Richard Westbrook

Richard Westbrook
Westbrook on the podium at the 2010 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona
Nationality	British
Born	Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Spirit of Daytona Racing
Car no.	90
Former teams	JR Motorsports Prospeed Competition BMS Scuderia Italia
Starts	6
Wins	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2014
Previous series
2013–14 2008–09 2008–13 2011–2013 2010–13 2005–10 2007–10 2009 2006–08 1996 1996 1993	FIA WEC FIA GT Championship American Le Mans Series Blancpain Endurance Series British GT Championship Belcar Le Mans Series ADAC GT Masters Porsche Supercup Austria Formula 3 Cup German F3 Formula Vauxhall Winter Series
Championship titles
2009 2006–07 2004	FIA GT2 Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Awards
2007 2006 1994	BRDC award for Outstanding Achievement Autosport International Driver of the Year Nomination McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award Nomination

Richard Westbrook (born 10 July 1975) is a British professional racing driver noted for his success in racing Porsche and International sports cars. As a junior, he attended St Joseph's College, Ipswich. He has won both the Porsche Supercup international championship (in 2006 & 2007) and the Porsche Carrera Cup in his native Britain (2004). At the end of the 2007 season, Richard signed a factory contract deal with the German marque Porsche, and the British ace proceeded to take on the world's best on the other side of the Atlantic. The next year (2009), Westbrook won the highly coveted FIA GT2 Championship, taking four victories in the process, establishing himself firmly on the World motor sport stage and in the upper echelons of elite sports car drivers.

In 2011 Westbrook signed with Corvette as a factory driver, competing in both the Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series. Notably, in 2013 Richard won the 12 Hours of Sebring. For the 2016 United SportsCar Championship, he will join the Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the new Ford GT.

Outside of racing, Westbrook is a keen cook (he studied at Kingsway College, Vincent Square in London, UK) and has taken part in three London Marathons. He is married to Jessica and has a daughter.

Born in Chelmsford, Westbrook began karting in 1986 and over the next five years began to amass wins and titles. In 1990 he won the British Karting Championship and also captained the British team in the World Championship at Le Mans.

Following a successful Formula Vauxhall Winter Series campaign in 1993 (2nd place in the series, 1 win), he headed to Europe to compete in the Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries. After a promising showing (4th place in the series, 1 win) in his debut year, he returned in 1995 and took three victories, narrowly missing out on third place in the series.

In 1996 Westbrook moved up to Formula 3 and headed for the highly competitive German Formula 3 Series (with Tokmakidis Motorsport) and the Austrian Formula 3 Cup (Achletiner Motorsport). In German F3, he was up against a number of European drivers, including future F1 stars like Nick Heidfeld and Jarno Trulli and he took one win in a short campaign.