Darren Turner
Darren Turner | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | 13 April 1974
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | Aston Martin Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 2003 – |
Teams | Prodrive Racing, Aston Martin Racing |
Best finish | 5th (2007) |
Class wins | 3 (2007, 2008, 2017) |
Car number | 98 |
Starts | 59 |
Wins | 8 |
Poles | 11 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 3rd in McLaren Autosport Award |
Darren Turner (born 13 April 1974) is a British
He was
He remained with the team for 2007, now full-time team-mate to Plato. Luck was again against him at Rockingham – after qualifying on pole the car had an electrical failure before race one. His first win came in race 11 at Croft [1] Archived 8 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, with two more at Knockhill.
As well as driving for SEAT in the BTCC, Darren also competed in the
, the Aston prevailed to win a Le Mans class race for the first time since the return of Aston Martin to endurance sportscar racing.He opened his 2008 racing season by competing in the
Turner also participated in the
In 2012, Turner competed in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin Racing in the GTE-Pro class Aston Martin Vantage.
In the 80th edition of the
Turner continued to race for Aston Martin Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship until 2020, notching up numerous victories, the biggest of which was his third 24 Hours of Le Mans win, which came in 2017. He raced the #97 Aston Martin Vantage GTE to a class win in GTE Pro, alongside Jonny Adam and Daniel Serra. It was Turner who took the GTE pole position for the 2017 race with a time that broke the lap record.
Darren continues to race, competing in events including the Nürburgring 24 Hours.
As a high performance development driver for Aston Martin, Turner has worked on the development of cars including the Aston Martin Vulcan and the Aston Martin Valkyrie.
Turner is also a regular competitor at the Goodwood Revival and in 2018 he was named "Rolex Driver of the Meeting" in recognition of his performances at the event.
Racing record
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Team Rosberg | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM
|
HOC 1 12 |
HOC 2 8 |
OSC 1 13 |
OSC 2 Ret |
NOR 1 11 |
NOR 2 12 |
SAC 1 8 |
SAC 2 8 |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 8 |
LAU 1 C |
LAU 2 C |
OSC 1 DNS |
OSC 2 DNS |
NÜR 1 13 |
NÜR 2 11 |
HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 6 |
14th | 19 | ||
2001 | Team Rosberg | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM
|
HOC QR 6 |
HOC CR 8 |
NÜR QR 9 |
NÜR CR 16 |
OSC QR 14 |
OSC CR DSQ |
SAC QR 9 |
SAC CR Ret |
NOR QR Ret |
NOR CR 11 |
LAU QR 10 |
LAU CR 9 |
NÜR QR Ret |
NÜR CR 8 |
A1R QR 14 |
A1R CR 10 |
ZAN QR 15 |
ZAN CR 8 |
HOC QR 9 |
HOC CR 8 |
15th | 15 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | SEAT Sport UK
|
SEAT León | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
MON 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
THR 1 3 |
THR 2 5 |
THR 3 Ret |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
DON 1 12 |
DON 2 9 |
DON 3 4 |
SNE
1 |
SNE
2 |
SNE
3 |
KNO 1 10 |
KNO 2 DSQ |
KNO 3 4 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 DNS |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 10 |
SIL 3 6 |
14th | 41 |
2007 | SEAT Sport UK
|
SEAT León | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 4 |
BRH 3 DSQ |
ROC 1 Ret |
ROC 2 6 |
ROC 3 3 |
THR 1 3 |
THR 2 Ret |
THR 3 6 |
CRO 1 4 |
CRO 2 1* |
CRO 3 5 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 7 |
OUL 3 3 |
DON 1 12 |
DON 2 6 |
DON 3 9 |
SNE 1 6 |
SNE 2 4 |
SNE 3 9 |
BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 15 |
KNO 1 1* |
KNO 2 1* |
KNO 3 7 |
THR 1 18 |
THR 2 11 |
THR 3 6 |
6th | 160 |
2008 | SEAT Sport UK
|
SEAT León TDI | BRH 1 4 |
BRH 2 5 |
BRH 3 Ret |
ROC 1 2 |
ROC 2 3* |
ROC 3 Ret |
DON 1 19 |
DON 2 4 |
DON 3 1* |
THR 1 6 |
THR 2 4 |
THR 3 16 |
CRO 1 15 |
CRO 2 9 |
CRO 3 Ret |
SNE 1 2 |
SNE 2 19* |
SNE 3 16 |
OUL 1 6 |
OUL 2 Ret |
OUL 3 16 |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 8 |
KNO 3 1* |
SIL 1 3 |
SIL 2 Ret |
SIL 3 19 |
BRH 1 7 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 12 |
8th | 133 |
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Young Driver AMR
|
Aston Martin DBR9 | ABU QR Ret |
ABU CR 11 |
SIL QR 4 |
SIL CR EX |
BRN QR 2 |
BRN CR 2 |
PRI QR 10 |
PRI CR 16 |
SPA QR 10 |
SPA CR 6 |
NÜR QR 1 |
NÜR CR 1 |
ALG QR 4 |
ALG CR 10 |
NAV QR Ret |
NAV CR 4 |
INT QR 2 |
INT CR 10 |
SAN QR 10 |
SAN CR 15 |
4th | 104 |
2011 | Young Driver AMR
|
Aston Martin DBR9 | ABU QR Ret |
ABU CR 5 |
ZOL QR Ret |
ZOL CR 7 |
ALG QR 4 |
ALG CR 2 |
SAC QR 3 |
SAC CR 3 |
SIL QR Ret |
SIL CR Ret |
NAV QR 6 |
NAV CR Ret |
PRI QR 3 |
PRI CR 2 |
ORD QR 7 |
ORD CR 5 |
BEI QR 2 |
BEI CR 1 |
SAN QR DNS |
SAN CR DNS |
2nd | 120 |
Source:[4]
|
Complete V8 Supercar results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Final pos | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Holden Racing Team
|
Holden VE Commodore
|
