John Martin (Australian Racing Driver)
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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
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,
A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix Operations Ltd. operated as A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themse ...
and Formula Renault 3.5. For the past two season Martin has raced for several teams in the
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. Martin has long been associated with the British
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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
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sports car in the LMP2 class of the
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.


Career


Karting

*2004: Pole and 2nd at Australian Resa nationals ; 2nd in
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, Australian
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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
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. He joined
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and drove in the
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series during the 2007–08 season, and continued to race for the team in 2008–09. Martin drove the
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car in the
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for one win from thirteen races. In 2010 he started the Superleague Formula season with
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before ending the season with
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, starting twenty nine races for six wins and twenty top tens.


Racing record


Career summary

† - 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)


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

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Official web
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John 1984 births Living people Sportspeople 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 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia drivers TCR Australia Touring Car Series drivers People from Gosford