Richie Stanaway

Richie Stanaway (2011)

Richie Stanaway (born November 24, 1991 in Rotorua ) is a New Zealand racing driver . In 2011, he won the German Formula 3 drivers' championship . In 2015 he started in the GP2 series and in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Career

Stanaway began his motorsport career at the age of six in motocross . At the age of twelve he switched to speedwaysport . At 14, Stanaway switched from two-wheeled vehicles to four-wheeled vehicles and began karting .

The end of 2007 changed Stanaway finally in Formula racing in the Winter Series of the New Zealand Formula First . With a podium placement, he was 14th overall. After finishing third in New Zealand's Formula First in the 2007/2008 season, he competed in the New Zealand Formula Ford winter series in 2008 . Stanaway won five races and finished the championship in third place. He also started two races in the Australian Formula Ford. In 2008/2009 he competed in the New Zealand Formula Ford and won the championship title with eleven wins ahead of Mitch Evans . In addition, he took part in some races of the Australian Formula Ford and finished sixth overall with a win. In addition, Stanaway took part in a European racing series for the first time in 2009 and took part in three ADAC Formula Masters racing weekends . With two podium finishes, he finished eighth in the drivers' championship. An investment banker made the move to Europe possible for him , who turned Stanaway's career into an investment object. What was special was that Stanaway only had to pay back the budget if it was successful.

Richie Stanaway 2011 in the German Formula 3 at the Hockenheimring

In 2010 Stanaway was awarded a 15-year contract with Gravity Sport Management , who have been responsible for coordinating his career ever since. At the beginning of the year Stanaway first took part in two racing weekends in the Toyota Racing Series , the highest single- seater series in New Zealand. He won a race and was tenth in the drivers' championship. He then competed in the ADAC Formula Masters for ma-con Motorsport . Stanaway took part in 18 of 21 races. He won 12 races, came second in 5 races and dominated the championship. After the season, Stanaway drove in the British Formula Renault winter series and finished fifth for the Atech Grand Prix with a win. In 2011 Stanaway competed for Van Amersfoort Racing in the German Formula 3 Cup . He dominated the racing series that season. Stanaway won 13 of 18 races and only failed to finish in the first two positions in 2 races. He won the drivers' standings with 181 to 126 points ahead of Marco Sørensen . Stanaway also competed for Van Amersfoort Racing at the Macau Grand Prix . In addition, Stanaway took part in the last two race weekends of the GP3 series for Lotus ART . He managed to win his second race. He finished the overall ranking in 20th place. The missions in the GP3 series also served to better assess Stanaway's driving performance, as his management had concerns about the strength of the field of drivers in the German Formula 3 Cup and the ADAC Formula Masters. After the season, Stanaway took part in test drives of the Formula Renault 3.5 and achieved best times. He was also given the opportunity to test a DTM car for BMW .

In 2012 Stanaway received a cockpit in the Formula Renault 3.5 from Gravity - Charouz , who competed as Lotus . With a sixth place in the second race in Alcañiz , he was only rated once. An accident at the 5th of 17 races of the season in Spa-Francorchamps ended his season prematurely. In the rain, he hit Carlos Huertas , took off and finally hit the track. After the race, Stanaway said he hadn't seen Huertas. The race was interrupted to rescue Stanaway. He broke two vertebrae in the accident. The regeneration phase took a few months, so his season ended prematurely.

In 2013 Stanaway returned to motorsport and competed in GT racing . He started for DAMS in the Porsche Supercup . With a fourth place as the best result, he was twelfth in the drivers' standings, while his team-mate Michael Christensen achieved sixth place with a win. He also took part in six races of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) for Aston Martin Racing in 2013 . It was used in various vehicles. A second place in the GT classification was his best result. He finished the World Cup of GT drivers in 19th place. He also competed for Aston Martin in a Rolex Sports Car Series run and made a guest appearance in the British GT Championship. In 2014 , Stanaway stayed in the WEC for Aston Martin. He shared the stakes with Nicki Thiim and contested three of eight races. He finished the season in 20th place in the GT Drivers' World Cup. In the United SportsCar Championship (USCC) he took part in a race for Aston Martin. In addition, Stanaway returned to formula racing and competed in the 2014 GP3 series for Status Grand Prix . In his first race in Barcelona he was third on the podium. In Silverstone he finally won the sprint race in Mogyoród the main race. With five podium finishes, he reached eighth place overall. He also returned to Formula Renault 3.5 for two Lotus events . He represented the injured Matthieu Vaxivière and achieved a podium finish with a third place.

