Justin Wilson

Justin Wilson

Nation:	Great Britain
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	2003 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2003 Japanese Grand Prix
Constructors
2003 Minardi , Jaguar
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-20. ( 2003 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 16 - - -
World Cup points :	1
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Justin Wilson (born July 31, 1978 in Sheffield , Yorkshire , † August 24, 2015 in Allentown , Pennsylvania , USA ) was a British automobile racing driver .

In 2001 he won the International Formula 3000 Championship . After he was active in Formula 1 in 2003 , he drove in the Champ Car Series from 2004 to 2007 and won the runner-up twice. From 2008 to 2015 he started in the IndyCar Series .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport

Wilson began his motorsport career in karting in 1987 at the age of nine . He won some races and club championships. In 1994 he moved into the single-seater racing and immediately won the championship title in the Formula Vauxhall -Junioren Winter Championship. In 1995 he started in the regular Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship and finished the season in third. A year later he switched to Formula Vauxhall and finished second with a win. While his team-mate Luciano Burti won the Formula Vauxhall championship title in 1997, Wilson finished fourth overall with two wins. In 1998 he finally won the newly created Formula Palmer Audi with a total of 9 victories of the season from 17 races.

Formula 3000

In 1999 , Wilson moved to the international Formula 3000 championship and was Gonzalo Rodríguez's teammate on the Belgian team Astromega . Wilson did not keep up in his first Formula 3000 season with his teammate, who died in an accident in Laguna Seca shortly before the end of the season , and was 20th overall with two sixth places as the best results.

In 2000 , Wilson switched to Nordic Racing and achieved his first podium finish in Formula 3000 in third place in the second race of the season at Silverstone. Finally, he finished the season with a second place as the best result in fifth place overall. 2001 Wilson was with three wins and a new record number of 71 points champion of the Formula 3000. He had a clear lead on his pursuers Mark Webber and his teammate Tomáš Enge , who had each achieved 39 points. In addition, with ten podium placements, he also set a new record for podium positions. He also took part in a race in the FIA GT Championship .

formula 1

In the winter of 2001, Wilson tried to find a cockpit in Formula 1 . In test drives for the Jordan Grand Prix , he convinced as the fastest driver. In the end, the second fastest pilot Takuma Satō received the Jordan cockpit. The advantage of Satōs was that he was supported by Jordan's engine partner Honda and also had more experience as a test driver. After initially considering switching to the Champ Car series, he switched to the World Series by Nissan . Starting for Racing Engineering , he finished fourth in the overall standings with two wins and a further six podium finishes. He was defeated by his teammate Franck Montagny , who won the runner-up.

Wilson almost was allowed to contest his first Grand Prix as a replacement for Alex Yoong at Minardi in the 2002 Formula 1 World Championship . However, due to his size of 1.91 m, the racing driver was too big for the Minardi cockpit and had to forego the premature change. At the end of 2002 he was finally hired by Formula 1 team boss Paul Stoddart as a Minardi driver for 2003 . Wilson had to pay around 5 million euros for his cockpit . He received the sum required for his commitment through the sale of investment shares in his person. In his second race, the Malaysian Grand Prix , Wilson was flown to hospital after an incident involving the HANS system . He had problems with his sitting position and had to give up the race with pain in his shoulders.

Jaguar driver Wilson at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix

Although Wilson was under contract with Minardi until 2005, he left the team after eleven races and started at the German Grand Prix for Jaguar Racing . The change came because Jaguar was anything but satisfied with the previous driver Antonio Pizzonia . At Jaguar he was given the cockpit alongside his former Formula 3000 rival Webber. In the five races he completed for Jaguar Racing, he scored his only point in Formula 1 in eighth place at the US Grand Prix in Indianapolis . His first season he finished 20th in the world championship. Jaguar wanted to sign him for the 2004 season , but this failed because of the lack of sponsorship from Wilson. He lost his cockpit to Christian Klien , who brought with him a financially strong sponsor in Red Bull . Despite his three-year contract with Minardi, Wilson did not regret moving to Jaguar even after his engagement ended, as his financial resources had been used up after the 2003 season and he would no longer have been able to finance the Minardi cockpit.

