Oliver Turvey
| Oliver Turvey | |
|---|---|
McLaren Autosport Award Cambridge Full Blue |
Oliver Jonathan Turvey (born 1 April 1987) is a
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner. His career has been supported by the Racing Steps Foundation.[1]
Career history
Karting
Like many aspiring junior racing drivers,
karting
career at eight years old. After three seasons, he progressed to the British Cadet Championship in 1999, in which he was placed fifth overall, and was selected as a member of the English National team, which won that year's Inter-nation Championship. In 2000, Turvey graduated to the Junior Yamaha National Championship and won the title. After a season in Junior TKM, he moved on to the Junior Rotax class in 2002 and added that title to his collection.
Car racing
Turvey made his
single seater debut in the 2003 British Formula Renault Winter Series and spent the remainder of the season competing in Zip Formula, in which he was the highest-placed rookie. In 2004, he sidestepped into Formula BMW UK with Team SWR and achieved one race win. At the end of the season, he made a one-off Formula Three debut in the Promotion class of the Asian F3 Championship
.
In the following season, Turvey stayed with Team SWR in Formula BMW, making eight appearances (each with two race starts) in the ten-round championship. Budgetary restrictions prevented him from entering more than seven rounds in 2006, but points scores in every race (including five wins) secured second place overall. At the Formula BMW World Final in Valencia, he was the highest-placed British finisher in sixth position. Turvey ended the year by beating five other finalists to win the
McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.[2]
Although Turvey was expected to graduate to the
British Formula 3 Championship, behind teammate Jaime Alguersuari
.
Turvey competed in the
2010 GP2 Series season for the iSport International team.[1]
On 16 November 2010 he took part in the Formula One young drivers test in Abu Dhabi driving for McLaren. Turvey set the second fastest time, 1.1 seconds slower than the quickest time set by Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.[6]
With his
2011 GP2 Asia Series season for Ocean Racing Technology.[8]
Aside from his GP2 drives, Turvey also competed in selected rounds of the
McLaren MP4-12C GT3.[9]
Turvey joined
2012 Formula One season.[10]
In 2013 Turvey stepped up from GTs to Sports Prototypes by signing a deal with Jota Sport to race their
2013 European Le Mans Series season and selected rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship, including the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.[11] Turvey qualified on pole position and won his first start in the car, at the opening rain-shortened ELMS round at Silverstone.[12]
In February 2014 it was announced that Turvey would partner
6 Hours of Silverstone due to delays in receiving funding.[14] They subsequently missed the second round of the WEC and the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans due to their financial problems.[15] However Turvey received a call up from the Jota squad to race at Le Mans when Jota and Audi reserve driver Marc Gené replaced Audi driver Loïc Duval when the latter was injured in a practice crash. Turvey subsequently shared the LMP2 class win alongside his teammates.[16]
Formula E
Turvey would make his
Rome with a seventh place finish.[24] He would finish 18th in the standings. Turvey would not be retained for the following season, and would join DS Penske as the team's reserve driver as well as sporting advisor.[25]
Awards
Dec. 2006 –
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award[26]
2008 – Sports Personality of the Year award at the 2008 Cumbria Sports Awards[27]
2008 – Daily Mirror Best British Driver in F3 Award[28]
2008 – Awarded the Dunhill Future Champion Award at Goodwood Festival of Speed[29]
2008 – University of Cambridge Extraordinary Full Blue for Motorsport (the first ever for the sport).[30][31]
2008 – British Racing Drivers' Club National Racing Driver of the Year[32]
Education
Turvey attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Penrith, Cumbria in England and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge as an undergraduate, where he studied engineering. In late 2007, he applied to become a Cambridge Full Blue, the highest honour that can be awarded to a sportsman at the university. He completed his bachelor's degree in 2008 and was awarded the Full Blue by the university; the first ever racing driver to be awarded the accolade.[30][31] His Master's will include a dissertation on F1 aerodynamics. He has a sister, called Lucie, who also attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. Turvey currently lives in London.
