Christian England

Christian England

England in 2016
Nationality British
Born (1981-09-26) September 26, 1981
Barnsley (England)[1]
Current team United Autosports
Best finish 1st in 2016 European Le Mans Series LMP3
Previous series
2016
2016
2003
2002
2002
2002
2001
2001
2001

2001
2000		 European Le Mans Series LMP3
Road to Le Mans LMP3
Formula 3 Britain National Class
UK Formula Ford Zetec Championship]]
Formula Ford Festival
Formula Ford Festival - Heats/Semi
Formula Ford Festival
Slick 50 Formula Ford Championship
Avon Tyres Formula Ford Eurotour - Class 1
Formula Ford Festival - Heats/Semi
Formula Ford Great Britain

Christian England (born September 26, 1981) is an British professional racing driver born and residing in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.[1]

Racing career

Professional Motorsport racing driver Christian England grew up on Park Road, Silkstone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He found his passion for the sport on Wombwell’s go karting track, on Station Road, aged just eight years of age.[2]

Go karting turned into motor racing and in 2002 and 2003, England established himself as a rising talent in 2001 when he signed for Richard Dean's JLR British Formula Ford concern. A second season in 2002 brought six race wins and a second place in the championship, beaten narrowly by Westley Barber.[3] England career was starting to take off when he was nominated for the Young Driver 2002 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. A Formula Three deal awaited, and from then on the plan was to ascend the racing ladder to Formula One. However this never happened and England was beaten to the [McLaren Autosport BRDC Award by dtm racer Jamie Green. England's last race was the British Formula Three Championship with he Promatecme team, this was the last time England drove a single seater race car for over a decade as England walked away from the sport in 2003 due to lack of funding. To progress his career England joined the family hotel business. In 2016 England received a call from Richard Dean and Zak Brown of United Autosports offering him a place on the European Le Mans Series LMP3 team if he could secure sponsorship funding.[4] England was supported when Jason Mace and Mark Thompson, Managing Directors of Rotherham based Gala Tent,[5][6] stepped in to help fund Christian’s return to the grid.[7] England gets second place in the Road to Le Mans pairing with Martin Brundle[8] then goes on to win the 2016 European Le Mans Series LMP3 along side Mike Guasch and Alex Brundle. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Driver Database". Driverdb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  2. ↑ "Barnsley driver set for world stage". Barnsley Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  3. ↑ "Westley Barber Racing Career". driverdb.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  4. ↑ "Back To The Big Time". PressReader.com. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
  5. ↑ "Barnsley racing driver resurrects career after securing sponsorship deal". Barnsey and Roterham Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  6. ↑ "UNITED AUTOSPORTS MAKE MARQUEE SIGNING FOR 2016 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES – Motorsport Blogs". Btccblogs.co.uk. 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  7. ↑ "Dragonspeed Secure Debut Win as United Autosports Take 2016 LMP3 Title". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  8. ↑ "LMP3: second place Martin Brundle, Christian England, United Autosports at Road to Le Mans". Motorsport.com. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  9. ↑ "DOMINANT UNITED AUTOSPORTS WRAPS UP LMP3 TITLE EARLY IN MAIDEN EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES CAMPAIGN". European Le Mans Series. Retrieved 2016-11-19.

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