Richie Stanaway

Richie Stanaway

Stanaway in 2011.
Nationality New Zealander
Born 24 November 1991
Tauranga (New Zealand)
GP3 Series career
Debut season 2011
Current team Status Grand Prix
Car no. 27
Former teams Lotus ART
Starts 22
Wins 3
Poles 1
Fastest laps 1
Best finish 8th in 2014
Previous series
2013
2012, 2014
2011
2010
2010
2009
2008
2007
Porsche Supercup
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
German Formula Three
ADAC Formel Masters
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Ford Australia
Formula Ford New Zealand
Formula First New Zealand
Championship titles
2011
2010
2008/2009
German Formula Three
ADAC Formel Masters
Formula Ford New Zealand
Awards
2009 The Steel Trophy

Richie Stanaway (born 24 November 1991) is a racing car driver from New Zealand.

Career

New Zealand

Born in Tauranga, Stanaway was originally from a motocross background, before making the switch to speedway at the age of twelve. Following that came a brief foray into kart racing prior to making his formula car debut in 2007 after being selected for the New Zealand SpeedSport Scholarship. He competed in the 2007/08 Formula First championship finishing third overall as the highest placed rookie.

Stanaway then made the jump to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship with Hamilton based, debutant team TSR Racing alongside team-mate Martin Short. Prior to National championship he raced in the winter series to prepare, winning numerous races in the process with the newly imported Mygale chassis. Stanaway won the 2008/09 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship with fourteen race wins, becoming only the second driver in history to win the title as a rookie.

He then competed in the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship with Adelaide based, Team BRM, making their debut in the formula ford championship after a long history of Formula 3 experience. During his Australian Formula Ford campaign in April 2009, Stanaway made his debut in New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series during a one off appearance on the Hamilton 400 street circuit, scoring both pole positions and winning both races on debut. He then had to pull out half way through the Australian Formula Ford Championship to take up testing and racing opportunities in the ADAC Formula Masters Championship in Germany. Despite missing six of the races, Richie finished sixth place in the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship taking one race win and six podium finishes.

Europe

In July 2009 Stanaway took up a testing opportunity at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz with Ma-Con Motorsport, a German team competing in the ADAC Formula Masters Championship. The test was organized by Tauranga businessman Maurice O' Reilly, a past investor of New Zealand Indy 500 winner, and Indycar series champion Scott Dixon. Stanaway impressed and was offered a race seat for the remaining six races of the 2009 ADAC Formula Masters Championship held at Nürburgring, Sachsenring and Oschersleben. The required budget was raised through a group of investors and on 22 August 2009 Richie made his European debut at the famous Nürburgring circuit. During the six races, he scored two pole positions and numerous podium finishes, and following the signing of a management contract with RRT Holdings, headed by businessman Martin Reiss, the decision was made to return to contest the full ADAC Formula Masters Championship in 2010.

For the 2010 ADAC Formula Masters Championship stanaway dominated proceedings, taking twelve race wins and finished no lower than second place throughout the whole championship. Following that he completed tests with 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup championship winning team, Koirannen Bros. Motorsport at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, also a test with ATS-Formel 3 cup (German Formula 3) team Van Amersfoort Racing in Oschersleben, and a thorough testing program with Tech-1 racing in Formula Renault 2.0. Richie then made his racing debut in the United Kingdom, competing in the Formula Renault UK winter cup with Atech-GP which took place at Snetterton and Pembrey, he took a race win and numerous podium placings over the six race series.

Richie was then released from his management contract with Martin Reiss to then sign with Gravity Sport Management, a management group headed by Lotus-Renault Formula One team principal Eric Boullier. And will contest the 2011 ATS-Formel 3 cup (German Formula 3) with Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing. He replaced Pedro Nunes for the remainder of the 2011 GP3 Series season with the pace-setters, Lotus ART, he will begin at the penultimate round of the championship in Belgium. He finished 8th in first race and therefore started from pole in the second, where he kept the lead and won the race.

