John Martin (Australian racing driver)

For the American CART and Trans-Am driver, see John Martin (American racing driver).

John Martin
John Martin in 2010
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (1984-07-08) 8 July 1984 (age 40)
Gosford, New South Wales
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2012
Current teamADR-Delta
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number25
Previous series
2009
2009
2007–08
2007–08
2005–06
2006
2005
2005		Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Superleague Formula
British F3
A1 Grand Prix
Formula Ford Australia
Formula Ford UK
Formula Ford NSW, Australia
Formula Ford Victoria, Australia
Championship titles
2011
2006
2005		Superleague Formula
Formula Ford Australia
Formula Ford Victoria, Australia

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 season 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.[1]

Career

Martin competing for A1 Team Australia at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa.
Martin driving for Räikkönen Robertson Racing at the Croft round of the 2008 British Formula 3 season.

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

He finished 28th in the 2007 Masters of Formula 3.[2] He joined A1 Team Australia and drove in the A1 Grand Prix series during the 2007–08 season,[3] and continued to race for the team in 2008–09.[4] 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

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Points Position
2005 Australian Formula Ford Championship GK Martin P/L 6 2 1 ? 71 10th
New South Wales Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments 18 11 ? ? 418 2nd
Victorian Formula Ford Championship Borland Racing Developments 15 6 5 ? 425 1st
2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship CAMS Rising Star 23 8 ? ? 300 1st
British Formula Ford Championship Alan Docking Racing 8 1 2 ? ? ?
2007 British Formula 3 Championship Alan Docking Racing 22 0 0 0 16 15th
2007–08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Australia 12 0 0 0 18‡ 17th‡
2008 British Formula 3 Championship Räikkönen Robertson Racing 22 0 0 1 45 13th
2008–09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Australia 14 0 0 0 36‡ 8th‡
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing 7 0 0 0 8 22nd
Superleague Formula Rangers F.C. 12 0 0 0 241‡ 10th‡
Australian Mini Challenge BMW Group Australia 2 0 0 1 48 36th
2010 Superleague Formula Beijing Guoan 26 6 2 0 453‡ 9th‡
Superleague Formula Atlético Madrid 3 0 0 0 265‡ 17th‡
2011 Superleague Formula Australia 6 2 0 2 158‡ 1st ‡
2012 World Endurance Championship ADR-Delta 8 0 0 0 26 17th
2013 World Endurance Championship G-Drive Racing 8 0 0 0 53 17th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 4 3 0 132 3rd
2014 United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Action Express Racing 1 0 0 0 31 43rd
United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Challenge Starworks Motorsport 5 0 0 0 57 25th
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 1 480 3rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 NC†
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 Motorsport 3 0 0 0 64 13th
2024 TCR Australia Touring Car Series Wall Racing 3 0 0 0 83 14th

† - 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 Australia NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR
PO 		CZE
FEA
PO 		MYS
SPR
PO 		MYS
FEA
PO 		CHN
SPR
PO 		CHN
FEA
PO 		NZL
SPR
9 		NZL
FEA
Ret 		AUS
SPR
6 		AUS
FEA
5 		RSA
SPR
6 		RSA
FEA
14 		MEX
SPR
Ret 		MEX
FEA
21 		CHN
SPR
15 		CHN
FEA
14 		GBR
SPR
14 		GBR
FEA
Ret 		17th 20
2008–09 NED
SPR
12 		NED
FEA
4 		CHN
SPR
11 		CHN
FEA
6 		MYS
SPR
8 		MYS
FEA
4 		NZL
SPR
Ret 		NZL
FEA
4 		RSA
SPR
12 		RSA
FEA
13 		POR
SPR
10 		POR
FEA
12 		GBR
SPR
7 		GBR
FEA
8 		8th 36

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 CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		MON
FEA
12 		HUN
SPR
20 		HUN
FEA
13 		SIL
SPR
21 		SIL
FEA
20 		BUG
SPR 		BUG
FEA 		ALG
SPR 		ALG
FEA 		NÜR
SPR
7 		NÜR
FEA
8 		ALC
SPR 		ALC
FEA 		22nd 8

