Richard Williams (racing driver)
Richard Williams (born 11 June 1977) is a British racing driver who competed in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as a member of the SPS Automotive Performance Team.
Williams was born in Yeovil, Somerset. He entered motor sport through karting before moving to cars. After coming 4th overall with a single race win the Renault Clio Cup in 2004, he entered the 2005 BTCC in a Lexus, ran by SpeedEquipe and sponsored by Friends Reunited and HPI Racing. He came 14th overall in a small field, with a best result of 7th [1]. In 2006 he contested the Porsche Carrera Cup, with a best result of 3rd, also entering the Supercup round at Silverstone as a wild card of sorts. For 2007 he is contesting the British GT Championship [2]
Racing record
[edit]Complete British Touring Car Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | HPI Racing | Lexus IS200 | DON 1 NC |
DON 2 9 |
DON 3 11 |
THR 1 DNS |
THR 2 DNS |
THR 3 DNS |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 DNS |
BRH 3 9 |
OUL 1 13 |
OUL 2 9 |
OUL 3 Ret |
CRO 1 13 |
CRO 2 12 |
CRO 3 Ret |
MON 1 15 |
MON 2 12 |
MON 3 13 |
SNE 1 13 |
SNE 2 12 |
SNE 3 9 |
KNO 1 DNS |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 DNS |
SIL 1 12 |
SIL 2 7 |
SIL 3 Ret |
BRH 1 11 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 9 |
14th | 14 |
Complete Porsche Supercup results
[edit](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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | IN2RACING | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | ITA1 | GER1 | ESP | MON | GBR 15 |
NC† | 0† | |||||||
| Morellato Racing Team PZ Essen | USA1 8 |
USA2 Ret |
FRA | GER2 | HUN | ||||||||||||
| Morellato Stars Team | ITA2 10 |
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| 2007 | Racing Team Indonesia | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR1 9 |
BHR2 11 |
ESP1 19 |
MON 11 |
FRA 8 |
GBR Ret |
GER 8 |
HUN 12 |
TUR Ret |
ITA 9 |
BEL 8 |
10th | 60 | ||
| 2008 | Jetstream Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR1 | BHR2 | ESP1 | TUR | MON | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | ESP2 | BEL 15 |
ITA | NC† | 0† | |
| 2009 | SPS Automotive | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR1 Ret |
BHR2 5 |
ESP1 8 |
MON Ret |
TUR 8 |
GBR 12 |
GER 6 |
HUN Ret |
ESP2 5 |
BEL 6 |
ITA 18 |
UAE1 12 |
UAE2 10 |
8th | 90 |
† Not eligible for points.
Complete British GT results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Trackspeed | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT3 | OUL 1 14 |
OUL 2 5 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
SNE | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
SIL | THR 1 |
THR 2 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
23rd | 4 |
| 2008 | Trackspeed | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | GT3 | OUL 1 4 |
OUL 2 19 |
KNO 1 4 |
KNO 2 11 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
DON | SIL | 30th | 11 |