In November 2011 Stanaway tested the new BMW M3 DTM car as one of three young drivers and then in December he tested for Formula Renault 3.5 Series team GravityCharouz Racing in the invite-only test[1] at Aragon, Spain where he topped the times on the first two days and finished the three day test with the fastest overall time.[2]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Formula First Manfeild Winter Series 3 0 0 1 1 170 14th
2007-08 OEM Supply NZ Formula First Championship Sabre Motorsport 24 4 1 5 18 1368 3rd
2008 Formula Ford Manfeild Winter Series TSR Racing 9 5 1 3 7 610 3rd
Australian Formula Ford Championship GForce Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2008-09 MTA Formula Ford Championship TSR Racing 21 11 3 4 15 1215 1st
2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship Team BRM 16 1 0 2 6 164 6th
ADAC Formel Masters ma-con motorsport 6 0 1 0 2 52 8th
Toyota Racing Series — Hamilton 400 Trophy 2 2 2 1 2 150 1st
2010 ADAC Formel Masters ma-con motorsport 18 12 2 9 17 315 1st
Michelin Formula Renault Winter Cup Atech GP 6 1 0 1 3 99 5th
Toyota Racing Series ETEC Motorsport 6 1 0 2 3 362 10th
2011 German Formula Three Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 18 13 10 8 16 181 1st
GP3 Series Lotus ART 4 1 0 0 1 7 20th
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Lotus 5 0 0 0 0 8 22nd
2013 Porsche Supercup DAMS 9 0 0 0 0 43 12th
FIA World Endurance Championship Aston Martin Racing 6 0 0 0 1 27.75 19th
Rolex Sports Car Series Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 0 27 79th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Lotus 4 0 0 0 1 21 18th
GP3 Series Status Grand Prix 18 2 1 1 5 125 8th
FIA World Endurance Championship Aston Martin Racing 3 0 0 0 3 54 10th
2015 GP2 Series Status Grand Prix 2 0 0 0 0 0 12th*
FIA World Endurance Championship Aston Martin Racing V8 1 0 0 0 0 8 6th*

* Season in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2011 Lotus ART TUR
FEA
TUR
SPR
ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
GBR
FEA
GBR
SPR
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
BEL
FEA

8
BEL
SPR

1
ITA
FEA

10
ITA
SPR

19
20th 7
2014 Status Grand Prix ESP
FEA

3
ESP
SPR

4
AUT
FEA

4
AUT
SPR

3
GBR
FEA

7
GBR
SPR

1
GER
FEA

13
GER
SPR

7
HUN
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

6
BEL
FEA

7
BEL
SPR

2
ITA
FEA

9
ITA
SPR

Ret
RUS
FEA
12
RUS
SPR
Ret
ABU
FEA

12
ABU
SPR

7
8th 125

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2012 Lotus ALC
1

Ret
ALC
2

6
MON
1

Ret
SPA
1

NC
SPA
2

Ret
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
MSC
1
MSC
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
22nd 8
2014 Lotus MNZ
1
MNZ
2
ALC
1
ALC
2
MON
1
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

8
MSC
1

9
MSC
2

3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
JER
1
JER
2
18th 21

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2013 DAMS ESP
9
MON
7
GBR
13
GER
10
HUN
Ret
BEL
13
ITA
Ret
UAE
17
UAE
4
12th 43

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA
6
LMS SÃO
5
COA
Ret
FUJ
6
SHA
2
BHR
Ret
19th 27.75
2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA
2
LMS COA
2
FUJ SHA
2
BHR SÃO 10th 54
2015 Aston Martin Racing V8 LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
6
SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 6th* 8*

* Season in progress.

Complete Grand Am results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2013 Aston Martin Racing GT DAY TXS
BAR ATL
BEL
LEX
S6H
IMS
ELK
KAN
LGA
LRP
Ret
79th 27

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2015 Status Grand Prix BHR
FEA

15
BHR
SPR

11
ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
MON
FEA

MON
SPR

AUT
FEA

AUT
SPR

GBR
FEA

GBR
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

BEL
FEA

BEL
SPR

ITA
FEA

ITA
SPR

RUS
FEA

RUS
SPR

ABU
FEA

ABU
SPR

12th* 0*

* Season in progress.

References

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Daniel Abt
ADAC Formel Masters
Champion

2010
Succeeded by
Pascal Wehrlein
Preceded by
Tom Dillmann
German Formula Three
Champion

2011
Succeeded by
Jimmy Eriksson