Ben Barnicoat

Ben Barnicoat
Barnicoat at Spa-Francorchamps
Nationality	British
Born	(1996-12-20) 20 December 1996 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
FIA European Formula 3 career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Hitech GP
Car no.	24
Starts	30
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	9th in 2016
Previous series
2015 2014-15 2014-15 2014 2014 2013	BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Protyre Formula Renault Protyre FR Autumn Cup
Championship titles
2015 2014 2013	BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Protyre FR Autumn Cup
Awards
2014	Autosport Club Driver of the Year

Ben Barnicoat (born 20 December 1996) is a British racing driver who is a part of the McLaren Young driver programme.

Career

Karting

Born in Chesterfield, Barnicoat began his racing career in karting at the age of nine. In 2007 he clinched the WTP Cadet Open and Motors TV Cadet Karting Championship titles as well as becoming WTP "Little Green Man" Vice Champion.^[1] In 2008 he graduated to KF3 category in which he participated in the MSA Formula Kart Starts championship and Kartmasters GP. He did remarkably well in both, securing 4th in Formula Kart Stars and 7th at Kartmasters. Ben returned the year after and won Kartmasters GP, Formula Kart Stars and finished Vice-Champion in the Super One Junior Championship. By 2012, Barnicoat had claimed the CIK-FIA KF2 European Championship too. In 2015 Barnicoat claimed the Kart Masters GP Trophy in both the Senior Rotax and Iame X30 class, becoming the first driver to take two Kart Masters Championships in one day. ^[2]

Formula Renault

In 2013 Barnicoat made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup for Fortec Motorsports, and won the cup with two wins.^[3]

Barnicoat continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2014, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series.^[4]

European Formula 3

On 15 November 2015, it was announced that Barnicoat would race with Prema Powerteam for the 2016 season. However it was later announced that Barnicoat would race with HitechGP.^[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup	Fortec Motorsports	3	2	3	2	3	96	1st
2014	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Fortec Motorsports	15	2	1	1	5	258	1st
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		6	0	0	0	0	32	14th
	Protyre Formula Renault Championship		3	0	0	0	0	60	13th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Fortec Motorsports	17	3	2	1	6	174	4th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		6	1	0	1	2	0	NC†
	BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy		8	3	2	5	6	211	1st
2016	European Formula 3 Championship	Hitech GP	30	2	0	0	3	134	9th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC

^† As Barnicoat was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Pts
2016	HitechGP	Mercedes	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 Ret	LEC 3 11	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 10	HUN 3 1	PAU 1 1	PAU 2 5	PAU 3 11	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 15	RBR 3 5	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 Ret	NOR 3 DSQ	ZAN 1 18	ZAN 2 8	ZAN 3 9	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 11	SPA 3 20	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 Ret	NÜR 3 10	IMO 1 8	IMO 2 Ret	IMO 3 13	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 9	HOC 3 7	9th	134

References

↑ "Profile". benbarnicoat.com. Ben Barnicoat. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
↑ "CIK-FIA European KF2 Championship 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
↑ "Protyre Formula Renault Championship — Autumn Cup 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
↑ Goddard, Stephen (6 December 2013). "Barnicoat steps up to Formula Renault 2.0 NEC with Fortec". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
↑ Simmons, Marcus (14 January 2016). "Ben Barnicoat seals Hitech European Formula 3 Championship deal". Autosport. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

External links

Official website
Profile on Racing Steps Foundation site
Ben Barnicoat career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Seb Morris (Winter Series)	Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup Champion 2013	Succeeded by None (Series ended)
Preceded by Matt Parry	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2014	Succeeded by Louis Delétraz
Preceded by Will Palmer (Winter Series)	BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy Champion 2015	Succeeded by Enaam Ahmed (BRDC British Formula 3)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Daniel Cammish	Autosport Awards British Club Driver of the Year 2014	Succeeded by Will Palmer

Teams and drivers who competed in the 2016 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season

Prema Powerteam		Carlin		Van Amersfoort Racing

1. Lance Stroll 2. Nick Cassidy	24. Ralf Aron 25. Maximilian Günther	3. Ryan Tveter 4. Alessio Lorandi	19. Weiron Tan	5 Pedro Piquet 6 Callum Ilott	20. Harrison Newey 21. Anthoine Hubert

kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Motopark		HitechGP		ThreeBond with T-Sport