In 2015 Stanaway competed again for Aston Martin in the WEC. At the 6-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps , he won the GT class together with Alex MacDowall and Fernando Rees . Stanaway did not take part in a race and finished ninth in the GT World Cup. Furthermore graduated Stanaway an LMP1 test day for the Audi team Joest Racing . In addition, Stanaway competed for Status Grand Prix in the 2015 GP2 series . He achieved his first victory in the sprint race in Monte Carlo . In Sochi he won the sprint race again. He did not appear at the last two events. Stanaway finished tenth overall and was the only status rider to score points in the 2015 GP2 series.

Personal

Stanaway's parents did not have the financial means to finance him driver seats, so that he was dependent on good performance from an early age. To focus on motorsport, Stanaway dropped out of school after moving to Europe.

In 2011 Stanaway moved to Hilversum , the Netherlands, to live close to his employer .

statistics

Career stations

1998-2003: Motocross 2004–2005: Speedway 2006-2007: karting 2007: New Zealand Formula First , winter series (14th place) 2008: New Zealand Formula First (3rd place) 2008: New Zealand Formula Ford , winter series (3rd place) 2008: Australian Formula Ford 2009: New Zealand Formula Ford (champion) 2009: Australian Formula Ford (6th place)

2009: ADAC Formula Masters (8th place) 2010: Toyota Racing Series (10th place) 2010: ADAC Formula Masters (champions) 2010: British Formula Renault , winter series (5th place) 2011 : German Formula 3 (champions) 2011 : GP3 series (20th place) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (22nd place) 2013 : WEC , GT (19th place) 2013: Porsche Supercup (12th place)

2013: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT (57th place) 2014 : WEC, GT (20th place) 2014 : USCC , GTLM (34th place) 2014 : GP3 series (8th place) 2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (18th place) 2015 : WEC, GT (9th place) 2015 : GP2 series (10th place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2011	Lotus ART	DOOR		ESP		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA				7th	20th
														8th	1	10	19th
2014	Status Grand Prix	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		125	8th.
		3	4th	4th	3	7th	1	13	7th	1	6th	7th	2	9	DNF	12	DNF	12	7th

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
2012	lotus	ALC		MON	SPA		ONLY		MOS		SIL		HUN		LEC		CAT		8th	22nd
		DNF	6th	DNF	NC	DNF	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ
2014	lotus	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ		21st	18th
							DNF	8th	9	3

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2015	Status Grand Prix	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		60	10.
		15th	11	10	19th	7th	1	23	15th	DNF	13	21st	13	18th	13	4th	4th	7th	1

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship - GT World Cup

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2013	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	SAO	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	27.75	19th
				20th		20th	DNF	28	13	DNF
2014	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	SAO	22nd	20th
				19th		18th		21st
2015	Aston Martin Racing V8	Aston Martin Vantage V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	78	9.
			14th	16	34	20th	17th		18th	25th

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Fernando Rees	Alex MacDowall	Rank 34
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Fernando Rees	Jonny Adam	Rank 24
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Nicki Thiim	Marco Sørensen	Rank 25

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	Paul Dalla Lana	Mathias Lauda	Pedro Lamy	Rank 30

Web links

• Career statistics of Richie Stanaway (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} "Formula 3 Cup - Portrait: Richie Stanaway" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 5, 2011)
2. ^ "Free start for the 2011 Formula 3 season" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 1, 2011)
3. ^ "Richie Stanaway Announces GP3 Drive With ART" (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on August 18, 2011)
4. ^ "Formula 1 - Stanaway: Debut in Lotus' E20 this year?" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 14, 2012)
5. ↑ "Sörensen and Stanaway in front in WSbR test" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 1, 2011)
6. ↑ "DTM - Rookies convince in the BMW test" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on October 14, 2011)
7. ^ "Stanaway speculates on Young Driver Test" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 19, 2012)
8. ↑ Felix Matthey: "Stanaway has to pause for a few weeks after the crash". Motorsport-Total.com, June 5, 2012, accessed June 8, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "WSbR season for Stanaway ended". Motorsport-Total.com, June 8, 2012, accessed June 8, 2012 . 
10. ↑ Peter Allen: “Stanaway seals single-seater racing return in GP3 with status”. paddockscout.com, April 22, 2014, accessed April 22, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Sven Haidinger: Aston Martin presents WEC driver pairings 2015. Motorsport-Total.com, March 19, 2015, accessed on March 25, 2015 . 
12. ^ Gary Watkins: Ex-F1 driver Montoya tops Bahrain WEC rookie test with Porsche. autosport.com, November 22, 2015, accessed December 19, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Gruz David: Stanaway to race for Status in GP2 season opener. paddockscout.com, April 13, 2015, accessed April 17, 2015 .