Richard Westbrook | |
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![]() Westbrook in 2023 | |
Nationality | British |
Born | Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK | 10 July 1975
IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | JDC-Miller Motorsports |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 02 |
Former teams | Spirit of Daytona Racing Chip Ganassi Racing TF Sport |
Starts | 74 |
Wins | 11 |
Poles | 7 |
Fastest laps | 6 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2015 (Overall), 2016, 2018 (GTLM) |
Previous series | |
2013–14 2008–09 2008–13 2011–2013 2010–13 2005–10 2007–10 2009 2006–08 1996 1996 1993 | FIA WEC FIA GT Championship American Le Mans Series Blancpain Endurance Series British GT Championship Belcar Le Mans Series ADAC GT Masters Porsche Supercup Austria Formula 3 Cup German F3 Formula Vauxhall Winter Series |
Championship titles | |
2009 2006–07 2004 | FIA GT2 Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup GB |
Awards | |
2007 2006 1994 | BRDC award for Outstanding Achievement Autosport International Driver of the Year Nomination McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award Nomination |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Years | 2010–2014, 2016 |
Teams | BMS Scuderia Italia, Corvette Racing |
Best finish | 3rd (2010, 2016) |
Class wins | 0 |
Richard Westbrook (born 10 July 1975) is a British professional racing driver noted for his success in racing Porsche and International sports cars. As a junior, he attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich. He has won both the Porsche Supercup international championship (in 2006 & 2007) and the Porsche Carrera Cup in his native Britain (2004). At the end of the 2007 season, Richard signed a factory contract deal with the German marque Porsche, and the British ace proceeded to take on the world's best on the other side of the Atlantic. The next year (2009), Westbrook won the highly coveted FIA GT2 Championship, taking four victories in the process, establishing himself firmly on the World motor sport stage and in the upper echelons of elite sports car drivers.
In 2011 Westbrook signed with Corvette as a factory driver, competing in both the Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series. Notably, in 2013 Richard won the 12 Hours of Sebring. For the 2016 United SportsCar Championship, he will join the Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the new Ford GT.