17-461: Ben Barker may refer to: Ben Barker (racing driver) (born 1991), British racing driver Ben Barker (speedway rider) (born 1988), British speedway rider Ben Barka (1920 – 1965), anti-French Moroccan nationalist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
34-578: A best result of fourth at the final round, Barker finished tenth in the overall standings and third in the rookie classification. At the end of the year, Barker would receive a silver ranking by the FIA. Remaining in the Supercup for 2014 , Barker would score one podium for the Lechner Racing Team . As well as this, 2014 also saw Barker pair up with businessman Michael Wainwright at his team Gulf Racing in
51-476: Is a British professional racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship . A Porsche stalwart for over a decade, he is an Australian Formula 3 champion, a Porsche Carrera Cup GB runner-up, a four-time Bathurst 12 Hour class winner and a Dubai 24 Hour overall winner. Despite limited success in the FIA World Endurance Championship , Barker is considered one of
68-580: The 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans . During these two years Barker would also win the Bathurst 12 Hour race in the GT3 Cup class, having previously won this race in 2014 driving in the same category. In the 2019–20 WEC campaign, Barker, Wainwright, and new teammate Andrew Watson managed to score a lone podium in Bahrain , finishing third. They ended up seventh in the standings, having once again completed every race. At
85-413: The 2018–19 WEC "super-season", Barker and Wainwright were joined by Alex Davison for the first three rounds and by Thomas Preining during subsequent events. The season itself brought few peaks, with the team failing to score a podium, though their consistency of finishing every race would bring Gulf Racing sixth in the standings. Barker managed to stand out, setting a new lap record for his category at
102-640: The British Formula Ford Championship in 2009 with Fluid Motorsport Development . Following a year in which he scored one win at Knockhill , the Brit would migrate to Australia for a season in the 2010 Australian Formula 3 Championship . He won the title by one point versus Mitch Evans , having taken six race wins. Barker moved into the Australian Porsche Carrera Cup in 2011, remaining with Team BRM , where he would finish fifth in
119-526: The ELMS with Proton Competition , scoring a pole position at Estoril . Barker remained with Wainwright and Gulf Racing for the 2017 season , this time being partnered by Nick Foster. Their results improved, as Barker was able to guide the team to third place at Mexico and to second in Shanghai , though the team would once again finish the championship as the lowest full-time entrant with fifth place overall. For
136-506: The Briton scored two podiums. Before the 2016 season, it was announced that Barker would partner Michael Wainwright and Adam Carroll at Gulf Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship . Driving in the LMGTE Am category, the trio scored four fourth places and finished fifth in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , thereby ending up sixth in the teams' championship. Barker partook in a round of
153-583: The Centenary Le Mans 24 Hours , where Barker proved to be the fastest LMGTE driver, before managing another third place in Monza . These two podiums helped the team to sixth in the championship. Barker concluded his tenure with GR Racing by racing in the 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series , stating that Wainwright and the team had "put [him] on a pedestal" by giving him the chance to race in the WEC for seven seasons. At
170-750: The LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series , driving a Porsche 911 RSR . Finally, Barker made six appearances for GB Autosport in the United SportsCar Championship . At the start of 2015, Barker would be upgraded to gold by the FIA. He switched to MOMO-Megatron Team PARTRAX in the Porsche Supercup , where a podium at Monaco helped him to ninth in the standings. He also appeared in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, in which
187-867: The end of 2023, it was announced that Barker would become part of the Ford factory driver lineup in the WEC and join the Canada-based Multimatic Motorsports operation. He would migrate to Proton Competition , driving a Ford Mustang GT3 alongside Zacharie Robichon and Ryan Hardwick in 2024. As Barker was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress. 2014 Porsche Supercup The 2014 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season
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221-416: The opening round, the team improved by scoring a then-record fourth place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and rising to eighth in the teams' standings. Barker would play his part, setting two overall fastest laps in class at Spa and Monza . The team retained their lineup for the 2023 WEC season, the last of the LMGTE era. The year proved to be the team's magnum opus, as Barker helped GR to finish third at
238-473: The standings. The following year saw him return to Britain, partaking in a full-time campaign in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB . Despite having to wait for his first victory until the round at Knockhill, Barker would finish second in the championship, having won five races in a row in the latter half of the season. In 2013, Barker graduated to the Porsche Supercup as part of Team Bleekemolen . With
255-701: The start of 2020, Barker would attain overall victory at the Dubai 24 Hours and took another Bathurst victory, this one coming in the GT3 Pro-Am class. The 2021 season proved to be a disappointment, as the team dropped to twelfth and last of all full-time LMGTE Am entries with a best race result of sixth place. Having started his 2022 season by leading Dinamic Motorsport in the Asian Le Mans Series , Barker returned to GR Racing with Wainwright and new silver-ranked driver Riccardo Pera . Even though they missed
272-468: The strongest GTE Am drivers, having broken the lap record for the category at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2023, Barker finished on the 24 Hours of Le Mans class podium, having played an instrumental role in his team's charge towards the front. Ahead of the 2024 season, Barker left GR Racing after eight seasons to become a Ford factory driver, moving to Proton Competition . Having started his career in karts in 2004, Barker would step into
289-633: Was the 22nd Porsche Supercup season. It began on 11 May at Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 2 November at Circuit of the Americas , after ten scheduled races, all of which were support events for the 2014 Formula One season . An updated race calendar was released on 12 June, with the round at the Sochi Autodrom being replaced by a round at the Circuit of the Americas . Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Drivers did not finish
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