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Stefan Wilson
Wilson at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2018
Nationality	British
Born	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (age 36) Rotherham,South Yorkshire, England
IndyCar Series career
5 races run over 6 years
Team	No. 24 (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing /Cusick Motorsports)
2022 position	35th
Best finish	33rd (2013)
First race	2013Grand Prix of Baltimore (Baltimore)
Last race	2022Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Previous series
2006–2007 2008 2009–2012	Formula Palmer Audi British Formula 3 Indy Lights

Stefan James Wilson (born 20 September 1989 inSheffield, UK) is a Britishracing driver. He is the younger brother of the lateFormula One andIndyCar Series driverJustin Wilson. He is also the winner of the 2007McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for promising young British drivers.^[1]

After a long karting career as a child, Stefan stepped up toopen-wheel racing in November 2006, competing in theFormula Palmer AudiAutumn Trophy atSnetterton andBrands Hatch. Stefan gradually improved throughout his first six car races and finished the six-race mini-series in ninth place, also ending as top rookie. He picked up three top-six finishes and set the fastest lap in the final round at Brands Hatch.

Stefan competed in the 2007 Formula Palmer Audi Championship, the tenth anniversary of the series, and also the tenth anniversary of when his brother Justin won the first FPA title. He finished second in the championship after a great final round at Croft, where he scored two podiums after his worst qualifying of the season, only starting seventh and ninth for the two races. Stefan overtook a total of eleven cars. He also closed the final gap between him and more experienced driver Tim Bridgman to just 28 points.

He scored 4 wins throughout the season; the first came in round 4 of the championship at theBrands Hatch Grand Prix circuit in front of nearly 50,000 spectators. The second half of Wilson's championship was more successful as he scored four pole positions and three of his four wins. Wilson ended the championship in second place, with a tally of four wins, nine podiums, four pole positions, five fastest laps, and two lap records.

At the end of the season he won theMcLaren Autosport BRDC Award for young British drivers. Part of the award was a prize drive in aMcLarenFormula One car, which took place on theSilverstone National Circuit on 13 November 2009.^[2]

In 2008, Wilson competed in theBritish Formula 3 Championship National Class in 2008 withFluid Motorsport and captured four class wins on his way to fourth in the National Class points standings.

Wilson signed to race a partial schedule inFirestone Indy Lights in 2009 forFirst Motorsports with cars prepared byWalker Racing that included six road and street courses. He qualified third atLong Beach but was sidelined by a mechanical problem towards the finish. His best finish was fourth in the wet/dry race atToronto. In 2010 returned to the series to race forBryan Herta Autosport.^[3] Wilson finished eleventh in points despite missing one race due to funding issues and another due to a damaged racecar. He had a career-best finish of third in the season opener atSt. Pete and ran the fastest race lap inToronto.

In2011 he returned to Indy Lights full-time withAndretti Autosport. He captured one pole, two wins, and finished on the podium three more times to finish third in the championship. Despite Wilson's 2011 success, he was out of racing until the2012 Indy Lights season finale atAuto Club Speedway where he drove forFan Force United and finished sixth.

Wilson made his IndyCar debut at the2013Grand Prix of Baltimore driving forDale Coyne Racing, finishing sixteenth. His brother Justin drove the other full-time entry for Dale Coyne Racing, making the Wilson brothers the first pair of brothers to drive in IndyCar for the same team sinceGary Bettenhausen andTony Bettenhausen Jr. drove for their family team in 1983.

In June 2014 Fan Force United announced that they had signed Wilson for the team's full-time step up to the IndyCar Series in 2015.^[4] However, this entry ultimately did not materialize.

On 26 April 2016, it was announced that Wilson would be driving for KV Racing Technology at the 100th Running of theIndianapolis 500. Wilson would be driving the No. 25 Driven2SaveLives Chevy. He chose No. 25 in honor of his late brother Justin, who drove the No. 25 car when he received his fatal injuries during an incident at the2015 ABC Supply 500.

A fuel gamble put Wilson in the lead late in the2018 Indianapolis 500, but he had to pit for fuel with four laps to go, andWill Power won the race.

Wilson finished in last place at the2021 Indianapolis 500 due to a crash upon entering the pit lane early in the race.

During the2023 Indianapolis 500, Wilson originally qualified for the race with a starting position of 25th on the grid. However, during the last practice session, Wilson suffered a back injury when he crashed afterKatherine Legge ran into the back of him. As a result, Wilson was forced to withdraw from the event and was replaced byGraham Rahal, who initially failed to qualify after being bumped from the field.^[5]

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• Stefan Wilson Official Website
• Stefan Wilson career summary at DriverDB.com

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