Liam Doran

Liam Doran (born 22 March 1987)[1] is a British professional rallycross driver competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, X Games, and European Rallycross Championship. He is the son of British rallycross driver and Lydden Hill Race Circuit owner Pat Doran. In his early life he attended Fulston Manor School in Sittingbourne.

Liam Doran
Doran in 2015
Nationality	British
Born	(1987-03-22) 22 March 1987
Related to	Pat Doran (father)
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	None
Car number	33
Former teams	Monster Energy World RX SDRX JRM Racing
Starts	25
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Best finish	3rd in 2019
Global RallyCross Championship
Years active	2011–2013
Former teams	LD Motorsports Doran Motorsport
Starts	13
Wins	2
Podiums	3
Best finish	9th in 2013
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active	2011–2013
Former teams	LD Motorsports Doran Motorsport
Starts	29
Wins	3
Podiums	8
Best finish	2nd in 2012
FIA ERX Division 1 Championship
Years active	2009–2010
Former teams	Kenneth Hansen Racing
Starts	16
Wins	2
Podiums	3
Best finish	3rd in 2010
Medal record Representing the  United Kingdom X Games 2011 Los Angeles Rally Car Racing

Having signed with Monster Energy in 2011 he has gone on to achieve an X Games Gold medal and numerous other accomplishments in various disciplines.

Racing career

2000

Doran started his career at the age of 14 choosing to follow in his fathers footsteps. In 2000 he competed in a junior Mini in the sport of rallycross. Doran progressed through the stages rapidly and continued in rallycross, driving a Citroën Saxo stockhatch and then a rear-wheel drive Ford Fiesta in 2007.

2009

In 2009 Doran ran among the quickest drivers in Europe in a Ford Fiesta ST Supercar and beat them, managing in the process to come second in the MSA British Rallycross Championship.

2010

Doran secured a drive with 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen driving with the Citroën Total Rallycross Team in a Citroën C4. He managed to get to grips with the new Citroën very quickly and soon managed to get some outstanding results, being the driver to score the most points in the second half of the season, all this taking into consideration it was his first year at European level.

2011

In 2011 Doran had built up a reputation within the rallycross industry and resulting from this managed to sign with Monster Energy. The newly formed Monster Energy Citroën Rallycross Team opened new doors of opportunity for Doran.

Doran was invited[2] to participate in X Games 17 and went in as the underdog to drivers such as Tanner Foust, Ken Block and Travis Pastrana. The X Games Rally final saw Doran go head-to-head with Marcus Grönholm, where he beat the former WRC Champion to win the Gold Medal.[3]

From his US success an opportunity arose to compete in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS).[4] Following an impressive performance in his first race he was offered the opportunity to drive in the series for 2012.

2012

With continued support from Monster Energy, Doran managed to achieve a second position in the 2012 European Rallycross Championship, concluding the season with a victory in Germany.

2013

With another full calendar scheduled and a new European rallycross team mate in 21-year-old Norwegian, Andreas Bakkerud, LD Motorsports was one of the strongest teams in the 2013 season.

This was Doran's most successful year winning 3 XGames medals. Doran won a gold and silver at XGAMES Munich and a bronze at XGAMES Los Angeles.

2014

For 2014 Doran raced a Citroën DS3 Supercar in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[5] He contested the first 6 rounds and the final round of the season, finishing in 25th overall with 17 points. For the other 5 rounds he was later suspended from racing by his native autosport authority MSA because of his bad behavior against some track marshalls during the home ERX round at Lydden Hill when his father's Ford RS200 caught fire.[6] He made the finals stage once, in Sweden, and finished fifth.

2015

For 2015, Doran continued in the World Rallycross Championship, this time combining with reigning World Champion Petter Solberg to create the SDRX team. He raced in all rounds excluding Germany where his car failed scrutineering. He scored points at seven events and failed to reach the final, finishing 16th in the standings on 35 points - 266 points behind his championship winning team-mate.

