Will Stevens | |
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 Stevens in 2017 | |
| Born | William Jonathan Richard Stevens (1991-06-28)28 June 1991 (age 33) |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Current team | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Car number | 12 |
| Former teams | Manor,G-Drive,JMW,Jackie Chan DC |
| Starts | 36 |
| Championships | 1 (2022) |
| Wins | 7 |
| Podiums | 17 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 1st in2022 (LMP2) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Active years | 2014–2015 |
| Teams | Caterham,Marussia |
| Car number | 28[a] |
| Entries | 20 (18 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2016–2024 |
| Teams | G-Drive,JMW,Panis,Jackie Chan DC,Jota |
| Best finish | 5th(2022) |
| Class wins | 2(2017,2022) |
| Previous series | |
William Jonathan Richard Stevens (born 28 June 1991) is a Britishracing driver, who competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship forJota. Stevens competed inFormula One from2014 to2015. Inendurance racing, Stevens won the2022 FIA World Endurance Championship in theLMP2 class with Jota.
Stevens formerly competed in theFormula Renault Eurocup,Toyota Racing Series andBritish Formula Renault. In Formula One, he made his debut at the2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix withCaterham, replacingMarcus Ericsson for the double points race. During2015, he competed withMarussia.
In 2016, he competed in theBlancpain GT Series and theFIA World Endurance Championship (LMP2) while in 2017, Stevens continues to race forBelgian Audi Club Team WRT racing anAudi R8 LMS in theBlancpain GT Series’ Sprint and Endurance Cups, BlancpainGT Asia Series and theAudi R8 LMS Cup. In the2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, Stevens raced aFerrari 488 Italia GTE in the GTE AM category for JMW Motorsport, co-driving alongside fellow Briton Rob Smith and Belgian Dries Vanthoor. They won the class, finishing two laps clear of their closest rivals.
William Jonathan Richard Stevens was born on 28 June 1991 inRochford,Essex, England.[1][2]
Stevens started his racing career in 2003 aged 12 inkarts. After one year of racing in theNational Cadet championship he joined Rotax Mini Max. He raced in a lot of different championships in Britain and outside, and after finishing 7th in the Rotax class in Super One he joinedFormula Renault 2.0.
He ended 7th in the 2009Formula Renault 2.0 UK and 4th in 2010. In 2011 he switched to theFormula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, where he finished 4th.
Stevens jumped to theFormula Renault 3.5 Series in 2012, finishing 12th in his first year. In 2013 he scored five podiums in 17 races and ended fourth in the season standings. The driver got two wins and four podiums in 2014 to finish sixth in points.
In October 2014Marussia F1 announced that Stevens had joined the team as a reserve driver for the remainder of the 2014 season. They had originally planned to run him in first practice session of the2014 Japanese Grand Prix; however they were unable to return the relevant paperwork to theFIA Contract Recognition Board in time.[3]
The following month he made hisFormula One debut withCaterham F1 at the2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, having previously tested for the team.[4] He finished the race in 17th place, one lap down.[5] He paid £500,000 for the privilege.[6]
In February 2015,Manor Marussia announced Stevens as one of their drivers whilst bringing substantial funding to the team, along withRoberto Merhi.[7]Marussia attended theAustralian Grand Prix but did not compete due to a technical issue.[8] In theMalaysian Grand Prix Stevens drove the Marussia car for the first time in Practice 1. However, he did not compete in qualifying or the race because of a problem with the fuel system. In theChinese Grand Prix Stevens finished his first race for Marussia in 15th place ahead of his teammate Merhi after being lapped twice by race winnerLewis Hamilton. Stevens finished ahead of Merhi inBahrain andSpain. He finished behind Merhi in theMonaco Grand Prix in 16th. In theCanadian Grand Prix he qualified behind Merhi but moved up to 17th due to penalties toJenson Button,Sebastian Vettel andMax Verstappen. In the race on lap 52,Romain Grosjean ofLotus was lapping Stevens but cut his left rear tyre while doing so which caused both drivers to make an emergency pit stop. The mechanics of both Lotus and Marussia had little time to react to their drivers pitting so that meant both Grosjean and Stevens took long pit stops. Stevens complained to his team on the radio about the incident. Grosjean received a 5-second penalty for the collision but Stevens had dropped from being 4 seconds behind Merhi to a minute behind him. However, Merhi was forced to retire on lap 56 after a drive-shaft issue. Stevens eventually finished in 17th place, 4 laps down on race winner Lewis Hamilton. After the race, Grosjean apologised to Stevens for the incident. During the later races of the season, Merhi was replaced byAlexander Rossi who outpaced Stevens in 3 of 4 races.
