Austin entered the British GT Championship in 2008 with a brand new Ginetta G50 GT4 under the Rob Austin Racing banner.[1] He drove alongside Hunter Abbott although they missed the first event at Oulton Park when Abbott crashed and destroyed the car. They took the first of three GT4 victories in the third race of the season at Knockhill having taken delivery of a new car.[2] The pair finished the season joint third in the GT4 standings after finishing on the podium at every race they finished, except for their disqualification at Thruxton.
British Touring Car Championshipedit
In 2011, Austin took over the driving duties from David Pinkney in the British Touring Car Championship due to Pinkney's departure from the team after the first round. He competed in a NGTC specification Audi A4 for his own team.[3] Austin qualified a career best fourth at Knockhill but retired in the first race.[4] He took his maiden podium finish in the third race at Rockingham, ending up second behind James Nash.[5] He completed the season in 16th place with one podium finish and one fastest lap.
Rob Austin Racing signed Mark Hazell to drive the team's Audi A4 for the start of the 2012 season, but Austin was the only entry for the season opener at Brands Hatch Indy.[6] He finished eighth in the first race of the season and finished fifth in the following two races. Hazell left the team after Brands Hatch, leaving Austin as the team's only driver for Donington Park and Thruxton. Austin sat out the meeting at Oulton Park while series debutant and 2009Euroseries 3000 champion Will Bratt was the team's sole entrant at the Cheshire venue.[7] He returned to the car for the next race at Croft, taking his second podium finish in race two.[8] He was unable to find the budget to race at Knockhill, forcing him to miss the event but he returned to the car at Rockingham.[9] He was disqualified from the third race at Silverstone after colliding with Daniel Welch on lap three while fighting for second place.[10] Austin secured a title sponsor for the season finale at Brands Hatch, his car would carry a special NASCAR inspired livery for Wix Filters.[11]
Austin confirmed his return in 2013 with the team running under the WIX Filters banner.[12] Austin led early on in the first race of the season at Brands Hatch, he was then passed by Jason Plato and eventually finished third behind Andrew Jordan. He retired from the following two races, in race three he was collected by Dave Newsham who had spun and Austin had a high speed collision with the barriers before coming to a rest in the middle of the track.[13] He took his first pole position in the BTCC at the Knockhill round.[14] He took his first outright win at the next event at Rockingham; he took victory in race two ahead of Gordon Shedden.[15] After that he only scored 11 more points for the rest of the year, finishing 11th in the standings.
Austin returned for the 2014 season. Exocet took over title sponsorship after the departure of WIX Filters. WIX then continued their BTCC tenure with Adam Morgan and his family run team 'Ciceley Racing'.[16]
Austin appeared in the Ron Howard film Rush (2013), portraying Brett Lunger and driving his Surtees TS19, which is owned by his father for racing in historic events.[18]
Complete British Touring Car Championship resultsedit
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given)
^Turner, Kevin (3 September 2011). "Chilton gives Global Ford Focus first BTCC pole at Knockhill". Autosport. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^Turner, Kevin (18 September 2011). "James Nash holds off Rob Austin to take maiden British Touring Car win at Rockingham". Autosport. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^Hudson, Neil. "Rob Austin to race the team's second Audi A4 at Brands". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^Hudson, Neil. . TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^"Victory number six for Shedden". BTCC.net. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^. BTCC.net. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^Hudson, Neil. . TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^"New livery for Rob Austin at Brands Hatch". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
^"RAR confirms Wix, Bratt". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^Mitchell, Scott (31 March 2013). "Brands Hatch BTCC: Neal Heads Remarkable Honda 1–2". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^Anderson, Ben (15 September 2013). "Rockingham BTCC: Rob Austin secures maiden victory". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
^Mason, Dan (9 January 2014). "Austin to Run Under Exocet Racing Banner in 2014". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
^"Hunter Abbott joins Rob Austin Racing for 2014 BTCC".
