Daniel Buxton
Danny Buxton (born 13 November 1979) is a British auto racing driver. In 2000 he was runner up in the Renault Clio Cup, winning the championship a year later in 2001 with the TSM Developments Team. He drove in the championship for a third year in 2002 for Mardi Gras Motorsport.
Danny Buxton | |
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Nationality | British |
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In 2003 he got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship for the Vic Lee ran Team Halfords in a Touring Class Peugeot 307. He joined the season at the halfway point with his first race at round eleven at Croft. He replaced Carl Breeze who had gone to GA Motorsport. He finished 4th in the independents championship.
From 2011, Buxton and fellow former BTCC driver Tom Ferrier formed Scuderia Vittoria, and entered a team in both the AirAsia Renault Clio Cup (4x Renault Clio Cup Cars) and the British GT (1x Ginetta G55, 1x Ferrari 458 Italia GT). At the conclusion of the 2011 season, the team had achieved 14 wins over both classes, in their debut season.
Danny now works for McLaren Automotive, as head of the professional drive team.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded all races)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Pts |
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2003 | Team Halfords | Peugeot 307 | MON 1 |
MON 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
CRO 1 12 |
CRO 2 Ret |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 Ret |
BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 14* |
DON 1 13 |
DON 2 15 |
OUL 1 14 |
OUL 2 Ret |
18th | 1 |
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Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Jim Edwards Jr |
Renault Clio Cup UK series champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Tom Ferrier |