| Harry King | |
|---|---|
 King in 2025 | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | (2001-01-20)20 January 2001 (age 24)[1] |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain career | |
| Debut season | 2020 |
| Current team | Team Parker Racing |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Car number | 19 |
| Starts | 24 |
| Wins | 13 |
| Podiums | 18 |
| Poles | 7 |
| Fastest laps | 13 |
| Best finish | 1st in2020 |
| Previous series | |
| 2021 2021 2018–2019 2018 2016–2017 2015–2016 | Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux Ginetta GT4 Supercup Ginetta G40 Cup Ginetta Junior Championship Ginetta Junior Winter Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2020 2019 2015 | Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Ginetta GT4 Supercup Ginetta Junior Winter Series Rookie Cup |
| Awards | |
| 2020 | Autosport National Driver of the Year |
Harry Thomas George King[2] (born 20 January 2001) is a British racing driver, who competes inSuper GT in the GT300 class forSeven x Seven Racing andGT World Challenge Europe forVerstappen.com Racing. King has previously competed in full seasons of theGinetta Junior Championship and theGinetta GT4 Supercup, winning the series championship in the latter, in2019. In2020, King won twelve out of sixteen races in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, to take the series title with a round to spare.
King made his début in karting in 2012, winning two championships,[3][4] before competing in the Cadets class of theSuper 1 National Kart Championships in 2013.[1] The following season, King won both the National Open – giving him the "O" plate in recognition – and overall championship titles in the F6 Cadets class.[1] In his final season of karting, King competed in the Minimax Rotax Series, and finished second in the Minimax class of the Whilton Mill Kart Club Championships.[5]
Having finished third in theGinetta Junior scholarship, King made his car racing début in the 2015Ginetta Junior Winter Series, competing in the four-race series atSnetterton forElite Motorsport.[6] He recorded finishes of fourth, sixth, ninth and eleventh – taking three rookie class victories – as he finished in ninth place in the series standings, winning the Rookie Cup in the process.[7][8]
For the 2016 season, King moved into the mainGinetta Junior Championship, remaining with Elite Motorsport.[9] In the first half of the season, King recorded a fastest lap in the first race atThruxton, with his best finish to that point – fourth – coming in the second Thruxton race.[10] He recorded two victories during the second half of the season, winning the final race of the Snetterton andRockingham meetings,[11][12] ending the season on a run of eight consecutive top-six finishes as he finished eighth in the overall championship and third in the Rookie Cup.[13] He finished sixth in the following Winter Series, recording two fastest laps in the four-raceBrands Hatch meeting.
Remaining with Elite Motorsport into the2017 season,[14] King started the season with a second-place finish in the opening race at Brands Hatch.[15] Over the next seven meetings, King finished on the podium twice – a third-place finish at Thruxton, before his only win of the season atKnockhill[16] – but his form improved as he finished the season with six consecutive podiums atSilverstone and Brands Hatch, as he improved to sixth in the final championship standings.
Although still eligible to continue in the Junior championship, King graduated into theGinetta GT4 Supercup for the2018 season, while also continuing his partnership withElite Motorsport – their first season in the GT4 Supercup.[17] King recorded two third-place finishes at the opening round atBrands Hatch, and recorded his first pole position, fastest lap and victory in the championship over the course of the following meeting atDonington Park.[18] He added three further victories during the season – two atSnetterton,[19] and one atRockingham[20] – and finished no lower than sixth during the final four meetings, as he finished third in the Pro championship, behind Charlie Ladell andCarl Boardley. King also made a one-off appearance in the Ginetta G40 Cup as a guest driver, where he won all three races atBrands Hatch.[21]
King remained in the series for a second season in2019, again with Elite Motorsport.[22] King won at least one race at each of the season's eight meetings, as he won eleven races in total – more than double the tally of the next most successful drivers – en route to the championship title by thirteen points ahead ofWill Burns.[23]
In November 2019, King was announced as thePorsche Carrera Cup GB Junior driver for the2020 and 2021 seasons,[24] and he signed a contract withTeam Parker Racing in February 2020.[25] The championship start was delayed from the end of March to the start of August due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom; at the season-opening meeting atDonington Park, King took pole position by two tenths of a second, and was leading the opening race of the weekend before clipping a tyre wall at the final chicane. The resulting damage from this hit slowed King's car, and as a result, he lost the race lead to teammateJosh Webster, but maintained second place until the end of the race. In the second race – with a partially-reversed grid – King started third but led by the end of the first lap, and ultimately went on to claim his first win in the series.[26] King swept the races atBrands Hatch andOulton Park, before his five-race win streak was ended atKnockhill, after he was forced to retire with a coolant leak. In the second race, King started from tenth on the grid but made his way through the order, passing erstwhile race leader Scott McKenna on the final lap to take the victory.[27] King retired from the lead in both races atThruxton due to punctures,[28] but then won the last six races of the season – wrapping up the championship title with a round to spare.
