Ryan Cullen
Ryan Cullen | |
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![]() Ryan Cullen in Monza, 2017 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 26 March 1991 |
GP3 career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Car number | 24 |
Former teams | Marussia Manor RacingTrident Racing team |
Previous series | |
2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 | MRF Challenge British Formula Ford Championship Formula Ford EuroCup Formula Renault BARC Winter Series 1 round Formula Renault BARC Championship 1 round MSA Formula Ford Championship of GB |
Ryan Cullen (born 26 March 1991) is an Irish racing driver, who recently drove in the GP3 Series in 2014 for Marussia Manor Racing. He also drove in British Formula Ford Championship in 2012. He currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with DragonSpeed.
Racing Biography
Cullen first drove in the British Formula Ford in 2012 as a novice driver which means a driver has no race experience as stated in the MSA regulations, placing sixth overall in the standings and obtaining three podium positions, impressing a number of people on his first season of racing. He did the Post season tests with Status GP. Cullen got signed with junior team F1 Marussia Manor Racing in the GP3 Series in 2013.
Cullen did the MRF series in the 2013/2014 season finishing 6th overall in the standings, in his rookie season. Gaining more race experience for only his second season of racing. This helped him maintain his drive for the GP3 series 2014.
He stayed with the team in 2014 before they pulled out of the GP3 series due to financial troubles, and Cullen was suddenly left without a drive.[1] After missing the races in Russia, he found himself back in the GP3 Series with Trident Racing for the season finale in Abu Dhabi after not driving competitively for 3 months. Cullen tested with race winning team koiranen GP in the Post season tests in Abu Dhabi, even though only testing Cullen floated inside the top ten in every AM/PM sessions.
Cullen went back to the MRF series for 2014/2015 a potential title winning season. So far Cullen Two main Race wins, Three podiums, 3 fastest laps and one pole position. which places him second in the championship heading into 2015.
Racing record
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 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Marussia Manor Racing | CAT FEA 21 |
CAT SPR Ret |
VAL FEA 20 |
VAL SPR 20 |
SIL FEA 21 |
SIL SPR 17 |
NÜR FEA 19 |
NÜR SPR 25 |
HUN FEA 23 |
HUN SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 18 |
SPA SPR 17 |
MNZ FEA 20 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
YMC FEA 20 |
YMC SPR 24 |
29th | 0 | ||
2014 | Marussia Manor Racing | CAT FEA 15 |
CAT SPR 16 |
RBR FEA 17 |
RBR SPR 13 |
SIL FEA 19 |
SIL SPR Ret |
HOC FEA 20 |
HOC SPR 19 |
HUN FEA 24 |
HUN SPR 21 |
SPA FEA 14 |
SPA SPR 13 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 16 |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
25th | 0 | ||
Trident | YMC FEA 19 |
YMC SPR Ret |
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 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | VERVA Lechner Racing Team | CAT | MON | RBR | SIL Ret |
HUN Ret |
SPA 19 |
SPA 12 |
MNZ 20 |
MNZ 22 |
USA C |
USA 15 |
18th | 10 |
2016 | Lechner Racing Middle East | CAT 13 |
MON 14 |
RBR 6 |
SIL 20 |
HUN 8 |
HOC 14 |
SPA 14 |
MNZ Ret |
USA 14 |
USA 14 |
11th | 45 | |
2017 | Walter Lechner Racing Team | CAT 21 |
CAT 16 |
MON 12 |
RBR 12 |
SIL Ret |
HUN Ret |
SPA 15 |
SPA 11 |
MNZ 6 |
MEX 9 |
MEX 9 |
11th | 41 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | APR - Rebellion Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 15 |
MNZ 8 |
RBR 6 |
SIL 5 |
SPA 15‡ |
ALG 12 |
12th | 23.25 |
2019 | United Autosports | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 12 |
MNZ 3 |
CAT 8 |
SIL 8 |
SPA 9 |
ALG 4 |
12th | 37.5 |
2020 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 8 |
SPA 14 |
CAT |
MNZ |
ALG |
15th* | 4.5* |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed. * Season still in progress.
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 1 |
SEB | MDO | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 8th | 35 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2019 | ![]() |
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Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 348 | 19th | 14th |
References
- ^ "Marussia's junior team pull out of Russian GP3 race but team stress decision not because of Jules Bianchi crash". October 8, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
External links
- Cullen Motorsport
- Ryan Cullen career summary at DriverDB.com