Champ Car Series

After he had not received a test driver cockpit for the 2004 Formula 1 World Championship, Wilson switched to the North American Champ Car series, in which he competed for Conquest Racing in 2004 . He finished his debut season with a fourth place as the best result in eleventh place overall. He was also the second best newcomer behind AJ Allmendinger . He also took part in a race in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in 2004 and made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2005 , Wilson switched to RuSPORT and became Allmendinger's teammate. Wilson immediately prevailed against his teammate within the team and won his first champ car race in the Streets of Toronto . With another victory in Mexico City , he finished third in the championship behind the two Newman / Haas drivers Sébastien Bourdais and Oriol Servià at the end of the season .

2006 Wilson improved to second overall behind Bourdais. This time he took a win in Edmonton and finished five races in second place. He had his teammates Allmendinger, who had left the team after four races, and Cristiano da Matta and Ryan Briscoe , who then drove as replacements for Allmendinger, under control. In the penultimate race in Surfers Paradise , Wilson did not start because of a broken hand.

In 2007 Wilson got a new teammate in Alex Tagliani . However, nothing changes in the internal team ranking. Wilson drove another Champ Car victory in Assen in the Netherlands and only had to admit defeat to Bourdais at the end of the season. Wilson also took part in two races in the Rolex Sports Car Series .

IndyCar Series

Wilson training for the Indianapolis 500, 2008

For the 2008 Champ Car season, Wilson had already signed a contract with Newman / Haas / Lanigan Racing as the successor to Bourdais . After the reunification of the Champ Car Series with the IndyCar Series , the racing driver kept his cockpit for the 2008 season , as his team also competed in the IndyCar Series. As a team-mate of Graham Rahal , after finishing third in Edmonton for the first time on the podium, he scored his first victory in the IndyCar Series in Detroit . At the end of the season he finished 11th overall, ahead of Rahal, who was 17th. Behind Hideki Mutoh , he was the second best newcomer this season. As in the previous year, he also started a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series.

Wilson drove for Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series in 2009.

For the 2009 season , Wilson lost his Newman / Haas / Lanigan cockpit and moved to Dale Coyne Racing , a team that was usually placed at the bottom of the field. However, Wilson showed right from the first race that he got along well with the car and finished the race in third place, which was also the best result in the history of his team. In Watkins Glen Wilson also managed to achieve the first victory for Dale Coyne Racing. At the end of the season he finished ninth in the overall ranking.

In 2010 Wilson surprisingly switched to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing together with his sponsor Z-Line . With two second places, which he achieved on circuits, as the best results, he finished eleventh in the drivers' standings. In the Rolex Sports Car Series, Wilson finished second in the 24-hour race of Daytona this year, along with his team-mates Max Papis , Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas . In the 2011 season , Wilson started again for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in the IndyCar Series. In the first race he finished in tenth place. However, Wilson suffered a small wrist fracture on contact, but did not have to pause a race because of it. During training for the race in Lexington , Wilson had an accident in which he suffered a compression fracture of the fifth vertebra . Wilson came off the track at the end of the first corner, was excavated by a bump and hit the ground, causing the break. Wilson was out until the end of the season. He was represented by several racing drivers. At the end of the season he was in fifth place as the best result in 24th place overall. Wilson also took part in the Daytona 24-hour race again before the season.