7. Mikkel Jensen 8. David Beckmann	9. Sérgio Sette Câmara 10. Niko Kari	22. Joel Eriksson 23. Guanyu Zhou	11. Nikita Mazepin 12. George Russell	24. Ben Barnicoat	15. Ukyo Sasahara

Other drivers

William Buller (Carlin)
Zhi Cong Li (Carlin)
Raoul Hyman (Carlin)
Arjun Maini (ThreeBond with T-Sport)

McLaren Honda

Founder: Bruce McLaren

McLaren Technology Group: Ron Dennis (25%); TAG Group (25%); Mumtalakat (50%)

Head management: Jost Capito (CEO); Éric Boullier (Racing Director)

Current personnel: Tim Goss; Neil Oatley; Peter Prodromou; Andrea Stella

Former personnel: John Barnard; Alastair Caldwell; Gordon Coppuck; Mike Coughlan; Pat Fry; Steve Hallam; Norbert Haug; Robin Herd; Paddy Lowe; Neil Martin; Teddy Mayer; Sam Michael; Gordon Murray; Jonathan Neale; Adrian Newey; Steve Nichols; Jo Ramírez; Nicholas Tombazis; Martin Whitmarsh

2016 race drivers: 14. Fernando Alonso; 22. Jenson Button

2016 test and reserve drivers: Stoffel Vandoorne; Nobuharu Matsushita (Development)

McLaren young driver programme: Stoffel Vandoorne; Nyck de Vries; Ben Barnicoat

World Champions: Emerson Fittipaldi; Lewis Hamilton; James Hunt; Mika Häkkinen; Niki Lauda; Alain Prost; Ayrton Senna

Former drivers: See category

Drivers' titles: 1974; 1976; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1998; 1999; 2008

Constructors' titles: 1974; 1984; 1985; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1998

Cars:

Formula One M2B M4B M5A M7A M7B M7C M7D M9A M14A M14D M19A M19C M23 M26 M28 M29 M29F M30 MP4 (MP4/1) MP4B (MP4/1B) MP4/1C MP4/1E MP4/2 MP4/2B MP4/2C MP4/3 MP4/4 MP4/5 MP4/5B MP4/6 MP4/6B MP4/7A MP4/8 MP4/9 MP4/10 MP4/10B MP4/10C MP4/11 MP4/11B MP4/12 MP4/13 MP4/14 MP4/15 MP4-16 MP4-17 MP4-17D MP4-18 MP4-19 MP4-19B MP4-20 MP4-21 MP4-22 MP4-23 MP4-24 MP4-25 MP4-26 MP4-27 MP4-28 MP4-29 MP4-30 MP4-31 Formula Two M4A M21 Sports cars Zerex Special M1A M1B M1C M6A M6B M6GT M8A M8B M8C M8D M8E M8F M8FP M12 M20 F1 GTR 12C GT3 650S GT3 P1 GTR USAC/IndyCar M15 M16A M16B M16C M16C/D M16E M24 F5000/Libre M3 M10A M10B M18 M22 M25 Development cars M2A MP4-29H/1X1 Road cars F1 F1 LM SLR (for Mercedes-Benz) MP4-12C P1 X-1 650S 675LT Engines M838T Merged team Project Four Racing Related West Competition

Winners of Autosport's British Club Driver of the Year

1980s	1982–83 Martin Bolsover 1984 Rod Birley 1985 Chris Cramer 1986 Paul Warwick 1987 Eddie Irvine 1988 Allan McNish 1989 David Coulthard

1990s	1990 Warren Hughes 1991 Kelvin Burt 1992 Oliver Gavin 1993 Dario Franchitti 1994 James Matthews 1995 Guy Smith 1996 Peter Dumbreck 1997 Doug Bell 1998 Richard Lyons 1999 Andy Priaulx

2000s	2000 Michael Caine 2001 Mike Jordan 2002 Danny Watts 2003 Lewis Hamilton 2004 James Pickford 2005 Andrew Kirkaldy 2006 Sam Bird 2007 Duncan Tappy 2008 Adam Christodoulou 2009 Sarah Moore

2010s	2010 Tom Blomqvist 2011 Alex Lynn 2012 Scott Malvern 2013 Daniel Cammish 2014 Ben Barnicoat 2015 Will Palmer 2016 Lando Norris

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