^. Rob Austin Racing. Rob Austin Motorsport Ltd. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
External linksedit
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Rob Austin career summary at DriverDB.com
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For other people with the same name see Robert Austin disambiguation Robert Christopher Austin born 1 February 1981 is a British racing driver who formerly competed in the British Touring Car Championship He was born in Evesham Worcestershire Rob AustinAustin at the Brands Hatch Indy round of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship season NationalityBritishBorn 1981 02 01 1 February 1981 age 42 Evesham Worcestershire England UKBritish Touring Car Championship careerDebut season2011Current teamPower Maxed Car Care RacingCar number11Former teamsRob Austin Racing DUO Motorsport with HMS RacingStarts229Wins3Poles2Fastest laps4Best finish11th in 2013 2017Previous series201220102008 20092008200720052000 2004VW CupGrand Prix MastersGinetta G50 CupBritish GTSEAT Cupra ChampionshipFormula Three EuroseriesBritish Formula 3 Contents 1 Racing career 1 1 Formula 3 1 2 British GT Championship 1 3 British Touring Car Championship 1 4 Other activities 2 Racing record 2 1 Career summary 2 2 Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results 2 3 Complete British GT Championship results 2 4 Complete British Touring Car Championship results 3 References 4 External linksRacing career editFormula 3 edit His career started in British Formula Renault in 1998 where he raced until 1999 An accident put him out of racing for the 2000 season but he returned in British Formula 3 for Alain Menu s team in 2001 where he raced until 2004 He also has Japanese Formula Three experience 2003 British GT Championship edit Austin entered the British GT Championship in 2008 with a brand new Ginetta G50 GT4 under the Rob Austin Racing banner 1 He drove alongside Hunter Abbott although they missed the first event at Oulton Park when Abbott crashed and destroyed the car They took the first of three GT4 victories in the third race of the season at Knockhill having taken delivery of a new car 2 The pair finished the season joint third in the GT4 standings after finishing on the podium at every race they finished except for their disqualification at Thruxton British Touring Car Championship edit In 2011 Austin took over the driving duties from David Pinkney in the British Touring Car Championship due to Pinkney s departure from the team after the first round He competed in a NGTC specification Audi A4 for his own team 3 Austin qualified a career best fourth at Knockhill but retired in the first race 4 He took his maiden podium finish in the third race at Rockingham ending up second behind James Nash 5 He completed the season in 16th place with one podium finish and one fastest lap Rob Austin Racing signed Mark Hazell to drive the team s Audi A4 for the start of the 2012 season but Austin was the only entry for the season opener at Brands Hatch Indy 6 He finished eighth in the first race of the season and finished fifth in the following two races Hazell left the team after Brands Hatch leaving Austin as the team s only driver for Donington Park and Thruxton Austin sat out the meeting at Oulton Park while series debutant and 2009 Euroseries 3000 champion Will Bratt was the team s sole entrant at the Cheshire venue 7 He returned to the car for the next race at Croft taking his second podium finish in race two 8 He was unable to find the budget to race at Knockhill forcing him to miss the event but he returned to the car at Rockingham 9 He was disqualified from the third race at Silverstone after colliding with Daniel Welch on lap three while fighting for second place 10 Austin secured a title sponsor for the season finale at Brands Hatch his car would carry a special NASCAR