For the IndyCar Series season 2012 Wilson returned to Dale Coyne Racing. Wilson took his first win of the season at the Firestone 550 in Fort Worth and won for the first time in his career on an oval course . At the end of the season he was in 15th place overall. Within the team he prevailed against James Jakes . In addition, Wilson won the Daytona 24-hour race for Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian , starting with his teammates AJ Allmendinger, Oswaldo Negri and John Pew . 2013 Wilson stayed with Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series. After two top 10 finishes, he was third on the podium at the third race in Long Beach . He repeated this result in the first race in Detroit , which his teammate Mike Conway won. At the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma he achieved his best result of the season to date with a second place. In the next race in Baltimore , his brother Stefan was his teammate. The two formed the first pair of brothers in a racing team in the IndyCar Series. It was also the first time that the two brothers were active in a racing series at the same time. In Houston , he achieved another podium finish in the third last race of the season. At the last race, the MAVTV 500 , Wilson was involved in a serious accident. His out of control vehicle was hit by Tristan Vautier . Wilson suffered a fractured pelvis in the accident. He finished the season in sixth place overall. He finished in the top 10 in 13 of 19 races. Wilson also took part in six races in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Michael Shank Racing. He reached the podium twice in the DP rankings.

In 2014 , Wilson returned to the cockpit after his injury. A fourth place was his best result while his teammate Carlos Huertas won a race. Internally, however, Wilson prevailed with 395 to 314 points and ended the season in 15th place in the drivers' standings. He also contested two races for Michael Shank Racing in the newly founded United SportsCar Championship (USCC).

Although Wilson was under contract with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2015 IndyCar Series , he lost his cockpit there. He moved to Andretti Autosport , where he received a part-time cockpit. Wilson also took part in an FIA Formula E Championship race for Andretti Autosport . In the third last race of the season in Lexington , he achieved a podium finish with a second place.

At the next race, the ABC Supply 500 on August 23, 2015 at Pocono Raceway , Wilson was hit in the head by a flying part of the nose of Sage Karam's car and flown to hospital with severe head injuries. There he succumbed to his injuries a day later. This made him the first IndyCar driver to be killed in an accident since Dan Wheldon's death on October 16, 2011.

Personal

Justin Wilson had been married to Julia Wilson since 2006 and has two daughters born in 2008 and 2010. He lived in Longmont , Colorado . With a height of 1.91 m, he was one of the taller automobile racers.

Justin Wilson's younger brother, Stefan Wilson, is also a racing car driver.

statistics

Career stations

1987-1994: karting 1994: Formula Vauxhall Junior, winter series (champion) 1995: Formula Vauxhall Junior (3rd place) 1996: Formula Vauxhall (2nd place) 1997: Formula Vauxhall (4th place) 1998: Formula Palmer Audi (champion) 1999 : Formula 3000 (20th place) 2000 : Formula 3000 (5th place) 2001 : Formula 3000 (champion) 2001: FIA GT , N-GT (32nd place) 2002: World Series by Nissan (4th place)

2003 : Formula 1 (20th place) 2004 : Champ Car (11th place) 2004: ALMS , LMP1 class (27th place) 2005 : Champ Car (3rd place) 2006 : Champ Car (2nd place) 2007 : Champ Car (2nd place) 2007: Rolex Sports Car Series , DP (65th place) 2008 : IndyCar Series (11th place) 2008: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (50th place) 2009 : IndyCar Series (9th place) 2010 : IndyCar Series (11th place)

2010: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (39th place) 2011 : IndyCar Series (24th place) 2011: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (29th place) 2012 : IndyCar Series (15th place) 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (26th place) 2013 : IndyCar Series (6th place) 2013: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (21st place) 2014 : IndyCar Series (15th place) 2014 : United SportsCar Championship , Prototype (40th place) 2015 : Formula E (25th place) 2015 : IndyCar Series (24th place)

Individual results in Formula 3000

season	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	rank
1999	Team Astromega	ITA 6	MON DNF	ESP 6	FRA 10	GBR DNF	AUT DNF	GER DNF	HUN 7	BEL DNF	GER DNF			2	20th
2000	Nordic racing	ITA 8	GBR 3	ESP 5	GER DNF	MON 7	FRA 9	AUT 2	GER DNF	HUN 5	BEL 5			16	5.
2001	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	BRA 1	ITA 6	ESP 3	AUT 1	MON 2	GER DNF	FRA 2	GBR 2	GER 2	HUN 1	BEL 2	ITA 2	71	1.