During the sixteen-race 2020 season, King took seven pole positions from eight qualifying sessions, twelve wins, twelve fastest laps and thirteen podium finishes.[1] For his performances, King was recognised as the National Driver of the Year byAutosport magazine in December 2020, the first time aPorsche Carrera Cup Great Britain driver had won the honour.[29]
In April 2021, it was announced that King was to combine his title defence in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain with aPorsche Supercup campaign, both with Team Parker Racing.[30] King made his debut in the new 992-spec car on a one-off outing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux and took a pair of wins at theRed Bull Ring before his Supercup debut. He recorded a top-ten finish in his first race, in support of theMonaco Grand Prix, finishing ninth.[31]
† As King was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.†† As King did not participate in all rounds, he was ineligible for points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Team Parker Racing | DON 1 2 | DON 2 1 | BHGP 1 1 | BHGP 2 1 | OUL 1 1 | OUL 2 1 | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 1 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 Ret | SIL 1 1 | SIL 2 1 | SNE 1 1 | SNE 2 1 | BHI 1 1 | BHI 2 1 | 1st | 167 |
| 2021 | Team Parker Racing | BHI 1 Ret | BHI 2 2 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 3 | OUL 1 6 | OUL 2 4 | KNO 1 2 | KNO 2 1 | CRO 1 12 | CRO 2 Ret | SIL 1 1 | SIL 2 4 | DON 1 1 | DON 2 4 | BHGP 1 6 | BHGP 2 5 | 4th | 94 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Team Parker Racing | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 1 | RBR 2 1 | ZND 1 | ZND 2 | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | NC† | 0 |
| 2022 | Revs Motorsport | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 1 | ZOL 1 1 | ZOL 2 1 | ZND 1 1 | ZND 2 5 | ASS 1 1 | ASS 2 1 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 1 | 1st | 255 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Team Parker Racing | MON 9 | RBR | RBR Ret | HUN | SPA 17 | ZND 15 | MNZ 9 | MNZ 6 | 14th | 30 |
| 2022 | BWT Lechner Racing | IMO 3 | MON 5 | SIL 3 | RBR 4 | LEC 2 | SPA 5 | ZND Ret | MNZ 3 | 5th | 109 |
| 2023 | BWT Lechner Racing | MON 1 | RBR 10 | SIL Ret | HUN 1 | SPA 4 | ZND Ret | ZND 5 | MNZ 1 | 3rd | 108 |
| 2024 | BWT Lechner Racing | IMO 2 | MON 2 | RBR 2 | SIL 4 | HUN 1 | SPA 3 | ZND 5 | MNZ 3 | 2nd | 145 |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Herberth Motorsport | GT | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | DUB 1 4 | DUB 2 10 | ABU 1 2 | ABU 2 15 | 4th | 31 | ||
| 2024–25 | Pure Rxcing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 | SEP 1 3 | SEP 2 8 | DUB 1 8 | DUB 2 8 | ABU 1 7 | ABU 2 8 | 7th | 37 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Seven x Seven Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 24 | SEP | FS1 (9) | FS2 8 | SUZ 9 | SUG 3 | AUT 1 | MOT 3 | 6th | 71.5 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(Number) Driver did not take part in this sprint race, points are still awarded for the teammate's result.
Not only did Vision win the Minimax championship, it was a 1-2 with Harry King Vice Champion.
Priaulx finished second in last week's Ginetta Junior Scholarship, and third-placed Harry King and fellow finalist Max Bird will also be making their Ginetta racing debuts with Elite Motorsport and Xentek Motorsport respectively.
It wasn't enough to deny Harry King the Rookie title for the series though [...]
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| Preceded by Charlie Ladell | Ginetta GT4 Supercup Champion 2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Porsche Carrera Cup GB Champion 2020 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Autosport Awards National Driver of the Year 2020 | Succeeded by |
| Personnel | Edgar Kochanovskij (owner) |
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