Steven Kane
| Steven Kane | |
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Kane at the Silverstone round of the 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series season.
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| Nationality | British |
| Born |
5 June 1980 Newtownards Ballynahinch (N. Ireland) |
| Blancpain Endurance Series, Avon Tyres British GT Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Current team | M-Sport Bentley |
| Car no. | 7 |
| Starts | 2 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 1st – Silverstone in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
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2009–12, 2008, 2010 2009 2007 2007 2006 2004 2003, 2005 2002 2001 2000 |
American Le Mans Series BTCC Belgian Touring Cars – S1 Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup GB Formula Renault 3.5 Series Spanish Formula Three British Formula 3 Formula Renault UK British Junior Formula Ford Irish Formula Ford |
| Championship titles | |
| 2001 | British Junior Formula Ford |
| Awards | |
| 2001 | McLaren Autosport Award |
Steven Kane (born 5 June 1980) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the Blancpain Endurance Series and Avon Tyres British GT Championship for M-Sport Bentley driving a Bentley Continental GT3.
Kane, who was born in Newtownards, County Down and grow up in Ballynahinch, was voted McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year in 2001 (earning a test with the McLaren Formula One team), after winning the Junior Formula Ford Zetec championship by taking 8 wins and 4 runners-up spots in 12 races. From 2003 to 2005 he competed in Formula Three; finishing as runner-up in the Scholarship class (for year-old cars) of the 2003 British Formula 3 Championship, finishing 3rd overall in Spain in 2004, and in 2005 he was 9th in the main British F3 championship. That year he took 3 poles and a win, despite the deal only coming together a day before the season began. At the end of 2005 he became the first driver ever to race a Lola at the Macau Formula Three race. He then raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, with a best result of 2nd.
For 2007 he moved into the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, finishing 3rd overall and fighting for the title until the final round, with a series-high seven wins, including pole position at Thruxton.
In 2008 he competed in the BTCC, driving a BMW for the Motorbase Performance team. He started the year strongly, finishing 8th on his debut and later taking a 6th place at Rockingham Motor Speedway after a tough weekend. At Croft he ran 4th for a while, but dropped out with an electrical problem on the final lap. His first podium finish came at the next meeting at Snetterton. At the next meeting at Oulton Park, he qualified 15th before advancing to 9th in race 1, and from 9th on the grid to 4th in race 2, before being eliminated from race 3 after a first-lap hit from Tom Chilton.
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