Sean Walkinshaw
| Sean Walkinshaw | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 3 November 1993 Brussels, Belgium |
| Super Taikyu Series career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | Hitotsuyama Racing |
| Car number | 21 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022 2017-2021 | Intercontinental GT Challenge Super GT |
Sean Walkinshaw (born 3 November 1993) is a British racing driver who currently competes in Super Taikyu Series for Hitotsuyama Racing. He is the son of former Formula 1 team principal Tom Walkinshaw.
Career
[edit]Super GT
[edit]Walkinshaw made his debut in Super GT in 2017 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri alongside Shinichi Takagi. They clinched 4th in the standings with a win. They continued to race in the next season, finishing runners up with two wins, losing out to LEON Racing of Naoya Gamou, and Haruki Kurosawa.[1] With ARTA changing their car to Honda NSX GT3, Walkinshaw got replaced by Honda Junior Nirei Fukuzumi.[2]
In 2019, Walkinshaw moved to Team Thailand to race alongside Nattapong Horthongkum.[3] Walkinshaw returned to the team, for the last three rounds of the 2020 season alongside Mathias Beche. Walkinshaw raced for the last time in Super GT for 2021 where he raced with Giuliano Alesi.[4][5] During his time in Team Thailand, he did not score a single point.
Super Taikyu
[edit]In 2023, Walkinshaw returned to Japan, competing in Super Taikyu with Hitotsuyama Racing.
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]Complete Super GT results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | GT300 | OKA 5 |
FUJ 17 |
AUT 3 |
SUG Ret |
FUJ 1 |
SUZ Ret |
CHA 4 |
MOT 2 |
4th | 61 |
| 2018 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | GT300 | OKA 6 |
FUJ 1 |
SUZ 20 |
CHA 11 |
FUJ 1 |
SUG 10 |
AUT 4 |
MOT 9 |
2nd | 62 |
| 2019 | arto Ping An Team Thailand | GT300 | OKA 18 |
FUJ 24 |
SUZ 16 |
CHA 17 |
FUJ 20 |
AUT 20 |
SUG 21 |
MOT 22 |
NC | 0 |
| 2020 | arto Ping An Team Thailand | GT300 | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | SUZ 19 |
MOT 23 |
FUJ 26 |
NC | 0 |
| 2021 | arto Team Thailand | GT300 | OKA 24 |
FUJ 22 |
MOT Ret |
SUZ 20 |
SUG 17 |
AUT Ret |
MOT 17 |
FUJ 20 |
NC | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "TEAM KUNIMITSUにバトンが加入！Hondaが2018年体制を発表。ARTAやGT300新チームも登場 | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE". supergt.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ "Honda Announces 2019 Super GT Teams and Drivers". dailysportscar.com. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2019 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Outlines 2021 Motorsports Activities". TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sean Walkinshaw career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Super GT drivers
- Scottish racing drivers
- Racing drivers from Brussels
- Euroformula Open Championship drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
- Campos Racing drivers
- Formula Renault BARC drivers
- MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers
- TCR UK Touring Car Championship drivers
- Motorsport team owners
- Hillspeed drivers
- W Racing Team drivers