Ben Hanley

Benjamin Hugo Hanley
Nationality	British
Born	22 January 1985 Manchester, England
Euroseries 3000 career
Debut season	2009
Current team	Fisichella Motor Sport
Starts	2
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2005 2006–07 2008 2008	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series

Ben Hanley is a British racing driver who competed in the first part of the 2008 GP2 Series season. He is also a member of the Renault F1 team's young driver program.

Career

Hanley had a successful career in karting, winning a number of championships and individual races and coming close to winning the Karting World Championship. Hanley raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2006 and 2007, and he finished as runner-up in the championship in 2007. He was signed to drive for Campos Racing in early 2008.^[1] He will be partnered by Vitaly Petrov. He also joined the team for the second round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, scoring a podium finish in his first GP2 race. After three races of the season Hanley and Campos parted company, but he secured a drive with Durango before the next race.^[2] He replaced Marcello Puglisi, who was in turn deputising for the injured Davide Valsecchi. However, this was only a one-off drive, as Valsecchi returned to racing action at the next round of the championship.^[3] He began 2009 without a drive, but joined the Euroseries 3000 mid-season and won during his first event in the category. He also returned to karting in 2009, finishing third in the Karting World Championship.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Points	Position
2005	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Cram Competition	17	6	2	264	3rd
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	–	NC†
	Formula Renault 2.0 UK	Team AKA	2	0	0	21	28th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Cram Competition	2	0	0	0	39th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Cram Competition	17	1	0	55	8th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Prema Powerteam	17	2	0	102	2nd
2008	GP2 Series	Barwa International Campos Team	6	0	0	6	15th
	GP2 Asia Series	Barwa International Campos Team	6	0	0	1	24th
		Durango	2	0	0	0
2009	Euroseries 3000	Fisichella Motor Sport	2	1	0	9	6th

† – As Hanley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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	DC	Points
2005	Cram Competition	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	VAL 1	VAL 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	BIL 1	BIL 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	DON 1	DON 2	EST 1 17	EST 2 Ret	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	39th	0
2006	Cram Competition	ZOL 1 10	ZOL 2 17†	MON 1 Ret	IST 1 Ret	IST 2 4	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 2	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 7	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 13	DON 1 10	DON 2 6	LMS 1 10	LMS 2 20†	CAT 1 16	CAT 2 7	8th	55
2007	Prema Powerteam	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 9	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 7	MON 1 6	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 4	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 2	DON 1 16	DON 2 Ret	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 14	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 23	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 1	2nd	102

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
2008	Campos Grand Prix	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 9	TUR FEA 17	TUR SPR 6	MON FEA 16	MON SPR 14															24th	1
	Durango							FRA FEA Ret	FRA SPR Ret	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	EUR FEA	EUR SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR

Complete GP2 Asia 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	DC	Points
2008	Campos Grand Prix	UAE1 FEA	UAE1 SPR	IDN FEA 3	IDN SPR 16	MAL FEA Ret	MAL SPR 14	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 10	UAE2 FEA Ret	UAE2 SPR Ret	15th	6

References

1. "Campos sign Hanley to partner Petrov". autosport.com. 10 January 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
2. "Hanley grabs last-gasp Durango drive". autosport.com. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
3. "Valsecchi returns to Durango seat". autosport.com. 1 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
4. "CIK-FIA World Karting Championship for Drivers 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

External links

• Ben Hanley official website