Ryan Sharp
| Ryan Sharp | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
29 April 1979 Newtonhill, Scotland |
| FIA GT Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2007 |
| Current team | Jetalliance Racing |
| Starts | 12 |
| Wins | 5 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2007 |
| Previous series | |
| 2006 2005 2005 2003–2004 2003 2003 2002–2003 2001–2002 2000–2001 |
World Touring Car Championship GP2 Series World Series by Renault Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Germany Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 UK British Formula Ford |
| Championship titles | |
| 2003 | Formula Renault 2.0 Germany |
Ryan Sharp (born 29 April 1979 in Newtonhill, Scotland) is a race car driver and team manager. He raced in the FIA GT Championship in 2007 with JetAlliance Racing in their lead No. 33 Aston Martin DBR9 – with ex-F1 Driver Karl Wendlinger as his team-mate. Ryan was also the 2003 German Formula Renault champion. He is currently the director of Hitech Racing.
Ryan's career began in Karting. After winning a number of local and national Karting events his talent was spotted by Dutch businessman Klass Zwart. Zwart funded Ryan's first season of car racing in Junior Formula Ford. Ryan progressed well despite limited funding to compete, and in 2002 moved from Formula Ford to the Formula Renault Championship, a 'slicks and wings' series, as compared to Formula Ford which does not allow aerodynamic wings.
Ryan's first season in Formula Renault was in the UK, with the John Village Automotive team. He finished 6th in the championship. Ironically, his consistency in finishing every race in the points dropped him to 6th due to the Formula Renault system of dropping your lowest score through the season – meaning Ryan had to drop points while those around him dropped a '0' they had scored during the season.
For 2003, Ryan moved out of the United Kingdom to race in Formula Renault in Germany with the Jenzer Motorsport team. The move paid off handsomely, and with a lot of work and input by Jenzer Motorsport, Ryan won the championship by 40 points, and performed well in the Formula Renault Masters event at Donington in October 2003 by winning the first of the 2 races, and finishing third in the second. He was leading the second race, but a backmarker caused a red flag and on countback Ryan was classified third. Accomplished British racer Lewis Hamilton came over to Germany during the season to race with the German Formula Renault grid. Ryan won both of the races and Hamilton finished 9th and 8th respectively.
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