Ryan Dalziel

Ryan Dalziel at the 2012 Shanghai 6 Hours

Ryan Dalziel [ diːˈɛl ] (born April 12, 1982 in Coatbridge , North Lanarkshire , Scotland ) is a British racing driver .

Career

Dalziel began his motorsport career in karting in 1992 and was active in this sport until 1998. In 1999 he switched to the single-seater racing and was immediately runner-up of the British Formula Vauxhall behind Gary Paffett . In 2000 he competed in the British Formula Renault . Dalziel won a race and was runner-up behind Kimi Raikkonen with 260 to 316 points . In 2001 the racing driver competed for various teams in the British Formula 3 championship . With a fourth place as the best result, he ended the season in 13th place in the drivers' standings.

In 2002 Dalziel left Europe and started in the Atlantic Championship . He started for two teams and ended the season with two second places as the best results in eighth place overall. In 2003, Dalziel stayed in the Atlantic Championship and competed for Sierra Sierra Racing . The Brit won two races and was only defeated by AJ Allmendinger at the end of the season . In 2004 he played his third season in the championship for Sierra Sierra Racing. This season he won four races and was runner-up again. This time Jon Fogarty won the championship.

In 2005, Dalziel competed in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). With a podium placement, he was ninth in the GTS classification. He also took part in a race in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series . In formula racing , the Brit made his champ car debut for Dale Coyne Racing this season . In the drivers' championship he finished 23rd. 2006 Dalziel entered only in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and was 16th in the DP standings. In 2007 Dalziel returned to the Champ Car and competed for Pacific Coast Motorsports . With a seventh place as the best result, Dalziel finished 14th overall. He also took part in four races of the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and was 33rd in the DP standings.

2008 Dalziel took part in the first season of the Superleague Formula for the Alan Docking Racing team of the Glasgow Rangers . He contested five out of six race weekends and achieved fifth place as the best result. He also took part again in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and won his first race in this series. He finished the season in 27th place in the DP rankings. In 2009 he finished 23rd in the DP ranking of the Grand-Am Sports Car Series. In 2010 the Briton won another race in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and was seventh in the DP standings. He also took part in two ALMS races and the Le Mans 24-hour race .

statistics

Career stations

• 1992–1998: karting
• 1999: British Formula Vauxhall (2nd place)
• 2000: British Formula Renault (2nd place)
• 2001: British Formula 3 Championship (13th place)
• 2002: Atlantic Championship (8th place)
• 2003: Atlantic Championship (2nd place)
• 2004: Atlantic Championship (2nd place)
• 2005: American Le Mans Series , GTS classification (9th place); Champ Car (23rd place); Grand-Am Sports Car Series , DP ranking (66th place)
• 2006: Grand-Am Sports Car Series, DP ranking (16th place)
• 2007 : Champ Car (14th place); Grand-Am Sports Car Series, DP ranking (33rd place)
• 2008 : Superleague Formula ; Grand-Am Sports Car Series, DP ranking (27th place)
• 2009: Grand-Am Sports Car Series, DP ranking (23rd place)
• 2010: Grand-Am Sports Car Series, DP ranking (7th place); American Le Mans Series

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	Jaguar Rocketsports Racing	Jaguar XKR GT2	Paul Gentilozzi	Marc Goossens	failure	Engine failure
2012	Starworks Motorsport	HPD ARX-03b	Vicente Potolicchio	Thomas Kimber-Smith	Rank 7 and class win
2013	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dominik Farnbacher	Marc Goossens	Rank 24
2015	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Scott Sharp	David Heinemeier Hansson	Rank 28
2016	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	Chris Cumming	Luís Felipe Derani	Rank 42

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2005	Pacific Coast Motorsports	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Alex Figge	David Empringham	Rank 9
2010	Jaguar RSR	Jaguar XKRS	Paul Gentilozzi	Marc Goossens	failure	cooler
2011	Core autosport	Oreca FLM09	Jon Bennett	Frankie Montecalvo	Rank 11
2012	Starworks Motorsport	HPD ARX-03b	Enzo Potolicchio	Stéphane Sarrazin	3rd place and class win
2013	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Dominik Farnbacher	Marc Goossens	Rank 19
2014	Extreme speed motorsports	HPD ARX-03b	David Brabham	Scott Sharp	Rank 2
2015	Tequila Patron ESM	HPD ARX-03b	David Heinemeier Hansson	Scott Sharp	failure	malfunction
2016	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Oreca 05	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Marc Goossens	Rank 5
2017	Tequila Patron ESM	OnRoak Nissan DPi	Luís Felipe Derani	Scott Sharp	failure	malfunction
2018	Tequila Patron ESM	OnRoak Nissan DPi	Olivier Pla	Scott Sharp	failure	accident
2019	Tequila Patron ESM	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Parker Chase	Ezequiel Pérez Companc	Rank 33

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
2012	Starworks Motorsport	HPD ARX-03b	SEB	SPA	LEM	SIL	SAO	BAH	FUJ	SHA
			3	34	7th	9	7th		9	8th
2013	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	SIL	SPA	LEM	SAO	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
					24
2014	Extreme speed motorsports	HPD ARX-03	SIL	SPA	LEM	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH	SAO
						10		24
2015	Extreme speed motorsports	HPD ARX-04b Ligier JS P2	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			DNF	30th	28	12	9	12	DNF	17th
2016	Extreme speed motorsports	Ligier JS P2	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			6th	8th	42	10	8th	13	11	12	12

Web links

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