Ben Barnicoat
| Ben Barnicoat | |
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Barnicoat at Spa-Francorchamps
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
20 December 1996 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |
| FIA European Formula 3 career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | Hitech GP |
| Car no. | 24 |
| Starts | 30 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 9th in 2016 |
| Previous series | |
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2015 2014-15 2014-15 2014 2014 2013 |
BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Protyre Formula Renault Protyre FR Autumn Cup |
| Championship titles | |
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2015 2014 2013 |
BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Protyre FR Autumn Cup |
| Awards | |
| 2014 | Autosport Club Driver of the Year |
Ben Barnicoat (born 20 December 1996) is a British racing driver who is a part of the McLaren GT Driver Academy. He was part of the McLaren young driver programme from 2010 to 2015.
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.
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.
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.
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