John Martin (Australian racing driver)


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.

Career

Karting

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 before ending the season with Beijing Guoan, starting twenty nine races for six wins and twenty top tens.

Racing record

Career summary

† - Team standings.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2007–08AustraliaNED
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
17th20
2008–09AustraliaNED
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
8th36

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2009Comtec RacingCAT
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
22nd8

Complete Superleague Formula results

† Non Championship round

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011Pts
2014Action Express RacingPCoyote Corvette DPChevrolet 5.5L V8DAY
3
SEBLBHLAGDETWGLMOSIMSROACOAPET43rd31