Founded | 1981 |
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Founder(s) | Dick Bennetts and Mike Cox |
Base | Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England |
Team principal(s) | Dick Bennetts |
Current series | BTCC |
Former series | WTCC British F3 International Formula 3000 A1 Grand Prix |
Current drivers | Colin Turkington Adam Morgan Jake Hill |
Teams' Championships | BTCC – Independents: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014 BTCC: 2014, 2016,2017,2018 |
Drivers' Championships | British Formula 3: 1981: Jonathan Palmer 1983: Ayrton Senna 1985: Maurício Gugelmin 1990: Mika Häkkinen 1991: Rubens Barrichello BTCC – Independents: 2004: Anthony Reid 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014: Colin Turkington BTCC: 2009, 2014,2018,2019: Colin Turkington : 2024 Jake Hill |
Website | http://www.wsr-racing.com/ |
West Surrey Racing is a UK-based motorsport team run by New Zealander Dick Bennetts. He is responsible for masterminding the careers of such names as Ayrton Senna, Mika Häkkinen, Jonathan Palmer, Rubens Barrichello, Maurício Gugelmin and Eddie Irvine with his involvement in F3 and a racing academy in the 80s and 90s. Founded in 1981, WSR has won more than 70 races in Formula 3 and more than 100 class and outright wins in the BTCC.