Richard Westbrook

Profile

Richard Westbrook

Statistics

Height5' 11"
Weight74kg
Championship Wins4
Race Starts231
Race Wins67
Pole Positions35
Podium Finishes116
Fastest Laps46
Race Win Percentage22.08%

 
Race performance statistics correct as at end of 2012 season

(Source : Driver Database - not independently verified)

Fast Facts 

LivesRichmond, London 
BirthplaceChelmsford, Essex
HobbiesRunning, Skiing, Cooking
Racing GoalsWin at Le Mans
Racing IdolJacky Ickx
Favourite TrackWatkins Glen
Career HighlightWinning the FIA GT Championship in 2009
Favourite Team MateManu Collard
Toughest CompetitorGianmaria Bruni
If not racing I wouldOpen my own restaurant
First JobCycle courier in London
Dream CarJensen Interceptor
Favourite FoodCrab on toast
Favourite Football TeamIpswich Town
Favourite MovieCinema Paradiso
Favourite MusicLCD Soundsystem, Led Zeppelin, The Doves

10 things you didn’t know about Richard …

  • His father Tony was a huge inspiration and encouraged him to go karting when he was a child Tony was the 1972 British Special Saloon Champion in a Cosworth engined Mini
  • When he was 9 years old he started his racing career at Snetterton race circuit
  • At 15 Richard was captain of the English Karting Team, racing in the World Championships against future F1 stars like Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella
  • Richard won the 100cc British Championship in 1990
  • Richard was runner-up in the McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year in 1994
  • He has competed in three London Marathons. In 2011 he joined members of the British Racing Drivers' Club in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust
  • Richard is a keen cook and trained at the Victoria Centre in London, famous as the grad school of Jamie Oliver
  • Richard's former engineer from the Opel Lotus series was David Lloyd who is now the Race Operations Manager of the Ferrari Formula 1 Team
  • During his first Porsche Supercup Championship winning year, Richard finished on the podium in every race
  • Richard became the first English Porsche Factory Driver since Derek Bell in the 1980's

2013 Results

Richard's race-by-race results will appear here during the course of the 2013 season

Rolex GrandAm Sportscar Series

EventDateResultPoints To DateChampionship Position
 Rolex Daytona 24 27th January 5th26  Joint 4th
Circuit of the Americas  2nd March 11th46   Joint 7th 
 Barber Motorsports Park6th April 3rd 76  Joint 5th
Road Atlanta  20th April 5th102 Joint 5th
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

American Le Mans Series (long distance races only)

Event
Date
Result
Points To Date
Championship Position
 Sebring 12-Hours 16th March 1st 24Joint 1st after Round 1
     
     

 

British GT Championship (selected rounds)
EventDateResultPoints to DateChampionship Position
Oulton Park, Round 11st April DNF 0 -
Oulton Park, Round 2  1st April12th  0 -
 Rockingham, Round 3 6th May1st  37.5 Joint 3rd
     

 

2012

GrandAm Rolex Sports Car Series

Spirit of Daytona Racing: Corvette Daytona Prototype
ALMS (Sebring and Petit Le Mans)Corvette Racing: Corvette CR6
Le Mans 24hrsCorvette Racing: Corvette CR6
Rolex Daytona 24hrsSpirit of Daytona Racing: Corvette Daytona Prototype
24hrs of NurburgringHaribo-Manthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R
VLN
 (selected races)Haribo-Manthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R
Blancpain Endurance Series (selected races)Haribo-Manthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R
British GT (selected races)Trackspeed: Porsche GT3 R
  

2011

FIA GT1 World ChampionshipJR Motorsports: Nissan GT-R
ALMS (Sebring and Petit Le Mans)Corvette Racing: Corvette Z06
Le Mans 24hrsCorvette Racing: Corvette Z06
Rolex Daytona 24hrsLevel 5 Motorsports: Riley BMW DP
V8 Supercars Gold Coast 600Jack Daniels Racing: V8 Holden Commodore
Total 24hrs of SpaHaribo-Manthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R
24hrs of NurburgringHaribo-Manthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R
VLN
 (selected races)Haribo-Manthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R
British GT (selected races)Trackspeed: Porsche GT3 R