Racing career
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Zip Formula Great Britain | Unknown | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 118 | 4th |
| Formula Renault UK Winter Series | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18th | |
| 2004 | Formula BMW UK | SWR Omegaland | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 7th |
| Team SWR Pioneer | |||||||||
| 2005 | Formula BMW UK | Team SWR Pioneer | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 103 | 8th |
| 2006 | Formula BMW UK | Team Loctite | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 209 | 2nd |
| 2007 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
|
Jenzer Motorsport | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 8th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Italy | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 176 | 9th | ||
| Porsche Carrera Cup GB | Porsche Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2008 | British Formula 3 International Series | Carlin Motorsport
|
22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 234 | 2nd |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series
|
Carlin Motorsport
|
17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 4th |
| Formula One | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
| 2010 | GP2 Series
|
iSport International | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 6th |
| Formula One | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
| 2011 | GP2 Series
|
Carlin Motorsport
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
| Formula One | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
| 2012 | Formula One | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | ||||||
| 2013 | European Le Mans Series
|
Jota Sport | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 3rd |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
| FIA GT Series | MRS GT Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| Formula One | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
| 2014 | 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Jota Sport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| Formula One | McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
| 2014–15 | Formula E | NEXTEV TCR
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22nd |
| 2015 | Super GT
|
Drago Modulo Honda Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12th |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 | Jota Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | |
| Formula One | McLaren Honda | Test driver | |||||||
| 2015–16 | Formula E | NEXTEV TCR
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14th |
| 2016 | Super GT
|
Drago Modulo Honda Racing | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th |
| Formula One | McLaren Honda | Test driver | |||||||
| 2016–17 | Formula E | NextEV
|
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 12th |
| 2017 | Formula One | McLaren Honda | Test driver | ||||||
| 2017–18 | Formula E | Nio Formula E Team
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 10th |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | CEFC TRSM Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| Formula One | McLaren F1 Team
|
Test driver | |||||||
| 2018–19 | Formula E | Nio Formula E Team
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20th |
| FIA World Endurance Championship | CEFC TRSM Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2019 | Formula One | McLaren F1 Team
|
Test driver | ||||||
| 2019–20 | Formula E | Nio 333 FE Team
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
| 2020 | Formula One | McLaren F1 Team
|
Test driver | ||||||
| 2020–21 | Formula E | Nio 333 FE Team
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23rd |
| 2021 | Formula One | McLaren F1 Team
|
Test driver | ||||||
| 2021–22 | Formula E | Nio 333 FE Team
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18th |
| 2022 | Formula One | McLaren F1 Team
|
Test driver | ||||||
| 2022–23 | Formula E | DS Penske | Reserve driver | ||||||
| 2023 | Formula One | McLaren F1 Team
|
Test driver | ||||||
† As Turvey was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009
|
Carlin Motorsport
|
CAT SPR 4 |
CAT FEA 11 |
SPA SPR 6 |
SPA FEA 14 |
MON FEA 1 |
HUN SPR 8 |
HUN FEA Ret |
SIL SPR 3 |
SIL FEA 3 |
BUG SPR 3 |
BUG FEA 10 |
ALG SPR Ret |
ALG FEA 6 |
NÜR SPR 4 |
NÜR FEA Ret |
ALC SPR 2 |
ALC FEA 5 |
4th | 93 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010
|
iSport International | CAT FEA 5 |
CAT SPR 5 |
MON FEA 15 |
MON SPR 15 |
IST FEA 14 |
IST SPR 18 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 12 |
SIL FEA 8 |
SIL SPR 2 |
HOC FEA 8 |
HOC SPR 2 |
HUN FEA 4 |
HUN SPR 5 |
SPA FEA 6 |
SPA SPR 5 |
MNZ FEA 3 |
MNZ SPR 6 |
YMC FEA 2 |
YMC SPR 17 |
6th | 47 |
2011
|
Carlin
|
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA 14 |
MON SPR 8 |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
25th | 0 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009–10
|
iSport International | YMC1 FEA 8 |
YMC1 SPR 4 |
YMC2 FEA 1 |
YMC2 SPR 5 |
BHR1 FEA 9 |
BHR1 SPR 6 |
BHR2 FEA 9 |
BHR2 SPR 11 |
6th | 17 |
2011
|
Ocean Racing Technology | YMC FEA 18 |
YMC SPR 19 |
IMO FEA 14 |
IMO SPR 8 |
16th | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  Jota Sport
|
Simon Dolan Lucas Luhr
|
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 319 | 13th | 7th |
| 2014 | Jota Sport
|
Simon Dolan Harry Tincknell
|
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 356 | 5th | 1st |
