Will Burns (racing driver)

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Will Burns
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 33)
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
British GT Championship career
Debut season2018
Current teamCentury Motorsport
Car number90
Starts26
Wins4
Poles2
Fastest laps1
Previous series
2017
201316
2011–13
British Touring Car Championship
Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Ginetta Challenge

Will Burns (born 24 June 1990 in Weston-Super-Mare) is a British racing driver, currently competing in the British GT series with Century Motorsports.

Racing career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Burns began his car racing career in 2011 running in the Ginetta Challenge. He spent three seasons in the series finishing the 2013 season as the runner-up. Near the end of the 2013 season, he joined the BTCC supporting Ginetta GT Supercup running in the secondary G50 class for seven races with Academy Motorsport.

Burns moved up to the primary class in the Ginetta GT Supercup for 2014 remaining with Academy Motorsport, he completed his first full season 7th in points. The following season he moved to HHC Motorsport and finished 5th. In 2016 he moved to Douglas Motorsport where he finally took his first wins in the series and narrowly lost the championship to Tom Wrigley.

British Touring Car Championship[edit]

Burns, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship.

For the 2017 season, Burns was signed by Tony Gilham Racing to compete in the British Touring Car Championship.[1] His teammates were Jake Hill and Michael Epps.

British GT Championship[edit]

For 2018, Burns signed for the Yorkshire based racing team HHC Motorsport, alongside Mike Newbould. They would be competing in a Ginetta G55 GT4.

Racing record[edit]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts
2017 Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing Volkswagen CC BRH
1

26
BRH
2

22
BRH
3

28
DON
1

22
DON
2

27
DON
3

Ret
THR
1

26
THR
2

19
THR
3

23
OUL
1

25
OUL
2

29
OUL
3

22
CRO
1

17
CRO
2

Ret
CRO
3

Ret
SNE
1

16
SNE
2

16
SNE
3

18
KNO
1

29
KNO
2

20
KNO
3

Ret
ROC
1

23
ROC
2

21
ROC
3

Ret
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

DNS
SIL
3

DNS
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
35th 0

Complete British GT Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2018 HHC Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 GT4 OUL
1

34
OUL
2

14
ROC
1

26
SNE
1

29
SNE
2

29
SIL
1

21
SPA
1

21
BRH
1

DSQ
DON
1
16th 28.5
2021 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 GT4 BRH
1

13
SIL
1

17
DON
1

8
SPA
1

8
SNE
1

11
SNE
2

14
OUL
1

12
OUL
2

9
DON
1

15
1st 209
2022 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 GT4 OUL
1

21
OUL
2

16
SIL
1

19
DON
1

19
SNE
1

25
SNE
2

16
SPA
1

22
BRH
1

19
DON
1

20
6th 107

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WILL BURNS STEPS UP TO BTCC WITH TEAM HARD FOR 2017". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. The Checkered Flag. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jamie Caroline
Daniel Vaughan
British GT Championship
GT4 Champion

2021
With: Gus Burton
Succeeded by
Sennan Fielding
Richard Williams
Preceded by
Jamie Caroline
Daniel Vaughan
British GT Championship
GT4 Silver Champion

2021
With: Gus Burton
Succeeded by
Sennan Fielding
Richard Williams