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Richie Stanaway

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Richie Stanaway
Richie during 2022 Bathurst 1000 Qualifying
Nationality New Zealander
Born24 November 1991 (1991-11-24) (age 32)
Tauranga, New Zealand
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Supercars Championship career
Car number26
Current teamGrove Racing
Championships0
Races85
Wins2
Podiums4
Pole positions0
2023 position26th

Richard Stanaway (born 24 November 1991) is a racing car driver from New Zealand. He currently competes full-time in the Supercars Championship, driving the No. 26 Ford Mustang GT for Grove Racing.

Career

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New Zealand

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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 halfway 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

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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 organised 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, Koiranen 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 programme 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 contested 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 the 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 GravityCharouz 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]

Touring Cars

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Stanaway contested the 2018 Supercars Championship driving a Ford Falcon FG X for Tickford Racing

He made his Supercars debut for Super Black Racing in 2016, co-driving with Chris Pither in the Pirtek Enduro Cup series. He impressed on debut in Sandown, fighting his way from a pit-stop down up to 3rd with slick tyres on a damp track. His team were caught out by a safety car and would eventually drop to 17th and one lap down. In 2017 Stanaway competed in the Sydney round of the Super2 Series, winning the final race. He then drove in the Pirtek Enduro Cup with Cam Waters, winning the Sandown 500 from pole position. They then lead the Bathurst 1000 before an incident on a restart after the safety car, breaking the rear wing. They repaired the car and they went on to finish 16th, 3 laps down. They also finished in 2nd the first race of the Gold Coast 600, but suffered steering damage in the second race, resulting in a finish position of 21st. It was announced in early December that Stanaway will drive full-time in the Supercars Championship with Tickford Racing.

In 2019 he moved to Garry Rogers Motorsport after a poor season in 2018. He aggravated a previous neck injury and missed seven races[3] making a return at The Bend SuperSprint. At the Gold Coast 600 he was stood down for missing an autograph signing[4] but reinstated at the next round at Sandown. After a difficult two years in Supercars, Stanaway retired from the sport in November 2019.[5]

In 2021, Peter Adderton from Boost Mobile floated the idea of running a Wildcard entry for Stanaway and four time Bathurst winner Greg Murphy in the upcoming Bathurst 1000. The idea gained massive fan support, helping to convince Stanaway and Murphy to return for the first time since 2019 and 2014 respectively. On 8 June 2021 it was confirmed that the two would return in an Erebus Motorsport run Boost Mobile supported entry.[6] On 12 November 2021 the wildcard was postponed due to travel restrictions between Australia & New Zealand. In late April 2022 Erebus Motorsport confirmed that the Wildcard would be revived for the upcoming Bathurst 1000.[7] There were plans to run Stanaway & Murphy in solo events prior to Bathurst but those plans fell through, the two had three test days prior to the 1000 with the first set to be run at Winton Motor Raceway on 7 June.

In 2023 he would join Triple Eight to partner Shane van Gisbergen for the Supercars Enduro races, as well as to race in GT World Challenge Australia and GT World Challenge Asia.[8][9] He would score 2 podiums in GT and 2 podiums in Supercars, including victory at the Bathurst 1000.[10] On 21 August it was announced that he would be driving full-time for Grove Racing in 2024.[11]

Racing record

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Karting career

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Season Series Position
2007 New Zealand Top Half Series - Rotex Light 10th
New Zealand Top Half Series - Formula Junior 17th