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Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Round	Points	WM-Pos.
2003	European Minardi Cosworth	Minardi PS03	Cosworth 3.0 V10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th
	Jaguar Racing	Jaguar R4	Cosworth 3.0 V10	5	-	-	-	-	-	1
total				16	-	-	-	-	-	1

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16
2003
	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	13	DNF	DNF	13	14th	16	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	13

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the Champ Car series

season	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
2004	Conquest Racing	LBH 6	MTY 6	MIL 11	POR 5	CLE 18	GATE 12	VAN 14	ROA 7	THE 7th	MTL 14	LAG 18	LVG 8	Sur 8	MEX 4	188	11.
2005	RuSPORT	LBH 4	MTY 4	MIL 4	POR 17	CLE 7	GATE 1	EDM 4	SAN 4	THE DNF	MTL 3	LAS 11	SUR 7	MEX 1		265	3.
2006	RuSPORT	LBH 2	HOU 5	MTY 2	MIL 2	POR 2	CLE DNF	GATE 4	EDM 1	SAN 3	THE 8th	MTL DNF	ROA 5	SUR INJ	MEX 2	298	2.
2007	RSPORTS	LVG DNF	LGB 4	HOU 10	POR 2	CLE 4	MTT 5	GATE 3	EDM 2	SJO 13	ROA 8	ZOL 5	ASN 1	SRF 2	MEX 10	281	2.

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Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
2008	Newman / Haas / Lanigan Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	LBH	KAN	INDY	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF	340	11.
		15th	9		19th	9	27	7th	27	12	7th	25th	18th	11	3	24	9	1	11	12
2009	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	GOAL	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			354	9.
		3 *	22nd	14th	23	15th	15th	18th	14th	1*	5	8th	21st	13	7th	10	12	10
2010	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY	TXS	IOW	WGL	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS			361	11.
		11	2	7th	2	18th	7 11	19th	24	10	7 *	21st	27	6th	7th	11	16	21st
2011	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS		Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV		183	24.
		10	19th	22nd	7th	16 20	17th	21st	10	12	15th	5	WD	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ
2012	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	HAIRDRYER					278	15th
		10	19th	10	22nd	7 21	22nd	1	23	10	21st	9	18th	11	17th	23
2013	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET		TXS	Mil	IOW	POC	GOAL		MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU		HAIRDRYER	472	6th
		9	8th	3	20th	5 14	3 °	22nd	15th	9 °	11 °	7th	11	8th	8th	2 °	4th	3	4th	18th
2014	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	HOU		POC	IOW	GOAL		MDO	Mil	SNM	HAIRDRYER		395	15th
		8th	16	6 °	11 °	22 14	4th	12	21st	10 °	12	14th	13	10	10 °	15th	17th	9	13
2015	Andretti Autosport	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	GOAL	HAIRDRYER	Mil	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM				108	24.
						24	21 °						18 °	17th	2 °	15 °

Remarks

1. ↑ Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
2. ↑ Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.
3. ↑ No points were awarded.

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Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points	rank
2014/15	Andretti Autosport	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON		1	25th
										10

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	Racing for Holland	Dome S101	Tom Coronel	Ralph Firman	failure	ignition

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2002	Ascari Cars	Ascari KZR-1	Ben Collins	Christian Vann	Rank 6
2004	Taurus Racing	Lola B2K / 10	Phil Andrews	Milka Duno	failure	Power transmission
2014	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Riley Mk.XXVI	Oswaldo Negri	John Pew	Rank 9
2015	Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian	Ligier JS P2	Oswaldo Negri	John Pew	Rank 32

