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The McLaren Autosport BRDC Award is an award set up in 1989 to reward and recognise young racing drivers from the UK.[1] As its names suggest, the award is backed by Formula One team McLaren , motorsport magazine Autosport , and the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC). As well as the prestige of winning the award, a test drive in a McLaren Formula One car and £100,000[2] – increased from £50,000 in 2010 – cash prize, the award winner is also presented with the Chris Bristow Trophy.[3]
Procedure
Members of the public are invited to nominate drivers for the award and a shortlist of six finalists is decided upon by the award's judging panel. The finalists then spend two or three days at a British circuit in mid-November driving different types of car to evaluate their performance as well as interview sessions with the panel. The winner is announced at the annual Autosport Awards in early December.
Past winners and nominees
A total of 125 drivers have been nominated for the prize since it was first handed out.
Year
Winner
Career highlights
Losing Finalists
1989
David Coulthard
British FFord champion (1989) British F3 2nd place (1991)F3000 3rd place (1993 )F1 (1994 –2008 ), 13 winsDTM (2010 –2012 )
no shootout chosen by Autosport
1990
Gareth Rees
Marlboro Masters F3 winner (1994) British F2 winner (1996)
Philip Bate Steve Brogan David Cuff Shaun Nicholson James Rhodes
1991
Oliver Gavin
British F3 champion (1995)F1 test driver (Pacific , Benetton ) Four-time class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Dario Franchitti Jonathan McGall Dino Morelli Guy Smith Jamie Spence
1992
Dario Franchitti
British FVauxhall champion (1993)CART runner-up (1999 )Indianapolis 500 Winner (2007 , 2010 , 2012 )IndyCar Series champion (2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 )
Paul Evans Ralph Firman Jonny Kane Martin O'Connell Brian Saunders
1993
Ralph Firman
British F3 champion (1996)Formula Nippon champion (2002 )Jordan F1 driver (2003 )
Darren Malkin Darren Manning James Matthews Guy Smith Jamie Spence
1994
Jamie Davies
F3000 4th place (1997 )British GT champion (2002) GTS class winner at 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans Le Mans Series champion (2004 ) 2nd place at 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans
Alex Deighton Peter Dumbreck Jonny Kane James Matthews Richard Westbrook
1995
Jonny Kane
British FVauxhall champion (1996)British F3 champion (1997) LMP2 class-winner at 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans
Wayne Douglas Marc Hynes Kevin McGarrity Guy Smith Justin Wilson
1996
Darren Turner
Formula Renault UK runner-up (1996)DTM (2000 –2001 )BTCC (2006 –2008 )
David Cook Peter Dumbreck Darren Malkin Tim Mullen Dan Wheldon
1997
Andrew Kirkaldy
British FVauxhall runner-up (1997) British GT champion (2005)
Matt Davies Marc Hynes Leighton Walker Dan Wheldon Adam Wilcox
1998
Jenson Button
British FFord champion (1998)F1 (2000 –2016 ), World Champion (2009 )
Doug Bell Matt Davies Robbie Kerr James Pickford Justin Wilson
1999
Gary Paffett
British FVauxhall champion (1999)German F3 champion (2002)DTM champion (2005 )
Westley Barber Ryan Dalziel Richard Lyons Craig Murray Leighton Walker
2000
Anthony Davidson
British FFord champion (2000)British F3 runner-up (2001)BAR /Honda F1 test driver (2001 –2006 )F1 with Super Aguri-Honda (2007–2008)World Endurance Champion (2014)
Ryan Dalziel Matt Gilmore Derek Hayes Robbie Kerr Mark Taylor
2001
Steven Kane
Northern Irish FFord champion (2000)British F3 Scholarship class runner-up (2002)Spanish F3 3rd place (2004)
Carl Breeze Matt Gilmore Robbie Kerr Simon Pullan Danny Watts
2002
Jamie Green
British F3 runner-up (2003)Formula 3 Euro Series champion (2004 )DTM (8 wins, 3rd in 2012)
Westley Barber Adam Carroll Dan Eagling Christian England Danny Watts
2003
Alex Lloyd
Formula Renault UK runner-up (2003) 12 overall IPS wins
Indy Pro Series champion (2007 ) 4th in 2010 Indianapolis 500
Ben Clucas Tom Kimber-Smith James Rossiter Ryan Sharp Susie Stoddart
2004
Paul di Resta
Formula Renault UK , 3rd place (2004)Formula 3 Euro Series champion (2006 )DTM runner-up (2008 )DTM champion (2010 )
Tim Bridgman Mike Conway Jonathan Kennard Scott Mansell Susie Stoddart
2005
Oliver Jarvis
Formula Renault UK champion (2005)Macau Grand Prix winner (2007)DTM (3 podiums) 2013 12 Hours of Sebring overall winner 2013 24 Hours of Daytona GT class winner 3rd overall in 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans
Sam Bird Joey Foster James Jakes Joe Tandy Duncan Tappy
2006
Oliver Turvey
British Formula BMW runner-up (2006)British F3 runner-up (2008 )McLaren Formula One test driver LMP2 class winner - Le Mans 24hr (2014)
Jon Barnes Sam Bird Nathan Freke Jeremy Metcalfe Oliver Oakes
2007
Stefan Wilson
Formula Palmer Audi runner-up (2007) 3rd in 2011 Indy Lights
Henry Arundel Callum MacLeod Dean Smith Nick Tandy Duncan Tappy
2008
Alexander Sims
Formula Renault UK runner-up (2008)
Wayne Boyd Adam Christodoulou Jason Moore Aaron Steele Dean Stoneman
2009
Dean Smith
Formula BMW UK champion (2005) Formula Renault UK champion (2009 )
James Calado Adam Christodoulou James Cole Callum MacLeod Chrissy Palmer
2010
Lewis Williamson
Formula Renault UK runner-up (2010 )
Luciano Bacheta Tom Blomqvist Jack Harvey Scott Malvern Nigel Moore
2011
Oliver Rowland
Formula Renault UK runner-up (2011 )Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 runner-up (2013 )
Emil Bernstorff Tom Blomqvist Alex Lynn Scott Malvern Dino Zamparelli
2012
Jake Dennis
Intersteps champion (2011)Formula Renault 2.0 NEC champion (2012 )
Jack Hawksworth Josh Hill Jordan King Melville McKee Josh Webster
2013
Matt Parry
Intersteps champion (2012)Formula Renault 2.0 NEC champion (2013 )
Jack Aitken Jake Hughes Chris Middlehurst Seb Morris Charlie Robertson
2014
George Russell
BRDC Formula 4 champion (2014 )
Alexander Albon Ben Barnicoat Sennan Fielding Seb Morris Harrison Scott
2015
Will Palmer
BRDC Formula 4 champion (2015 )
Jack Aitken Ben Barnicoat Ricky Collard Jake Hughes Toby Sowery
2016
Lando Norris
MSA Formula champion (2015 )Toyota Racing Series champion (2016 )Formula Renault 2.0 NEC champion (2016 )Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion (2016 )
Ricky Collard Sennan Fielding Toby Sowery
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