Will Powell (racing driver)

Last updated

Will Powell
Powell-77.jpg
Powell in 2021.
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1985-03-08) 8 March 1985 (age 39)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2022
Current team One Motorsport with Starline Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number70
Starts36 (36 entries)
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish17th in 2023
Previous series
TCR UK
Britcar Endurance Championship
GT Cup Championship

William Powell (born 8 March 1985) is a British racing driver and businessman. He is the founder of Octane Group and the motorsport team Motus One . [1] He raced in the British Touring Car Championship for Starline Racing in 2023 and for Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero in 2022. He previously raced for the Brabham Motorsport team and won the 2021 British Endurance Championship in a McLaren GT3. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Business

Powell's career began [5] working as a road tester for Autocar and Haymarket Media Group.

He later worked for production company North One TV whose clients included FIA World Rally Championship, FIA Formula E Championship, and FIA Formula One. He also worked in performance vehicle marketing roles at Jaguar Land Rover and later became a Vice President at CSM, the motorsports marketing division of Chime Plc.

In 2016, Powell founded Motus One. [6] [7] In 2018, Motus One Racing was added to the group adding a motorsport services and race team.

Motor racing

Powell was a BTCC driver for team Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero run by Team HARD in a Cupra Leon. [8] He was formerly a factory driver for the motorsport division of Anglo-American sports car company Brabham Automotive. [9]

He has raced in GT and sports car championships in the UK including F3,British Endurance Championship, GT Cup, Radicals, 24H Series and MR2 Championship. [10] [11] [12]

He is qualified as a race coach by the Association of Racing Driver Schools (ARDS) and has coached customers for Mercedes-Benz AMG, Bentley, and Ford. [13] [14]

He drove the Brabham BT62 Competition in the marque’s return to racing at the Brands Hatch Into The Night Race in November 2019 alongside teammate David Brabham. [15] [9] [16] The duo finished in first place with Powell setting fastest lap of the race. [17]

In a disrupted 2020 motorsport season, Powell raced in the British Endurance Series and GT Cup in a Ginetta G55 GT4 with co-driver Dave Scaramanga for Motus One Racing. [18] During the COVID-19 UK lockdown, Powell won multiple e-sports races in a virtual Brabham BT62. [19]

In 2021, Powell won the British Endurance Series championship in a McLaren 650S GT3. [20] In the same year, it was announced by Maximum Motorsport that Powell would drive its Hyundai i30N in the TCR UK touring car championship. He also tested for Team HARD in its Cupra Leon for the British Touring Car Championship. [21] [22]

He competed in six of the ten race weekends that made up the 2022 BTCC Championship in a CUPRA Leon as late replacement for Jack Goff. He also competed in a partial season of the British Endurance Series and scored multiple podiums.

In 2023 he competed in five of the BTCC Championship weekends in a Honda Civic for Starline Racing and raced in Le Mans Cup in a Duqueine D-08 for Murphy Prototypes.

In 2024 it was announced that Powell would return to the TCR UK Championship with JAS Motorsport and Sport77. [23]

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 led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2022 Autobrite Direct
with JourneyHero 		Cupra León DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BRH
1
29		 BRH
2
23		 BRH
3
25		 THR
1
23		 THR
2
22		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
NC		 OUL
3
21		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
24		 CRO
3
22		 KNO
1
21		 KNO
2
Ret		 KNO
3
26		 SNE
1
25		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
24		 THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		SIL
1
22		 SIL
2
25		 SIL
3
Ret		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		31st0
2023 One Motorsport
with Starline Racing 		Honda Civic Type R DON
1
18		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
Ret		 BRH
1
22		 BRH
2
21		 BRH
3
18		 SNE
1
22		 SNE
2
23		 SNE
3
19		 THR
1
20		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
24		 OUL
1
19		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
21		 CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		29th0

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Brabham</span> Australian racing driver (born 1965)

David Philip Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in 2009. Brabham won the American Le Mans Series in 2009 and 2010. He also competed in Formula One, racing for the Brabham and Simtek teams in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Brabham is the youngest son of three-time Formula One world champion Sir Jack Brabham, brother to Geoff Brabham and Gary Brabham. He is also brother-in-law to Mike Thackwell, father to Sam Brabham and uncle to Matthew Brabham.

Rick Kerry is a British motor racing driver from Ipswich, United Kingdom. In 2007, Kerry drove in the British Touring Car Championship in a BMW 120d, the championship's first-ever diesel car.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Britcar</span> Endurance motor racing series in the United Kingdom

Britcar is an endurance sports car racing and touring car racing series in the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Caine (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 1969)

Michael Caine is a British racing driver. He currently competes in the British GT Championship and the British Touring Car Championship. He was the 2012 British GT champion along with Daniele Perfetti.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Byford</span> British racing driver (born 1972)

Martin Byford is a British racing driver from Colchester. He competed in the BTCC in 2011 for AmD Milltek. He is currently driving for BPM Motorsport in the 2019 Dunlop Endurance Championship with Ashley Woodman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Morgan (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 1988)

Adam William Morgan is a British racing driver. He currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship for Team BMW.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Gilham Racing</span> British motor racing team

Tony Gilham Racing , competing as Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD., Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils. and Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown. currently, is a British motor racing team based in Dartford, Kent and founded by Tony Gilham. The team raced under the Team HARD. banner in the British Touring Car Championship until the end of 2013. They now compete in the British Touring Car Championship, Volkswagen Racing Cup, Ginetta GT4 Supercup, Mini Challenge UK and the GT Cup series.

