Ryan Briscoe

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Ryan Briscoe 2014
Two Penske Porsche RS Spyder: Romain Dumas in front of his teammate Ryan Briscoe 2007
Briscoe has been driving in the IndyCar Series for the Penske team since 2008
Briscoe in the IndyCar-Dallara of Team Penske 2011

Ryan Briscoe (born September 24, 1981 in Sydney ) is an Australian racing driver . In 2003 he won the championship title in the Formula 3 Euro Series . He drove in the IndyCar Series from 2005 to 2015 .

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts , Briscoe began his career in karting , where he was active from 1994 to 2000. He also made his debut in formula racing for the Prema Powerteam and competed in an Italian Formula Renault race . In 2001 his main focus was on the Italian Formula Renault, in which he secured the championship title for the Prema Powerteam ahead of his teammate César Campaniço . He won half of the races. He also started six out of ten races in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and finished fourth in the overall standings with two wins. He also took part in one race in the French and two races in the German Formula 3 championship .

In 2002 Briscoe decided to switch to the international Formula 3000 championship , where he competed for Nordic Racing . He had problems keeping up in the new racing series and was replaced by Thed Björk after seven races . He was 23rd in the overall standings. He then returned to the Prema Powerteam and competed in German, French and Italian Formula 3. He was also a Formula 1 test driver for the Toyota team.

In 2003 Briscoe switched to the newly founded Formula 3 Euro Series with the Prema Powerteam . He won a total of eight races and secured the championship title from Christian Klien . He also made guest starts in the British Formula 3 championship and came third in the Formula 3 Masters in Zandvoort . In contrast to his former Formula 3 rival Klien, Briscoe did not receive a racing cockpit in Formula 1 in 2004 and became a test driver at Toyota Racing. After the original Friday test driver Ricardo Zonta had replaced the regular driver Cristiano da Matta , Briscoe took the position of Friday test driver in five races and took part in Grand Prix weekends.

In 2005 , Briscoe stayed with Toyota as one of several test drivers. He contested races this season in the IndyCar Series , in which he drove one of three Chip Ganassi Racing cars . The best result in his first season was eighth place. The season was overshadowed by a serious accident in Joliet . His car hit Michael Andretti's car , took off, caught fire when it hit the boundary wall and broke in two. Briscoe was flown to hospital with serious injuries. He suffered broken collarbones on both sides, a fractured foot and severe bruises on his arms, legs and back. In addition, he suffered from breathing difficulties from inhaling toxic fumes. Before his accident, which ended the season prematurely, he also completed a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series . In the overall ranking of the IndyCar Series, he was 19.

Briscoe made his comeback in 2006 in the A1GP series. His best result of four races was a third place. He then started for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in four races in the IndyCar Series and achieved his first podium finish in the IndyCar Series as third in Watkins Glen . At the end of the season he finished 21st in the overall ranking. He also started two races each in the Champ Car Series, in the Rolex Sports Car Series and in the V8 Supercar series. In winter 2006/2007 Briscoe was again active for his home country in the A1GP and started in three races. Third place was again his best result. He then took part in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for Team Penske in a Porsche RS Spyder . With three wins he finished second in the LMP2 category. He also went to Luczo-Dragon Racing at the Indianapolis 500, which he finished in fifth place. It remained his only start in the IndyCar Series in the 2007 season , which he finished in 24th place.

In 2008 he again contested four races in the ALMS and managed to finish one of them victoriously, but his main focus in the 2008 season was again on the IndyCar Series, in which he competed as a team-mate of Hélio Castroneves for the Penske team. In the sixth race on the Milwaukee Mile , Briscoe won his first race in the IndyCar Series. Two more victories followed in Lexington and his home race in Surfers Paradise during the season . His victory in Australia was not included in the ranking because the race was held after the official end of the season. Nevertheless, all regular pilots started the series. In the end, the racing driver took fifth place in the championship.

In 2009 , Briscoe stayed with Team Penske. As in the previous season, he won three races and led the championship for the first time. With eight second places, he achieved by far the most second places this season. In the end he only had to admit defeat to Ganassi pilots Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon . Before the season finale in Homestead , all three drivers still had realistic championship chances and more than clearly made up for victory as well as winning the title. The other drivers were at least one lap behind the leading trio. For the first time in the history of the IndyCar Series, the race went without a break, so that the decision about the victory was only won by the fuel-efficient driving style of Franchitti, who, unlike Briscoe and Dixon, avoided an additional refueling stop a few laps before the end.