In February 2016, Manor Motorsport, a team made by former Manor Racing employeesJohn Booth andGraeme Lowdon, decided to compete in theFIA World Endurance Championship, with Stevens and former Manor F3 driverTor Graves.[9] The following month it was announced that Stevens would dovetail his WEC campaign with racing in the2016 Blancpain GT Series for theW Racing Team, driving an Audi R8 LMS withRené Rast.[10]
In May 2017 it was confirmed that Stevens would co-drive the JMW Ferrari 488 GTE-Am alongside two Le Mans 'rookies', nineteen-year-old Dries Vanthoor of Holland and British driver Rob Smith.[11] The team's Ferrari 488 was fresh out of the box, making its race debut, and was quickly on the pace; third-quickest in first free-practice.[12] The team focused on fulfilling driver qualification requirements in First Qualifying (8th in GTE-Am, 3:56.890), but pushed on in Second Qualifying, with Dries Vanthoor the first to better the old class lap record (3:54.543). Will Stevens then sliced half a second off this by posting a 3:53.981 to lay claim to provisional class pole.[13] In third and final qualifying the team completed race-preparation of the all-new car, and a succession of yellow flags prevented personal improvements for the JMW drivers. The car lined up 6th in GTE-Am for the race.[14] Stevens drove the first stint, moving through to fourth in class. His co-drivers continued the advance, the team capturing third at 5:40 pm, and then second three hours into the race. Shortly after 10 pm, the #84 JMW Ferrari took the GTE-Am lead, and from there steadily built up an advantage that extended to over two laps at the finish. The car completed 333 laps and crossed the line 27th overall. Stevens set the fastest lap for the JMW Ferrari of 3:54.461.[15]
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Stevens also in 2017 finished 2nd in theBlancpain GT Series Sprint Cup which included his first GT3 win atZolder with team-mateMarkus Winkelhock. Unfortunately he had a rather disappointing season in theBlancpain GT Series Endurance Cup where his car retired in every race he competed in and he wasn't involved in the24 hours of Spa the blue riband event of theBlancpain GT Series.After their victory at the 24 hours of Le Mans JMW Motorsport invited Stevens to race in the last 2 races of theEuropean Le Man Series in an attempt to come 1st in the GTE Series Team standings. This attempt was successful as Stevens helped the team come 2nd atSpa-Francorchamps andAlgarve which elevated the team to 1st in the GTE standings.
