Gordon Shedden
| Gordon Shedden | |
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Shedden at the Brands Hatch Indy round of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
15 February 1979 Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2001 |
| Current team | Halfords Yuasa Racing |
| Car no. | 52 |
| Former teams |
Club SEAT Clyde Valley Racing GR Motorsport |
| Starts | 323 |
| Wins | 46 |
| Poles | 11 |
| Fastest laps | 49 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2012, 2015, 2016 |
| Previous series | |
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2011 2008 2005 2003–04 2000 2000 |
British GT Championship FIA GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup GB SEAT Cupra Championship Dutch Touring Cars Ford Fiesta Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012, 2015, 2016 2000 |
BTCC Ford Fiesta Championship |
| Awards | |
| 2012, 2015, 2016 | Autosport National Driver of the Year |
Gordon Shedden (born 15 February 1979 in Edinburgh) is a British auto racing driver, who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship for the Honda Yuasa Racing Team and is the current reigning BTCC champion winning the title for a second consecutive year in 2016. Having won in 2015 and 2016, Shedden was also the 2012 BTCC champion, joining John Cleland and Jim Clark as the only Scottish drivers to win the overall championship title.
In 1999, Shedden began racing in the Ford Fiesta Championship and won it the following season with 9 wins. He raced in the SEAT Cupra Championship, finishing as runner-up in 2003 and 4th in 2004. He also made a one-off appearance in the Production Class of the BTCC at Knockhill in 2001, and at the same circuit in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in 2005. He was entered in the 2002 BTCC by GR Motorsport in an Alfa Romeo, but this never reached the track. He has worked as Business Development Manager for the Knockhill circuit, alongside his wife Jillian. He has raced at Macau several times.
For 2006, Shedden was chosen by Team Halfords to drive for them in the BTCC, alongside reigning series champion Matt Neal, noting that "it's brilliant to have a teammate that I can learn so much from". He took his first win in the series in race 7 at Oulton Park, and added another in round 10 at Thruxton, where he also took his first pole position. He finished 4th overall with five wins in 2006, finishing the season as rookie of the year. In 2007 his team switched to the Honda Civic, and again took four wins. He was again 4th overall ahead of Neal.
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