- Ben Hanley
Infobox racing driver
name = Benjamin Hanley
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nationality = flagicon|UK British
date of birth = Birth date and age|1985|01|22
place of birth =Manchester ,England
current series =GP2 Series
first year = 2008
current team = None
car number =
former teams = Durango
Barwa International Campos Team
starts = 8
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps = 0
best finish = 24th
year = 2008
prev series =Formula Renault 2.0 Italia World Series by Renault GP2 Asia Series
prev series years = 2005
2006-07
2008
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title years =Ben Hanley is a British racing driver who competed in the first part of the
2008 GP2 Series season . He is also a member of theRenault F1 team's young driver programme.Career
Hanley had a successful career in
karting , wining a number of championships and individual races and coming close to winning the Karting World Championship. Hanley raced in theWorld Series by Renault in 2006 and 2007, and he finished as runner-up in the championship on 2007. He was signed to drive for Campos Racing in early 2008.cite news| title =Campos sign Hanley to partner Petrov | publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64621| date =2008-01-10 | accessdate =2008-01-10] He will be partnered byVitaly Petrov . He also joined the team for the second round of the 2008GP2 Asia Series , scoring a podium finish in his first GP2 race. After three races of the season Hanley and Campos parted company, but he secured a drive with Durango before the next race. [cite news| title =Hanley grabs last-gasp Durango drive | publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68430| date =2008-06-20 | accessdate =2008-06-20] He replacedMarcello Puglisi , who was in turn deputising for the injuredDavide Valsecchi . However, this was only a one-off drive, as Valsecchi returned to racing action at the next round of the championship. [cite news| title =Valsecchi returns to Durango seat| publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68768| date =2008-07-01 | accessdate =2008-07-01]Racing record
GP2 Series recordReferences
External links
* [http://www.benhanley.com/index.cfm Ben Hanley official website]
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