Darren Turner(born 13 April 1974) is a Britishracing driverand owner of Base Performance Simulators. He races forAston Martin Racingas afactory driverand also works as a high performance test driver forAston Martin.
| Darren Turner | |
|---|---|
 Darren Turner in 2013 | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 13 April 1974 Camberley,Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| FIA World Endurance Championshipcareer | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Aston Martin Racing |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold
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| 24 Hours of Le Manscareer | |
| Years | 2003– |
| Teams | ProdriveRacing, Aston Martin Racing |
| Best finish | 5th (2007) |
| Class wins | 3 (2007,2008,2017) |
| Car number | 98 |
| Starts | 59 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Poles | 11 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 3rd in2013 |
| 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 Ford1600 Le Mans Series BTCC American Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship ASCAR DTM Formula Onetesting Italian Formula 3000 Formula Palmer Audi British Formula 3 Formula Onetesting Formula Renault UK Formula Vauxhall Lotus FFirst Great Britain W. Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2007,2008 2017 1993 | 24 Hours of Le Mans– GT1 24 Hours of Le Mans– LMGTE Pro FFirst Great Britain W. Series |
| Awards | |
| 1996 | McLaren Autosport Award |
He wasMcLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Yearin 1996. He is a former test driver for theMcLarenFormula Oneteam, but has raced primarily intouring carsandsportscarssince 2000. He spent 2 years in theDTMforKeke Rosberg'sMercedes-Benz-powered team, also winning severalASCARraces. In 2006 he raced sportscars forAston Martin,but also competed five rounds of theBritish Touring Car ChampionshipforSEAT,sharing their 2nd car withJames Thompson.In his first drive for the team he finished 3rd.
He remained with the team for2007,now full-time team-mate to Plato. Luck was again against him atRockingham– after qualifying on pole the car had an electrical failure before race one. His first win came in race 11 atCroft[1]Archived8 June 2007 at theWayback Machine,with two more atKnockhill.
As well as driving for SEAT in the BTCC, Darren also competed in the2007 Le Mans 24 Hours,competing in the GT1 class driving forProdriveAston Martin RacingalongsideDavid BrabhamandRickard Rydell.After a tense fight against theCorvette RacingCorvette C6.RofJohnny O'Connell,Jan MagnussenandRon 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 theRolex 24finishing 4th in class and overall sharing a Krohn RacingPontiac-RileywithNiclas JonssonandRicardo Zonta.At the2008 24 Hours of Le MansTurner won the GT1 class (13th overall) driving anAston Martin DBR9shared withDavid Brabhamand Antonio García.
Turner also participated in theGold Coast 600race as part of the2011 International V8 Supercars Championship.He entered the race as a replacement driver toDan Wheldon,who was scheduled to drive in the race but was killed in a 15-car crash at theIndyCar World Championship raceat theLas Vegas Motor Speedway,less than a week before the race.
In 2012, Turner competed in the2012 FIA World Endurance ChampionshipwithAston Martin Racingin the GTE-Pro class Aston Martin Vantage.
In the 80th edition of the24 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 GermanStefan Mückeand theMexicanAdrián Fernández,theirAston Martin Vantage 4.5 L-V8covered a total of 332 laps (2,811.65 miles), in theCircuit de la Sarthewithout failure or serious mechanical problems. Also the team achieved thefastest lapof the category with 3 minutes and 54.928 seconds.[1][2]
Turner continued to race for Aston Martin Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship until 2020, notching up numerous victories, the biggest of which was his third 24 Hours of Le Mans win, which came in 2017. He raced the #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE to a class win in GTE Pro, alongside Jonny Adam and Daniel Serra. It was Turner who took the GTE pole position for the 2017 race with a time that broke the lap record.
Darren continues to race, competing in events including the Nürburgring 24 Hours.
As a high performance development driver for Aston Martin, Turner has worked on the development of cars including the Aston Martin Vulcan and the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
Turner is also a regular competitor at the Goodwood Revival and in 2018 he was named "Rolex Driver of the Meeting" in recognition of his performances at the event.
Racing record
editComplete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races initalicsindicate 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
edit| 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 |
Source:[4]
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Complete V8 Supercar results
edit| 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 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | [7] | ||
| 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 + | [8] |
+ Not eligible for points.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position; races in italicsindicate fastest lap)
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aston Martin Racing | GTLM | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin4.5V8 | DAY 8 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 40th | 24 | [9] | |
| 2015 | Aston Martin Racing | GTLM | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin4.5V8 | DAY 6 |
SEB 6 |
LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 19th | 52 | [10] | ||
| 2020 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin4.0 L TurboV8 | DAY | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL 6 |
MDO | CLT | PET 11 |
LGA | SEB 2 |
31st | 77 | [11] | |
| 2021 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin4.0 L TurboV8 | DAY 5 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM |
ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 49th | 285 | [12] |
| 2022 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin4.0 L TurboV8 | DAY 9 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 59th | 230 | [13] |
| 2023 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin4.0 L TurboV8 | DAY 1 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 44th | 375 | [14] | |
Source:[3]
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*Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
edit| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
IMO 5 |
RBR 4 |
LEC 3 |
SPA 5 |
EST 1 |
1st | 98 |
| 2017 | BeechdeanAMR | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
MNZ 3 |
RBR 6 |
LEC 5 |
SPA 3 |
ALG 4 |
5th | 75 |
Source:[3]
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Complete British GT Championship results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | BeechdeanAMR | 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† |
| 2021 | Newbridge Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | GT4 | BRH 1 |
SIL 1 14 |
DON 1 |
SPA 1 7 |
SNE 1 20 |
SNE 2 19 |
OUL 1 11 |
OUL 2 19 |
DON 1 17 |
4th | 106.5 |
| 2022 | Newbridge Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 20 |
OUL 2 15 |
SIL 1 15 |
DON 1 24 |
SNE 1 19 |
SNE 2 18 |
SPA 1 18 |
BRH 1 11 |
DON 1 19 |
2nd | 163 |
Source:[3]
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†As Turner was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Super GT results
edit(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position) (Races initalicsindicate 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 |
Source:[3]
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References
edit- ^"LeMans TV Live".Live.lemans-tv.com. Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2012.Retrieved18 June2012.
- ^"Aston Martin Vantage GTE Scores Podium on Le Mans Debut".Fernandezracing.net. Archived fromthe originalon 4 December 2013.Retrieved18 June2012.
- ^abcdefgh"Darren Turner Results".Motorsport Stats.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^ab"Darren Turner".Motor Sport.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^ab"Darren Turner race results".TouringCars.net.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner".Automobile Club de l'Ouest.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2011 V8 Supercars Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2012 V8 Supercars Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
- ^"Darren Turner – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.Retrieved19 January2024.
External links
edit
- Darren Turner official website
- Darren Turnercareer summary at DriverDB.com
- Profile at BTCCPages.com