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Ben Barnicoat
British racing driver

Ben Barnicoat

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British racing driver
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Age
28 years
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Biography

Ben Barnicoat (born 20 December 1996) is a British racing driver who is a McLaren Automotive Customer Racing Factory Driver. He was also part of the McLaren young driver programme from 2010 to 2015.

Career

Karting

Born in Chesterfield, Barnicoat began his racing career in karting at the age of nine. In 2007 he clinched the WTP Cadet Open and Motors TV Cadet Karting Championship titles as well as becoming WTP "Little Green Man" Vice Champion. In 2008 he graduated to KF3 category in which he participated in the MSA Formula Kart Starts championship and Kartmasters GP. He did remarkably well in both, securing 4th in Formula Kart Stars and 7th at Kartmasters. Ben returned the year after and won Kartmasters GP, Formula Kart Stars and finished Vice-Champion in the Super One Junior Championship. By 2012, Barnicoat had claimed the CIK-FIA KF2 European Championship too. In 2015 Barnicoat claimed the Kart Masters GP Trophy in both the Senior Rotax and Iame X30 class, becoming the first driver to take two Kart Masters Championships in one day. Barnicoat has since continued to compete in the Kart Masters event and is now the most successful driver with 9 titles to his name. Claiming Snr X30 in 2017/18/19 and snr rotax too in 2019.

Formula Renault

In 2013 Barnicoat made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup for Fortec Motorsports, and won the cup with two wins.

Barnicoat continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2014, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series.

European Formula 3

On 15 November 2015, it was announced that Barnicoat would race with Prema Powerteam for the 2016 season. However it was later announced that Barnicoat would race with HitechGP after being removed from the Prema Powerteam by Lawrence Stroll.

Sportscar Career

Since joining McLaren as a factory driver in 2017, Barnicoat has proven himself to be a GT ace with podiums and race wins across the Intercontinental GT Challenge, GT World Challenge Europe, Pirelli World Challenge & the British GT Championship in both GT3 and GT4 McLaren Machinery. In 2019 Barnicoat also made his LMP2 debut with the Thunderhead Carlin Motorsport where he had pole positions and race wins across the 2019 European Le Mans Series & 2019 Asian Le Mans Series.


Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesFLapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2013Protyre Formula Renault Autumn CupFortec Motorsports32323961st
2014Formula Renault 2.0 NECFortec Motorsports1521152581st
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps600003214th
Protyre Formula Renault Championship300006013th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0200000NC†
2015Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Fortec Motorsports1732161744th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps610120NC†
BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy832562111st
2016FIA Formula 3 European ChampionshipHitech GP3020031349th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance CupBelgian Audi Club Team WRT100000NC
2017Blancpain GT Series Sprint CupStrakka Racing100020229th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup50010243rd
Intercontinental GT ChallengeMcLaren20000159th
Pirelli World ChallengeK-PAX Racing10000314019th
SprintX GT Championship Series700031407th
2018British GT Championship - GT4Track-Club510014313th
Balfe Motorsport/PMW Expo Racing10000
Blancpain GT Series Endurance CupGarage 59500011924th
Intercontinental GT ChallengeMcLaren20000622nd
2019European Le Mans SeriesThunderhead Carlin Racing50000325th
International GT OpenTeo Martín Motorsport20000043rd
International GT Open - Pro-Am20000221st
2019-20Asian Le Mans SeriesThunderhead Carlin Racing42214822nd

As Barnicoat was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2016HitechGPMercedesLEC1
4
LEC2
Ret
LEC3
11
HUN1
9
HUN2
10
HUN3
1
PAU1
1
PAU2
5
PAU3
11
RBR1
10
RBR2
15
RBR3
5
NOR1
5
NOR2
Ret
NOR3
DSQ
ZAN1
18
ZAN2
8
ZAN3
9
SPA1
3
SPA2
11
SPA3
20
NÜR1
9
NÜR2
Ret
NÜR3
10
IMO1
8
IMO2
Ret
IMO3
13
HOC1
18
HOC2
9
HOC3
7
9th134

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2017Strakka RacingMcLaren 650S GT3ProMISQR
22
MISCR
18
BRHQR
6
BRHCR
10
ZOLQR
10
ZOLCR
28
HUNQR
20
HUNCR
24
NÜRQR
Ret
NÜRCR
25
29th2

Complete British GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2018Track-ClubMcLaren 570S GT4GT4OUL1
14
OUL2
18
ROC1
28
SNE1
16
SNE2
Ret
SIL1SPA1
DNS
BRH113th43
Balfe Motorsport/PMW Expo RacingDON1
Ret

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2019Thunderhead Carlin RacingLMP2Dallara P217Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8LEC
11
MNZ
11
CAT
9
SIL
Ret
SPA
ALG
Ret
25th3
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