James Winslow

James Winslow
James Winslow
Nationality	British
Born	16 April 1983 (age 41); Witham, England
Le Mans 24hr & LMP Racing career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Inter Europol Competition LMP2
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Former teams	Jackie Chan DC Racing; Graff Racing; Greaves Motorsport; Craft-Bamboo Racing; KCMG; Eurasia Motorsport
Starts	94
Wins	22
Poles	31
Previous series
2010–11; 2009; 2009; 2007; 2005–06	Indy Lights; Atlantic Championship; Development V8 Supercar; Formula V6 Asia; Asian F3
Championship titles
	2004 British ARP F3 Champion ; 2006 Asian Formula 3 Champion ; 2007 Formula Renault V6 Champion ; 2008 Australian Formula 3 Champion ; 2012 Australian Formula 3 Champion ; 2013-14 Asian Le Mans Series Vice-Champion ; 2014 Australian GT Championship Vice-Champion ; 2016 Asian Le Mans Sprint Champion ; 2016-17 Asian Le Mans Series Vice-Champion ; 2016 Gulf 12 Hours Winners ; 2017 FRD LMP3 Series Champion ; 2018 Gulf 12 Hours Winners ; 2019 FRD LMP3 Champion ; 2019 China Endurance Championship Champions
Awards
	Royal Humane Society Award ; Autosport Gregor Grant Award ; BRDC Innes Ireland Award ; CAMS Gold Star Winner ; CAMS Gold Star Winner ;

James Winslow (born 16 April 1983) is a British professional car racing driver who races at Le Mans 24 Hours. A ten-time Motorsport champion member of the British Racing Drivers' Club, he competes in Europe, Australia & Asia in Le Mans LMP & GT cars. He represented Great Britain in A1 Grand Prix the World Cup of Motorsport. Awarded the Royal Humane Award in 2007 by Queen Elizabeth II, for saving the life of a fellow driver trapped in his burning race car, he gained international attention and many bravery awards followed before featuring in the BBC's 'Accidental Heroes' TV Series. He currently holds the record for the most Formula 3 open-wheeler wins after a tally of 86 victories, and ranked in the Top 10 'Most Victories of all time' listings for British drivers.

Racing career

2004–2008

In 2004, Winslow won the British ARP Formula 3 Championship in 2004, winning 10 races driving an older model car.^{[citation needed]} He then went on and won the Asian Formula Three Championship and also won the Australia Grand Prix Formula 3 support race in 2006 beating Bruno Senna and Tim Macrow. In 2007, he won races in both the Australian Formula Three Championship and the Formula V6 Asia championships. In September 2007, he took part in a Champ Car test at Sebring International Raceway with a view to securing a full-time drive in 2008,^[1] but the series ultimately folded.

Winslow, driving for Team Meritus, won the Formula Asia V6 Championship at the last round of the season in Zhuhai, China, beating Armaan Ebrahim. Winslow had the chance to test drive a World Series by Renault race car at Paul Ricard test track on 8 and 9 November 2007 as the prize for winning the championship. He returned to the Australian Formula 3 for 2008 winning six times and taking the overall championship at the final round. He also won the final of the three the Formula 3 showcase races on the streets of Surfers Paradise in support of the Nikon Indy 300 IndyCar race.

2009–2010

Winslow then participated as a "Rookie Driver" for A1 Team Great Britain in A1 Grand Prix with a best result of 2nd. In 2009 Winslow drove in the American Atlantic Championship series for four different teams (primarily Genoa Racing) where his best result was 3rd and finished 6th after missing two events without a DNF.

For 2010 Winslow signed with Sam Schmidt Motorsports to drive in the Firestone Indy Lights series; a development category sanctioned by the Indy Racing League.^[2] Winslow made 6 starts for the team from 12 rounds, all on road and street courses, and finished 14th in points with a best finish of 3rd at Watkins Glen.

2011

The start of the 2011 Indy Lights season saw Winslow drive for Andretti Autosport for the opening four rounds of the 2011 Indy Lights season championship at St. Petersburg^[3] and Barber Motorsports Park.^[4]

At the St Petersburg race, which was Winslow's first time in the Andretti Autosport car, he ran well through the weekend, but mayhem early in the race saw him suffer damage to the front wing while running 3rd, which forced him to pit and finish tenth.^[5]

At the Barber Motorsports Park race, Winslow ran 3rd for the duration of the 50-minute race until after a caution period he was hit from behind on the restart and forced to retire.

The Long Beach event was Winslow's best race with Andretti Autosport running first in practice and qualified at the front after a nasty accident in qualifying. Winslow ran well in the race and after an eventful race come home in 4th position. The Freedom 100 was the final race of Winslow's 2011 season in Indy Lights. He qualified fifth but crashed out of the 40 lap race on lap 20^[6] in what would be his first and only oval start.

2012

The start of the 2012 season saw Winslow join a new team R-Tek Motorsport in the Australian Formula 3 Championship for a full season. Winslow won 12 races, breaking the record for the most wins in a single season in the 57-year history of the Australian Gold Star Awarded series and went on to dominate the Australian Formula 3 series winning the Championship for a second time at Queensland Raceway with a clean sweep of pole position, 3 race wins and a new lap record.

Outside racing

Winslow was featured on BBC One TV programme Accidental Heroes on 25 September 2008, for his rescue of former rival in the Asian Formula Three Championship Moreno Suprapto, after the two collided in a round of the championship, at Sentul in Indonesia.