Alan Blencowe is a British Racing driver. He started racing in the 750MC Stock Hatch Series in 1999, winning one race and finishing 4th in the championship driving a Peugeot 205 GTI. In 2000 he raced in the Ford Fiesta Zetec Championship finishing 5th in the championship and also becoming the winter series champion. He stayed in the series for another year, this time finishing 4th in the championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Glynn Geddie</span> British racing driver (born 1990)

Glynn James Geddie is a British racing driver from Aberdeen, who last competed in the 2021 British Touring Car Championship for Team HARD. After spending his early racing career in GT cars and winning the 2011 British GT Championship, Geddie made his touring car debut in the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

Stewart Alan Lines is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2019 Britcar Endurance Championship. He has also raced in the British Touring Car Championship, made his debut in 2015

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Coates</span> British racing driver (born 1994)

Max Peter Coates is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2022 Mini Challenge UK. He is a former Clio Cup UK competitor but has since moved factors as the Clio Cup withdrew from being a British Touring Car Championship support race. He spent three years in the Mini Challenge Series, supporting the BTCC, and currently races in the Porsche Sprint Challenge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luke Davenport</span> British racing driver (born 1993)

Luke Edward Davenport is a British racing driver, currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Motorbase Performance.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bobby Thompson (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 1996)

Robert David Thompson is a British racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship, driving for Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils. He was the 2022 Jack Sears Trophy winner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brabham BT62</span> Motor vehicle

The Brabham BT62 is a mid-engine track-day car produced by Australian car manufacturer Brabham Automotive. It was introduced in 2018 with deliveries expected to start at the end of that year. A planned production of only 70 cars is intended, in honour of the company's 70 year heritage in racing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Britcar Endurance Championship</span>

The 2019 Dunlop Endurance Championship is a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars, sportscars and Production cars held across England. Cars compete in five classes with a car's class decided on horsepower, momentum, equipment, etc. It was the 17th season of a Britcar championship, the 8th run as the Britcar Endurance Championship and the 4th run as the Dunlop Britcar Endurance Championship. The championship changed back to 60-minute races for 2019.: The season began on 30 March at Silverstone and ended on 10 November at Brands Hatch.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ross Wylie</span> Scottish racing driver

Ross Wylie is a Scottish racing driver. He started his motor racing career contesting the 2004 Mini Max Kart Championship, becoming a multiple kart champion in his native Scotland over the next eight years, before moving up to car racing in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 British Touring Car Championship</span> 64th season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2021 season was the 64th British Touring Car Championship season and the eleventh season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification. Ash Sutton successfully defended his title to become the youngest ever three time BTCC Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Britcar Endurance Championship</span>

The 2021 Britcar Endurance Championship was a motor racing championship for GT cars, touring cars and sportscars held across England. The championship's field consisted of varying types of cars from sportscar to GT and touring cars that competed in four classes, depending on horsepower, momentum, etc. It was the 20th season of a Britcar championship, the 10th run as the Britcar Endurance Championship, and the 1st run as the Goodyear Britcar Endurance Championship. The season began on 24 April at Silverstone Circuit and ended on 14 November at Brands Hatch. This was the first season with the new Praga category, open to all Praga racing cars, which paved the way for a new one-make Praga series in 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship</span> Motor racing competition

The 2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship was the fifth season of the TCR UK Touring Car Championship. The championship featured production-based touring cars built to TCR specifications and was held over fifteen races across seven meetings throughout England. The championship was operated by Stewart Lines' Maximum Group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Gamble (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 1996)

George Gamble is a British racing driver competing in the British Touring Car Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing UK. He made his championship debut in 2022, driving for Car Gods with Cicely Motorsport.

References

  1. ↑ "OUR TEAM". MOTUS.ONE. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "New BT62 set to be Britcar together". Pressreader. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "The car behind Brabham's return to the race track - BT62". The Checkered Flag. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Sutcliffe, Aaron. "Knowle driver Powell wins Britcar Endurance Championship". Solihull Observer.
  5. ↑ "LOCAL BOY DONE GOOD". www.magzter.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "MOTUS ONE HELPING TO PUT BRABHAM NAME BACK IN POLE POSITION". MEPC Silverstone Park. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Developing Grid with Codemasters". MOTUS.ONE. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "BTCC | WILL POWELL TO TAKE FINAL CUPRA SEAT WITH TEAM HARD. RACING". www.btcc.net. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Brabham BT62 to make race debut in November". Motor Authority. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "BRDC BRITISH F3 CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). Motosport Vision Racing.
  11. ↑ "Driver Profile: Will Powell". GT Cup.
  12. ↑ "Race 13 (Sunday) - Toyota MR2 Championship | theresultslive.co.uk". The Results Live. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Will Powell | Association of Racing Driver Schools | ARDS". www.ards.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  14. ↑ "A Walk in the Park". Pressreader. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "BRABHAM AUTOMOTIVE ANNOUNCE DRIVERS FOR BT62 RACING DEBUT – Brabham Automotive" . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  16. ↑ Libbeter, Mark. "New Brabham BT62 wins on debut in Britcar + Ginetta Junior report". Autosport.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "Brabham wins in a Brabham: debut victory for BT62 as famous name returns". Motor Sport Magazine. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  18. ↑ "Britcar - Teams & Drivers". www.britcar-endurance.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  19. ↑ Mackley, Stefan (30 April 2020). "Brabham wins on BT62'S virtual debut". Autosport (UK). Retrieved 16 March 2023– via PressReader.
  20. ↑ "Moorgate McLaren dominates to record maiden Britcar class win - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  21. ↑ "21 January 2021 | Autosport Digital Edition". digitaledition.autosport.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  22. ↑ "TCR UK racer Will Powell to test Team HARD Cupra - TouringCarTimes". TouringCarTimes. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  23. ↑ "Will Powell joins TCR UK grid for a new full-season chapter in 2024 - TCR UK". 11 January 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.