Oliver Turvey

Oliver Turvey
Oliver Turvey
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born 1 April 1987 (1987-04-01) (age 24)
Penrith (England)
2011 GP2 Series
Debut season 2010
Current team Carlin
Car no. 25
Former teams iSport International
Starts 22
Wins 0
Poles 1
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 6th in 2010
Previous series
2004–06
2007
2007
2008
2009
2009–10-2011
Formula BMW UK
Italian FRenault
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
British Formula Three
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP2 Asia Series
Awards
2006
2008
McLaren Autosport Award
Cambridge Full Blue

Oliver Jonathan Turvey (born 1 April 1987 in Penrith, Cumbria) is a British racing driver. He was a notable kart racer, with two national titles, and was the 2006 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner. His career has been supported by the Racing Steps Foundation.[1]

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Career history

Karting

Like many aspiring junior racing drivers, Turvey began his karting career at eight years old. After three seasons, he progressed to the British Cadet Championship in 1999, in which he was placed fifth overall, and was selected as a member of the English National team, which won that year's Inter-nation Championship. In 2000, Turvey graduated to the Junior Yamaha National Championship and won the title. After a season in Junior TKM, he moved on to the Junior Rotax class in 2002 and added that title to his collection.

Car racing

Turvey made his formula single seater debut in the 2003 British Formula Renault Winter Series and spent the remainder of the season competing in Zip Formula, in which he was the highest-placed rookie. In 2004, he sidestepped into Formula BMW UK with Team SWR and achieved one race win. At the end of the season, he made a one-off Formula Three debut in the Promotion class of the Asian F3 Championship.

In the following season, Turvey stayed with Team SWR in Formula BMW, making eight appearances (each with two race starts) in the ten-round championship. Budgetary restrictions prevented him from entering more than seven rounds in 2006, but points scores in every race (including five wins) secured second place overall. At the Formula BMW World Final in Valencia, he was the highest-placed British finisher in sixth position. Turvey ended the year by beating five other finalists to win the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.[2]

Although Turvey was expected to graduate to the British F3 Championship in 2007,[3] he has instead opted for the opportunity of competing in Europe. He spent the season dovetailing a dual program in Italian Formula Renault and the Formula Renault Eurocup with the experienced Jenzer Motorsport organisation.[4] In 2008, he was runner-up in the British Formula Three Championship, behind team-mate Jaime Alguersuari.

Turvey competed in the World Series by Renault for 2009, where he was once again paired with Alguersuari at Carlin.[5] He won a single race and finished the championship as top rookie, in fourth position. He competed in the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season and is now taking part in the 2010 GP2 Series season for the iSport International team.[1]

On 16 November 2010 he took part in the Formula One young drivers test in Abu Dhabi driving for McLaren. Turvey set the second fastest time, 1.1 seconds slower than the quickest time set by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.[6]

With his Racing Steps Foundation backing having expired at the end of 2010, Turvey was unable to raise a budget for another GP2 season in 2011. However, he was drafted by Carlin—the team now competing in its first year of GP2—to replace Mikhail Aleshin for the third round of the championship in Monaco; Aleshin also struggling to find enough money for a full season.[7] He finished in the points in his comeback race, but was subsequently penalised due to jumping the start. He was replaced for the following round by Álvaro Parente, and finished 25th in the championship.

Awards

Dec. 2006 - McLaren Autosport BRDC Award[8]
2008 - Sports Personality of the Year award at the 2008 Cumbria Sports Awards[9]
2008 - Daily Mirror Best British Driver in F3 Award[10]
2008 - Awarded the Dunhill Future Champion Award at Goodwood Festival of Speed[11]
2008 - University of Cambridge Extraordinary Full Blue for Motorsport (the first ever for the sport).[12]
2008 - British Racing Drivers' Club National Racing Driver of the Year[13]

Education

Turvey attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith, Cumbria in England and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge as an undergraduate, where he studied engineering. In late 2007, he applied to become a Cambridge Full Blue, the highest honour that can be awarded to a sportsman at the university. He completed his bachelors degree in 2008 and was awarded the Full Blue by the university; the first ever racing driver to be awarded the accolade.[14] His Master's will include a dissertation on F1 aerodynamics. He has one sister called Lucie Turvey who also attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.

Racing career

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2009 Carlin Motorsport CAT
SPR

4
CAT
FEA

11
SPA
SPR

6
SPA
FEA

14
MON
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

8
HUN
FEA

ret
SIL
SPR

3
SIL
FEA

3
BUG
SPR

3
BUG
FEA

10
ALG
SPR

Ret
ALG
FEA

6
NÜR
SPR

4
NÜR
FEA

ret
ALC
SPR

2
ALC
FEA

5
4th 93

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2010 iSport International ESP
FEA

5
ESP
SPR

5
MON
FEA

15
MON
SPR

15
TUR
FEA

14
TUR
SPR

18
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

12
GBR
FEA

8
GBR
SPR

2
GER
FEA

8
GER
SPR

2
HUN
FEA

4
HUN
SPR

5
BEL
FEA

6
BEL
SPR

5
ITA
FEA

3
ITA
SPR

6
ABU
FEA

2
ABU
SPR

17
6th 47
2011 Carlin TUR
FEA
TUR
SPR
ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
MON
FEA

14
MON
SPR

8
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
GBR
FEA
GBR
SPR
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
25th 0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2009–10 iSport International ABU1
FEA

8
ABU1
SPR

4
ABU2
FEA

1
ABU2
SPR

5
BHR1
FEA

9
BHR1
SPR

6
BHR2
FEA

9
BHR2
SPR

11
6th 17
2011 Ocean Racing Technology ABU
FEA

18
ABU
SPR

19
ITA
FEA

15
ITA
SPR

8
16th 0

References

  1. ^ a b Anderson, Ben (2009-10-14). "Turvey gets iSport GP2 seat". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79421. Retrieved 2009-10-14. 
  2. ^ Turvey is McLaren Autosport winner autosport.com, December 3, 2006. Retrieved on April 21, 2007.
  3. ^ Turvey expected to surprise in F3 autosport.com, December 4, 2006. Retrieved on April 21, 2007.
  4. ^ Turvey signs for Renault Eurocup oliverturvey.com. Retrieved on April 21, 2007.
  5. ^ "Turvey completes Carlin line-up". autosport.com. 2009-01-23. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72962. Retrieved 2009-01-23. 
  6. ^ Straw, Edd (16 November 2010). "Ricciardo tops day one of rookie test". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88327. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 
  7. ^ "Oliver Turvey back at Carlin for Monaco". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2011-05-26. http://www.crash.net/gp2/news/169568/1/oliver_turvey_back_at_carlin_for_monaco.html. Retrieved 2011-05-26. 
  8. ^ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/55892 Turvey is McLaren Autosport winner
  9. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/cumbria/content/image_galleries/cumbria_sports_awards_2008_gallery.shtml?1
  10. ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/motorsport/f3/britishf3-news/2008/06/30/oliver-turvey-on-course-to-be-mirror-co-uk-s-british-best-115875-20626858/
  11. ^ http://www.oliverturvey.com/profile.htm
  12. ^ http://www.fota.co.uk/news.php?action=showArticle&params%5Bid%5D=689
  13. ^ Autosport. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72382. 
  14. ^ Autosport, August 14, 2008 p.43. Retrieved on August 18, 2008.

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Oliver Jarvis
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
2006
Succeeded by
Stefan Wilson
Preceded by
Jason Plato (Racing Driver)
Mark Higgins (Rally Driver)
Autosport
National Driver of the Year

2008
Succeeded by
Colin Turkington

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