Racing record

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2007–08	Great Britain	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	AUS SPR PO	AUS FEA PO	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR PO	GBR SPR PO	3rd	126
2008–09	Great Britain	NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR PO	NZL FEA PO	RSA SPR PO	RSA FEA PO	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR							10th	28

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2009	Conquest Racing	SEB 8												8th	72
	Jensen MotorSport		UTA 8
	Genoa Racing			NJ1 9	NJ2 9	LIM 7	ACC1 8	ACC2 9	MDO 6	TRR 7	MOS	ATL 7	LS 7

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2010	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	STP 7	ALA 15	LBH 12	INDY	IOW	WGL 5	TOR 11	EDM DNP	MDO 9	SNM	CHI	KTY	HMS		14th	130
2011	Andretti Autosport	STP 10	ALA 10	LBH 5	INDY 17	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM1	EDM2	TRO	NHM	BAL	KTY	LVS	19th	83

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2014	Greaves Motorsport	Michael Munemann Alessandro Latif	Zytek Z11SN-Nissan	LMP2	31	DNF	DNF
2016	Race Performance	Nicolas Leutwiler Shinji Nakano	Oreca 03R-Judd	LMP2	289	44th	17th
2017	Graff	Eric Trouillet Enzo Guibbert	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	318	43rd	18th
2019	Inter Europol Competition	Jakub Śmiechowski Nigel Moore	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	325	45th	16th
2021	Racing Team India Eurasia	Tom Cloet John Corbett	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	338	28th	16th
2021	Racing Team India Eurasia	Tom Cloet John Corbett	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2 Pro-Am	338	28th	7th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)


Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2013	KCMG	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	INJ 1	FUJ 1		SEP 2			2nd	87
2013	KCMG	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8			ZHU 2				2nd	87
2014	Eurasia Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	INJ	FUJ	SHA 2	SEP 2			3rd	36
2015–16	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	FUJ	SEP 2	BUR 2	SEP 3			2nd	53
2016–17	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	ZHU 1	FUJ 3	BUR 6	SEP 3			2nd	63
2017–18	Viper Niza Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	ZHU	FUJ 2	BUR	SEP			8th	18
2018–19	Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK50 5.0 L V8	SHA	FUJ	BUR	SEP 10			15th	1
2019–20	Inter Europol Endurance	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SHA 4	BEN Ret	SEP 5	BUR 7			5th	28
2023	Inter Europol Competition	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	DUB 1 5	DUB 2 7	ABU 1 10	ABU 2 5			7th	27
2023–24	Cool Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	SEP 1 1	SEP 2 3	DUB 1	ABU 1 2	ABU 2 2		1st	104
2024–25	Graff Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	SEP 1 3	SEP 2 Ret	DUB 1	DUB 2	ABU 1	ABU 2	5th*	15*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2015	Algarve Pro Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR 10	LEC 8	EST 7		17th	11
2016	Race Performance	LMP2	Oreca 03R	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL 6	IMO 9					26th	10
2016	Graff	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8			RBR 4	LEC	SPA	EST	19th	12
2019	360 Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P3	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC 11	MNZ 8	CAT 13	SIL 6	SPA 12	ALG	16th	13.5
2022	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	LEC	IMO	MNZ 8	CAT	SPA	ALG	21st	4
2023	DKR Engineering	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	CAT 10	IMO 5	LEC 8	ARA 7	SPA 3	ALG 3	6th	51

References

^ Keller, Scott. Sebastian Bourdais leads testing at Sebring Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, FastMachines, 25 September 2007, retrieved 2010-03-29
^ Winslow signs with Schmidt, Crash.net, 25 March 2010, retrieved 2010-03-29
^ Winslow signs with Andretti Autosport Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Official James Winslow Press Release, on MotorSportRelease.com, 25 March 2011, retrieved 2011-03-29
^ Winslow back with Andretti Autosport Archived 15 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, 5 April 2011, retrieved 2011-04-14
^ Winslow on the pace in St Petersburg Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Official James Winslow Press Release, on MotorSportRelease.com, 2 April 2011, retrieved 2011-04-14
^ Patterson, Doug. IndyLights – 2011 Firestone Freedom 100 Recap, Open Paddock, 27 May 2011, retrieved 2012-08-24

External links

Official Website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Karun Chandhok	Formula V6 Asia champion 2007	Succeeded by James Grunwell
Preceded by Tim Macrow	Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship 2008	Succeeded by Joey Foster
Preceded by Chris Gilmour	Winner of the Australian Drivers' Championship 2012	Succeeded by Tim Macrow

[1] Keller, Scott. Sebastian Bourdais leads testing at Sebring Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, FastMachines, 25 September 2007, retrieved 2010-03-29

[2] Winslow signs with Schmidt, Crash.net, 25 March 2010, retrieved 2010-03-29

[3] Winslow signs with Andretti Autosport Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Official James Winslow Press Release, on MotorSportRelease.com, 25 March 2011, retrieved 2011-03-29

[4] Winslow back with Andretti Autosport Archived 15 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, IndyCar.com, 5 April 2011, retrieved 2011-04-14

[5] Winslow on the pace in St Petersburg Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Official James Winslow Press Release, on MotorSportRelease.com, 2 April 2011, retrieved 2011-04-14

[6] Patterson, Doug. IndyLights – 2011 Firestone Freedom 100 Recap, Open Paddock, 27 May 2011, retrieved 2012-08-24

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