Calan Williams

Calan Williams (born 30 June 2000) is an Australian racing driver. He has raced in a number of Formula Racing series in Australia and across the globe.

Calan Williams
Williams (left) being interviewed at Barbagallo Raceway
Nationality Australian
Born (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000
Perth, Western Australia
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamJenzer Motorsport
Car number20
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2015-16

2017
2018-2019		Western Australia Formula Ford Championship
Australian Formula 3
Euroformula Open Championship
Championship titles
2017Australian Formula 3 Premier Series

Career

Karting

Williams was a member of the Wanneroo-based Tiger Kart Club,[1] and competed in karting championships across Western Australia, and in several race meetings around the country.

Lower formulae
Williams (rear) driving for Gilmour Racing, chasing Jon Collins (front) in a non championship event at Wakefield Park in 2017.

Williams debuted in formula racing in 2015 in the Western Australian Formula Ford Championship with a round win on debut at Barbagallo Raceway.[1] His first full season of Formula Ford was in 2016 in the Western Australian Formula Ford Championship winning several races, including the last five straight, finishing second in the championship.

He competed in the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series with Gilmour Racing. Williams took 11 race wins and 16 podiums finishing first in the series, winning the Premier Series.[2][3] During the series, he set the outright lap record at Morgan Park Raceway for the circuits K configuration, with a laptime of 1:07.948.

Euroformula Open

Williams tested for the Fortec Motorsport team in December 2017 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[1] He then signed with the team for the opening rounds of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship, and competed in the Euroformula Winter Series. He completed testing at the Circuito de Jerez and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and placed seventh and ninth in two races at Circuit Paul Ricard.[4][5] Williams made his debut in Euroformula Open at Estoril Circuit in round one of the 2018 Euroformula Series. He qualified 10th for race 1 of the round,[6] finishing 14th in the race and qualified 9th for race two in which he then finished in 11th place.[7]

Williams had two impressive qualifying efforts at the Monza round of the 2018 season, qualifying 5th for Race 1 and 3rd for Race 2. In the races he suffered early setbacks however, being taken out early in both races, but fought back to finish inside the top ten in both races.[8] He finished race 1 in 10th position and race 2 in 8th after being relegated to the rear end of the field following the early incidents. Williams finished the season in 11th position with 25 points.

Williams competed again in Euroformula Open in the 2019 season with Fortec Motorsport. Williams had a season best results of 4th and 5th at the 6th round of the championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Toyota Racing Series

In December 2018, it was announced that Williams would race in the 2019 season of the Toyota Racing Series, held in New Zealand in January and February with MTEC Motorsport.[9][10] Williams would return to using the number 54 that he had raced with prior to 2017.

FIA Formula 3

In October 2019, it was announced Williams had signed with Jenzer Motorsport for 2020 season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[11][12]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Western Australian Formula Ford Grand Toyota/Impressions Homes 9 0 1 4 3 142 10th
2016 Western Australian Formula Ford Fastlane Racing 21 5 6 8 12 363 2nd
2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series Gilmour Racing 16 11 6 15 16 232 1st
2018 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 12 0 0 0 0 25 11th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 2 18th
2019 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 18 0 0 0 0 53 13th
Toyota Racing Series MTEC Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 183 8th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 12 * 26th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2020 Jenzer Motorsport RBR1
FEA
21		 RBR1
SPR
17		 RBR2
FEA
25		 RBR2
SPR
24		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
15		 SIL1
FEA
14		 SIL1
SPR
14		 SIL2
FEA
Ret		 SIL2
SPR
Ret		 CAT
FEA
25		 CAT
SPR
14		 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 26th* 0*

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. Rule, Billy (10 July 2018). "Calan Williams' plan to become Perth's next Formula One star". News.com.au. News Pty Limited. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. Brown, Tyler (21 September 2017). "Australian Formula 3: Calan Williams takes out championship at 16". Community News Group. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. Hensby, Paul (29 March 2018). "AUSTRALIAN F3 CHAMPION CALAN WILLIAMS JOINS EUROFORMULA OPEN FIELD WITH FORTEC". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. Herrebo, Dan (28 March 2018). "Aus F3 winner to race Euroformula Open". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. Brown, Tyler (10 April 2018). "Motorsport: Edgewater teen on fast track to F3 Euroformula Open after signing with Fortec team". Community News Group. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. Hensby, Paul (14 April 2018). "DRUGOVICH TAKES DOMINANT POLE POSITION FOR ESTORIL OPENER". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. "WORLD WRAP: Piastri impresses in Eurocup debut". Speedcafe.com. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. Herrero, Dan; Perrins, Slade (24 September 2018). "WORLD WRAP: Two podiums for Piastri in Formula Renault". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  9. Brown, Tyler (12 December 2018). "Edgewater F3 racer Calan Williams heading to New Zealand Grand Prix". Community News Group. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. "Williams set to begin 2019 European challenge with NZ warm up". Toyota Racing New Zealand. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  11. "Jenzer secure Williams for 2020 campaign". FIA Formula 3 Championship. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  12. McAlpine, Heath (30 October 2019). "Williams to Formula 3". AutoAction. Action Media Partners. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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