2016

Doran signed for JRM Racing in 2016, contesting the WRX season with a Mini Countryman. Despite the car still being in its development phase, Doran took a shock win in his Semi-Final at the 2016 World RX of Hockenheim - having made the Semis in the previous race in Portugal. He failed to score in three of the next four events, before he was fired following a drunken altercation at Gatebil prior to the Canadian round.

2017

Following his Gatebil incident, the governing body of motorsport in the United Kingdom suspended Doran's racing license for 12 months, preventing his participation in the 2017 season.[7]

2019

Returning for 2019, finished 3rd at the Yas Marina Circuit, in the opening round.

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Division 1

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	ERX	Points
2009	Liam Doran	Ford Fiesta ST	GBR -	POR	FRA 8	HUN 13	AUT	SWE	BEL -	GER 13	POL	CZE 4	15th	30
2010	Kenneth Hansen Racing	Citroën C4	POR 4	FRA 3	GBR 3	HUN 7	SWE 7	FIN 1	BEL 2	GER 6	POL 1	CZE 6	3rd	112

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	ERX	Points
2011	Doran Motorsport	Citroën C4	GBR 4	POR 5	FRA 3	NOR 9	SWE 10	BEL 3	NED 15	AUT 9	POL 11	CZE 11	7th	83
2012	Doran Motorsport	Citroën DS3	GBR 3	FRA 8	AUT 4	HUN 6	NOR 2	SWE	BEL 6	NED Ret	FIN 2	GER 1	2nd	104
2013	LD Motorsports	Citroën DS3	GBR 11	POR 1	HUN 12	FIN 4	NOR 1	SWE 35	FRA 14	AUT 7	GER 9		5th	121

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	GRC	Points
2011	Doran Motorsport	Citroën C4	IRW1	IRW2	SEA1	SEA2	PIK1 8	PIK2 10	LA1 1	LA2 8		11th	46
2012	Doran Motorsport	Citroën C4	CHA	TEX 12	LA 5	LOU 7	LV	LVC 14				15th	30
2013	LD Motorsports	Citroën DS3	BRA 13									9th	59
		BMW Mini Countryman JCW		MUN1 1	MUN2 2	LOU	BRI 8	IRW 10	ATL	CHA	LV

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRX	Points
2014	Monster Energy World RX	Citroën DS3	POR 19	GBR 20	NOR DSQ	FIN 12	SWE 5	BEL 10	CAN SUS	FRA SUS	GER SUS	ITA SUS	TUR SUS	ARG 17		51st	2
2015	SDRX	Citroën DS3	POR 15	HOC 7	BEL 14	GBR 17	GER	SWE 14	CAN 15	NOR 18	FRA 17	BAR 18	TUR 21	ITA 12	ARG 15	16th	35
2016	JRM Racing	BMW Mini Countryman JCW	POR 10	HOC 5	BEL 17	GBR 19	NOR 17	SWE 16	CAN	FRA	BAR	LAT	GER	ARG		20th	9
2018	GCK	Renault megane	BAR	POR	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA 8	LAT 12	USA	GER 19	RSA		16th	19
2019	Monster energy RX Cartel	Audi S1	UAE 3	BAR 8	BEL 6	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA	LAT	RSA				7th	43

References

1. "Liam Doran". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
2. Allen, Peter. "Liam Doran to Contest X Games 17 in La". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
3. "DORAN UPSETS GRÖNHOLM IN RALLY CAR". Retrieved 24 April 2014.
4. "LUCAS OIL OFF ROAD RACING SERIES (LOORRS) SEASON FINAL". Retrieved 24 April 2014.
5. "World RX Presents 2014 Cars and Drivers in Italy". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
6. World Rallycross driver Doran banned for 2017 due to altercation - Hal Ridge, 31 March 2017
7. Ridge, Hal. "World Rallycross driver Doran banned for 2017 due to altercation". autosport.com. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

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