Sean Walkinshaw
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| Sean Walkinshaw | |
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| Nationality |  British |
| Born | Sean Nathan Thomas Walkinshaw 3 November 1993 |
| Super Taikyu Series career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | Hitotsuyama Racing |
| Categorisation |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 21 |
| Previous series | |
| 2022 2017-2021 | Intercontinental GT Challenge Super GT |
Sean Nathan Thomas Walkinshaw (born 3 November 1993)[1] is a British racing driver who competes in the Super Taikyu Series for Hitotsuyama Racing.[2] He is the son of former Formula 1 team principal Tom Walkinshaw.
Career
[edit]Super GT
[edit]Walkinshaw made his debut in Super GT in 2017 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri alongside Shinichi Takagi. They clinched fourth in the standings with a win. They continued to race in the next season, finishing runners up with two wins, losing out to LEON Racing of Naoya Gamou, and Haruki Kurosawa.[3] With ARTA changing their car to Honda NSX GT3, Walkinshaw got replaced by Honda Junior Nirei Fukuzumi.[4]
In 2019, Walkinshaw moved to Team Thailand to race alongside Nattapong Horthongkum.[5] Walkinshaw returned to the team, for the last three rounds of the 2020 season alongside Mathias Beche. Walkinshaw raced for the last time in Super GT for 2021 where he raced with Giuliano Alesi.[6][7] During his time on Team Thailand, he did not score a single point.
Super Taikyu
[edit]In 2023, Walkinshaw returned to Japan, competing in Super Taikyu with Hitotsuyama Racing.
Racing record
[edit] |
Racing career summary
[edit]Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
[edit](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 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hillspeed | HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
ASS 1 |
ASS 2 |
ASS 3 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
ZAN 1 22 |
ZAN 2 18 |
MST 1 |
MST 2 |
MST 3 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
MNZ 3 |
51st | 3 |
| 2013 | SL Formula | HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SPA 1 19 |
SPA 2 18 |
ASS 1 |
ASS 2 |
MST 1 |
MST 2 |
MST 3 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
ZAN 3 |
45th | 5 |
Complete Super GT results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | BMW M6 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 5 |
FUJ 17 |
AUT 3 |
SUG Ret |
FUJ 1 |
SUZ Ret |
CHA 4 |
MOT 2 |
4th | 61 |
| 2018 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | BMW M6 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 |
FUJ 1 |
SUZ 20 |
CHA 11 |
FUJ 1 |
SUG 10 |
AUT 4 |
MOT 9 |
2nd | 62 |
| 2019 | arto Ping An Team Thailand | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 18 |
FUJ 24 |
SUZ 16 |
CHA 17 |
FUJ 20 |
AUT 20 |
SUG 21 |
MOT 22 |
NC | 0 |
| 2020 | arto Ping An Team Thailand | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | FUJ | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | FUJ | SUZ 19 |
MOT 23 |
FUJ 26 |
NC | 0 |
| 2021 | arto Team Thailand | Lexus RC F GT3 | GT300 | OKA 24 |
FUJ 22 |
MOT Ret |
SUZ 20 |
SUG 17 |
AUT Ret |
MOT 17 |
FUJ 20 |
NC | 0 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sean Nathan Thomas WALKINSHAW". Companies House. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ↑ "Sean Walkinshaw – Career Stats, DriverDB Rating & Results | DriverDB". Driver Database. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
- ↑ "TEAM KUNIMITSUにバトンが加入！Hondaが2018年体制を発表。ARTAやGT300新チームも登場 | SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE". supergt.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ↑ "Honda Announces 2019 Super GT Teams and Drivers". dailysportscar.com. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ↑ "Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2019 Super GT Programmes". dailysportscar.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ CORPORATION, TOYOTA MOTOR. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Outlines 2021 Motorsports Activities". TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ "Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener". motorsport.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sean Walkinshaw career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Campos Racing drivers
- Euroformula Open Championship drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Formula Renault BARC drivers
- GT World Challenge Asia drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup drivers
- Gulf 12 Hours drivers
- Hillspeed drivers
- Italian GT Championship drivers
- Motorsport team owners
- MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers
- Racing drivers from Brussels
- Scottish racing drivers
- Super GT drivers
- Super Taikyu drivers
- Suzuka 1000 km drivers
- TCR UK Touring Car Championship drivers
- Team Aguri drivers
- W Racing Team drivers