Ryan Briscoe
| Ryan Briscoe | |
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Briscoe at the Sonoma Raceway in August 2014
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 24 September 1981 |
| IndyCar Series career | |
| Debut season | 2005 |
| Current team | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
| Car no. | 5 |
| Former teams |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing (2006) Luczo-Dragon Racing (2007) Team Penske (2008–2012) Ganassi Racing (2005, 2013–2014) |
| Starts | 131 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Poles | 13 |
| Fastest laps | 10 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2009 |
| American Le Mans Series | |
| Years active | 2007, 2008, 2013 |
| Teams |
Penske Level 5 Motorsports |
| Car no. | 551 |
| Starts | 22 |
| Wins | 8 (6 class, 2 outright) |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 3rd (LMP2) in 2007 |
| Previous series | |
| 2001 2002 2003 2006 |
Italian Formula Renault Formula 3000 and German F3 Formula Three Euroseries Champ Car World Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2001 2003 |
Italian Formula Renault Formula Three Euroseries |
Ryan Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian professional racing driver from Sydney who has raced open wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.
In IndyCar he collected 8 wins and 28 podiums, finishing third in the 2009 season, fifth in 2008 and 2010, and sixth in 2011 and 2012. In sports car racing, he was runner-up at the 2007 American Le Mans Series LMP2 class, and won the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring LMP2 class, the 2008 and 2013 Petit Le Mans LMP2 class, the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona GTLM class, and finished third overall at the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona.
He has been married to ESPN motorsport reporter Nicole Briscoe (née Manske), since 2009.
In addition to his native English, Briscoe speaks Italian and French. He attended Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia.
Like many racing drivers, he started his career in karting, first racing in 1993. After winning Australian, North American and Italian championships, he moved to Formula Renault in 2000. He won the Italian Championship in 2001 (winning 5 races) and finished 4th running a limited schedule in the Eurocup (with 2 wins in 6 races). In 2002, he became test driver for the Toyota Formula One constructor. He started that year racing in the Formula 3000 series, but struggled and left his ride after 7 races. He finished the year in the German Formula 3 series, taking 3 podiums in the last 6 rounds. He won the Formula Three Euroseries in 2003 (winning 8 races in the process). He became the Toyota F1 team's 'third' driver (i.e., drove the team's test car on Fridays at Grands Prix) for the last third of the 2004 season, after previous third driver Ricardo Zonta was called up to replace Cristiano da Matta.
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