William Buller

William Buller (2013)

William Buller (born September 17, 1992 in Scarva , County Down ) is a British racing driver . He competed in the Super Formula in 2015 .

Career

After Buller had started his motorsport career in kart racing , he switched to the T-Cars series in 2007 , in which racing drivers between the ages of 14 and 17 drove limousines , and immediately became runner-up behind Daniel Brown . In 2008 he switched to the single-seater racing and raced in the European Formula BMW . With a fourth place as the best result, he was twelfth in the championship. In addition, he started in several races in various racing series. In winter 2008/2009 he competed in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series and was tenth overall with two wins. He then took part in the European Formula BMW again and, with third place as the best result, improved to tenth place overall. He also made a guest start in the Pacific Formula BMW, where he was the first to cross the finish line.

After winning the F3 Brazil Open in 2010 , he switched to the British Formula 3 championship for Hitech Racing in 2010 . With two second places as the best results, he finished eighth overall. In 2011 , Buller stayed in the British Formula 3 Championship and moved to Fortec Motorsport . With three wins he finished the season in fourth place in the drivers' championship. Buller was the only non- Carlin pilot in the top six positions.

In 2012 Buller competed for Carlin in the GP3 series and the Formula 3 Euro series . In the Formula 3 Euro Series, Buller won two races this season and finished fifth overall. It was also rated in the European Formula 3 championship in 2012 . There he was in sixth place. In the GP3 series, Buller achieved 15th place in the drivers' standings with a win. So he lost to his teammate António Félix da Costa , who was third. In 2013 Buller switched to ThreeBond with T-Sport and initially competed in the European Formula 3 championship. After the first four race weekends, Buller left his racing team and completed the fifth event for Fortec Motorsport. Then he left the series. With fourth place as the best result, he was 16. Buller finally entered the Formula Renault 3.5 for Zeta Corse for the fifth race weekend . There were three fifth places his best results. He finished the season on the eleventh championship course. Buller was also active in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport in 2013 . With two wins and a total of six podium finishes, he reached third place overall.

William Buller at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

In 2014 Buller stayed in Formula Renault 3.5 and switched to Arden Motorsport . Except for a fourth place in the first and a third place in the last race, he never crossed the finish line beyond tenth place. Buller finished the season in 16th place overall and was clearly defeated by his team-mate Pierre Gasly , who finished second, with 30 to 192 points. He also took part in the Macau Grand Prix and as a guest starter at an event of the European Formula 3 championship.

In 2015 Buller moved to Japan in the Super Formula for Kondō Racing . Four 13th places were his best results.

In 2016 , Buller took part in two Formula V8 3.5 races, the renamed Formula Renault 3.5, for RP Motorsport . He also drove a racing weekend in the European Formula 3 championship for Carlin.

statistics

Career stations

2007: T Cars (2nd place) 2008: European Formula BMW (12th place) 2008: Portuguese Formula Renault , winter series (5th place) 2008: British Formula Renault, winter series (5th place) 2009: Toyota Racing Series (10th place) 2009: European Formula BMW (10th place) 2010 : British Formula 3 (8th place)

2011 : British Formula 3 (4th place) 2012 : GP3 series (15th place) 2012 : Formula 3 Euro Series (5th place) 2012 : European Formula 3 (6th place) 2013 : European Formula 3 (16th place) 2013 : Formula Renault 3.5 (11th place) 2013 : British Formula 3 (3rd place)

2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (16th place) 2015 : Super Formula 2016 : European Formula 3 2016 : Super Formula 2016 : Formula V8 3.5 (16th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2012	Carlin	Volkswagen	HO1		PAU		BRH		SPI		NOR		SPA		ONLY		ZAN		VAL		HO2															137	6th
			4th	6th			15th	2	8th	2	2	18th			10	2	8th	2	6th	9	6th	DNF
2013	ThreeBond with T-Sport	Threebond Nissan	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						39	16.
			4th	DNF	7th	7th	9	5	9	11	17th	9	9	12	14th	16	14th
2014	Signature	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			-	-
																														DNF	DNF	6th
2016	Carlin	Volkswagen	LEC			HUN			PAU			SPI			NOR			ZAN			SPA			ONLY			IMO			HOC						0	-
															DNF	DNF	12

Remarks

1. ↑ Guest starters

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5 / Formula V8 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2013	Zeta Corse	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		SPI		HUN		LEC		CAT			46	11.
									5	20th	6th	5	DNF	16	8th	8th	5	DNF
2014	Arden Motorsport	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ			30th	16.
		4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	11	12	11	10	DNF	10	19th	DNF	17th	10	DNF	3
2016	RP Motorsport	ALC		HUN		SPA		LEC		SIL		SPI		MNZ		JER		CAT		7th	16.
														10	7th

Individual results in the Super Formula

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2015	Kondō Racing	Toyota	SU1	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2		0	-
			14th	13	14th	13	18th	15th	13	13

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Resultados / Results 2010. f3brazilopen.com, accessed 28 January 2012 . 
2. ^ "British Formula 3: Seats are filling up" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2010)
3. ↑ "William Buller completes Carlin's GP3 line-up" (autosport.com on April 12, 2012)
4. ^ "Formula 3 EM: Carlin ready to go, ma-con is still shaking" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 12, 2012)
5. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "Formula 3 EM - Buller receives T-Sport-Cockpit". What takes a long time ... Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 4, 2013, accessed on March 3, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Will Buller joins Arden in Formula Renault 3.5”. paddockscout.com, January 17, 2014, accessed January 17, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Peter Mills: Buller returns to Formula V8 3.5 at Monza. autosport.com, September 27, 2016, accessed November 6, 2016 . 

Web links

• Career Stats William Buller (English)