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Michael Wainwright (racing driver)

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British racing driver & businessman

Michael Wainwright
Mike Wainwright as COO of Trafigura
Nationality	British
Born	(1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (age 52) Worcester, United Kingdom
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	GR Racing
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	86
Former teams	Gulf Racing
Starts	44 (44 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	7th in2016,2017,2018–19

Michael Stuart Wainwright^[1] (born 25 July 1973) is a British racing driver and oil businessman who competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship forGR Racing.^[2]

He made his professional career at oil trading companyTrafigura from 1996 to 2023. Being the protégé of the company's founderClaude Dauphin,^[3] he ultimately served as COO of the group based inGeneva. He is listed among the 300 wealthiest individuals of Switzerland, with an estimated fortune of 300-400 millions swiss francs.^[4] In 2022, following a very profitable year on the oil market following theRussian invasion of Ukraine, he acquired a property in Geneva for 49.5 million swiss francs.^[5]

In December 2023, Wainwright was charged by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court and theUS Department of Justice over allegations of bribing public officials inAngola andBrazil, together with two other individuals. In January 2025, he was sentenced to 32 months in prison on charges of bribery, with 20 months being suspended.^[6]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	24H Series - A2	Team First 2	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	French GT Championship	Team First	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Gulf Team First	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2011	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup - LMGTE Am	Gulf AMR Middle East	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	American Le Mans Series - GT		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Dubai - A6	Gulf Team First	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Gulf Racing UK	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Gulf Racing UK	1	0	0	0	0	1	27th
	24 Hours of Dubai - A6	Gulf Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Gulf Racing UK	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	Gulf 12 Hours - GT3 Pro-Am	Gulf Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2014	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Gulf Racing UK	5	0	0	0	0	28	11th
2015	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Gulf Racing UK^[7]	5	1	0	0	2	56	4th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing^[8]	9	0	0	0	0	106	7th
2016	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing^[8]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing^[9]	7	0	0	0	1	67	7th
2017	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing^[9]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Gulf Racing UK^[10]	2	0	0	0	0	10	12th
2018	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing UK^[11]	8	0	0	0	0	79	7th
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing	8	0	0	0	1	85	9th
2020	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Gulf Racing UK	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Gulf Racing UK	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing^[12]	6	0	0	0	0	23	15th
2021	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	GR Racing^[12]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing^[13]^[14]	5	0	0	0	0	50	10th
2022	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	GR Racing^[13]^[14]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	GR Racing^[15]	7	0	0	0	2	64	6th
2023	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	GR Racing^[15]	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	GR Racing	4	0	0	0	0	6	25th
2024	European Le Mans Series - GT3	GR Racing^[16]	6	0	0	0	2	64	5th
2024	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3	GR Racing^[16]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2025	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	GR Racing

^† As Wainwright was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2014	Gulf Racing UK	GTE	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 9	IMO 8	RBR 9				11th	28
2014	Gulf Racing UK	GTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6				LEC 6	EST 4		11th	28
2015	Gulf Racing UK	GTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 1	IMO 8	RBR 7	LEC 7	EST 3		4th	56
2018	Gulf Racing	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC Ret	MNZ	RBR	SIL 5	SPA	ALG	7th	10
2020	Gulf Racing UK	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC	SPA	LEC	MNZ	ALG Ret		NC	0
2024	GR Racing	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	CAT 2	LEC 5	IMO 7	SPA 2	MUG 8	ALG 6	5th	64
Source:^[17]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2016	Gulf Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL Ret	SPA 5	LMS 3	NÜR 5	MEX 4	COA 4	FUJ 4	SHA 6	BHR 4	7th	106
2017	Gulf Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 4	SPA Ret	LMS 5	NÜR 5	MEX 3	COA Ret	FUJ 4	SHA 2	BHR 5	6th	97
2018–19	Gulf Racing UK	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SPA 7	LMS 6	SIL 6	FUJ 4	SHA 9	SEB 4	SPA 7	LMS 4		7th	79
2019–20	Gulf Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 4	FUJ 8	SHA 9	BHR 3	COA 6	SPA 10	LMS 5	BHR 5		9th	85
2021	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SPA Ret	ALG 8	MNZ 8	LMS 9	BHR 6	BHR 9				15th	23
2022	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB	SPA 6	LMS 3	MNZ 12	FUJ 12	BHR 6				10th	50
2023	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB 7	PRT 11	SPA 12	LMS 3	MNZ 3	FUJ 8	BHR 8			6th	64
Sources:^[17]^[2]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	Gulf AMR Middle East	Fabien Giroix Roald Goethe	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GTE Am	141	DNF	DNF
2016	Gulf Racing	Ben Barker Adam Carroll	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	328	33rd	5th
2017	Gulf Racing UK	Ben Barker Nick Foster	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	328	38th	10th
2018	Gulf Racing	Ben Barker Alex Davison	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	283	40th	10th
2019	Gulf Racing	Ben Barker Thomas Preining	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	331	38th	8th
2020	Gulf Racing	Ben Barker Andrew Watson	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	337	29th	5th
2021	GR Racing	Ben Barker Tom Gamble	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	322	43rd	14th
2022	GR Racing	Ben Barker Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	340	37th	4th
2023	GR Racing	Ben Barker Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	312	29th	3rd
2024	GR Racing^[18]	Riccardo Pera Daniel Serra	Ferrari 296 GT3	LMGT3	278	39th	12th
Sources:^[19]^[17]

References

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^"A Genève, un pétrolier s'offre une villa à 50 millions - Le Temps" (in French). 2022-11-14.ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved2024-03-21.
^Miller, Hugo; Hunter, Archie; Farchy, Jack (31 January 2025)."Trafigura and Ex-COO Convicted of Bribery by Swiss Court".www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved2025-01-31.
^"2015 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES — FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST"(PDF).European Le Mans Series. 5 February 2015. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2015-02-06. Retrieved6 February 2015.
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Teams and drivers that compete in the2025 European Le Mans Series in the LMGT3 category

United Autosports	AF Corse	Spirit of Race	Kessel Racing
23. Michael Birch /Wayne Boyd / Garnet Patterson	50.Riccardo Agostini / Custodio Toledo /Lilou Wadoux 51.Conrad Laursen /Davide Rigon / Charles-Henri Samani	55. Duncan Cameron / Matt Griffin / David Perel	57.James Calado /Takeshi Kimura / Ben Tuck 74. Andrew Gilbert /Miguel Molina / Fran Rueda

Racing Spirit of Léman	Proton Competition	Iron Dames	Iron Lynx
59.Erwan Bastard /Valentin Hasse-Clot / Clément Mateu	60.Matteo Cressoni /Alessio Picariello /Christian Ried	85.Sarah Bovy /Michelle Gatting /Célia Martin	63. Martin Berry / Lorcan Hanafin /Fabian Schiller

JMW Motorsport	TF Sport	GR Racing
66.Gianmaria Bruni / Jason Hart / Scott Noble	82.Rui Andrade /Charlie Eastwood / Hiroshi Koizumi	86. Tom Fleming /Riccardo Pera /Michael Wainwright

Other drivers:Daniel Serra (Kessel Racing),Claudio Schiavoni (Iron Lynx)

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