Web links

Commons : Justin Wilson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Justin Wilson (English)
• Career Stats Justin Wilson (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Justin Wilson Dies After IndyCar Wreck in: NYtimes of August 24, 2015
2. ↑ Racing driver Justin Wilson died of the consequences of an accident
3. ↑ "Justin Wilson convinces in Mugello" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 6, 2001)
4. ↑ "Test driver cockpits hotly contested" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 19, 2001)
5. ↑ "Wilson aims to switch to the ChampCar series" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 20, 2001)
6. ↑ "Yoong still has to tremble - no replacement has yet been found" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 7, 2002)
7. ↑ ^{a b} "Minardi team confirms Justin Wilson" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 17, 2002)
8. ↑ "Curious: Justin Wilson is selling himself" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 5, 2003)
9. ^ "Justin Wilson and his suffering in Malaysia" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 31, 2003)
10. ↑ "Official: Justin Wilson now in the Jaguar" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 21, 2003)
11. ↑ "Jaguar Racing officially confirms Klien as the second driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 2, 2003)
12. ↑ "Wilson does not regret team change to Jaguar" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 6, 2003)
13. ↑ "Justin Wilson wants to seize a new opportunity" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 18, 2004)
14. ↑ "Justin Wilson must fit" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 20, 2006)
15. ↑ "Surprise: Wilson changes to Dreyer & Reinbold" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 3, 2010)
16. ↑ "Justin Wilson stays with Dreyer and Reinbold" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 11, 2010)
17. ^ "St-Pete-Crashes: Two injured IndyCar drivers" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 29, 2011)
18. ^ "Justin Wilson at the start in Barber" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 1, 2011)
19. ↑ "Wilson: No start after a fracture!" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 6, 2011)
20. ↑ "IndyCar - Wilson is out the rest of the season" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on August 10, 2011)
21. ↑ "Dale Coyne confirms Wilson - what is Tracy doing?" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 26, 2012)
22. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Texas: Wilson the star in the 'Lone Star State'". Motorsport-Total.com, June 10, 2012, accessed June 10, 2012 . 
23. ↑ Pete Fink: "Dale Coyne with the Wilson Brothers and Ana Beatriz". Motorsport-Total.com, March 11, 2013, accessed March 11, 2013 . 
24. ↑ Pete Fink: "Fontana Accident: Broken Pelvis in Justin Wilson". Motorsport-Total.com, October 20, 2013, accessed October 22, 2013 . 
25. ↑ Pete Fink: "Justin Wilson with Long-Term Contract" Motorsport-Total.com, March 24, 2013, accessed March 29, 2013 . 
26. ↑ Bruce Martin: IndyCar veteran Wilson joins Andretti Autosport for Indy 500. foxsports.com, March 27, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 . 
27. ↑ Norman Fischer: Justin Wilson replaces Scott Speed ​​at the Moscow ePrix. Motorsport-Total.com, May 27, 2015, accessed May 27, 2015 . 
28. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Pocono: Hunter-Reay wins under yellow - concern for Justin Wilson. Motorsport-Total.com, August 24, 2015, accessed on August 24, 2015 . 
29. ^ Mario Fritzsche: IndyCar Pocono: Justin Wilson after an accident in mortal danger. Motorsport-Total.com, August 24, 2015, accessed on August 24, 2015 . 
30. ^ After a racing accident: Indycar driver Wilson succumbs to severe head injuries. Spiegel Online , August 25, 2015, accessed August 25, 2015 . 
31. ↑ "JUSTIN WILSON" ( Memento of 27 November 2010 at the Internet Archive ) (rigidbuilding.com; accessed on 16 August 2010)
32. ↑ “Proud parents Justin and Julia welcome Jane Louise Wilson” (justinwilson.co.uk on April 14, 2008)
33. ↑ "Justin Wilson father for the second time" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 14, 2010)
34. ↑ ^{a b c} “Justin Wilson” ( Memento from August 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (indycar.com; accessed on August 16, 2010)
35. ↑ "For sale: the Schumi of tomorrow" (autobild.de on May 28, 2003)
36. ↑ 6 ft 3.5 in corresponds roughly to 1.91 m