In March 2018 Stevens joined the Panis-Barthez LMP2 Team for the 2018 European Le Mans Series and to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Stevens has worked withMcLaren since 2018 as a test and development driver, primarily carrying out simulator work.[16] McLaren announced on 11 July 2022 that Stevens would drive theMcLaren MCL35 2021 car at a private test to be held between 11 and 13 July atPortimao circuit.[17]
† As Stevens was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fortec Motorsport | BRI 1 9 | BRI 2 8 | THR 1 3 | THR 2 21 | DON 1 12 | DON 2 11 | OUL 1 8 | OUL 2 12 | CRO 1 7 | CRO 2 5 | SIL1 1 7 | SIL1 2 6 | SNE 1 20 | SNE 2 7 | SIL2 1 12 | SIL2 2 10 | ROC 1 7 | ROC 2 7 | BHGP 1 14 | BHGP 2 12 | 7th | 247 | |
| 2010 | Manor Competition | THR 1 2 | THR 2 1 | ROC 1 5 | ROC 2 3 | BHGP 1 C | BHGP 2 1 | OUL 1 4 | OUL 2 4 | CRO 1 8 | CRO 2 3 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 4 | SIL1 1 2 | SIL1 2 11 | SIL1 3 4 | KNO 1 8 | KNO 2 10 | SIL2 1 5 | SIL2 2 5 | BRI 1 9 | BRI 2 11 | 4th | 397 |
| 2011 | Fortec Motorsports | BRI 1 2 | BRI 2 5 | DON 1 | DON 2 | THR 1 | THR 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | SNE 1 Ret | SNE 2 2 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | SIL2 1 | SIL2 2 | 14th | 76 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fortec Motorsport | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | SPA 1 24 | SPA 2 22 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LMS 1 16 | LMS 2 15 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | 34th | 0 | ||
| 2010 | Manor Competition | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | BRN 1 | BRN 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 4 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | NC† | 0 |
| 2011 | Fortec Motorsport | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 1 | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 2 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 10 | HUN 1 10 | HUN 2 13 | SIL 1 3 | SIL 2 8 | LEC 1 5 | LEC 2 12 | CAT 1 7 | CAT 2 7 | 4th | 116 | ||
† As Stevens was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | MP Motorsport | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | BRN 1 | BRN 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | MST 1 | MST 2 | MST 3 | SPA 1 9 | SPA 2 1 | SPA 3 6 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | 17th | 58 |
| 2011 | Fortec Motorsport | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | ASS 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | MST 1 | MST 2 | MST 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | NC† | 0 |
† As Stevens was a guest driver, 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 | 17 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Carlin | ALC 1 6 | ALC 2 8 | MON 1 12 | SPA 1 13 | SPA 2 8 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 13 | MSC 1 10 | MSC 2 8 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 6 | HUN 1 23 | HUN 2 3 | LEC 1 11 | LEC 2 11 | CAT 1 4 | CAT 2 9 | 12th | 59 |
| 2013 | P1 Motorsport | MNZ 1 18 | MNZ 2 Ret | ALC 1 2 | ALC 2 4 | MON 1 7 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 2 | MSC 1 4 | MSC 2 3 | RBR 1 4 | RBR 2 6 | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 Ret | LEC 1 5 | LEC 2 13 | CAT 1 2 | CAT 2 3 | 4th | 148 |
| 2014 | Strakka Racing | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 Ret | ALC 1 12 | ALC 2 3 | MON 1 8 | SPA 1 7 | SPA 2 2 | MSC 1 6 | MSC 2 9 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 7 | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 10 | LEC 1 12 | LEC 2 8 | JER 1 1 | JER 2 13 | 6th | 122 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Caterham F1 Team | CaterhamCT05 | Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6V6t | AUS | MAL | BHR | CHN | ESP | MON | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | RUS | USA | BRA | ABU 17 | 23rd | 0 |
| 2015 | Manor Marussia F1 Team | MarussiaMR03B | Ferrari 059/3 1.6V6t | AUS DNP | MAL DNS | CHN 15 | BHR 16 | ESP 17 | MON 17 | CAN 17 | AUT Ret | GBR 13 | HUN 16† | BEL 16 | ITA 15 | SIN 15 | JPN 19 | RUS 14 | USA Ret | MEX 16 | BRA 17 | ABU 18 | 21st | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Manor | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL Ret | SPA 8 | 7th | 92 | |||||||
| G-Drive Racing | LMS 2 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ 1 | SHA 1 | BHR | ||||||||
| 2017 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE AM | Ferrari 488 GTE | FerrariF154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS 1 | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB 1 | SPA 6 | LMS | 11th | 40 | |
