Ben Barker (racing driver, 1991)

Ben Barker in a Dallara F307 in the 2010 Australian Formula 3 Championship

Benjamin "Ben" Barker (born April 23, 1991 in Cambridge ) is a British automobile racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Ben Barker started professional karting at the age of 15 and contested his first Formula Ford race at the age of 18 in 2009 . Barker celebrated his greatest successes so far in Australia , where he turned as a young driver in 2009. In 2010 he won the overall classification of the Australian Formula 3 Championship and in 2014 celebrated a class victory at the Bathurst 12 Hours . That year he was overall runner-up in the British Porsche Carrera Cup .

In 2016 he made his debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours . Together with Mike Wainwright and Adam Carroll , he was 33rd overall in a Porsche 911 RSR .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Adam Carroll	Mike Wainwright	Rank 33
2017	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Nick Foster	Mike Wainwright	Rank 38
2018	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Alex Davison	Mike Wainwright	Rank 41
2019	Gulf Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Thomas Preining	Mike Wainwright	Rank 38

Web links

Commons : Benjamin Barker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Ben Barker at the Driver Database