Career summary

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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 New Zealand 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
Formula Renault UK 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 3 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 1 1 27.75 19th
Rolex Sports Car Series - GT 1 0 0 0 0 27 79th
2014 GP3 Series Status Grand Prix 18 2 1 1 5 125 8th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Lotus 4 0 0 0 1 21 18th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Aston Martin Racing 3 0 0 1 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 1 1 78 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 1 1 0 N/A 6th
European Le Mans Series - GTC TF Sport 1 0 0 0 0 10 11th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 7 1 0 0 3 88 7th
European Le Mans Series - GTE 1 0 1 0 1 16 15th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
International V8 Supercars Championship Super Black Racing 4 0 0 0 0 324 44th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 3 0 0 0 0 32 14th
Super2 Series Prodrive Racing Australia 4 1 0 1 3 188 25th
Supercars Championship 4 1 0 0 2 594 28th
2018 Supercars Championship Tickford Racing 31 0 0 0 0 1214 25th
2019 Supercars Championship Garry Rogers Motorsport 23 0 0 0 0 1146 24th
2022 Supercars Championship Erebus Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 144 42nd
2023 GT World Challenge Australia - Pro-Am Triple Eight Race Engineering - JMR 4 0 0 0 2 45 11th
GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 Triple Eight JMR 4 0 0 0 0 6 37th
Supercars Championship Triple Eight Race Engineering 2 1 0 0 2 558 26th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Grove Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2024 Supercars Championship Grove Racing 20 0 0 0 0 1267* 17th*

Complete GP3 Series results

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(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 IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA
NÜR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA

8
SPA
SPR

1
MNZ
FEA

10
MNZ
SPR

19
20th 7
2014 Status Grand Prix CAT
FEA

3
CAT
SPR

4
RBR
FEA

4
RBR
SPR

3
SIL
FEA

7
SIL
SPR

1
HOC
FEA

13
HOC
SPR

7
HUN
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

6
SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

2
MNZ
FEA

9
MNZ
SPR

Ret
SOC
FEA

12
SOC
SPR

Ret
YMC
FEA

12
YMC
SPR

7
8th 125

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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(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

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(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 CAT
9
MON
7
SIL
13
NÜR
10
HUN
Ret
SPA
13
MNZ
Ret
YMC
17
YMC
4
12th 43

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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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
3
LMS
3
NÜR
5
MEX
1
COA FUJ
6
SHA
Ret
BHR 7th 88
2017 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
6
SPA
8
LMS
5
NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 14th 32

Complete GP2 Series results

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(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
CAT
FEA

10
CAT
SPR

19
MON
FEA

7
MON
SPR

1
RBR
FEA

23
RBR
SPR

15
SIL
FEA

Ret
SIL
SPR

13
HUN
FEA

21
HUN
SPR

13
SPA
FEA

18
SPA
SPR

13
MNZ
FEA

4
MNZ
SPR

4
SOC
FEA

7
SOC
SPR

1
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
10th 60

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing V8 Brazil Fernando Rees
United Kingdom Alex MacDowall
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
320 34th 6th
2016 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
Brazil Fernando Rees
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
337 24th 6th
2017 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Nicki Thiim
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
334 25th 9th

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2015 TF Sport GTC Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST
5
11th 10
2016 Aston Martin Racing GTE Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL
3
IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 15th 16

Supercars Championship results

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Supercars results
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 31 32 33 34 Position Points
2016 Super Black Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
ADE
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
PHI
R6
PHI
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
WIN
R10

PO
WIN
R11

PO
HID
R12
HID
R13
TOW
R14
TOW
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
SAN
QR

EX
SAN
R20

17
BAT
R21

12
SUR
R22

10
SUR
R23

Ret
PUK
R24
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SYD
R28
SYD
R29
44th 324
2017 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
PHI
R5
PHI
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
QLD
R15

PO
QLD
R16

PO
SMP
R17
SMP
R18
SAN
QR

3
SAN
R19

1
BAT
R20

16
SUR
R21

2
SUR
R22

21
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
NEW
R25
NEW
R26
28th 594
2018 Tickford Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1

Ret
ADE
R2

20
MEL
R3

24
MEL
R4

Ret
MEL
R5

25
MEL
R6

18
SYM
R7

25
SYM
R8

Ret
PHI
R9

19
PHI
R10

20
BAR
R11

24
BAR
R12

19
WIN
R13

22
WIN
R14

9
HID
R15

23
HID
R16

19
TOW
R17

23
TOW
R18

20
QLD
R19

12
QLD
R20

18
SMP
R21

21
BEN
R22

22
BEN
R23

22
SAN
QR

17
SAN
R24

20
BAT
R25

22
SUR
R26

Ret
SUR
R27

C
PUK
R28

23
PUK
R29

20
NEW
R30

17
NEW
R31

23
25th 1214
2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

18
ADE
R2

18
MEL
R3

17
MEL
R4

21
MEL
R5

DSQ
MEL
R6

21
SYM
R7

16
SYM
R8

19
PHI
R9

14
PHI
R10

23
BAR
R11

22
BAR
R12

21
WIN
R13

25
WIN
R14

WD
HID
R15
HID
R16
TOW
R17
TOW
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
BEN
R21

