Robbie Kerr (racing driver)
Robert Kerr | |
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Formula Renault 3.5 A1 Grand Prix | |
Championship titles | |
2002 | British Formula Three Championship |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Years | 2007 |
Teams | Barazi-Epsilon |
Best finish | 2nd (2007) |
Robert "Robbie" Kerr (born 26 September 1979 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) is a British racing driver. In 2002, Kerr won the British Formula 3 championship.
Career
Early career
In 2002 he became the British Formula Three Champion for Alan Docking Racing with 306 points ahead of Australian racing driver James Courtney.
Following an abortive attempt at
Kerr has also raced in the
A1 Grand Prix
In 2005 Kerr became the lead driver for A1 Team Great Britain, partner to Alex Lloyd. Robbie raced in the 2005–06 rounds except the season finale in China, and came close to winning on several occasions. At the feature race at the inaugural round at Brands Hatch after a successful pitstop he was in the lead ahead of A1 Team Brazil until the battery failed in his car.
At
He then took A1 Team Great Britain's first ever
The following season, Kerr returned to Team GBR for A1GP, though his World Series by Renault commitments (see below) prevented him from making the first round of the season at
Formula Renault 3.5
For the 2006 season, Kerr joined
Other drives
Since the solitary season of Formula Renault, Kerr has driven only sporadically and across different series. He had several sportscar outings in 2008 and 2009, a guest drive at the Silverstone round of the Porsche Carrera Cup in 2010 and a season of the Speed Euroseries in 2011. Kerr returned to sportscars in 2012 and 2013 picking up some drives in the FIA World Endurance Championship with a 2nd place in the LMP2 class at Interlagos.[1]
Racing record
Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005–06 | Great Britain | GBR SPR 5 |
GBR FEA Ret |
GER SPR Ret |
GER FEA 2 |
POR SPR Ret |
POR FEA 12 |
AUS SPR 5 |
AUS FEA 2 |
MYS SPR 3 |
MYS FEA Ret |
UAE SPR 9 |
UAE FEA 2 |
RSA SPR 2 |
RSA FEA Ret |
IDN SPR 2 |
IDN FEA 10 |
MEX SPR 11 |
MEX FEA 6 |
USA SPR 4 |
USA FEA 3 |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
3rd | 97 |
2006–07 | NED
SPR |
NED
FEA |
CZE SPR 9 |
CZE FEA 6 |
BEI
SPR |
BEI
FEA |
MYS SPR 5 |
MYS FEA 2 |
IDN SPR 3 |
IDN FEA Ret |
NZL SPR 8 |
NZL FEA Ret |
AUS SPR 19 |
AUS FEA 10 |
RSA SPR 9 |
RSA FEA 2 |
MEX
SPR |
MEX
FEA |
SHA SPR 1 |
SHA FEA 2 |
GBR SPR 1 |
GBR SPR 2 |
3rd | 92 | |
2007–08 | NED
SPR |
NED
FEA |
CZE SPR 2 |
CZE FEA 17 |
MYS
SPR |
MYS
FEA |
ZHU
SPR |
ZHU
FEA |
NZL SPR Ret |
NZL FEA Ret |
AUS SPR 16 |
AUS FEA 3 |
RSA
SPR |
RSA
FEA |
MEX
SPR |
MEX
FEA |
SHA SPR 9 |
SHA FEA 9 |
GBR SPR 1 |
GBR SPR 2 |
3rd | 126 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | KTR | ZOL 1 7 |
ZOL 2 Ret |
MON 1 7 |
IST 1 Ret |
IST 2 Ret |
MIS 1 10 |
MIS 2 Ret |
SPA 1 22† |
SPA 2 DSQ |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 10 |
DON 1 12 |
DON 2 10 |
LMS 1 4 |
LMS 2 21† |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 Ret |
17th | 20 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Zytek Engineering
|
Karuki Kurosawa | Zytek 07S/2
|
LMP2 | 301 | 27th | 2nd |
References
External links
- Official website of Robbie Kerr Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Robbie Kerr biography