Damien Faulkner

Damien Faulkner (born 15 February 1977) is an Irish race car driver from Moville County Donegal. Beginning his professional career in Formula Vauxhall Junior in 1995, he competed in the Formula Ford Festival in 1996 and finished 11th. He finished in 3rd place in Vauxhall Junior in 1997 and moved to Formula Palmer Audi in 1998 where he finished sixth and third in series points in his first two seasons. At the end of 1999 he had his first taste of F3000 when he tested for Arden as part of his prize for finishing third in Palmer Audi.

In 2000 Faulkner dominated the new European Formula Palmer Audi series taking 6 wins on his way to the title. His prize for winning the series assisted him in finding a seat in the American Champ Car feeder series Indy Lights for 2001. In the series' final season he drove for Dorricott Racing, capturing 2 wins on his way to third place in series points. A return home to Mondello Park during the season also saw him win his class in a one-off FIA Sportscar Championship race.

Faulkner returned to Europe in 2002 and competed in a partial season in the Formula Nissan World Series. With nothing on the horizon for 2003 Faulkner's career was rescued by a dominant performance as a guest driver in the BTCC supporting Porsche Carrera Cup GB, again at his home circuit, Mondello Park. This drive led to a Porsche Supercup guest appearance and an invite to again compete at Mondello in 2004. A further strong drive secured a seat for the remainder of the season with Team SAS and Faulkner went on to take the team's first race win before the season's end. Two more years with the team brought two championship victories and a graduation in 2007 to the Porsche Supercup.

A successful debut Supercup season yielded two wins and second in the championship with the title fight going right down to the final race of the season. 2007's performances have put Faulkner firmly back on the map as he heads into a second season in the Supercup with Walter Lechner Racing and has also received invites to two of the biggest pre-season events on the calendar, the Dubai 24hrs and 24 Hours of Daytona.

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 2 points awarded 2008 onwards in all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Points
2002	Porsche AG	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	AUT	MON	GER	GBR 11	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	USA		NC‡	0‡
2006	Priority Racing Team Lechner	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 15	ITA	GER	ESP	MON	GBR	USA	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	ITA		NC‡	0‡
2007	Lechner Racing Bahrain	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 1	BHR 3	ESP 4	MON 6	FRA 12	GBR 5	GER 4	HUN 3	TUR 2	ITA 1	BEL 3			2nd	163
2008	Lechner Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 1	BHR 10	ESP 9	TUR 5	MON 2	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 4	HUN 1	ESP 3	BEL 25†	ITA 12		2nd	121
2009	Walter Lechner Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 4	BHR 6	ESP 6	MON 7	TUR 12	GBR 16	GER 8	HUN 5	ESP Ret	BEL 4	ITA 5	UAE 11	UAE 4	6th	126
2010	Al Faisal Lechner Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON	ESP	GBR 10	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA				NC‡	0‡

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.

External links

• Damien Faulkner official website