Richie Stanaway

Richie Stanaway
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. In 2016 he is competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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 Gravity–Charouz 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 - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	6	0	0	0	1	27.75	19th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT		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 - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	3	0	0	0	3	54	10th
2015	GP2 Series	Status Grand Prix	18	2	0	0	2	60	10th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing V8	7	1	3	0	1	78	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	6th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC*

^* Season still 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	9	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 1	LMS 9	NÜR 5	COA 4	FUJ	SHA 5	BHR 7		9th	78
2016	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL Ret	SPA	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	NC*	0*

^* Season still 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	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Status Grand Prix	BHR FEA 15	BHR SPR 11	ESP FEA 10	ESP SPR 19	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 1	AUT FEA 23	AUT SPR 15	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 13	HUN FEA 21	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA 18	BEL SPR 13	ITA FEA 4	ITA SPR 4	RUS FEA 7	RUS SPR 1	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	10th	60

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Aston Martin Racing V8	Fernando Rees Alex MacDowall	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	320	34th	6th

References

1. http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/en/tv_news/news/Pages/50driversgatherforlast2011test.aspx World Series Renault web page. 30 November 2011
2. http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/11/29/kiwi-stanaway-tops-formula-renault-test/ Speedcafe.com. 30 November 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Richie Stanaway on Twitter
• Richie Stanaway career summary at DriverDB.com