Английская Википедия:David Pittard

David Pittard (born 29 January 1992) is a British racing driver who competes in the Nürburgring Endurance Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship. He was part of the Frikadelli Racing Team entry which won the 2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

Early life

Pittard studied Motorsport Engineering at Brunel University. ^[1]

Career

Early career

Pittard began his circuit racing career in 2010, taking part in the Britain-based Toyota MR2 Racing Series, which he would return to in 2011. He would add a campaign in the BRSCC Sports 2000 Pinto Championship during the 2011 season, before taking on the Britcar Endurance Series in 2012. Ahead of the 2013 season, Pittard announced that he'd be taking part in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge.^[2] In his opening season of competition, Pittard scored his maiden victory in the first race of the weekend at Silverstone,^[3] taking two more alongside seven podiums en route to a fifth-place finish in the overall championship. Owing to his performance in the championship, Pittard was elevated to BRDC Rising Star status at season's end.^[4] Pittard moved to the Ginetta GT4 Supercup in 2014, driving for SV Racing. After claiming a podium each in the opening two weekends, Pittard took his first victory of the season at Thruxton in May. Pittard doubled up with a victory during the second race as well, elevating him to first in the championship.^[5]^[6] He would claim another victory at Croft before sweeping the Silverstone weekend,^[7] eventually finishing second in the championship to Charlie Robertson. Following his strong rookie season, SV Racing team boss Danny Buxton stated that he believed Pittard had a bright future in GT racing.^[8] After returning to the Ginetta GT4 Supercup in 2015 for a pair of races, as well as a one-off in the North America-based FARA Endurance Championship,^[9] Pittard stepped away from professional racing until 2017.

GT racing

2017 saw Pittard return to pro racing, taking part in the British GT Championship with Lanan Racing. In line with his Ginetta roots, Pittard and co-driver Alex Reed took part in the GT4 class with a Ginetta G55 GT4, taking part in the Silver sub-class.^[10] The duo claimed their first and only victory of the season at Oulton Park; one of four podium finishes as they finished third in the class championship. Pittard supplemented his British GT campaign with historic racing, taking part in the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship.

2018 saw Pittard travel to Germany, taking on a drive in the Nürburgring Endurance Series for Walkenhorst Motorsport. In just his third race behind the wheel of a GT3 car, he took pole position for the sixth race of the season. Pittard cited his decision to take up a drive in the series as an effort to attract the attention of a manufacturer for a factory drive.^[11] Ahead of the 2019 season, Pittard signed a full-time contract with Walkenhorst, who would employ him in the Nürburgring Endurance Series, Nürburgring 24 Hours, and 24 Hours of Spa.^[12] Pittard returned to the Nürburgring in 2019, claiming further victories in the Nürburgring Endurance Series.^[13] At the end of the season, he cited his goal in the immediate future as becoming a BMW factory driver.^[14]

In 2020, Pittard joined Walkenhorst for their entry into the Intercontinental GT Challenge, joining BMW factory drivers Martin Tomczyk and Nick Yelloly.^[15] Although the team didn't participate in the opening round at Bathurst, they claimed a podium at Indianapolis^[16] and would finish ninth in the overall championship. The following year, Pittard would join Walkenhorst for a full season campaign in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, taking part in the Pro class.^[17] Through five races, the team would finish with just four total points, taking 28th in the championship. At the end of the season, Pittard would take part in both the BMW M Motorsport selected driver test in Spain^[18] as well as the WEC Rookie Test, where he would pilot an Aston Martin Vantage GTE.^[19] The move would be somewhat of a harbinger for Pittard, who would join Aston Martin for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship. However, his status was subject to a degree of confusion in the pre-season. After initially being confirmed as a full factory driver,^[20] Aston Martin Racing later stated that he was merely contracted to the Northwest AMR team, the customer operation with which Pittard was competing in 2022, to preserve his ranking as an FIA Silver-ranked driver.^[21] Paired with Nicki Thiim and Paul Dalla Lana, the trio would claim their sole victory of the season during the opening round at Sebring,^[22] but registered two further podiums and finished second in the GTE Am championship. At the end-of-season BRDC awards ceremony, Pittard was handed the Woolf Barnato Trophy, given to the highest-placed British driver in a British car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[23]

Pittard formed a part of the Frikadelli Racing Team entry that won the 2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driving alongside Earl Bamber, Nicky Catsburg, and Felipe Fernández Laser.^[24] Pittard's position in the driver lineup wasn't initially confirmed until after the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, which he had taken part in with the Heart of Racing Team.^[25]^[26]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Ginetta GT5 Challenge - G40	SV21	18	3	2	1	7	346	5th
2014	Ginetta GT4 Supercup	SV Racing with KX	27	5	2	8	12	633	2nd
2015	Ginetta GT4 Supercup - Pro	Privateer	2	0	0	0	0	38	18th
2015	FARA Endurance Championship - MP-1A 2015		1	0	0	1	1	18	19th
2017	British GT Championship - GT4	Lanan Racing	10	1	0	0	4	133	3rd
2017	FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship		5	0	0	0	0	39	4th
2018	FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars Post-66 Championship		1	0	0	0	1	9	20th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	FIA Masters Historic Sports Cars Pre-66 Championship		1	0	1	1	0	0	NC
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		3	0	0	0	1	26	9th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	4	28th
2021	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Beechdean AMR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	Northwest AMR	6	1	0	0	3	118	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Northwest AMR	2	0	0	0	0	211	61st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro	TF Sport AMR	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Heart of Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	837	10th
2023	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Racing

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2019	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Am	MON	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	CAT	NC	0
2020	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Pro	IMO	NÜR	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	LEC		NC	0
2021	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Pro	MON Шаблон:Small	LEC Шаблон:Small	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	NÜR Шаблон:Small	CAT Шаблон:Small	28th	4
2022	Beechdean AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Silver	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	HOC	CAT	NC	0

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2022	Northwest AMR	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY Шаблон:Small	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	61st	211
2023	Heart of Racing Team	GTD Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY Шаблон:Small	SEB Шаблон:Small	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET 4		10th	837
Source:^[27]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2022	Northwest AMR	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB Шаблон:Small	SPA Шаблон:Small	LMS Шаблон:Small	MNZ Шаблон:Small	FUJ Шаблон:Small	BHR Шаблон:Small	2nd	118
Source:^[27]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
2022	Шаблон:Flagicon Northwest AMR	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Dalla Lana Шаблон:Flagicon Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	342	36th	3rd

References

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External links

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