Darren Turner

Darren Turner
Darren Turner
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born April 13, 1974 (1974-04-13) (age 37)
Camberley (England)
2011 FIA GT1 World Championship
Debut season 2010
Current team Young Driver AMR
Car no. 7
Starts 20
Wins 3
Poles 2
Fastest laps 4
Best finish 4th in 2010
Previous series
2008–09
2008
200709
200608
2003, 200508
2003, 2007–09
2002
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200001
1999
1998
1997
1997, 1999
1995–96
1994
1993
Rolex Sports Car Series
Formula Ford 1600
Le Mans Series
BTCC
American Le Mans Series
FIA GT Championship
ASCAR
DTM
Formula One testing
Italian Formula 3000
Formula Palmer Audi
British Formula Three
Formula One testing
Formula Renault UK
Formula Vauxhall Lotus
FFirst Great Britain W. Series
Championship titles
2007, 2008
1993
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1
FFirst Great Britain W. Series
Awards
1996 McLaren Autosport Award

Darren Turner (born 13 April 1974 in Camberley, Surrey) is an English racing driver. He was McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year in 1996. He is a former test driver for the McLaren Formula One team, but has raced primarily in touring cars and sportscars since 2000. He spent 2 years in the DTM for Keke Rosberg's Mercedes-Benz-powered team, also winning several ASCAR races. In 2006 he raced sportscars for Aston Martin, but also competed five rounds of the British Touring Car Championship for SEAT, sharing their 2nd car with James Thompson. In his first drive for the team he finished 3rd.

He finished second in the first two races at Knockhill, but lost both results for technical infringements. While running second to team-mate Jason Plato under a safety car in race one, he did not stay close to Plato's car, thus preventing Plato's championship rivals from being close to him. This incurred a 20-second time penalty, dropping him to 10th, however the team then removed the 'Success Ballast' he had earned for second place. As this applies to the order cars cross the line, not the final amended race result (drivers who were elevated by his penalty did not gain extra success ballast), this is a disqualification offence. He remained with the team for 2007, now full time team-mate to Plato. Luck was again against him at Rockingham - after qualifying on pole the car had an electrical failure before race one. His first win came in race 11 at Croft [1], with two more at Knockhill.

Turner driving for SEAT at the Oulton Park round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship.
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2003 -
Teams Prodrive Racing,
Aston Martin Racing
Best finish 5th (2007)
Class wins 2 (2007, 2008)

As well as driving for SEAT in the BTCC, Darren also competed in the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours, competing in the GT1 class driving for Prodrive Aston Martin Racing alongside David Brabham and Rickard Rydell. After a tense fight against the Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R of Johnny O' Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows, the Aston prevailed to win a Le Mans class race for the first time since the return of Aston Martin to endurance sportscar racing.

He opened his 2008 racing season by competing in the Rolex 24 finishing 4th in class and overall sharing a Krohn Racing Pontiac-Riley with Niclas Jonsson and Ricardo Zonta. At the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans Turner won the GT1 class (13th overall) driving an Aston Martin DBR9 shared with David Brabham and Antonio García.

Turner also participated in the Gold Coast 600 race as part of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. He entered the race as a replacement driver to Dan Wheldon, who was scheduled to drive in the race but was killed in a 15-car crash at the IndyCar World Championship race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, less than a week before the race.

Contents

Racing Record

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin ABU
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16
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10
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2011 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin ABU
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2003 GTS 80 M Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello
Ferrari F131 5.9L V12
United Kingdom Veloqx Prodrive Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
United Kingdom Kelvin Burt
176 DNF DNF
2004 GTS 65 M Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello
Ferrari F133 5.9L V12
United Kingdom Prodrive Racing United Kingdom Colin McRae
Sweden Rickard Rydell
329 9th 3rd
2005 GT1 59 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Australia David Brabham
France Stéphane Sarrazin
333 9th 3rd
2006 GT1 007 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Czech Republic Tomáš Enge
Italy Andrea Piccini
350 6th 2nd
2007 GT1 009 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Australia David Brabham
Sweden Rickard Rydell
343 5th 1st
2008 GT1 009 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Australia David Brabham
Spain Antonio García
344 13th 1st
2009 LMP1 008 M Lola-Aston Martin B09/60
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Netherlands Jos Verstappen
342 13th 11th
2010 LMP1 009 M Lola-Aston Martin B09/60
Aston Martin 6.0L V12
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Juan Barazi
United Kingdom Sam Hancock
368 DNF DNF
2011 LMP1 007 M Aston Martin AMR-One
Aston Martin 2.0L Turbo I6
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Germany Stefan Mücke
Austria Christian Klien
4 DNF DNF


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Awards
Preceded by
Jonny Kane
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
1996
Succeeded by
Andrew Kirkaldy

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