James Weaver (racing driver)

James Weaver (born 4 March 1955 in London) is a British former racing driver.

Weaver in a Porsche 962 at the 1990 IMSA Del Mar Grand Prix

In 1978 Weaver started racing in Formula Ford with Scorpion Racing School. He then began his professional career in the European F3. In 1982 he was the Eddie Jordan Racing team's primary driver, but in 1983 he went back to the European F3. He debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 at the Oulton Park circuit in March that year. He finished second overall in the British Touring Car Championship that year behind the winner John Cleland. He won Class B that year.

In 1987, Weaver joined Dyson Racing, for whom he drove for twenty years. He resulted IMSA GT Championship runner-up in 1995, won the 1998 United States Road Racing Championship and the 2000 and 2001 Rolex Sports Car Series, and collected two vice-championships in the 2004 and 2006 American Le Mans Series.

Among his wins, he triumphed at the 1997 24 Hours of Daytona and the 1997, 2000 and 2002 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. He also finished second at the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1999 12 Hours of Sebring.

Weaver officially retired after the 2006 American Le Mans Series season.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1984–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Pts Class
1984 BMW GB Ltd. BMW 635GSi A DON
8		 SIL
6		 OUL
1		 THR
Ret		 THR
DNS		 SIL
4		 SNE
Ret		 BRH
2		 BRH
4		 DON
Ret		 SIL
4		 13th 26 4th
1988 BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1 BMW M3 B SIL OUL
DNS		 THR DON
7‡		 THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR
C		 DON
11		 SIL 20th 15 6th
1989 BMW Team Finance BMW M3 B OUL
6		 SIL
13		 THR
8		 DON
11		 THR
8		 SIL
13		 SIL
13		 BRH
9		 SNE
12		 BRH
7		 BIR
11		 DON
12		 SIL
10		 2nd 109 1st
1992 Nissan Janspeed Racing Nissan Primera eGT SIL THR OUL SNE BRH DON
1		 DON
2		 SIL KNO
1		 KNO
2		 PEM BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
11		 DON
8		 SIL
Ret		 22nd 3

‡ Endurance driver.

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points
1989 Dyson Racing PHX
 LBH
11		 INDY
 MIL
 DET
22		 POR
 CLE
24		 MEA
 TOR
 MCH
 POC
 MDO
 ROA
 NAZ
 LAG
 30th 2

Sources
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Thomas Bscher
John Nielsen		 BPR Global GT Series
Champion
1996 with:
Ray Bellm		 Succeeded by
Bernd Schneider
(FIA GT Championship)
gollark: In what context?
gollark: I don't know if it's reliably harvesting *all* tweets, so I can't monitor, say, interest in bees over time.
gollark: Now to work out how to apply this *usefully*.
gollark: I should probably add linebreaks.
gollark: Most of these don't even seem to contain bees? Weird.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.