Complete Superleague Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Operator Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Position Points
2009 Alan Docking Racing Rangers F.C. MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR 10th 241
17 16 X 2 15 C 2 16 1 5 8 X 11 12 C 10 9 X
2010 Alan Docking Racing Atlético Madrid SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI † NAV 17th 265
10 3 6
Beijing 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 453
2011 Alan Docking Racing Australia HOL BEL 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
9 		SPA
7 		LMS
11 		SIL
8 		SÃO
12 		BHR
20 		FUJ
8 		SHA
7 		17th 26
2013 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
6 		SPA
4 		LMS
EX 		SÃO
1 		COA
1 		FUJ
2 		SHA
1 		BHR
1 		3rd 132

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2012 United Kingdom ADR-Delta Thailand Tor Graves
Czech Republic Jan Charouz 		Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 346 13th 6th
2013 Russia G-Drive Racing Russia Roman Rusinov
United Kingdom Mike Conway 		Oreca 03-Nissan LMP2 327 EX EX

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2014 United States Action Express Racing United States Brian Frisselle
United States Burt Frisselle
France Fabien Giroix 		Chevrolet Corvette DP P 695 3rd 3rd

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2017 Australia Walkinshaw GT3 Australia Liam Talbot
Australia Duvashen Padayachee 		Porsche 911 GT3 R AAM 289 4th 1st
2018 Australia Nineteen Corp P/L Australia Mark Griffith
Australia David Reynolds
Australia 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) SMP
R1
6 		SMP
R2
6 		SMP
R3
Ret 		PHI
R4
13 		PHI
R5
14 		PHI
R6
Ret 		BEN
R7
3 		BEN
R8
4 		BEN
R9
1 		QLD
R10
15 		QLD
R11
7 		QLD
R12
6 		WIN
R13
14 		WIN
R14
8 		WIN
R15
6 		SAN
R16
5 		SAN
R17
Ret 		SAN
R18
DNS 		BEN
R19
6 		BEN
R20
11 		BEN
R21
6 		8th 397
2021 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) SYM
R1
17 		SYM
R2
14 		SYM
R3
13 		PHI
R4
4 		PHI
R5
3 		PHI
R6
4 		BAT
R7
6 		BAT
R8
5 		BAT
R9
5 		SMP
R10
11 		SMP
R11
20 		SMP
R12
12 		BAT
R19
7 		BAT
R20
7 		BAT
R21
9 		5th 402
2024 Wall Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) SAN
R1
10 		SAN
R2
5 		SAN
R3
11 		SYM
R4 		SYM
R5 		SYM
R6 		PHI
R7 		PHI
R8 		PHI
R9 		BND
R10 		BND
R11 		BND
R12 		QLD
R13 		QLD
R14 		QLD
R15 		SMP
R19 		SMP
R20 		SMP
R21 		BAT
R22 		BAT
R23 		BAT
R24 		14th 83

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 SAN
R1
2 		SAN
R2
3 		SAN
R2
3 		BMP
R1
3 		BMP
R2
3 		BMP
R2
1 		N/C -
2021 Tasman AGI Sport SMP
R1 		SMP
R2 		SMP
R3 		BAT
R4
Ret 		BAT
R5
7 		BAT
R6
8 		BAT
R7
C 		13th 21
2022 Australian Versa Motorsport SYM
R1 		SYM
R2 		SYM
R3 		PHI
R4 		PHI
R5 		PHI
R6 		MEL
R7 		MEL
R8 		MEL
R9 		SMP
R10 		SMP
R11 		SMP
R12 		HID
R13
5 		HID
R14
5 		HID
R15
6 		13th 64

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ John Martin driverdb.com
  3. ^ Rookies combined Archived 2008-01-23 at the Wayback Machine results.a1gp.com (18 January 2008)
  4. ^ "Martin back for Australia". a1gp.com. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Daniel Elliott
 Australian Formula Ford Championship champion
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Superleague Formula champion
(Australia)
2011 		Succeeded by
Incumbent