YMC R1 |
YMC R2 |
ADE R3 |
ADE R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
PER R7 |
PER R8 |
PER R9 |
WIN
R10 |
WIN
R11 |
HDV R12 |
HDV R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 |
QLD R17 |
QLD R18 |
PHI Q |
PHI R19 |
BAT R20 |
SUR R21 14 |
SUR R22 6 |
SYM R23 |
SYM R24 |
SAN R25 |
SAN R26 |
SYD R27 |
SYD R28 |
59th | 165 | [7] | ||
2012 | Holden Racing Team
|
Holden VE Commodore
|
ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
SYM R3 |
SYM R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
PER
R7 |
PER
R8 |
PER
R9 |
PHI R10 |
PHI R11 |
HDV
R12 |
HDV
R13 |
TOW
R14 |
TOW
R15 |
QLD
R16 |
QLD
R17 |
SMP R18 |
SMP R19 |
SAN Q |
SAN R20 |
BAT R21 |
SUR R22 7 |
SUR R23 17 |
YMC
R24 |
YMC
R25 |
YMC
R26 |
WIN
R27 |
WIN
R28 |
SYD R29 |
SYD R30 |
NC | 0 + | [8] |
+ Not eligible for points.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SEB 3 |
SPA Ret |
LMS 3 |
SIL 2 |
SÃO 2 |
BHR 2 |
FUJ 3 |
SHA 1 |
35th | 7 | |
2013 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 3 |
SÃO 2 |
COA Ret |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 1 |
BHR Ret |
3rd | 125.5 | |
2014 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 10 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 9 |
SHA Ret |
BHR 2 |
SÃO 1 |
5th | 102 | |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 5 |
SPA 5 |
LMS Ret |
NÜR 6 |
COA 6 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA 6 |
BHR 3 |
10th | 67 | |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
SPA Ret |
LMS 2 |
NÜR 5 |
MEX 1 |
COA 5 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA Ret |
BHR 5 |
6th | 115 |
2017 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 7 |
SPA 7 |
LMS 1 |
NÜR 7 |
MEX Ret |
COA 5 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA 7 |
BHR 6 |
7th | 101 |
2018–19 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SPA 7 |
LMS 5 |
SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB 9 |
SPA |
LMS Ret |
18th | 25 | |
2019–20 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SIL 2 |
FUJ 11 |
SHA 3 |
BHR 2 |
COA 2 |
SPA | LMS | BHR | 11th | 78.5 | |
Source:[3]
|
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Aston Martin Racing | GTLM | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 V8 | DAY 8 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 40th | 24 | [9] | |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | GTLM | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 V8 | DAY 6 |
SEB 6 |
LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 19th | 52 | [10] | ||
2020 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL 6 |
MDO | CLT | PET 11 |
LGA | SEB 2 |
31st | 77 | [11] | |
2021 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 5 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM |
ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 49th | 285 | [12] |
2022 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 9 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 59th | 230 | [13] |
2023 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 1 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 44th | 375 | [14] | |
Source:[3]
|
* Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
IMO 5 |
RBR 4 |
LEC 3 |
SPA 5 |
EST 1 |
1st | 98 |
2017 | Beechdean AMR | LMGTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE
|
Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
MNZ 3 |
RBR 6 |
LEC 5 |
SPA 3 |
ALG 4 |
5th | 75 |
Source:[3]
|
Complete British GT Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 2 |
OUL 2 6 |
ROC 1 3 |
SNE 1 11 |
SNE 2 2 |
SIL 1 9 |
SPA 1 Ret |
BRH 1 4 |
DON 1 5 |
5th | 102.5 |
2019 | M2 Competition | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SNE
1 |
SNE
2 |
SIL 1 |
DON 1 |
SPA 1 13 |
BRH 1 |
DON 1 |
NC† | 0† |
2021 | Newbridge Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | GT4 | BRH 1 |
SIL 1 14 |
DON 1 |
SPA 1 7 |
SNE 1 20 |
SNE 2 19 |
OUL 1 11 |
OUL 2 19 |
DON 1 17 |
4th | 106.5 |
2022 | Newbridge Motorsport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 20 |
OUL 2 15 |
SIL 1 15 |
DON 1 24 |
SNE 1 19 |
SNE 2 18 |
SPA 1 18 |
BRH 1 11 |
DON 1 19 |
2nd | 163 |
Source:[3]
|
† As Turner was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | D'station Racing AMR | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ | SUZ
|
CHA
|
FUJ 11 |
AUT | SUG
|
MOT | NC | 0 |
Source:[3]
|
References
- ^ "LeMans TV Live". Live.lemans-tv.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Aston Martin Vantage GTE Scores Podium on Le Mans Debut". Fernandezracing.net. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Darren Turner Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Darren Turner". Motor Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Darren Turner race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2011 V8 Supercars Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2012 V8 Supercars Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Darren Turner – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
External links
- Darren Turner official website
- Darren Turner career summary at DriverDB.com
- Profile at BTCCPages.com