Jon Lancaster

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Jon Lancaster
Nationality British
Born (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35)
Leeds, Yorkshire
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season 2015
Current team Greaves Motorsport
Car no. 41
Starts 5
Wins 2
Poles 1
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 1st in 2015
Previous series
2012-2015
2011
2011
2009–10
2008
2007
2007
2006–07
2006		 GP2 Series
FIA Formula Two Championship
Auto GP
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Formula 3 Euro Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
French Formula Renault 2.0
FR2.0 UK Winter Series
Star of Silverstone
Championship titles
2015 European Le Mans LMP2

Jon Lancaster (born 10 December 1988 in Leeds) is an English stock-car driver.

Career

Formula Renault 2.0

Having competed in karting between 1999 and 2006, Lancaster moved up to single-seater formulae racing, by competing in two Formula Ford races in the Stars of Silverstone series, winning one before moving into the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series with the AKA Lamac team. Lancaster finished sixteenth in the championship, recording a best finish of 8th during round 2 at Brands Hatch.

File:Jon Lancaster 2007 FRenault Eurocup.jpg
Lancaster driving in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2007.

2007 saw Lancaster move up into the Formula Renault Eurocup driving for SG Formula's second team, SG Drivers Project. Lancaster struggled in the early part of the season, amassing only a second-place finish at the Hungaroring from the first six races, but was an absolute revelation in the last eight races. Five wins including the last four races, gave Lancaster second in the championship behind Kiwi Brendon Hartley. He dovetailed that European campaign with a season in the French Formula Renault Championship, competing in eleven of the series' thirteen races, finishing sixth with two wins coming at Magny-Cours and Barcelona. After those seasons, he competed for Hitech Racing's Junior team in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, finishing fourteenth in the championship despite recording a third place at Donington Park in round two.

Formula 3 Euro Series

Lancaster moved up to the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2008 season, driving for multiple champions ART Grand Prix. It was a testing year for the Yorkshireman, finishing twelfth in the championship including a win at the Nürburgring. The season wasn't without incident though, as Lancaster survived a horrendous crash during the season-opening race at Hockenheim. In a similar crash to that of Lucas di Grassi in 2005, Lancaster clipped the rear wheel of Jean Karl Vernay's car, while battling for sixth place and flipped over, skating over the tarmac runoff upside-down, before returning to its wheels in the gravel trap. The Englishman would sit out the second race, due to being at hospital for checkups. In non-championship races, Lancaster finished third at Zolder, for ART at the Masters of Formula 3 event and was 11th at the Macau Grand Prix for Manor Motorsport.

Formula Renault 3.5

Lancaster had been expected to return to the F3 Euroseries for the 2009 season, driving for SG Formula alongside Toyota junior drivers Henkie Waldschmidt and Andrea Caldarelli,[1] but a pre-season disagreement with the team[2] led to Alexandre Marsoin driving for the team.[3] He joined Comtec Racing for the rest of the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season,[2] taking his first win, during the series' first race at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão. He ended up thirteenth in the championship. He returned to the series in 2010, moving to Fortec Motorsport.[4]

Formula Two

Lancaster began 2011 without a regular drive, but moved to Formula Two to take part in the Magny-Cours event only,[5] driving with sponsorship from Silver Lining. He scored points in both races in which he competed.

Auto GP

Lancaster also competed two rounds in Auto GP with Super Nova Racing in 2011. He won at Donington in wet conditions.

GP2 Series

Lancaster made his GP2 Series début in 2012.[6] He signed to drive for Ocean Racing Technology with fellow rookie Nigel Melker.[7] He was replaced by Brendon Hartley after the first event of the season for budgetary reasons.[8]

On 8 May 2013, newcomer GP2 team Hilmer announced that Lancaster would drive alongside Formula Renault champion and Sauber test driver Robin Frijns for the third round of the 2013 GP2 season. On his return, he finished on the podium in the feature race, benefitting from a penalty given to Carlin's Jolyon Palmer. With his team mate winning, it was a double podium for Hilmer.

Lancaster went on to take his maiden GP2 win on 30 June 2013 at his home round at Silverstone, the fifth round of the season. He won the sprint race, repeating the British success that weekend along with Sam Bird who also won that weekend the day before in the feature race.