 

2010

FIA GT1 World ChampionshipMatech Competition: Ford GT1
Le Mans SeriesProspeed Competition: Porsche GT2 RSR
Le Mans 24hrsBMS: Porsche GT2 RSR
Rolex Daytona 24hrs (3rd place)Crown Royal/NPN Racing: Riley BMW DP
Total 24hrs of SpaProspeed Competition: Porsche GT2 RSR
24hrs NurburgringManthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R
British GT (selected races)Trackspeed: Porsche GT3 R
VLN (selected races)Manthey Racing: Porsche GT3 R

 

2009

FIA GT2 Championship (Champion)Prospeed Competition: Porsche GT2 RSR (4 race wins)
ALMS (selected races)VICI Racing: Porsche GT2 RSR
Porsche Supercup (selected races)Jetstream Motorsport: Porsche GT3 Cup (2 race wins)
Porsche Carrera Cup GER (selected races)Araxa Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup

 

2008

FIA GT2 Championship (3rd place)Prospeed Competition: Porsche GT2 RSR (2 race wins)
Le Mans SeriesARAXA Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup (1 race win)
Rolex Daytona 24hrs (2nd place)Farnbacher–Loles: Porsche GT3 Grand Am
Grand Am (selected races)TRG: Porsche GT3 Grand Am
ALMS (selected races)Farnbacher–Loles: Porsche GT2 RSR (1 race win)
Spa 24hrs (2nd place)Prospeed Competition: Porsche GT2 RSR

 

2007

Porsche Supercup (Champion)Hisaq Competition: Porsche GT3 Cup (2 wins, 1 pole position, 5 fastest laps)
Porsche Carrera Cup GER (2nd place)ARAXA Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup (5 wins, 1 pole position, 4 fastest laps)
Rolex Daytona 24hrsSynergy Racing: Porsche GT3 Grand Am (Pole position)
Grand Am (selected races)Synergy: Porsche GT3 Grand Am
British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC)Winner of the ‘Fairfield Trophy’ Awarded for outstanding achievement

 

2006

Porsche Supercup (Champion)Jetstream Motorsport: Porsche GT3 Cup
 (4 wins, 4 poles, podium every race)
Porsche Carrera Cup GBR (selected races)Redline Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup (3 wins)
Porsche Carrera Cup GER (selected races)Araxa Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup (1 win, 2 fastest laps)
Autosport AwardsNominated for ‘International Driver of the Year’

 

2005

Porsche Carrera Cup GBR (2nd place)RedLine Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup (13 wins)
Porsche Supercup (selected races)Walter Lechner Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup (9th place, 2 wins, 1 pole)
 

 

2004

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain (Champion)Redline Racing: Porsche GT3 Cup (7 wins)

 

2003

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain (2nd place)Team BCR (9 wins)

 

2002

Porsche Supercup (selected races)Kadach Racing Team: Porsche GT3 Cup

 

1999

Formula 3000 (testing)Redman and Bright: Lola Judd F 3000

 

1996

Austrian Formula 3 (selected races)Achletiner Motorsport: F3 (2 wins)
German Formula 3 (selected races)Tokmakidis Motorsport: F3 (1 win)

 

1995

Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries (4th place)David Lloyd Motorsport: Formula Opel Lotus (3 wins)

 

1994

Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries (4th place)David Lloyd Motorsport: Formula Opel Lotus (1 win)
Autosport AwardsNominated for McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award

 

1993

Formula Vauxhall Lotus Winter Series (2nd place)Martin Donnelly Racing: Formula Vauxhall Lotus (1 win)

 

1986 - 1991

Karting
Richard won the British Karting Championship in 1990 and also captained the British team in the World Championship at Le Mans

 

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