Joshua Luke Files (born 9 January 1991) is a British racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom and Eurocup Clio amongst others. Files won both championships in 2013.

Racing career

Files began his career in 2009 in the Thoroughbred Sports Cars series, he raced there until 2010, winning the championship that year. He switched to the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom for 2011, finishing seventh in the championship standings in his rookie season. He took four pole positions in 2012, finishing sixth in the standings. In 2013, he took five pole positions and two victories on his way to winning the championship. He also raced in the Eurocup Clio series in 2013, also winning the championship that year, with four pole positions and four wins. He continued in the Eurocup Clio series in 2014. He also raced a guest entry in the 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season that year. In 2015, he raced in the Clio Cup Italia series, finishing third in the standings.

In November 2015, it was announced that Flies would race in the TCR International Series, driving an Opel Astra OPC for Campos Racing.

Flies joined Target Competition to race at the 2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. He scored six wins in 14 races and claimed the title. During the off-season, he claimed the 2017 TCR Middle East Series, winning all races he entered.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2009 Thoroughbred Sports Cars - Class C 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC† 2010 Thoroughbred Sports Cars - Class C 8 4 7 6 5 49 1st 2011 Renault Clio Cup UK Team Pyro 16 0 0 1 2 207 7th 2012 Renault Clio Cup UK Team Pyro 16 0 4 2 4 268 6th 2013 Renault Clio Cup UK Team Pyro 16 2 5 9 10 382 1st Renault Clio Eurocup 12 4 4 1 9 198 1st 2014 Renault Clio Eurocup Team Pyro 4 0 2 1 1 32 8th Porsche Carrera Cup GB In2 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2015 Renault Clio Cup Italy Rangoni Corse 13 4 0 4 7 178 3rd TCR International Series Campos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Target Competition 14 6 4 2 8 222 1st TCR International Series 2 0 0 0 0 4.5 24th TCR Trophy Europe 2 1 0 0 2 25 4th Renault Clio Cup Italy Rangoni Corse 5 1 0 0 4 73 7th 2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Target Competition 14 6 0 2 9 411 1st TCR Trophy Europe 2 1 0 0 1 43 3rd TCR Middle East Series Lap57 Motorsports 4 4 2 3 4 110 1st TCR International Series M1RA 2 0 0 0 1 23 23rd 2018 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Hell Energy Racing with KCMG 14 1 1 0 4 121 6th 2019 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Autodis Racing by Target Competition 14 3 1 4 8 352 1st TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship 10 2 1 3 5 259 2nd 2020 World Touring Car Cup Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 9 21st TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship Solite Indigo Racing 4 0 0 0 2 55 4th 2022 TCR Europe Touring Car Series Target Competition 13 0 0 0 3 285 3rd 2023 TCR UK Touring Car Championship Area Motorsport201114220nd † As Files was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

Complete TCR International Series 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 2015 Campos Racing Opel Astra OPC SEP1 SEP2 SHA1 SHA2 VAL1 VAL2 ALG1 ALG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SAL1 SAL2 SOC1 SOC2 RBR1 RBR2 MRN1 MRN2 CHA1 CHA2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2016 Target Competition Honda Civic TCR BHR1 BHR2 EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 SOC1 SOC2 CHA1 CHA2 MRN1 MRN2 SEP1 SEP2 MAC1 MAC2 24th 4.5 2017 M1RA Honda Civic TCR RIM1 RIM2 BHR1 BHR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 OSC1 OSC2 CHA1 CHA2 ZHE1 ZHE2 DUB1 DUB2 23rd 23

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series 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 DC Points 2018 Hell Energy Racing with KCMG Honda Civic Type R TCR LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 ASS1 ASS2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 6th 121 2019 Autodis Racing by Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 OSC1 OSC2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 1st 352 2022 Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG1 ALG2 LEC1 LEC2 SPA1 SPA2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 3rd 285 † Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete TCR Malaysia 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 DC Points 2020 Solite Indigo Racing Hyundai i30 N TCR SEP11 SEP12 SEP21 SEP22 4th 55 Hyundai Veloster N TCR SEP31 SEP32

Complete World Touring Car Cup 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 DC Points 2020 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 ESP1 ESP2 ESP3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 21st 9

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