Emmet O'Brien
Emmet O'Brien (born 7 March 1981, in Dublin) is an Irish auto racing driver.
Career
O'Brien started competing in the Irish Karting championships at a young age, he finished 2nd in the National Irish Formula A karting championship for PCR in 1998 and also finished 2nd in the All Ireland's in 1998 winning four races. His early racing included the British Formula Palmer Audi championship in 2000 which he competed in straight out of karting, in 2001 he competed in British Formula Ford championship for Aztec Racing. O'Brien then signed up for two years in the British SEAT Cupra Championship. In 2005 he competed in the European Alfa Romeo 147 Challenge for PRS racing, where he went on to win the Rookie championship with 10 wins.
His success led to a test drive for independent
regulars.After impressing in the 2006
In 2008 he competed in the
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006
|
Wiechers-Sport | BMW 320i
|
ITA 1 26† |
ITA 2 15 |
FRA 1 23 |
FRA 2 23 |
GBR 1 Ret |
GBR 2 17 |
GER 1 Ret |
GER 2 24 |
BRA 1 21 |
BRA 2 Ret |
MEX 1 |
MEX 2 |
CZE
1 |
CZE
2 |
TUR 1 |
TUR 2 |
ESP
1 |
ESP
2 |
MAC
1 |
MAC
2 |
NC | 0 | ||
2007
|
GR Asia | SEAT León | BRA 1 13 |
BRA 2 Ret |
NED 1 18 |
NED 2 20 |
ESP 1 17 |
ESP 2 17 |
FRA 1 17 |
FRA 2 Ret |
CZE 1 16 |
CZE 2 17 |
POR 1 Ret |
POR 2 19 |
SWE 1 |
SWE 2 |
GER
1 |
GER
2 |
GBR 1 |
GBR 2 |
ITA
1 |
ITA
2 |
MAC
1 |
MAC
2 |
NC | 0 |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.