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Darren Turner Nationality British
Born April 13, 1974
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
2007–09
2006–08
2003, 2005–08
2003, 2007–09
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1999
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1995–96
1994
1993Rolex 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. SeriesChampionship titles 2007, 2008
199324 Hours of Le Mans – GT1
FFirst Great Britain W. SeriesAwards 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.
24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 2003 - Teams Prodrive Racing,
Aston Martin RacingBest 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.
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Racing Record
Complete GT1 World Championship results
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DNS2nd 120 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 V12Veloqx Prodrive Racing
Anthony Davidson
Kelvin Burt
176 DNF DNF 2004 GTS 65 M Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello
Ferrari F133 5.9L V12Prodrive Racing
Colin McRae
Rickard Rydell
329 9th 3rd 2005 GT1 59 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12Aston Martin Racing
David Brabham
Stéphane Sarrazin
333 9th 3rd 2006 GT1 007 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12Aston Martin Racing
Tomáš Enge
Andrea Piccini
350 6th 2nd 2007 GT1 009 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12Aston Martin Racing
David Brabham
Rickard Rydell
343 5th 1st 2008 GT1 009 M Aston Martin DBR9
Aston Martin 6.0L V12Aston Martin Racing
David Brabham
Antonio García
344 13th 1st 2009 LMP1 008 M Lola-Aston Martin B09/60
Aston Martin 6.0L V12Aston Martin Racing
Anthony Davidson
Jos Verstappen
342 13th 11th 2010 LMP1 009 M Lola-Aston Martin B09/60
Aston Martin 6.0L V12Aston Martin Racing
Juan Barazi
Sam Hancock
368 DNF DNF 2011 LMP1 007 M Aston Martin AMR-One
Aston Martin 2.0L Turbo I6Aston Martin Racing
Stefan Mücke
Christian Klien
4 DNF DNF External links
Awards Preceded by
Jonny KaneMcLaren Autosport BRDC Award
1996Succeeded by
Andrew KirkaldyWinners of the Chris Bristow Trophy for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 1989: David Coulthard · 1990: Gareth Rees · 1991: Oliver Gavin · 1992: Dario Franchitti · 1993: Ralph Firman · 1994: Jamie Davies · 1995: Jonny Kane · 1996: Darren Turner · 1997: Andrew Kirkaldy · 1998: Jenson Button · 1999: Gary Paffett · 2000: Anthony Davidson · 2001: Steven Kane · 2002: Jamie Green · 2003: Alex Lloyd · 2004: Paul di Resta · 2005: Oliver Jarvis · 2006: Oliver Turvey · 2007: Stefan Wilson · 2008: Alexander Sims · 2009: Dean Smith · 2010: Lewis Williamson
Manufacturers, Teams, and Drivers competing in the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season Aston Martin Corvette Ford Lamborghini Nissan Hexis AMR
3 - Piccione, Dusseldorp
4 - Hohenadel, Piccini
Young Driver AMR
7 - Enge, Müller
8 - Turner, MückeExim Bank Team China
11 - Hezemans, Catsburg, Zuber, Verdonck, Tung, Den Boer, Buurman, F. Pastorelli
12 - Rossi, Jimenez
DKR Engineering
47 - Rossi, Camara, Bobbi, EnjalbertBelgian Racing
9 - Leclerc, Giroix, Ickx, Beche, Nygaard, Hirschi
10 - Matzke, Pavlović, Leclerc, Clairay, Palttala
Marc VDS Racing Team
40 - Leinders, Hennerici, Risatti
41 - Martin, Makowiecki, Clairay, BaguetteSwiss Racing Team
5 - Wendlinger, Kox
6 - Nilsson, Janák
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport
37 - Schwager, N. Pastorelli
38 - Basseng, Winkelhock
DKR www-discount.de
47 - Leuenberger, Lauck, Haase
48 - Kennard, BrückSumo Power GT
20 - Zonta, Bernoldi, Hughes, Catsburg
21 - Brabham, Campbell-Walter
JR Motorsports
22 - Dumbreck, Westbrook
23 - Krumm, LuhrCategories:- 1974 births
- Living people
- English racecar drivers
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- British Touring Car Championship drivers
- FIA GT Championship drivers
- DTM drivers
- Euro Formula 3000 drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominees
- Formula Palmer Audi drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- Le Mans Series drivers
- FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
- V8 Supercar drivers
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