Richard Westbrook

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Richard Westbrook

Nationality	British
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2010 -
Teams	JR Motorsports Corvette Racing
Best finish	3rd in LMGT2 (2010)
Class wins	0

Richard Westbrook (born 10 July 1975) is an English racing driver from Islington in London notable for his success in racing Porsche cars. As a boy he attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich. He has won both the Porsche Supercup international championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup in his native Britain.

The Porsche Carrera Cup commenced in 2002 and Richard was immediately a front-runner. He won the 2004 title and was runner-up in both 2003 and 2005. His 2005 totals for victories and pole positions are both series records. Having done a few Supercup races in 2002 he returned in 2005 in rounds which did not clash with his UK commitments. He won the season opener in Bahrain and came 9th overall.

In 2006 he finished every Supercup race on the podium, wrapping up the title with two races to go, against drivers such as Uwe Alzen, Alessandro Zampedri and Patrick Huisman. He has also competed in several Carrera races at home where he has alternated with Danny Watts. Both won races in the #2 car but, after a run of strong drives from Watts, Danny kept the ride to the end of the season, finishing third overall.

In 2007 Westbrook won his second Porsche Supercup title in a row, with wins in Spain and Hungary, along with five other podium finishes.

In 2008 he drove a programme that included the FIA GT Championship, Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series. He was the only driver to win at least one race in all three categories.

In 2009 he drove for VICI Racing in the American Le Mans Series and for Prospeed in the FIA GT Championship. In his first ALMS Race this year he finished fourth at Long Beach, alongside Johannes Stuck. In the FIA GT Championship Westbrook won the GT2 class overall after victories at Silverstone (UK), Adria (Italy), Hungaroring (Hungary) and Zolder (Belgium) backed up by second places in Algarve (Portugal) and Paul Ricard (France).

In 2010 he entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GT2 class,^[1] driving a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR for BMS Scuderia Italia alongside Marco Holzer and Timo Scheider.

For 2012, Richard will compete in the Rolex Sports Car Series in Spirit of Daytona Racing's Corvette DP. He will also return as the endurance driver for the Corvette Racing in the American Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hours.

Racing record

Complete GT1 World Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	LMGT2	97	M	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	BMS Scuderia Italia SpA	Marco Holzer Timo Scheider	327	14th	3rd
2011	LMGTE-PRO	74	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen	211	DNF	DNF

References

External links

• Official site
• Richard Westbrook at Driver Database
• Article about Richard winning the Supercup