John Martin is an Australian professional racing driver. Martin has had wide experience racing in European based open-wheel series since 2006. In that time Martin has had a wide experience of open-wheel racing having driven in various national and international series driving Formula Ford, Formula 3, A1 Grand Prix and Formula Renault 3.5. For the past two seasons, Martin has raced for several teams in the football inspired series Superleague Formula. Martin has long been associated with the British Alan Docking Racing team having raced with them in a variety of formulae for four of the five years he has been racing in Europe. In 2012 Martin will again race with ADR, racing an Oreca 03 sports car in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Career

Karting 2004: Pole and 2nd at Australian Resa nationals; 2nd in Queensland, Australian Rotax light; 2nd in Queensland, Australian clubman heavy and 4th in senior national heavy 2003: Geelong Ford Kartstars championships, Australia 2002: 1st in Resa Queensland state championship 2001: 5th in Resa nationals

Formulas Martin finished 28th in the 2007 Masters of Formula 3.John Martin driverdb.com He joined A1 Team Australia and drove in the A1 Grand Prix series during the 2007–08 season,Rookies combined results.a1gp.com (18 January 2008) and continued to race for the team in 2008–09. Martin drove the Rangers F.C. car in the 2009 Superleague Formula season for one win from thirteen races. In 2010, he started the Superleague Formula season with Atlético Madrid before ending the season with Beijing Guoan, starting twenty nine races for six wins and twenty top-tens.

Racing record

Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPointsPosition 2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship GK Martin P/L621?7110th New South Wales Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments1811??4182nd Victorian Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments1565?4251st 2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship CAMS Rising Star238??3001st British Formula Ford Championship Alan Docking Racing812??? 2007 British Formula 3 Championship Alan Docking Racing220001615th 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Australia1200018‡17th‡ 2008 British Formula 3 Championship Räikkönen Robertson Racing220014513th 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Australia1400036‡8th‡ 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing7000822nd Superleague Formula Rangers F.C.12000241‡10th‡ Australian Mini Challenge BMW Group Australia20014836th 2010 Superleague Formula Beijing Guoan26620453‡9th‡ Superleague Formula Atlético Madrid3000265‡17th‡ 2011 Superleague Formula Australia6202158‡1st ‡ 2012 World Endurance Championship ADR-Delta80002617th 2013 World Endurance Championship G-Drive Racing80005317th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP24301323rd 2014 United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Action Express Racing10003143rd United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Challenge Starworks Motorsport50005725th 2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship Copyworld 14 0 0 0 282 16th 2016 Australian Endurance Championship Walkinshaw GT3 2 0 0 0 364 5th 2017 Australian Endurance Championship Walkinshaw GT3 4 0 0 1 4803rd Intercontinental GT Challenge10000NC† 2018 Australian GT Championship Walkinshaw GT3 6 0 0 1 698 10th 2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Wall Racing 20 1 0 0 380 8th 2021 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Wall Racing 15 0 0 0 402 5th S5000 Tasman Series AGI Sport with GRM 3 0 0 0 21 13th 2022 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship Versa Motorsport30006413th2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Wall Racing 30008314th † - Guest driver, ineligible for points.

‡ - Team standings.

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 DC Points 2007–08 AustraliaNEDSPRNEDFEACZESPRCZEFEAMYSSPRMYSFEACHNSPRCHNFEANZLSPRNZLFEAAUSSPRAUSFEARSASPRRSAFEAMEXSPRMEXFEACHNSPRCHNFEAGBRSPRGBRFEA17th 20 2008–09NEDSPRNEDFEACHNSPRCHNFEAMYSSPRMYSFEANZLSPRNZLFEARSASPRRSAFEAPORSPRPORFEAGBRSPRGBRFEA8th36

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 Points 2009 Comtec Racing CATSPR CATFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MONFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SILSPR SILFEA BUGSPR BUGFEA ALGSPR ALGFEA NÜRSPR NÜRFEA ALCSPR ALCFEA 22nd 8

Complete Superleague Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Operator Team123456789101112 Position Points2009Alan Docking RacingRangers F.C.MAGZOLDONESTMOZJAR 10th 241 17 16 X 2 15 C 2 16 1 5 8 X 11 12 C 10 9 X2010Alan Docking RacingAtlético MadridSILASSMAGJARNÜRZOLBRHADRPORORDBEI †NAV 17th 265 10 3 6Beijing Guoan 10 17 X 4 10 X 1 9 2 18 15 X 13 7 X 1 16 1 2 9 4 1 11 3 19 DN X 11 6 C 1 6 1 9th 4532011Alan Docking RacingAustraliaHOLBEL 1st 158 6 2 4 7 1 2 † Non Championship round

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2012 ADR-Delta LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 17th 26 2013 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 132

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2012 ADR-Delta Tor Graves Jan Charouz Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 346 13th 6th 2013 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov Mike Conway Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 327 EX EX

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2014 Action Express Racing Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Fabien Giroix Chevrolet Corvette DP P 695 3rd 3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2017 Walkinshaw GT3 Liam Talbot Duvashen Padayachee Porsche 911 GT3 R AAM 289 4th 1st 2018 Nineteen Corp P/L Mark Griffith David Reynolds Liam Talbot Mercedes-AMG GT3 APA 266 15th 9th

Complete TCR Australia 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 Position Points 2019 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BENR7 BENR8 BENR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 SANR16 SANR17 SANR18 BENR19 BENR20 BENR21 8th 397 2021 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BATR7 BAT R8 BATR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 BATR19 BATR20 BATR215th402 2024 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 PHIR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 BNDR10 BNDR11 BNDR12 QLDR13 QLDR14 QLDR15 SMPR19 SMPR20 SMPR21 BATR22 BATR23 BATR2414th83

Complete S5000 results Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Position Points 2019 Exhibition AGI Sport SANR1 SANR2 SANR2 BMPR1 BMPR2 BMPR2 N/C - 2021 Tasman AGI Sport SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3BATR4BATR5BATR6BATR7 13th 21 2022 Australian Versa Motorsport SYMR1 SYMR2 SYMR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 SMPR10 SMPR11 SMPR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 13th 64

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