Darren Turner
Darren Turner | |
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![]() Darren Turner in 2013 | |
Nationality | British |
Born | Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | 13 April 1974
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 2003 – |
Teams | Prodrive Racing, Aston Martin Racing |
Best finish | 5th (2007) |
Class wins | 3 (2007, 2008, 2017) |
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | Aston Martin Racing |
Car number | 98 |
Starts | 59 |
Wins | 8 |
Poles | 11 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 3rd in 2013 |
Previous series | |
2008–09 2008 2007–09 2006–08 2003, 2005–08 2003, 2007–09 2002 2000–01 2000–01 1999 1998 1997 1997, 1999 1995–96 1994 1993 | Rolex Sports Car Series Formula Ford 1600 Le Mans Series BTCC American Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship ASCAR DTM Formula One testing Italian Formula 3000 Formula Palmer Audi British Formula 3 Formula One testing Formula Renault UK Formula Vauxhall Lotus FFirst Great Britain W. Series |
Championship titles | |
2007, 2008 1993 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 FFirst Great Britain W. Series |
Awards | |
1996 | McLaren Autosport Award |
Darren Turner (born 13 April 1974) is a British professional racing driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
He was McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year in 1996. He is a former test driver for the McLaren Formula One team, but has raced primarily in touring cars and sportscars since 2000. He spent 2 years in the DTM for Keke Rosberg's Mercedes-Benz-powered team, also winning several ASCAR races. In 2006 he raced sportscars for Aston Martin, but also competed five rounds of the British Touring Car Championship for SEAT, sharing their 2nd car with James Thompson. In his first drive for the team he finished 3rd.
He finished second in the first two races at Knockhill, but lost both results for technical infringements. While running second to team-mate Jason Plato under a safety car in race one, he did not stay close to Plato's car, thus preventing Plato's championship rivals from being close to him. This incurred a 20-second time penalty, dropping him to 10th, however the team then removed the 'Success Ballast' he had earned for second place. As this applies to the order cars cross the line, not the final amended race result (drivers who were elevated by his penalty did not gain extra success ballast), this is a disqualification offence. He remained with the team for 2007, now full-time team-mate to Plato. Luck was again against him at Rockingham – after qualifying on pole the car had an electrical failure before race one. His first win came in race 11 at Croft [1], with two more at Knockhill.
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As well as driving for SEAT in the BTCC, Darren also competed in the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours, competing in the GT1 class driving for Prodrive Aston Martin Racing alongside David Brabham and Rickard Rydell. After a tense fight against the Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R of Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows, the Aston prevailed to win a Le Mans class race for the first time since the return of Aston Martin to endurance sportscar racing.
He opened his 2008 racing season by competing in the Rolex 24 finishing 4th in class and overall sharing a Krohn Racing Pontiac-Riley with Niclas Jonsson and Ricardo Zonta. At the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans Turner won the GT1 class (13th overall) driving an Aston Martin DBR9 shared with David Brabham and Antonio García.
Turner also participated in the Gold Coast 600 race as part of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. He entered the race as a replacement driver to Dan Wheldon, who was scheduled to drive in the race but was killed in a 15-car crash at the IndyCar World Championship race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, less than a week before the race.
In 2012, Turner competed in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season with Aston Martin Racing in the GTE-Pro class Aston Martin Vantage.
In the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Turner and the Aston Martin Racing finished third place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers the German Stefan Mücke and the Mexican Adrián Fernández, their Aston Martin Vantage 4.5 L-V8 covered a total of 332 laps (2,811.65 miles), in the Circuit de la Sarthe without failure or serious mechanical problems. Also the team achieved the fastest lap of the category with 3 minutes and 54.928 seconds.[1][2]
For 2013 Turner continues with Aston Martin Racing[3] and will be entering the FIA World Endurance Championship in an Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage GTE alongside Stefan Mücke and will be joined by Peter Kox for the 6 Hours of Austin and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Racing record
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2000 | Team Rosberg | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC 1 12 |
HOC 2 8 |
OSC 1 13 |
OSC 2 Ret |
NOR 1 11 |
NOR 2 12 |
SAC 1 8 |
SAC 2 8 |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 8 |
LAU 1 C |
LAU 2 C |
OSC 1 DNS |
OSC 2 DNS |
NÜR 1 13 |
NÜR 2 11 |
HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 6 |
14th | 19 | ||
2001 | Team Rosberg | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC QR 6 |
HOC CR 8 |
NÜR QR 9 |
NÜR CR 16 |
OSC QR 14 |
OSC CR DSQ |
SAC QR 9 |
SAC CR Ret |
NOR QR Ret |
NOR CR 11 |
LAU QR 10 |
LAU CR 9 |
NÜR QR Ret |
NÜR CR 8 |
A1R QR 14 |
A1R CR 10 |
ZAN QR 15 |
ZAN CR 8 |
HOC QR 9 |
HOC CR 8 |
15th | 15 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
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Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded 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 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | SEAT Sport UK | SEAT León | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
MON 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
THR 1 3 |
THR 2 5 |
THR 3 Ret |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
DON 1 12 |
DON 2 9 |
DON 3 4 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 10 |
KNO 2 DSQ |
KNO 3 4 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 DNS |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 10 |
SIL 3 6 |
14th | 41 |
2007 | SEAT Sport UK | SEAT León | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 4 |
BRH 3 DSQ |
ROC 1 Ret |
ROC 2 6 |
ROC 3 3 |
THR 1 3 |
THR 2 Ret |
THR 3 6 |
CRO 1 4 |
CRO 2 1* |
CRO 3 5 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 7 |
OUL 3 3 |
DON 1 12 |
DON 2 6 |
DON 3 9 |
SNE 1 6 |
SNE 2 4 |
SNE 3 9 |
BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 15 |
KNO 1 1* |
KNO 2 1* |
KNO 3 7 |
THR 1 18 |
THR 2 11 |
THR 3 6 |
6th | 160 |
2008 | SEAT Sport UK | SEAT León TDI | BRH 1 4 |
BRH 2 5 |
BRH 3 Ret |
ROC 1 2 |
ROC 2 3* |
ROC 3 Ret |
DON 1 19 |
DON 2 4 |
DON 3 1* |
THR 1 6 |
THR 2 4 |
THR 3 16 |
CRO 1 15 |
CRO 2 9 |
CRO 3 Ret |
SNE 1 2 |
SNE 2 19* |
SNE 3 16 |
OUL 1 6 |
OUL 2 Ret |
OUL 3 16 |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 8 |
KNO 3 1* |
SIL 1 3 |
SIL 2 Ret |
SIL 3 19 |
BRH 1 7 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 12 |
8th | 133 |
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Young Driver AMR | Aston Martin DBR9 | ABU QR Ret |
ABU CR 11 |
SIL QR 4 |
SIL CR EX |
BRN QR 2 |
BRN CR 2 |
PRI QR 10 |
PRI CR 16 |
SPA QR 10 |
SPA CR 6 |
NÜR QR 1 |
NÜR CR 1 |
ALG QR 4 |
ALG CR 10 |
NAV QR Ret |
NAV CR 4 |
INT QR 2 |
INT CR 10 |
SAN QR 10 |
SAN CR 15 |
4th | 104 |
2011 | Young Driver AMR | Aston Martin DBR9 | ABU QR Ret |
ABU CR 5 |
ZOL QR Ret |
ZOL CR 7 |
ALG QR 4 |
ALG CR 2 |
SAC QR 3 |
SAC CR 3 |
SIL QR Ret |
SIL CR Ret |
NAV QR 6 |
NAV CR Ret |
PRI QR 3 |
PRI CR 2 |
ORD QR 7 |
ORD CR 5 |
BEI QR 2 |
BEI CR 1 |
SAN QR DNS |
SAN CR DNS |
2nd | 120 |
Complete V8 Supercar 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 | Final Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VE Commodore | 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 |
PHI R19 |
BAT R20 |
SUR R21 14 |
SUR R22 6 |
SYM R23 |
SYM R24 |
SAN R25 |
SAN R26 |
SYD R27 |
SYD R28 |
59th | 165 | ||
2012 | Holden Racing Team | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
SYM R3 |
SYM R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
PER R7 |
PER R8 |
PER R9 |
PHI R10 |
PHI R11 |
HDV R12 |
HDV R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 |
QLD R17 |
SMP R18 |
SMP R19 |
SAN Q |
SAN R20 |
BAT R21 |
SUR R22 7 |
SUR R23 17 |
YMC R24 |
YMC R25 |
YMC R26 |
WIN R27 |
WIN R28 |
SYD R29 |
SYD R30 |
NC | 0 + |
+ Not eligible for points.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
IMO 5 |
RBR 4 |
LEC 3 |
SPA 5 |
EST 1 |
1st | 98 |
2017 | Beechdean AMR | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
MNZ 3 |
RBR 6 |
LEC 5 |
SPA 3 |
ALG 4 |
5th | 75 |
Complete British GT Championship results
(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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 2 |
OUL 2 6 |
ROC 1 3 |
SNE 1 11 |
SNE 2 2 |
SIL 1 9 |
SPA 1 Ret |
BRH 1 4 |
DON 1 5 |
5th | 102.5 |
2019 | M2 Competition | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SIL 1 |
DON 1 |
SPA 1 13 |
BRH 1 |
DON 1 |
NC† | 0† |
† As Turner was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Super GT results
(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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | D'station Racing AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ | CHA | FUJ 11 |
AUT | SUG | MOT | NC | 0 |
References
- ^ "LeMans TV Live". Live.lemans-tv.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Aston Martin Vantage GTE Scores Podium on Le Mans Debut". Fernandezracing.net. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2013/02/aston-martin-racing-unveil-strong-wec-line-up/
External links
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- Darren Turner official website
- Darren Turner career summary at DriverDB.com
- Profile at BTCCPages.com
- 1974 births
- Living people
- English racing drivers
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- British Touring Car Championship drivers
- FIA GT Championship drivers
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
- Auto GP drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- Formula Palmer Audi drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
- Supercars Championship drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- International GT Open drivers
- ASCAR drivers
- British GT Championship drivers