James Winslow

James Winslow
Nationality	British
Born	16 April 1983 Witham (England)
Australian Drivers' Championship career
Debut season	2007
Current team	R-Tek Motorsport
Car no.	9
Former teams	Piccola Scuderia Team BRM Astuti Motorsport
Starts	46
Wins	30
Poles	9
Fastest laps	14
Best finish	1st in 2008, 2012
Previous series
2010–11 2009 2009 2007 2005–06	Indy Lights Atlantic Championship Development V8 Supercar Formula V6 Asia Asian F3
Championship titles
2008, 2012 2007	Australian Drivers' Champ. Formula V6 Asia

James Winslow (born 16 April 1983) is a British racing driver. He is the winner of five motorsport championships and currently competes in the Asian Le Mans Series.

Racing career

2004–2008

He won the British ARP Formula 3 Championship in 2004, winning 10 races driving an older model car. He then went on and won the Asian Formula Three Championship and also won the Australia Grand Prix Formula 3 support race in 2006 beating Bruno Senna and Tim Macrow. In 2007, he won races in both the Australian Formula Three Championship and the Formula V6 Asia championships. In September 2007, he took part in a Champ Car test at Sebring International Raceway with a view to securing a full-time drive in 2008,^[1] but the series ultimately folded.

Winslow, driving for Team Meritus, won the Formula Asia V6 Championship at the last round of the season in Zhuhai, China, beating Armaan Ebrahim. Winslow had the chance to test drive a World Series by Renault race car at Paul Ricard test track on 8 and 9 November 2007 as the prize for winning the championship. He returned to the Australian Formula 3 for 2008 winning six times and taking the overall championship at the final round. He also won the final of the three the Formula 3 showcase races on the streets of Surfers Paradise in support of the Nikon Indy 300 IndyCar race.

2009–2010

Winslow then participated as a "Rookie Driver" A1 Team Great Britain in A1 Grand Prix with a best result of 2nd. In 2009 Winslow drove in the American Atlantic Championship series for four different teams (primarily Genoa Racing) where his best result was 3rd and finished 6th after missing two events without a DNF.

For 2010 signed with Sam Schmidt Motorsports to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights series, a developmental sanctioned by the Indy Racing League.^[2] Winslow made 6 starts for the team from 12 rounds, all on road and street courses, and finished 14th in points with a best finish of 3rd at Watkins Glen.

2011

The start of the 2011 Indy Lights season saw Winslow drive for Andretti Autosport for the opening four rounds of the 2011 Indy Lights season championship at St. Petersburg ^[3] and Barber Motorsports Park.^[4]

At the St Petersburg race, which was Winslow's first time in the Andretti Autosport car, he ran well through the weekend, but mayhem early in the race saw him suffer damage to the front wing while running 3rd, which forced him to pit and finish tenth.^[5]

At the Barber Motorsports Park race, Winslow ran 3rd for the duration of the 50 minute race until after a caution period he was hit from behind on the restart and forced to retire.

The Long Beach event was Winslow's best race with Andretti Autosport running first in practice and qualified at the front after a nasty accident in qualifying. Winslow ran well in the race and after an eventful race come home in 4th position. The Freedom 100 was the final race of Winslow's 2011 season in Indy Lights. He qualified fifth but crashed out of the 40 lap race on lap 20^[6] in what would be his first and only oval start.

2012

The start of the 2012 season saw Winslow join a new team R-Tek Motorsport in the Australian Formula 3 Championship for a full season. Winslow won 12 races, breaking the record for the most wins in a single season in the 57-year history of the Australian Gold Star Awarded series and went on to dominate the Australian Formula 3 series winning the Championship for a second time at Queensland Raceway with a clean sweep of pole position, 3 race wins and a new lap record.

Outside racing

Winslow was featured on BBC One programme Accidental Heroes on 25 September 2008, for his rescue of former rival in the Asian Formula Three Championship Moreno Suprapto, after the two collided in a round of the championship, at Sentul in Indonesia.

Racing record

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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
2007–08	Great Britain	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	AUS SPR PO	AUS FEA PO	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR PO	GBR SPR PO	3rd	126
2008–09		NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	RSA SPR PO	RSA FEA PO	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR							10th	28

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2009	Conquest Racing	SEB 8												8th	72
	Jensen MotorSport		UTA 8
	Genoa Racing			NJ1 9	NJ2 9	LIM 7	ACC1 8	ACC2 9	MDO 6	TRR 7	MOS	ATL 7	LS 7

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2010	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	STP 7	ALA 15	LBH 12	INDY	IOW	WGL 5	TOR 11	EDM DNP	MDO 9	SNM	CHI	KTY	HMS		14th	130
2011	Andretti Autosport	STP 10	ALA 10	LBH 5	INDY 17	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	TRO	NHM	BAL	KTY	LVS	19th	83

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Greaves Motorsport	Michael Munemann Alessandro Latif	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	31	DNF	DNF

References

1. Keller, Scott. Sebastian Bourdais leads testing at Sebring, FastMachines, 25 September 2007, Retrieved 2010-03-29
2. Winslow signs with Schmidt, Crash.net, 25 March 2010, Retrieved 2010-03-29
3. Winslow signs with Andretti Autosport, Official James Winslow Press Release, on MotorSportRelease.com, 25 March 2011, Retrieved 2011-03-29
4. Winslow back with Andretti Autosport, IndyCar.com, 5 April 2011, Retrieved 2011-04-14
5. Winslow on the pace in St Petersburg, Official James Winslow Press Release, on MotorSportRelease.com, 2 April 2011, Retrieved 2011-04-14
6. Patterson, Doug. IndyLights – 2011 Firestone Freedom 100 Recap, Open Paddock, 27 May 2011, Retrieved 2012-08-24

External links

• Official Website