Ben Barnicoat

Ben Barnicoat
Barnicoat at Spa-Francorchamps
Nationality	British
Born	(1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 Chesterfield (United Kingdom)
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Fortec Motorsports
Car no.	6
Starts	1
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2014 2014 2013	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Protyre FR Autumn Cup
Championship titles
2014 2013	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Protyre FR Autumn Cup
Awards
2014	Autosport Club Driver of the Year

Ben Barnicoat (born 20 December 1996) is a British racing driver who is a part of the McLaren Young driver programme.

Career

Karting

Born in Chesterfield, Barnicoat began his racing career in karting at the age of nine. In 2007 he clinched the WTP Cadet Open and Motors TV Cadet Karting Championship titles as well as becoming WTP "Little Green Man' Vice Champion.^[1] In 2008 he graduated to KF3 category in which he participated in the MSA Formula Kart Starts championship and Kartmasters GP. He did remarkably well in both, securing 4th in Formula Kart Stars and 7th at Kartmasters. Ben returned the year after and won Kartmasters GP, Formula Kart Stars and finished Vice-Champion in the Super One Junior Championship. By 2012, Barnicoat had claimed the CIK-FIA KF2 European Championship too.^[2]

Formula Renault

In 2013 Barnicoat made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup for Fortec Motorsports, and won the cup with two wins.^[3]

Barnicoat continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2014, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

References

External links

• Official website
• Profile on Racing Steps Foundation site
• Ben Barnicoat career summary at DriverDB.com

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