Lewis Williamson

Lewis Williamson
Lewis Williamson (2009)
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 33)
Dundee, Scotland
GP3 Series career
Debut season2011
Current teamBamboo Engineering
Car number17
Former teamsStatus Grand Prix
MW Arden
Starts23
Wins1
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish8th in 2011
Previous series
201112
200910
2008
2008
2008
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Formula Renault UK
FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series
FR2.0 UK Winter Series
Formula Jedi
Championship titles
2018Blancpain Endurance Pro-Am Cup
Awards
2010
2009
McLaren Autosport Award
BRDC Rising Star

Lewis Williamson (born 11 November 1989) is a British racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Dundee, Williamson began karting at the age of eight, and spent a successful decade racing in the various classes around the United Kingdom. By the time Williamson moved into the junior formulae in 2008, he had claimed three Scottish karting championship titles at Cadet and MiniMax levels, before taking a clean sweep in 2008. The first driver to record such a feat, Williamson won the British Open, British Grand Prix Super Kart, the Scottish Open, as well as the 125 ICC Championship.

Formula Renault

After a guest drive in Formula Jedi at Brands Hatch in which he won one of the two races, Williamson moved up into Formula Renault, contesting the 2008 Formula Renault UK Winter Series after Highland Arena Ltd, an organisation set up by three family friends helping to promote sporting talent from the Scottish Highlands – where Williamson resides – leased a car from CR Scuderia. In his second race in the category at Croft, Williamson finished on the podium, taking a third-place finish behind James Calado and Henry Surtees. He added another third place in the final race at Rockingham Motor Speedway, finishing behind Surtees and Dean Stoneman, to end up in sixth place in the championship standings, a point behind fifth-placed William Buller. He also contested the Estoril round of the Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, taking second and fifth-place finishes for CR Scuderia.

CR Scuderia, under their new name of CRS Racing, signed Williamson for the 2009 season as part of a four-car team alongside Harry Tincknell, Matias Laine and Joshua Scott. Williamson's Winter Series campaign ruled him ineligible for the Graduates Cup for drivers aged nineteen or under. During the season, Williamson finished 17 of the 20 races, taking a third place at Donington Park and a second place at Brands Hatch en route to a tenth place championship finish.

Williamson moved to defending champions Manor Competition for the 2010 season, again as part of a four-car team with Will Stevens, Thomas Hylkema and Josh Mulholland, with Ollie Millroy replacing Mulholland during the season. In the first round of the season at Thruxton, Williamson claimed the first pole position, and thus became the first driver to take pole in the Barazi-Epsilon-designed car introduced for the 2010 season. Several races later at Brands Hatch, Williamson threw away a chance at his first victory, spinning out of the lead and eventually finishing seventh. The first victory came a month later at Oulton Park, overtaking Tom Blomqvist at the start of the first race and was never headed.

Williamson took further wins at Croft and Silverstone – a rescheduled race from Brands Hatch which Williamson had qualified on pole for – as he and Blomqvist commenced their battle for the championship along with Tamás Pál Kiss and Will Stevens. Williamson trailed Pál Kiss by 27 points and Blomqvist by 15 before the World Series by Renault meeting at Silverstone. Williamson won both races from pole position, to trail Blomqvist by one point on dropped scores heading into the final round at Brands Hatch. In the first race, Williamson finished second, ahead of Blomqvist in third, but Blomqvist claimed fastest lap to draw level with Williamson before the final race. In the final race, Blomqvist made a better start and with team-mate Alex Lynn acting as rear gunner, Blomqvist won the championship with his second place. Despite this, Williamson was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the series. On 5 December 2010, after the evaluation tests held at Silverstone, Williamson was named as the winner of the award, taking the £100,000 cash prize and a Formula One test with McLaren.

