaters

After winning the T Cars championship in 2000, Hall moved into single-seaters. In 2002 he finished ninth in the British Formula Ford Championship, before coming fourth in that year's Winter Series, where he won two of the four races. [1] The following year he only started 12 of the 20 races in the series, concentrating instead on his A level studies. [2] After debuting in Formula Renault in the 2003 UK Winter Series, he raced full-time in Formula Renault UK in 2004. Driving for Fortec Motorsport, he finished seventh overall with three podium finishes. He then won the Winter Series, winning one of the four races. He remained in Formula Renault UK in 2005, but slipped to eighth overall although he had increased his podium tally to five.

2006 saw Hall move up to British Formula Three. He raced the first five race weekends with Fortec, before missing the sixth round at Spa-Francorchamps and returning with T-Sport. He finished the year 13th in the standings.

Sportscars

Hall switched to sportscars in 2007, contesting the Le Mans Series in Rollcentre Racing's Pescarolo-Judd LMP1, though he raced the season finale in Brazil with the Creation Autosportif team. He finished fifth in the drivers' standings, and also finished fourth at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Rollcentre. He drove for Creation in 2008, finishing seventh in the Le Mans Series and 11th at Le Mans. He joined Aston Martin Racing in 2009, contesting the 24 Hours, from which his car retired, and the final two rounds of the Le Mans Series.

Hall made just a few British GT appearances in 2010–11, before signing to race the new Pescarolo 03 at the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans. [3] In 2013, Hall drove a Vantage V8 GTE for Aston Martin Racing in the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. He won it together with Jamie Campbell-Walter in 2013 but spent two further seasons in that car.

In 2015 Hall was also runner up in the GTC class of the European Le Mans Series with AF Course in a Ferrari 458 GT3.

Between 2016 and 2018 Hall drove a Mercedes AMG GT GT3 for ROFGO Racing earning victory in the Silverstone 12hours during that period.

Hall spent three seasons in the Blancpain Endurance Series between 2019 and 2021 with GPX Racing and Team WRT respectively.

In 2022 Hall won the GT4 Class of the British Endurance Championship with MKH Racing. A team that he lends his name too.

Historic Racing

Hall regularly competes in Historic Racing. Driving the famous cars from the ROFGO Collection and GPX Historic Collection.

Hall has won the Monaco Historic Grand Prix 3 times. Once in 2016 in a McLaren M19 and twice in 2022 in a McLaren M19 and M23. He has also won numerous Historic events around the world including venues in Dubai, the USA and Europe.

He has also competed in the Le Mans Classic, most recently in an Aston Martin Vantage GT2 in 2022.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rollcentre Racing Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short
Pescarolo 01-Judd LMP13474th4th
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Creation Autosportif Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Mowlem
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marc Goossens
Creation CA07-AIMLMP131624th11th
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Harold Primat
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Kox
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1252DNFDNF
2012 Flag of France.svg Pescarolo Team Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Collard Pescarolo 03-Judd LMP120DNFDNF
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Campbell-Walter
Flag of Germany.svg Roald Goethe
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
30130th6th
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aston Martin Racing Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Castellacci
Flag of Germany.svg Roald Goethe
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
187DNFDNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678RankPoints
2012 Pescarolo Team LMP1 Pescarolo 03 Judd DB 3.4 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
Ret
94th0.5
Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
SÃO BHR FUJ SHA
2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
SPA
4
LMS
5
SÃO
1
COA
1
FUJ
2
SHA
3
BHR
5
1st129
2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
4
SPA
6
LMS
Ret
NÜR
7
COA
6
FUJ
7
SHA
6
BHR
7
9th54

Britcar 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarCar No.ClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rollcentre Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Neate
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short
Mosler MT900R GT3 2GT35672nd2nd
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vantage Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Black
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Bonner
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N2452352111th7th
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vantage Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Black
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Bonner
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N2450336238th/DNF16th/DNF

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References

  1. "Stuart Hall career statistics". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. "Stuart Hall Biography". stuarthallracing.co.uk. Stuart Hall. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. "Hall seals Pescarolo LM drive". Autosport . Haymarket. 208 (9): 27. 31 May 2012.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
none
FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2013 with:
Jamie Campbell-Walter
Succeeded by