Ben Barnicoat

Ben Barnicoat (born 20 December 1996) is a British racing driver who is a McLaren Automotive Customer Racing Factory Driver. He was also part of the McLaren young driver programme from 2010 to 2015.

Ben Barnicoat
Barnicoat at Spa-Francorchamps
Nationality British
Born (1996-12-20) 20 December 1996
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamCarlin Buzz Racing
Car number27
Starts4 (4 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2015
2014-15
2014-15
2014
2014
2013		BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Protyre Formula Renault
Protyre FR Autumn Cup
Championship titles
2015
2014
2013		BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Protyre FR Autumn Cup
Awards
2014Autosport Club Driver of the Year

Career

Karting

Born in Chesterfield, Barnicoat began his racing career in karting at the age of nine. In 2007 he clinched the WTP Cadet Open and Motors TV Cadet Karting Championship titles as well as becoming WTP "Little Green Man" Vice Champion.[1] In 2008 he graduated to KF3 category in which he participated in the MSA Formula Kart Starts championship and Kartmasters GP. He did remarkably well in both, securing 4th in Formula Kart Stars and 7th at Kartmasters. Ben returned the year after and won Kartmasters GP, Formula Kart Stars and finished Vice-Champion in the Super One Junior Championship. By 2012, Barnicoat had claimed the CIK-FIA KF2 European Championship too. In 2015 Barnicoat claimed the Kart Masters GP Trophy in both the Senior Rotax and Iame X30 class, becoming the first driver to take two Kart Masters Championships in one day. Barnicoat has since continued to compete in the Kart Masters event and is now the most successful driver with 9 titles to his name. Claiming Snr X30 in 2017/18/19 and snr rotax too in 2019. [2]

Formula Renault

In 2013 Barnicoat made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup for Fortec Motorsports, and won the cup with two wins.[3]

Barnicoat continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2014, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series.[4]

European Formula 3

On 15 November 2015, it was announced that Barnicoat would race with Prema Powerteam for the 2016 season. However it was later announced that Barnicoat would race with HitechGP after being removed from the Prema Powerteam by Lawrence Stroll.[5]

Sportscar Career

Since joining McLaren as a factory driver in 2017, Barnicoat has proven himself to be a GT ace with podiums and race wins across the Intercontinental GT Challenge, GT World Challenge Europe, Pirelli World Challenge & the British GT Championship in both GT3 and GT4 McLaren Machinery. In 2019 Barnicoat also made his LMP2 debut with the Thunderhead Carlin Motorsport where he had pole positions and race wins across the 2019 European Le Mans Series & 2019 Asian Le Mans Series.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

On 30 July 2020, Carlin Buzz Racing announced that Enaam Ahmed and his sponsors had separated from the team, and that Barnicoat would be replacing him at the team.[6]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2013 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup Fortec Motorsports 3 2 3 2 3 96 1st
2014 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Fortec Motorsports 15 2 1 1 5 258 1st
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 6 0 0 0 0 32 14th
Protyre Formula Renault Championship 3 0 0 0 0 60 13th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 17 3 2 1 6 174 4th
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 6 1 0 1 2 0 NC†
BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy 8 3 2 5 6 211 1st
2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Hitech GP 30 2 0 0 3 134 9th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Strakka Racing 10 0 0 2 0 2 29th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 1 0 2 43rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge McLaren 2 0 0 0 0 15 9th
Pirelli World Challenge K-PAX Racing 10 0 0 0 3 140 19th
SprintX GT Championship Series 7 0 0 0 3 140 7th
2018 British GT Championship - GT4 Track-Club 5 1 0 0 1 43 13th
Balfe Motorsport/PMW Expo Racing 1 0 0 0 0
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Garage 59 5 0 0 0 1 19 24th
Intercontinental GT Challenge McLaren 2 0 0 0 0 6 22nd
2019 European Le Mans Series Thunderhead Carlin Racing 5 0 0 0 0 3 25th
International GT Open Teo Martín Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 43rd
International GT Open - Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 2 21st
2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series Thunderhead Carlin Racing 4 2 2 1 4 82 2nd
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 4 1* 20th*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Ema Group/Team 59Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC*

† As Barnicoat was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts
2016 HitechGP Mercedes LEC
1
4		 LEC
2
Ret		 LEC
3
11		 HUN
1
9		 HUN
2
10		 HUN
3
1		 PAU
1
1		 PAU
2
5		 PAU
3
11		 RBR
1
10		 RBR
2
15		 RBR
3
5		 NOR
1
5		 NOR
2
Ret		 NOR
3
DSQ		 ZAN
1
18		 ZAN
2
8		 ZAN
3
9		 SPA
1
3		 SPA
2
11		 SPA
3
20		 NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NÜR
3
10		 IMO
1
8		 IMO
2
Ret		 IMO
3
13		 HOC
1
18		 HOC
2
9		 HOC
3
7		 9th 134

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 Strakka Racing McLaren 650S GT3 Pro MIS
QR
22		 MIS
CR
18		 BRH
QR
6		 BRH
CR
10		 ZOL
QR
10		 ZOL
CR
28		 HUN
QR
20		 HUN
CR
24		 NÜR
QR
Ret		 NÜR
CR
25		 29th 2

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2018 Track-Club McLaren 570S GT4 GT4 OUL
1
14		 OUL
2
18		 ROC
1
28		 SNE
1
16		 SNE
2
Ret		 SIL
1		 SPA
1
DNS		 BRH
1		 13th 43
Balfe Motorsport/PMW Expo Racing DON
1
Ret

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2019 Thunderhead Carlin Racing LMP2 Dallara P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
11		 MNZ
11		 CAT
9		 SIL
Ret		 SPA
 ALG
Ret		 25th 3

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 Carlin Buzz Racing RBR
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 SIL
FEA
20		 SIL
SPR
12		 SIL
FEA
10		 SIL
SPR
Ret		 CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 20th* 1*

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. "Profile". benbarnicoat.com. Ben Barnicoat. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. "CIK-FIA European KF2 Championship 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  3. "Protyre Formula Renault Championship — Autumn Cup 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. Goddard, Stephen (6 December 2013). "Barnicoat steps up to Formula Renault 2.0 NEC with Fortec". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  5. Simmons, Marcus (14 January 2016). "Ben Barnicoat seals Hitech European Formula 3 Championship deal". Autosport. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. "Ben Barnicoat joins Carlin Buzz Racing for Round 4 at Silverstone". Formula 3. FIA Formula 3 Championship Limited. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Seb Morris
(Winter Series)		 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup
Champion
2013		 Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
Preceded by
Matt Parry		 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Champion
2014		 Succeeded by
Louis Delétraz
Preceded by
Will Palmer
(Winter Series)		 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy
Champion
2015		 Succeeded by
Enaam Ahmed
(BRDC British Formula 3)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Daniel Cammish		 Autosport Awards
British Club Driver of the Year
2014		 Succeeded by
Will Palmer

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