2010 Briscoe denied his third season for the team Penske, which this season with Will Power for the first time a third driver used for the entire season, in the IndyCar Series. After he did not get beyond third place on the circuit, he scored his first win of the 2010 season on the Oval in Fort Worth . At the end of the season, he was behind his teammates who finished second (Power) and fourth (Castroneves) , Fifth overall. For the 2011 season , Briscoe stayed with Penske. While his teammate Power drove for the overall victory and finally became runner-up, Briscoe finished the season with a second place as the best result in sixth place in the championship. Within the team, he prevailed against Castroneves, who was eleventh. In addition, Briscoe took part in a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series and in two races in the V8 Supercar series.

In 2012 , Briscoe completed another IndyCar season for the Penske team, which received a new engine partner in Chevrolet . At the Indianapolis 500 , he achieved pole position and finished fifth in the race. In the second oval race of the season, the Firestone 550 , he was third on the podium for the first time in the season. With a win in Sonoma and a second place in Baltimore , he finished two of the last three races on the podium. In the overall standings he was sixth and lost to Castroneves and Power within the team. He also took part in a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series.

In 2013 Briscoe lost his IndyCar cockpit at Penske. He returned to the ALMS and was given a cockpit at Level 5 Motorsports . He won the LMP2 classification five times and was fifth in the LMP2 drivers classification. He also made his debut for Level 5 Motorsport at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In addition, he returned to the Indianapolis 500 in the current season of the IndyCar Series. First he started for Chip Ganassi Racing and was twelfth at the Indianapolis 500. Then Panther Racing signed him as one of two substitute drivers for the dismissed JR Hildebrand . If there was overlap with his involvement in the long-distance scene, he entered it. Briscoe broke his right wrist on the first run of the Honda Indy Toronto . As a result, he was completely absent for a month. Briscoe completed six races for Panthers. In 2013, Briscoe also took part in four V8 Supercars races. He was third on the podium once.

In 2014 , Briscoe returned to a full-time IndyCar cockpit. He got a contract with Chip Ganassi Racing, the racing team for which he had completed his first IndyCar season. While two of his teammates, Dixon and Tony Kanaan , were winning races, fourth was Briscoe's best result. He finished the season in eleventh place. In 2014 , Briscoe also took part in three races for Corvette Racing in the newly established United SportsCar Championship (USCC). In 2015 Briscoe lost his full-time cockpit in the IndyCar Series. After James Hinchcliffe was seriously injured in training for the Indianapolis 500 , Briscoe took over the cockpit at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the race. Briscoe then shared the cockpit with Conor Daly for the rest of the season. Fifth place was his best result. He finished the season in 18th place overall. Briscoe also competes for Corvette Racing in a number of races in the 2015 United SportsCar Championship .

statistics

Career stations

  • 2005: Rolex Sports Car Series , DP (68th place)
  • 2005 : Formula 1 (test driver)
  • 2006 : A1GP
  • 2006 : IndyCar Series (21st place)
  • 2006 : Champ Car (21st place)
  • 2006: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (61st place)
  • 2006: V8 Supercar Championship Series (58th place)
  • 2007 : A1GP
  • 2007: ALMS , LMP2 (2nd place)
  • 2007 : IndyCar Series (24th place)
  • 2008 : IndyCar Series (5th place)
  • 2008: ALMS, LMP2 (10th place)
  • 2008: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (46th place)
  • 2009 : IndyCar Series (3rd place)
  • 2009: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (41st place)
  • 2010 : IndyCar Series (5th place)
  • 2011 : IndyCar Series (6th place)
  • 2011: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (27th place)
  • 2011: V8 Supercar Championship Series (72nd place)
  • 2012 : IndyCar Series (6th place)
  • 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP
  • 2013: ALMS, LMP2 (5th place)
  • 2013 : IndyCar Series (26th place)
  • 2013: V8 Supercar Championship (36th place)
  • 2014 : IndyCar Series (11th place)
  • 2014 : USCC , GTLM (26th place)
  • 2015 : IndyCar Series (18th place)
  • 2015 : USCC, GTLM

