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 Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. Formula Fo ...
,
Formula 3
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,
A1 Grand Prix and
Formula Renault 3.5
The World Series Formula V8 3.5, formerly the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004, the Formula Renault 3.5 Series from 2005 to 2015 and the Formula V8 3.5 in 2016 and 2017, was a motor racing series promoted by RPM Racing (1998–2004) and R ...
. 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
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.
Career
Karting
*2004: Pole and 2nd at Australian Resa nationals ; 2nd in
Queensland
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, 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. He joined
A1 Team Australia and drove in the
A1 Grand Prix series during the
2007–08 season, 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
Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...
before ending the season with
Beijing Guoan, starting twenty nine races for six wins and twenty top tens.
Racing record
Career summary
† - Guest driver, ineligble for points.
‡ - Team standings.
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Superleague Formula results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Non Championship round
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results
Complete TCR Australia results
Complete S5000 results
References
External links
Career statistic''driverdb.com''
Official web
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John
1984 births
Living people
People from Gosford
Racing drivers from New South Wales
Formula Ford drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
A1 Team Australia drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
Superleague Formula drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Tasman Series drivers
A1 Grand Prix drivers
G-Drive Racing drivers
Action Express Racing drivers
Comtec Racing drivers
Alan Docking Racing drivers
Starworks Motorsport drivers
Double R Racing drivers
Australian Endurance Championship drivers
Garry Rogers Motorsport drivers