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Stuart Middleton
Middleton at the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 26)
Ashington, England
British GT Championship
Categorisation FIA Silver
Years active2017, 2023–2024
TeamsDTO Motorsport
Team CMR
Raceway Motorsport
HHC Motorsport
Starts22
Wins3
Podiums8
Poles3
Fastest laps1
Best finish1st (GT4) in 2017
Championship titles
2017
2017
2015		British GT – GT4 Silver
British GT – GT4
Ginetta Junior Winter Series
Awards
2018Sunoco Whelen Challenge

Stuart John Middleton (born 11 October 1999) is a British racing driver. He is best known for finishing second at the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona, driving a Cadillac DPi-V.R for Action Express Racing, having earned the drive via the Sunoco Whelen Challenge.

Middleton was previously Ginetta Junior runner-up in 2016, before joining forces with title rival Will Tregurtha in GT4. Together they won the British GT Championship in 2017 and missed out on the GT4 European Series title on countback in 2018. Middleton has since won in Lamborghini machinery at Super Trofeo and GT3 level.

Career

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Born in Ashington, Middleton began karting at the age of six,[1] during which he won the Ginetta Junior Scholarship in late 2014 to secure a fully-funded drive for the following year's Ginetta Junior Championship.[2] Racing for Douglas Motorsport in his rookie season, Middleton finished third at Thruxton from pole,[3] before taking a pair of second-place finishes at Rockingham to end the year seventh in the overall standings.[4] After winning the Winter Series title in late 2015,[5] Middleton returned to Douglas for the 2016 season.[6] In his second campaign, Middleton took five wins in the first five rounds, including a double at Croft,[7][8] and then won twice more after the summer break to secure runner-up honours behind Will Tregurtha.[9][10]

In 2017, Middleton moved up to the GT4 class of the British GT Championship for HHC Motorsport, sharing a Ginetta G55 GT4 with Ginetta Juniors title rival Tregurtha.[11][12] In his maiden season in the series, Middleton scored overall GT4 wins at Rockingham and Snetterton,[13][14] and took five other podiums to clinch the overall and Silver Cup titles.[15] Towards the end of the year, Middleton won the Sunoco Whelen Challenge, earning him a fully-funded drive at the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona for Action Express Racing's Prototype squad.[16][17] On his IMSA debut, Middleton finished second at the Floridian enduro in the team's Cadillac DPi-V.R, alongside Mike Conway, Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr.[18] For the rest of the year, Middleton returned to HHC Motorsport to enter the GT4 European Series alongside Tregurtha.[19] In his only season in the series, Middleton took wins at Zolder and Brands Hatch,[20][21] as well as four other podiums to clinch runner-up honours in the Silver Cup on countback, as the top three all finished level on points.[22]

Moving to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe with Bonaldi Motorsport, Middleton began 2019 with a win at Silverstone,[23] before taking further wins at Spa and Jerez to end the year third in the Pro standings alongside Jack Bartholomew.[24] Switching to its North American counter part with Prestige Performance/Wayne Taylor Racing for 2020,[25] as part of the Lamborghini Young Driver Programme,[26] Middleton took six podiums to end the year fourth among the Pro entries alongside Stevan McAleer.[27]

Graduating to GT3 for 2021, Middleton joined Imperiale Racing to race a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo in the Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup alongside Andrea Amici and Alberto Di Folco.[28] The trio won at Mugello and missed the podium only once in the four-race season to clinch runner-up honours overall.[29][30] In 2022, Middleton remained with Di Folco to race for Imperiale in Italian GT's Sprint Cup.[31] At the start of the season at Monza, Middleton was hit by another car during the driver change procedure in race one, leaving him with multiple injuries and unable to compete in race two.[32] Returning for the following round at Misano, Middleton bounced back with wins at Imola and Mugello to end the year sixth in the overall standings, two spots behind Di Folco.[33][34]

Middleton's Ginetta G56 GT4 at Brands Hatch in British GT in 2023.