Racing record

Career summary

File:Jon Silverstone 2010.jpg
Jon Lancaster – World Series by Renault Formule 3.5 – Fortec Motorsport – Silverstone 2010
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 Star of Silverstone Silverstone Motorsport Academy 2 1 0  ? 2  ?  ?
Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series AKA Lemac 4 0 0 0 0 30 16th
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 SG Drivers Project 14 5 4 3 6 102 2nd
French Formula Renault 2.0 SG Formula 10 2 1 1 3 64 6th
Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Hitech Junior Team 4 0 0 1 0 33 14th
2008 Formula 3 Euro Series ART Grand Prix 19 1 0 1 2 19 12th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Macau Grand Prix Manor Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing 12 1 1 2 2 39 13th
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Fortec Motorsport 17 0 1 2 1 39 13th
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 2 0 0 0 0 14 10th
Auto GP Super Nova Racing 4 1 0 2 1 51 11th
2012 GP2 Series Ocean Racing Technology 2 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2013 GP2 Series Hilmer Motorsport 16 2 0 2 3 73 11th
2014 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 6 23rd
Hilmer Motorsport
2015 European Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 5 2 1 0 3 93 1st
GP2 Series Hilmer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 32nd

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2008 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/070 Mercedes HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
DNS		 MUG
1
23		 MUG
2
25		 PAU
1
3		 PAU
2
7		 NOR
1
5		 NOR
2
Ret		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
1		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
10		 CAT
1
10		 CAT
2
22		 BUG
1
12		 BUG
2
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
20		 12th 19

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2009 Comtec Racing CAT
1		 CAT
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 MON
1		 HUN
1
9		 HUN
2
10		 SIL
1
22		 SIL
2
15		 BUG
1
8		 BUG
2
5		 ALG
1
1		 ALG
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
Ret		 ALC
1
3		 ALC
2
20		 13th 39
2010 Fortec Motorsport ALC
1
4		 ALC
2
Ret		 SPA
1
9		 SPA
2
7		 MON
1
7		 BRN
1
10		 BRN
2
7		 MAG
1
10		 MAG
2
Ret		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
22		 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
8		 SIL
1
13		 SIL
2
17		 CAT
1
14		 CAT
2
9		 13th 39

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2011 23 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 MAG
1
7		 MAG
2
6		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 SPL
1		 SPL
2		 MON
1		 MON
2		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 10th 14

Complete Auto GP 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 Pos Points
2011 Super Nova Racing MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 BRN
1
4		 BRN
2
6		 DON
1
1		 DON
2
4		 OSC
1		 OSC
2		 VAL
1		 VAL
2		 MUG
1		 MUG
2		 11th 51

Complete GP2 Series 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 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2012 Ocean Racing Technology MYS
FEA
Ret		 MYS
SPR
17		 BHR1
FEA		 BHR1
SPR		 BHR2
FEA		 BHR2
SPR		 ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 MON
FEA		 MON
SPR		 VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 GBR
SPR		 GER
FEA		 GER
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 BEL
FEA		 BEL
SPR		 ITA
FEA		 ITA
SPR		 SGP
FEA		 SGP
SPR		 34th 0
2013 Hilmer Motorsport MYS
FEA		 MYS
SPR		 BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 ESP
FEA
3		 ESP
SPR
10		 MON
FEA
12		 MON
SPR
17		 GBR
FEA
5		 GBR
SPR
1		 GER
FEA
7		 GER
SPR
1		 HUN
FEA
23		 HUN
SPR
18		 BEL
FEA		 BEL
SPR		 ITA
FEA
13		 ITA
SPR
17		 SGP
FEA
9		 SGP
SPR
5		 ABU
FEA
Ret		 ABU
SPR
Ret		 11th 73
2014 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
17		 BHR
SPR
15		 ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 MON
FEA		 MON
SPR		 AUT
FEA		 AUT
SPR		 23rd 6
Hilmer Motorsport GBR
FEA
22		 GBR
SPR
13		 GER
FEA
Ret		 GER
SPR
5		 HUN
FEA
17		 HUN
SPR
16		 BEL
FEA
19		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
11		 ITA
SPR
15		 RUS
FEA
12		 RUS
SPR
16		 ABU
FEA
18		 ABU
SPR
14
2015 Hilmer Motorsport BHR
FEA
 BHR
SPR
 ESP
FEA
 ESP
SPR
 MON
FEA
 MON
SPR
 AUT
FEA
 AUT
SPR
 GBR
FEA
16		 GBR
SPR
17		 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 BEL
FEA
 BEL
SPR
 ITA
FEA
 ITA
SPR
 RUS
FEA
 RUS
SPR
 BHR
FEA
 BHR
SPR
 ABU
FEA
 ABU
SPR
 32nd 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 Switzerland Race Performance Switzerland Michel Frey
France Franck Mailleux		 Oreca 03R-Judd LMP2 342 12th 8th
2015 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport Switzerland Gary Hirsch
France Gaëtan Paletou		 Gibson 015S-Nissan LMP2 71 DNF DNF

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2015 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
1		 IMO
4		 RBR
4		 LEC
1		 EST
2		 1st 93

Personal life

Lancaster is an alumnus of Calverley Church of England Primary and Horsforth High School, and has interests in karting, football, bike riding. He is also a supporter of English football team, Leeds United.

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by European Le Mans Series
LMP2 Champion
2015 with:
Björn Wirdheim
Gary Hirsch		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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