GP3 Series

After the end of his Formula Renault campaign, Williamson took part in the post-season GP3 Series test in Estoril, Portugal. Driving for Atech CRS GP, Williamson set the fastest time in the afternoon session on the second and third days, having arrived at the circuit the day before after a chance conversation with team boss David Hayle. Williamson was eventually signed by MW Arden to graduate into GP3 in February 2011.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

After testing for ISR Racing during the final test session of 2010, Williamson took part in the opening round of the 2011 season for the team at Motorland Aragón, deputising for regular driver Daniel Ricciardo who was on third driver duties for Scuderia Toro Rosso at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Personal life

Despite his recent success in formulae cars, Williamson combines his racing with an apprenticeship at Ross-Shire Engineering, working as a fabrication engineer in Muir of Ord, a 100-mile round trip from his home in Golspie.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2008 Formula Renault UK Winter Series Highland Arena Ltd. 4 0 0 0 2 57 6th
Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series CR Scuderia 2 0 0 0 1 18 4th
Formula Jedi Team Jedi 2 1 2 0 1 ? ?
2009 Formula Renault UK CRS Racing 20 0 0 0 2 229 10th
2010 Formula Renault UK Manor Competition 20 5 5 4 9 459 2nd
2011 GP3 Series MW Arden 16 1 0 1 2 31 8th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series ISR Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2012 GP3 Series Status Grand Prix 8 0 0 0 0 11 17th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Arden Caterham 5 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
2013 GP3 Series Bamboo Engineering 14 0 0 0 1 44 12th
2016 Renault Sport Trophy - Pro Strakka Racing 3 1 2 1 2 43 6th
Renault Sport Endurance Trophy 2 0 1 1 1 21 15th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 4 0 0 0 0 32 18th
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Strakka Racing 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup 10 3 3 3 8 110 2nd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 4 37th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 4 0 0 0 0 12 29th
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 5 0 0 0 0 2 44th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 5 0 1 2 2 92 1st
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 4 0 0 0 1 30 10th
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 4 0 0 0 0 10 23rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing 4 0 0 0 0 2 24th
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Ema Group/Team 59Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 British GT Championship - GT3 2 Seas Motorsport 9 0 1 0 2 114 4th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am Oregon Team 12 5 4 0 10 142 1st
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC

* Season still in progress.

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 DC Points
2011 MW Arden IST
FEA

Ret
IST
SPR

20
CAT
FEA

14
CAT
SPR

9
VAL
FEA

2
VAL
SPR

6
SIL
FEA

7
SIL
SPR

1
NÜR
FEA

2
NÜR
SPR

14
HUN
FEA

6
HUN
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

9
SPA
SPR

DNS
MNZ
FEA

18
MNZ
SPR

10
8th 31
2012 Status Grand Prix CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA

13
HOC
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

10
HUN
SPR

5
SPA
FEA

8
SPA
SPR

7
MNZ
FEA

19
MNZ
SPR

Ret
17th 11
2013 Bamboo Engineering CAT
FEA

11
CAT
SPR

7
VAL
FEA

19
VAL
SPR

17
SIL
FEA

25†
SIL
SPR

14
NÜR
FEA

4
NÜR
SPR

4
HUN
FEA

24
HUN
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

14
SPA
SPR

10
MNZ
FEA

4
MNZ
SPR

3
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
11th 44

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2011 ISR Racing ALC
1

15
ALC
2

20
SPA
1
SPA
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MON
1
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1

18
CAT
2

Ret
33rd 0
2012 Arden Caterham ALC
1

14
ALC
2

Ret
MON
1

13
SPA
1

19
SPA
2

16
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
MSC
1
MSC
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
32nd 0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 Strakka Racing LMP2 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR
4
MEX
4
COA
Ret
FUJ
6
SHA BHR 18th 32

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 Strakka Racing McLaren 650S GT3 Silver MIS
QR

19
MIS
CR

13
BRH
QR

14
BRH
CR

11
ZOL
QR

11
ZOL
CR

25
HUN
QR

25
HUN
CR

Ret
NÜR
QR

17
NÜR
CR

13
2nd 110

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
2022 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 OUL
1

5
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

Ret
DON
1

2
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

7
SPA
1

2
BRH
1

4
DON
1

9
4th 114

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