inspired livery for Wix Filters 11 Austin confirmed his return in 2013 with the team running under the WIX Filters banner 12 Austin led early on in the first race of the season at Brands Hatch he was then passed by Jason Plato and eventually finished third behind Andrew Jordan He retired from the following two races in race three he was collected by Dave Newsham who had spun and Austin had a high speed collision with the barriers before coming to a rest in the middle of the track 13 He took his first pole position in the BTCC at the Knockhill round 14 He took his first outright win at the next event at Rockingham he took victory in race two ahead of Gordon Shedden 15 After that he only scored 11 more points for the rest of the year finishing 11th in the standings nbsp Austin driving the Exocet Racing Audi A4 at Brands Hatch during the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season Austin returned for the 2014 season Exocet took over title sponsorship after the departure of WIX Filters WIX then continued their BTCC tenure with Adam Morgan and his family run team Ciceley Racing 16 In March 2014 Hunter Abbott signed for Rob Austin Racing to run in a second Audi A4 in the 2014 season under the AlcoSense Racing Banner 17 Other activities edit Austin appeared in the Ron Howard film Rush 2013 portraying Brett Lunger and driving his Surtees TS19 which is owned by his father for racing in historic events 18 Racing record edit nbsp Austin at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship nbsp Austin at Rockingham during the 2018 British Touring Car Championship season Career summary edit Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F Laps Podiums Points Position2000 British Formula 3 Championship Carlin Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2001 British Formula 3 Championship Alain Menu Racing 25 0 0 0 0 8 19th2002 British Formula 3 Championship Menu F3 Motorsport 26 0 0 0 1 94 9th2003 British Formula 3 Championship Menu F3 Motorsport 16 1 2 0 5 110 7th2004 British Formula 3 Championship Menu F3 Motorsport 8 0 0 2 1 32 16th2005 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Midland Euroseries 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC2007 SEAT Cupra Great Britain R class Startline Services 11 0 0 1 1 60 8thGinetta Championship Rob Austin Racing 11 1 0 2 5 168 11th2008 British GT Championship GT4 Rob Austin Racing 14 3 2 4 10 80 2ndGinetta G50 Cup 4 2 1 1 4 132 14th2009 Ginetta G50 Cup Rob Austin Racing 6 0 0 0 2 51 19th2010 Grand Prix Masters 7 1 1 1 3 N A N A2011 British Touring Car Championship Rob Austin Racing 25 0 0 1 1 26 16th2012 British Touring Car Championship Rob Austin Racing 22 0 0 0 1 122 13thHistoric Grand Prix of Monaco Series F Surtees 1 0 0 0 0 N A 9th2013 British Touring Car Championship WIX Racing 29 1 1 2 5 154 11th2014 British Touring Car Championship Exocet Racing 30 1 0 1 4 147 12th2015 British Touring Car Championship Exocet AlcoSense Racing 30 0 0 0 0 120 14th2016 British Touring Car Championship Handy Motorsport 30 0 0 0 3 129 16th2017 British Touring Car Championship Handy Motorsport 30 1 1 0 2 174 11th2018 British Touring Car Championship DUO Motorsport with HMS Racing 30 0 0 0 2 126 14th2020 British Touring Car Championship Power Maxed Car Care Racing 3 0 0 0 0 13 22ndComplete Formula 3 Euro Series results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points2005 Team Midland Euroseries Dallara F305 001 Toyota HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 MON2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 NUR1 NUR2 ZAN112 ZAN2Ret LAU121 LAU2Ret HOC1 HOC2 NC 0Complete British GT Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position in class Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class Year Entrant Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points2008 Rob Austin Racing Ginetta G50 GT4 