| 2015 | Jota Sport
|
Simon Dolan Mitch Evans
|
Gibson 015S-Nissan
|
LMP2 | 358 | 10th | 2nd |
| 2018 |  CEFC TRSM Racing
|
Alex Brundle Oliver Rowland
|
Ginetta G60-LT-P1-Mecachrome | LMP1 | 137 | DNF | DNF |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
IMO Ret |
RBR 4 |
HUN 3 |
LEC 3 |
3rd | 71 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015
|
Drago Modulo Honda Racing | Honda NSX-GT
|
GT500 | OKA 6 |
FUJ 8 |
CHA 10 |
FUJ 6 |
SUZ 12 |
SUG 7 |
AUT 7 |
MOT 7 |
12th | 26 |
2016
|
Drago Modulo Honda Racing | Honda NSX-GT
|
GT500 | OKA 12 |
FUJ 13 |
SUG 7 |
FUJ Ret |
SUZ Ret |
CHA
|
MOT | MOT | 19th | 5 |
Complete Formula E results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | NEXTEV TCR
|
Spark SRT01-e | SRT01-e | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE | MIA | LBH | MCO | BER | MSC | LDN 9 |
LDN 9 |
22nd | 4 | |||||
| 2015–16 | NEXTEV TCR
|
Spark SRT01-e | NEXTEV TCR FormulaE 001 | BEI 6 |
PUT Ret |
PDE 12 |
BUE 9 |
MEX 11 |
LBH 12 |
PAR 13 |
BER 12 |
LDN 15† |
LDN 10 |
14th | 11 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | NEXTEV NIO
|
Spark SRT01-e | NEXTEV FormulaE 002 | HKG 8 |
MRK 7 |
BUE 9 |
MEX Ret |
MCO 13† |
PAR 11 |
BER 10 |
BER 9 |
NYC 6 |
NYC 14 |
MTL 15 |
MTL 17 |
12th | 26 | ||||
| 2017–18 | NIO Formula E Team
|
Spark SRT01-e | NextEV Nio Sport 003 | HKG 16 |
HKG 6 |
MRK Ret |
SCL 14 |
MEX 2 |
PDE 7 |
RME 12 |
PAR 9 |
BER 5 |
ZUR 9 |
NYC WD |
NYC | 10th | 46 | ||||
| 2018–19 | NIO Formula E Team
|
Spark SRT05e | Nio Sport 004 | ADR 13 |
MRK 16 |
SCL 8 |
MEX 12 |
HKG 9 |
SYX 12 |
RME 13 |
PAR 14 |
MCO Ret |
BER 18 |
BRN 16 |
NYC 10 |
NYC 13 |
20th | 7 | |||
| 2019–20 | Nio 333 FE Team
|
Spark SRT05e | Nio FE-005 | DIR 15 |
DIR DSQ |
SCL 11 |
MEX 13 |
MRK 21 |
BER 16 |
BER 18 |
BER 16 |
BER 22 |
BER 19 |
BER 21 |
24th | 0 | |||||
| 2020–21 | Nio 333 FE Team
|
Spark SRT05e | NIO 333 001 | DIR 10 |
DIR 6 |
RME DNS |
RME 14 |
VLC NC |
VLC 8 |
MCO 19 |
PUE 11 |
PUE Ret |
NYC Ret |
NYC Ret |
LDN 15 |
LDN 14 |
BER 19 |
BER 19 |
23rd | 13 | |
| 2021–22 | Nio 333 FE Team
|
Spark SRT05e | NIO 333 001 | DRH 19 |
DRH 18 |
MEX 14 |
RME 17 |
RME 7 |
MCO 14 |
BER 16 |
BER 17 |
JAK 12 |
MRK 17 |
NYC 15 |
NYC 16 |
LDN 15 |
LDN 14 |
SEO Ret |
SEO 15 |
18th | 6 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | CEFC TRSM Racing | LMP1 | Ginetta G60-LT-P1 | Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6 | SPA WD |
LMS Ret |
SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS | NC | 0 |
References
- ^ Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ Turvey is McLaren Autosport winner autosport.com, 3 December 2006. Retrieved on 21 April 2007.
- ^ Turvey expected to surprise in F3 autosport.com, 4 December 2006. Retrieved on 21 April 2007.
- ^ Turvey signs for Renault Eurocup Archived 24 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine oliverturvey.com. Retrieved on 21 April 2007.
- ^ "Turvey completes Carlin line-up". autosport.com. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
- ^ "Oliver Turvey back at Carlin for Monaco". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- autosport.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Turvey lands McLaren GT3 race role". Racing Steps Foundation. 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ Rowland, Nick (1 February 2012). "McLaren unveils its 2012 challenger". Race Department. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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- ^ "Tyre-pressure fault costs Abt pole". Eurosport. 1 April 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ Larkham, Lewis (4 March 2018). "Turvey praises NIO's progress after maiden Formula E podium". Crash. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Dagys, John (14 July 2018). "Turvey Ruled Out for Weekend; Ma to Sub on Sunday". eRacing365. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Oliver Turvey ruled out of Formula E's New York finale after injury". Autosport. 14 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Rebranded NIO team reveals Turvey and Ma as 2019/20 FE drivers". Autosport. Alex Kalinauckes. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Blomqvist, Turvey at NIO for 2020-2021 FE season". Autosport. Matt Kew. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "NIO 333's double Formula E points finish "a small victory" - Turvey". Motorsport. Jake Boxall-Legge. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Turvey takes reserve, sporting advisor role at DS Penske FE squad". Motorsport. Jake Boxall-Legge. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ Turvey is McLaren Autosport winner
- ^ Cumbria Sports Awards 2008 (28 November 2008). "BBC – Cumbria – In Pictures – Cumbria Sports Awards 2008". Bbc.co.uk:80. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Other sports: athletics, motorsport, superbikes, snooker...and more — Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "| Oliver Turvey Racing |". Oliverturvey.com. 1 April 1987. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Cambridge Awards First Ever Motor Sport 'Blue' to Oliver Turvey". British F3 International Series. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ a b Autosport, 14 August 2008 p. 43. Retrieved on 18 August 2008.
- ^ English, Steven (7 December 2008). "National Racing Driver: Oliver Turvey". Autosport. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
External links
- Oliver Turvey's official website
- Oliver Turvey career summary at DriverDB.com
