Warren Hughes

Warren Hughes
Hughes as a British GT driver in 2012.
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1969-01-19) 19 January 1969 (age 55)
Sunderland, England
Related toMark Hughes (F1 Journalist)
British GT career
Debut season2000
Current teamBalfe Motorsport, W series
Racing licence FIA Bronze
Car numberTBA
Former teamsM-Sport Racing
Team WFR
LNT
Ian Khan
GruppeM Racing
Starts21
Wins8
Best finish1st in 2012 (GT4 class)
Previous series
2012
2011
2011
2010
20102011
2005, 2012
20042012
20042005
2004
20012012
20012003
2000
999
1996
1994
1993–1995
1992–1995
19921999
1991
1989–1991
1989–1990
FIA WEC
SPEED EuroSeries
ILMC
FLM
FIA GT1
ALMS
ELMS
FIA GT
Carrera Cup GB
24 Hours of Le Mans
BTCC
Italian Formula 3000
MGF Cup
STW
Formula Three Japan
Macau GP
Masters of Formula 3
British F3
Formula Vauxhall Lotus
Formula Ford Festival
British FF
Championship titles
2012
2011
2005
1999
1990
British GT4
SPEED EuroSeries
24 Hours of Le MansLMP2
MGF Cup
British Formula Ford Junior 1600
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years20012002, 20052008, 20102012
TeamsMG Sport & Racing Ltd.
RML
Chamberlain Synergy Motorsport,
Quifel ASM Team
Embassy Racing
Best finish20th (2005, 2010)
Class wins1 (2005)

Warren Hughes (born 19 January 1969) is a racing driver from Sunderland, England.

He has raced in a variety of different series, most notably the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Le Mans Series, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He won the LMP2 category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005, driving for RML Group alongside Tommy Erdos and Mike Newton.

He also tested in F1 for the Lotus and Williams teams during his single seater career.

Having started his career in 1989 in the British Formula Ford Junior 1600 series, and winning the same series the following year, Hughes progressed through various junior single-seater formulae, such as the British Formula 3 Championship and the Formula Three Japan. Although he briefly switched to touring car racing in 1996, competing in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, and entered the MGF Cup in 1999, winning the series, he did not switch away from single-seater racing fully until 2001, when, having been signed by MG, he entered both the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the BTCC. He competed in both competitions the following year, and remained in the BTCC in 2003 before leaving MG at the end of that year, after they ended their motorsport programme. In 2004, he entered part of the British GT Championship, the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, the FIA GT Championship and the Le Mans Series, and entered various events of the latter series up until 2012. During that time, he also competed in events that were part of various other series, notably the American Le Mans Series (in 2005 and 2012) and the FIA GT1 World Championship (in 2010 and 2011). Having won the SPEED EuroSeries in 2011, he became a regular driver in the British GT Championship in 2012 (in addition to entering in events that were part of the FIA World Endurance Championship), and he won the GT4 category that season, driving with Jody Fannin in a Team WFR-entered Ginetta G50.

Hughes now focuses on race driver coaching but still occasionally races, having finished 3rd in a GT4 McLaren at the 2021 Gulf 12 Hours in Bahrain.

Coaching duties include W Series, working with triple champion Jamie Chadwick, Argenti Motorsport, Double R Racing and Balfe Motosport.

Hughes is also on the roster of McLaren coaches for their worldwide Pure McLaren track programme as well as coaching on the brand's GT Driver Development Programme.