Richard Lyons (racing driver)
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| Richad Lyons | |
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| Nationality | Northern Irish |
| Born | 8 September 1979 Hillsborough, County Down (Northern Ireland) |
| Championship titles | |
| 1996 2004 2004 |
British Formula Vauxhall Junior - Winter series Formula Nippon All-Japan GT Championship |
| Awards | |
| 1998 | Autosport British Club Driver of the Year |
Richard Lyons (born 8 August 1979) is a Northern Irish motor racing driver.
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[edit] Junior Formula
He started in Formula Vauxhall Junior in Britain winning the Winter Series in 1996, before finishing the regular championship sixth in 1997 and second in 1998. He then moved to Formula Palmer Audi, finishing second in the 1999 Championship. He drove in Formula Renault 2000 with not much success.
[edit] Formula Nippon / A1 Grand Prix
He drove Formula Nippon in Japan from 2001 to 2005 winning the Championship in 2004 and finishing third in 2005.
He has also run in the A1 Grand Prix series for the A1 Team Ireland for the 2006-07 season. He started all up fourteen races with four top ten finishes.
[edit] Japanese GT's
He drove GT and Sports Cars in Japan for nine years between 2002 and 2010. He's best finish was in 2004 where he won the All-Japan GT Championship GT500 Championship. All in all he started over seventy races for ten wins in that period.
[edit] V8 Supercars
Lyons also made occasional appearances in V8 Supercar, with a best finish of fifth place sharing a Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon, in the 2007 Bathurst 1000, sharing the car with Australian based Danish GT racer Allan Simonsen. He returned in 2011 and drove for Tekno Autosports sharing with Jonathon Webb at Phillip Island and Bathurst. Then he joined Ford Performance Racing to replace an injured Will Power [1] at the 2011 Gold Coast 600, finishing the two races Third and First with Mark Winterbottom.[2]
[edit] Career Results
[edit] 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 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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| 2006–07 | A1 Team Ireland | NED SPR |
NED FEA |
CZE SPR |
CZE FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
IDN SPR 17 |
IDN FEA 12 |
NZL SPR Ret |
NZL FEA 19 |
AUS SPR 10 |
AUS FEA Ret |
RSA SPR 6 |
RSA FEA Ret |
MEX SPR Ret |
MEX FEA 16 |
CHN SPR 12 |
CHN FEA 5 |
GBR SPR 8 |
GBR SPR DSQ |
19th | 8 |
[edit] V8 Supercar results
| Year | Team | 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 | Final Pos | Points |
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| 2006 | Team Betta Electrical | ADL |
PUK |
BRG |
WIN |
HDV |
QLR |
ORP |
SAN 17 |
BAT 12 |
SUR |
SYM |
BAH |
PHI |
46th | 210 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Team Vodafone Racing | ADL |
PER |
PUK |
WIN |
ECK |
HDV |
QLD |
OPK |
SAN 10 |
BAT 5 |
SUR |
BAH |
SYM |
PHI |
24th | 63 | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Tekno Autosports | YMC R1 |
YMC R2 |
ADE R3 |
ADE R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
PER R7 |
PER R8 |
PER R9 |
WIN R10 |
WIN R11 |
HDV R12 |
HDV R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 |
QLD R17 |
QLD R18 |
PHI Q 25 |
PHI R19 18 |
BAT R20 13 |
31st | 511 | ||||||||
| Ford Performance Racing | SUR R21 3 |
SUR R22 1 |
SYM R23 |
SYM R24 |
SAN R25 |
SAN R26 |
SYD R27 |
SYD R28 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/17/fpr-replaces-power-with-lyons-for-gc600/ Retrieved 24 October, 2011 from Speedcafe.com
- ^ http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/23/lyons-winning-after-late-call-up-unbelievable/ Retrieved 24 October, 2011 from Speedcafe.com
- Lyons secures second title. Retrieved BBC Sports Webpage
- Official Web page (English)
- Official Web page (Japanese)
- Driver Database stats
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Satoshi Motoyama |
Formula Nippon Champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Satoshi Motoyama |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Doug Bell |
Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 1998 |
Succeeded by Andy Priaulx |
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