Oliver Webb

Oliver Webb 2013

Oliver Webb for Pons in the Formula Renault 3.5 at the Nürburgring 2011

Oliver Webb (born March 20, 1991 in Manchester ) is a British racing driver . In 2014 he won the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2011, 2013 and 2014 . In 2015 he drove in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Career

Webb began his motorsport career at the age of nine in karting , where he was active until 2005. He also drove in 2005 in the T-Cars series , in which racing drivers aged 14 to 17 drove limousines , and came second in the autumn championship. In 2006 he completely focused on the T Cars and finished third in the championship.

In 2007 he switched to the single-seater racing and made his first experiences in the winter championship of the British Formula Renault , which he finished in 15th place. Then he started in the British Formula BMW and finished ninth in the overall standings. In 2008 Webb took part in two Formula Renault winter championships and finished fourth in the British and second in the Portuguese winter championships. He then started in the British Formula Renault, in which he finished eighth overall. He also contested four races in the northern European Formula Renault. In 2009, Webb stayed in the British Formula Renault and played his second season in this championship. Webb performed consistently well and only failed to finish one race. With two wins and a further eight podium finishes, Webb finished third behind his teammate James Calado and champion Dean Smith at the end of the season . He also took part in four races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup .

In 2010 Webb switched to the British Formula 3 championship , in which, as in Formula Renault, he competed for Fortec Motorsport . After Webb had made a good debut in the new series and had finished four of six races in second place on the first two race weekends, his first two victories in the British Formula 3 championship followed on the third race weekend. At the end of the season he finished third overall with three wins. In 2011 Webb competed for Pons Racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 . With a sixth place as the best result, he finished the season in 21st place overall, while his teammate Nick Yelloly , who only drove the last third of the season, finished 14th with a second place. Webb also took part in four North American Indy Lights races for Jensen MotorSport . He achieved a podium placement with a third place. At the end of the season he finished 18th overall.

In 2012 , Webb switched completely to North America and competed in the Indy Lights for Sam Schmidt Motorsports , the championship team from the previous year. He started from pole position once and third place was his best result. While Tristan Vautier , one of his three teammates, won the championship title, Webb was overall seventh as the worst Schmidt pilot. For the 2013 season Webb returned to Europe in the Formula Renault 3.5. He received a cockpit at Fortec Motorsport. With a fourth place as the best result, Webb was 15th in the drivers' standings. With 27 to 214 points he was internally defeated by Stoffel Vandoorne . Webb also took part in a number of GT races.

In 2014, Webb switched to endurance racing and received a cockpit in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) at Signatech Alpine . He formed a driver trio with Paul-Loup Chatin and Nelson Panciatici . The three won a race and decided the championship for themselves. The trio also took part in the 2014 Le Mans 24-hour race , where they finished seventh in the overall standings and third in the LMP2 class. He also competed in a United SportsCar Championship race for OAK Racing . In addition, in 2014 Webb took part in Formula Racing for Pons Racing in the first three Formula Renault 3.5 events. In 2015 , Webb received a cockpit at Morand Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Shortly before the season opener, Morand, who was cooperating with the SARD team , withdrew both cars. After organizational restructuring in the team, Morand returned to the championship for the second race and reduced the line-up to one car. Webb stayed with the team as a driver. Together with Pierre Ragues he finished the world championship in 20th place overall.

statistics

Career stations

2000-2005: karting 2005: T Cars , autumn championship (2nd place) 2006: T Cars (3rd place) 2007: British Formula BMW (9th place) 2007: British Formula Renault , winter series (15th place) 2008: British Formula Renault (8th place) 2008: Northern European Formula Renault (25th place) 2008: British Formula Renault, winter series (4th place)

2008: Portuguese Formula Renault, winter series (2nd place) 2009: British Formula Renault (3rd place) 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2010 : British Formula 3 (3rd place) 2011 : Formula Renault 3.5 (21st place) 2011 : Indy Lights (18th place) 2012 : Indy Lights (7th place) 2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (15th place)

2013: FIA GT Series , Pro 2013: Blancpain Endurance Series , Pro 2013: British GT Championship 2014: ELMS , LMP2 (master) 2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (26th place) 2014 : USCC , Prototype (45th place) 2015 : WEC (20th place)

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2011	Pons Racing	ALC		SPA		MNZ		MON	ONLY		HUN		SIL		LEC		CAT		21st	17th
		11	17th	DNF	18th	9	11	DNF	DNF	16	17th	19th	7th	12	11	10	DNF	6th
2013	Fortec Motorsport	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		SPI		HUN		LEC		CAT		27	15th
		4th	9	11	17th	11	12	9	9	7th	DNS	16	16	10	13	22nd	10	10
2014	Pons Racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ		0	26th
		12	14th	DNF	13	12

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2015	Team SARD Morand	Morgan Evo	SARD	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	4.5	20th
					11	DNF	10	10	14th	12	16

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2014	Signatech Alpine	Alpine A450	Paul-Loup Chatin	Nelson Panciatici	Rank 7
2015	Team SARD-Morand	Morgan LMP2 Evo	Pierre Ragues	Zoël Amberg	failure	Engine failure
2016	Team ByKolles	CLM P1 / 01	Pierre Kaffer	Simon Trummer	failure
2017	ByKolles Racing Team	ENSO CLM P1 / 01	Marco Bonanomi	Dominik Kraihamer	failure	Engine failure
2018	ByKolles Racing Team	ENSO CLM P1 / 01	Tom Dillmann	Dominik Kraihamer	failure	accident
2019	ByKolles Racing Team	ENSO CLM P1 / 01	Tom Dillmann	Paolo Ruberti	failure	drive shaft

Web links

Commons : Oliver Webb  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Oliver Webb
• Career statistics of Oliver Webb (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “Biography” ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (oliwebbracing.com, accessed April 5, 2010) 
2. ↑ “Webb signs with Pons for FR3.5” (autosport.com on February 18, 2011)
3. ↑ “BRITISH DRIVER OLIVER WEBB JOINS JENSEN MOTORSPORT” (jensenmotorsport.com on June 24, 2011)
4. ↑ “Webb Joins Sam Schmidt Lights Team” (nationalspeedsportnews.com on December 2, 2011)
5. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "WS by Renault - Webb returns to Fortec". A clear choice. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 27, 2012, accessed January 23, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Oliver Webb joins Pons Racing for WSR Monza round”. paddockscout.com, April 9, 2014, accessed April 9, 2014 . 
7. ^ John Dagys: Team SARD-Morand Confirms Two-Car LMP2 Entry. sportscar365.com, January 31, 2015, accessed February 5, 2015 . 
8. ^ John Dagys: Team SARD-Morand Withdraws from 6H Silverstone. sportscar365.com, April 8, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 . 
9. ^ John Dagys: Team SARD-Morand Confirms Single-Car LMP2 Entry for 6H Spa. sportscar365.com, April 27, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 .