16
BEN
R22

24
PUK
R23

10
PUK
R24

9
BAT
R25

12
SUR
R26

23
SUR
R27
SAN
QR

19
SAN
R28

14
NEW
R29

16
NEW
R30

15
24th 1146
2022 Erebus Motorsport Holden ZB Commodore SMP
R1
SMP
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
SYM
R5
MEL
R6
MEL
R7
MEL
R8
MEL
R9
BAR
R10
BAR
R11
BAR
R12
WIN
R13
WIN
R14
WIN
R15
HID
R16
HID
R17
HID
R18
TOW
R19
TOW
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
BEN
R23
SAN
R24
SAN
R25
SAN
R26
PUK
R27
PUK
R28
PUK
R29
BAT
R30

11
SUR
R31
SUR
R32
NEW
R33
NEW
R34
42nd 144
2023 Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 NEW
R1
NEW
R2
MEL
R3
MEL
R4
MEL
R5
MEL
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
BAR
R9
SYM
R10
SYM
R11
SYM
R12
HID
R13
HID
R14
HID
R15
TOW
R16
TOW
R17
SMP
R18
SMP
R19
BEN
R20
BEN
R21
BEN
R22
SAN
R23
3
BAT
R24
1
SUR
R25
SUR
R26
ADE
R27
ADE
R28
26th 558
2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang GT BAT1
R1

4
BAT1
R2

11
MEL
R3

12
MEL
R4

13
MEL
R5

7
MEL
R6

8
TAU
R7

6
TAU
R8

10
BAR
R9

24
BAR
R10

12
HID
R11

14
HID
R12

10
TOW
R13

14
TOW
R14

14
SMP
R15

16
SMP
R16

21
SYM
R17

16
SYM
R18

17
SAN
R19

Ret
BAT
R20

9
SUR
R21

9
SUR
R22

7
ADE
R23

ADE
R24

16th* 1447*

Bathurst 1000 results

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Stanaway's entry for the 2022 Bathurst 1000.
Year Team Car Co-Driver Position Lap
2016 Super Black Racing Ford Falcon FG X New Zealand Chris Pither 12th 161
2017 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X Australia Cameron Waters 16th 159
2018 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X Australia Steve Owen 22nd 152
2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB New Zealand Chris Pither 12th 161
2022 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB New Zealand Greg Murphy 11th 161
2023 Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 New Zealand Shane van Gisbergen 1st 161
2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Australia Dale Wood 9th 161

References

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  2. ^ Speedcafe.com (29 November 2011). "Kiwi Stanaway tops Formula Renault test". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. ^ Howard, Tom (29 May 2019). "Stanaway to undergo neck treatment". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  4. ^ Howard, Tom (26 October 2019). "Stanaway stood down by GRM at GC600". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. ^ Howard, Tom (24 November 2019). "Stanaway 'calls it a day' on motorsport career". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. ^ Supercars.com (8 June 2021). "Bathurst return: Murphy and Stanaway to race Erebus Boost wildcard". Supercars Championship. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ Supercars.com (30 April 2022). "Murphy/Stanaway Bathurst wildcard revived". Supercars Championship. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Stanaway joins Australian GT field for Perth". motorsport.com. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Stanaway embracing SVG co-driver pressure | Supercars". supercars.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  10. ^ "SVG's parting promise to fanatical Bathurst fans". wwos.nine.com.au. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Grove confirms Stanaway Supercars signing after Reynolds exit; Percat leaves WAU". autosport.com. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by ADAC Formel Masters
Champion

2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by German Formula Three Champion
2011
Succeeded by