Teaming up with Kevin Gilardoni and Raúl Guzmán at Imperiale for 2023, Middleton returned to the Italian GT Endurance Cup and won the finale at Vallelunga to end the year third overall.[35] In parallel, Middleton also raced in the GT4 class of the British GT Championship for Raceway Motorsport, sharing a Ginetta G56 GT4 with Freddie Tomlinson, son of Ginetta chairman Lawrence Tomlinson.[36] The pair finished 10th in points with a lone win at Snetterton.[37] In 2024, Middleton made sporadic appearances in the series in Ginetta machinery for Team CMR and DTO Motorsport, most notably qualifying on pole at the first Donington Park enduro for the latter.[38]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2012 Trent Valley Kart Club — Rotax Junior 5th
2013 Kartmasters British GP — Rotax Junior
2014 Super One Series — Rotax Senior 20th
Kartmasters British GP — Rotax Junior
2015 Kartmasters British GP — Rotax Senior
2016 ABkC British Open Championship — Rotax Senior 10th
Sources:[39]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Ginetta Junior Championship Douglas Motorsport 20 0 1 2 3 283 7th
Ginetta Junior Winter Series 4 3 0 1 3 1st
2016 Ginetta Junior Championship Douglas Motorsport 25 7 2 7 14 575 2nd
2017 British GT Championship – GT4 HHC Motorsport 10 2 2 1 7 185 1st
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype Whelen Engineering Racing 1 0 0 0 1 32 45th
GT4 European Series – Silver HHC Motorsport 12 2 5 2 5 143 2nd
2019 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Bonaldi Motorsport 12 3 0 0 8 125 3rd
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals – Pro 2 0 0 0 0 6 8th
2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro Prestige Performance/Wayne Taylor Racing 10 0 0 0 6 78 4th
2021 Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Imperiale Racing 4 1 0 0 3 47 2nd
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Pro-Am 4 0 0 0 1 30 NC
2022 Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup – GT3 Imperiale Racing 8 2 0 0 2 56 6th
2023 British GT Championship – GT4 Raceway Motorsport 9 1 0 0 1 47 10th
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT3 Imperiale Racing 4 1 0 0 2 39 3rd
2024 British GT Championship – GT4 Team CMR 1 0 0 0 0 15 20th
DTO Motorsport 2 0 1 0 0
Sources:[40][39]

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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

Year Team 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 Pos Points
2016 Douglas Motorsport BHI
1
4		 BHI
2
15		 DON
1
10		 DON
2
17		 THR
1
3		 THR
2
4		 OUL
1
10		 OUL
2
8		 CRO
1
7		 CRO
2
5		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
15		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
7		 ROC
1
2		 ROC
2
2		 SIL
1
10		 SIL
2
5		 BHGP
1
5		 BHGP
2
20		 7th 283
2016 Douglas Motorsport BHI
1
2		 BHI
2
1		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
1		 DON
3
7		 THR
1
1		 THR
2
7		 OUL
1
3		 OUL
2
2		 CRO
1
1		 CRO
2
1		 CRO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
9		 SNE
2
7		 KNO
1
2		 KNO
2
9		 KNO
3
4		 ROC
1
1		 ROC
2
2		 ROC
3
10		 SIL
1
11		 SIL
2
18		 SIL
3
5		 BHGP
1
1		 BHGP
2
3		 2nd 575

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts
2017 HHC Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
12		 OUL
2
11		 ROC
11		 SNE
1
11		 SNE
2
Ret		 SIL
NC		 SPA
1
16		 SPA
2
12		 BRH
12		 DON
8		 1st 185
2023 Raceway Motorsport Ginetta G56 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
29		 OUL
2
25		 SIL
DSQ		 DON
21		 SNE
1
20		 SNE
2
Ret		 ALG
22		 BRH
20		 DON
26		 10th 47
2024 Team CMR Ginetta G56 GT4 Evo GT4 OUL
1
 OUL
2
 SIL
27		 20th 15
DTO Motorsport DON1
32		 SPA
19		 SNE
1
 SNE
2
 DON2
 BRH

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Engine Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2018 Whelen Engineering Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
2		 SEB LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 45th 32

Complete GT4 European Series results

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(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 10 11 12 Pos Points
2018 HHC Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 Silver ZOL
1
2		 ZOL
2
1		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
1		 MIS
1
2		 MIS
2
5		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
2		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
10		 NÜR
1
4		 NÜR
2
Ret		 2nd 143

References

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  2. ↑ Paice, Simon (29 October 2014). "Middleton Wins 2015 Ginetta Junior Scholarship". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Middleton Impresses for Douglas Motorsport at Thruxton". motorsport.ie. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Paice, Simon (1 November 2015). "Middleton "Really Proud" Of Maiden Ginetta Junior Season". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Middleton and Douglas Motorsport Dominate Ginetta Junior Winter Series". motorsport.ie. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Paice, Simon (13 November 2015). "Middleton And Douglas Confirm 2016 Ginetta Junior Campaign". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
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  38. ↑ Goodwin, Graham (25 May 2024). "Lamborghini & Ginetta Claim Donington Pole Positions". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
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