| 2019–20 | Jackie Chan DC Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 4 | FUJ 2 | SHA 2 | BHR 3 | COA 2 | SPA 6 | LMS DSQ | BHR 1 | 5th | 136 | |
| 2022 | Jota | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB 6 | SPA 3 | LMS 1 | MNZ 2 | FUJ 2 | BHR 3 | 1st | 137 | |||
| 2023 | Hertz Team Jota | Hypercar | Porsche 963 | Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8 | SEB | ALG | SPA 6 | LMS 10 | MNZ 9 | FUJ 6 | BHR 4 | 9th | 38 | ||
| 2024 | Hertz Team Jota | Hypercar | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L Turbo V8 | QAT 2 | IMO 14 | SPA 1 | LMS 8 | SÃO 18 | COA Ret | FUJ 5 | BHR 13 | 7th | 70 | |
| 2025 | Cadillac Hertz Team Jota | Hypercar | Cadillac V-Series.R | Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 | QAT 8 | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 8th* | 6* | |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 |  G-Drive Racing |  René RastRoman Rusinov | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 | 357 | 6th | 2nd |
| 2017 | JMW Motorsport | Robert Smith Dries Vanthoor | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am | 333 | 26th | 1st |
| 2018 |  Panis Barthez Competition | Julien Canal Timothé Buret | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 352 | 13th | 9th |
| 2019 | Panis Barthez Competition | Julien Canal René Binder | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 362 | 13th | 8th |
| 2020 |  Jackie Chan DC Racing | Ho-Pin TungGabriel Aubry | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 141 | DSQ | DSQ |
| 2021 | Panis Racing |  James AllenJulien Canal | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 362 | 8th | 3rd |
| 2022 | Jota Sport |  António Félix da Costa Roberto González | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 369 | 5th | 1st |
| 2023 | Hertz Team Jota | António Félix da CostaYifei Ye | Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 244 | 40th | 13th |
| 2024 | Hertz Team Jota | Callum IlottNorman Nato | Porsche 963 | Hypercar | 311 | 8th | 8th |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | Pro | MIS QR 14 | MIS CR Ret | BRH QR | BRH CR | NÜR QR 3 | NÜR CR 2 | HUN QR 10 | HUN CR 3 | CAT QR 5 | CAT CR 18 | 9th | 39 |
| 2017 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | Pro | MIS QR Ret | MIS CR DNS | BRH QR 11 | BRH CR 3 | ZOL QR 3 | ZOL CR 1 | HUN QR 7 | HUN CR 5 | NÜR QR 5 | NÜR CR 2 | 2nd | 74 |
| 2018 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | Pro | ZOL 1 2 | ZOL 2 11 | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 Ret | MIS 1 Ret | MIS 2 2 | HUN 1 5 | HUN 2 7 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 Ret | 4th | 63.5 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Team WRT | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Judd HK 3.6 L V8 | SIL | IMO | RBR | LEC | SPA 2 | EST | 19th | 18 |
| 2017 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL | MNZ | RBR | LEC | SPA 2 | ALG 2 | 10th | 36 |
| 2018 | Panis Barthez Competition | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 8 | MNZ 7 | RBR 10 | SIL 6 | SPA 3‡ | ALG 2 | 9th | 45.5 |
| 2019 | Panis Barthez Competition | LMP2 | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 10 | MNZ 9 | CAT 15 | SIL 7 | SPA 8 | ALG 7 | 18th | 19.5 |
| 2020 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC Ret | SPA 3 | LEC 4 | MNZ 5 | ALG 5 | 4th | 47 | |
| 2021 | Panis Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 2 | RBR 14 | LEC 8 | MNZ 1 | SPA 3 | ALG 4 | 3rd | 74.5 |
| 2022 | Racing Team Turkey | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | IMO | MNZ | CAT | SPA 6 | ALG | 20th | 8 |
| 2024 | Nielsen Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT 13 | LEC 11 | IMO 12 | SPA 13 | MUG 10 | ALG 11 | 21st | 1 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Konica Minolta Acura | DPi | Acura ARX-05 | Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 | DAY 2 | SEB 4 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | PET | 14th | 665 | |
| Tower Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | MDO 4 | 18th | 306 | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Tower Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LGA | WGL 5 | ELK | IMS | PET | 28th | 260 | |||
| 2025 | Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing | GTP | Cadillac V-Series.R | Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 | DAY 5 | SEB 7 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | 5th* | 547* | |
* Season still in progress.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2022 With:António Félix da Costa &Roberto González | Succeeded by |
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