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
2005 Target Chip Ganassi Racing HMS PHX STP MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH Mil MIS KTY PPI SNM CHI WGL HAIRDRYER 232 19th
20th 19th 14th 12 10 12 21st 21st 8th 22nd 10 13 20th 19th 22nd INJ INJ
2006 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH Mil MIS KTY SNM CHI 83 21st
3 9 18th 16
2007 Luczo-Dragon Racing HMS STP MOT KAN INDY Mil TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MIS KTY SNM DET CHI 30th 24.
5
2008 Team Penske HMS STP MOT LBH KAN INDY Mil TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF 447 5.
19th 23 9 7th 23 1 3 7th 15th 12 * 23 1 * 6th 7th 2 9 3 1*
2009 Team Penske STP LBH KAN INDY Mil TXS IOW RIR WGL GOAL EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI MOT HMS 604 3.
1 13 4th 15th 2 * 2 * 2 * 19th 2 2 4th 1 2 2 1 * 18th 2 *
2010 Team Penske SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL GOAL EDM MDO SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS 482 5.
14th 3 6th 8th 6th 24 4 1 * 4th 2 18th 4th 6th 4th 11 * 24 4th 4th
2011 Team Penske STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO NHA SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV 364 6th
18th 21st *2 * 3 27 27 6th 3 11 6th 7th 10 16 8th 3 14th 20th 8th C.
2012 Team Penske STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO SNM BAL HAIRDRYER 370 6th
5 14th 7th 25th 5 1 16 3 14th 18th 19th 8th 7th 1 2 17th
2013 Chip Ganassi Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW POC GOAL MDO SNM BAL HOU HAIRDRYER 100 26th
12 23 INJ
Panther Racing 21st 13 15th 14th 22nd WD 17th
2014 NTT data chip Ganassi Racing STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW GOAL MDO Mil SNM HAIRDRYER 461 11.
10 17th 11 6th 18 17 15 ° 10 9 12 8th 4th 9 12 11 8th 6th 17th 7th
2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM 205 18th
12 8th 16 ° 21st 8th 18th 8 ° 5
Legend
colour meaning
gold winner
silver 2nd place
bronze 3rd place
green 4th and 5th place
Light Blue 6th to 10th place
Dark blue Race ended (outside of the first ten pilots)
violet Race not finished
red not qualified (DNQ)
black disqualified (DSQ)
White not at the start (DNS)
withdrawn (WD)
Race canceled (C)
Blank not participated
did not appear (DNA)
injured or sick (INJ)
excluded (EX)
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.

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2013 United StatesUnited States Level 5 motorsports HPD ARX-03b United StatesUnited States Scott Tucker United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marino Franchitti not classified
2016 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 20
2017 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 23
2018 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 39
2019 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing USA Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 24

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2007 United StatesUnited States Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder FranceFrance Emmanuel Collard GermanyGermany Sascha Maassen Rank 21
2008 United StatesUnited States Penske Racing Porsche RS Spyder United StatesUnited States Patrick Long GermanyGermany Sascha Maassen failure Motor overheated
2013 United StatesUnited States Level 5 motorsports HPD ARX-03b United StatesUnited States Scott Tucker United KingdomUnited Kingdom Marino Franchitti Rank 6 and class win
2014 United StatesUnited States Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R DenmarkDenmark Jan Magnussen SpainSpain Antonio García Rank 19
2015 United StatesUnited States Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R DenmarkDenmark Jan Magnussen SpainSpain Antonio García Rank 10 and class win
2016 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 14
2017 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 10
2018 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 13
2019 United StatesUnited States Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook New ZealandNew Zealand Scott Dixon Rank 15

Web links

Commons : Ryan Briscoe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Critical condition of IndyCar driver Briscoe (Motorsport-Total.com on September 17, 2005).
  2. ↑ GM returns to IndyCar, another manufacturer might follow (indystar.com on November 13, 2010).
  3. ^ "Ryan Briscoe stays with Penske for 2012 IndyCar Series, alongside Helio Castroneves and Will Power" (autosport.com on November 3, 2011)
  4. ↑ Pete Fink, Stefan Ziegler: Dixon wins in controversial Toronto - Briscoe injured. Motorsport-Total.com, July 14, 2013, accessed August 14, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Briscoe back with Ganassi: 'A circle closes'. Motorsport-Total.com, December 14, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Briscoe, Ryan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , New South Wales, Australia