OUL1DNS OUL2DNS KNO19 KNO2Ret ROC114 ROC210 SNE116 SNE215 THR114 THR2DSQ BRH112 BRH211 SIL17 DON111 2nd 80Complete British Touring Car Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position 1 point awarded in first race Races in italics indicate fastest lap 1 point awarded all races signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap 1 point given Year Team Car 1 2 3 5 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 Points2011 Rob Austin Racing Audi A4 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1Ret DON2Ret DON313 THR1Ret THR2DNS THR3DNS OUL1Ret OUL212 OUL316 CRO1Ret CRO2NC CRO3Ret SNE115 SNE2Ret SNE310 KNO1Ret KNO2Ret KNO3Ret ROC17 ROC29 ROC32 BRH113 BRH214 BRH313 SIL1Ret SIL212 SIL36 16th 262012 Rob Austin Racing Audi A4 BRH18 BRH25 BRH35 DON1Ret DON2DNS DON3DNS THR1Ret THR218 THR313 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO15 CRO23 CRO37 SNE112 SNE2Ret SNE3Ret KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC19 ROC216 ROC310 SIL15 SIL25 SIL3DSQ BRH117 BRH210 BRH37 13th 1222013 WIX Racing Audi A4 BRH13 BRH2Ret BRH3Ret DON114 DON2Ret DON3DNS THR119 THR218 THR3Ret OUL113 OUL28 OUL35 CRO113 CRO214 CRO311 SNE115 SNE214 SNE312 KNO13 KNO22 KNO34 ROC13 ROC21 ROC39 SIL112 SIL2Ret SIL317 BRH1Ret BRH2Ret BRH318 11th 1542014 Exocet Racing Audi A4 BRH15 BRH2Ret BRH311 DON129 DON218 DON3Ret THR117 THR2DSQ THR312 OUL15 OUL22 OUL35 CRO113 CRO2Ret CRO3Ret SNE111 SNE213 SNE318 KNO12 KNO23 KNO3Ret ROC112 ROC25 ROC31 SIL19 SIL2Ret SIL318 BRH1Ret BRH216 BRH315 12th 1472015 Exocet AlcoSense Racing Audi A4 BRH114 BRH210 BRH35 DON110 DON218 DON3Ret THR114 THR29 THR317 OUL115 OUL213 OUL3Ret CRO113 CRO27 CRO3Ret SNE125 SNE29 SNE38 KNO17 KNO26 KNO35 ROC119 ROC26 ROC37 SIL111 SIL2NC SIL317 BRH118 BRH2Ret BRH3Ret 14th 1202016 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH1Ret BRH214 BRH311 DON118 DON210 DON38 THR114 THR210 THR37 OUL115 OUL2Ret OUL316 CRO111 CRO212 CRO312 SNE113 SNE29 SNE33 KNO110 KNO212 KNO37 ROC120 ROC214 ROC3Ret SIL13 SIL2Ret SIL3Ret BRH12 BRH2Ret BRH314 16th 1292017 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH15 BRH2DSQ BRH318 DON13 DON2Ret DON313 THR19 THR25 THR35 OUL19 OUL28 OUL37 CRO111 CRO28 CRO34 SNE1Ret SNE215 SNE3Ret KNO123 KNO2Ret KNO320 ROC131 ROC226 ROC3Ret SIL19 SIL25 SIL35 BRH19 BRH29 BRH31 11th 1742018 DUO Motorsport with HMS Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta BRH1Ret BRH26 BRH33 DON115 DON221 DON311 THR116 THR213 THR316 OUL110 OUL27 OUL3Ret CRO1Ret CRO215 CRO3Ret SNE16 SNE2Ret SNE313 ROC111 ROC2Ret ROC318 KNO114 KNO29 KNO313 SIL126 SIL29 SIL35 BRH115 BRH29 BRH33 14th 1262020 Power Maxed Car Care Racing Vauxhall Astra DON1 DON2 DON3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 THR112 THR212 THR311 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 22nd 13References edit AUSTIN POWERS BRITISH GT ASSAULT GTGateway com Archived from the original on 11 August 2014 Retrieved 16 October 2012 Hunter Abbott Returns to Take British GT Win after Nightmare Crash British GT Championship Retrieved 16 October 2012 Austin to race at Donington btcc net British Touring Car Championship 8 April 2011 Archived from the original on 18 March 2012 Retrieved 8 April 2011 Turner Kevin 3 September 2011 Chilton gives Global Ford Focus first BTCC pole at Knockhill Autosport Haymarket Publishing Retrieved 16 October 2012 Turner Kevin 18 September 2011 James Nash holds off Rob Austin to take maiden British Touring Car win at Rockingham Autosport Haymarket Publishing Retrieved 16 October 2012 Hudson Neil Rob Austin to race the team s second Audi A4 at Brands TouringCarTimes Archived from the original on 5 February 2013 Retrieved 16 October 2012 Hudson Neil Will Bratt to race for Rob Austin Racing at Oulton Park TouringCarTimes Archived from the original on 2 August 2012 Retrieved 16 October 2012 Victory number six for Shedden BTCC net Archived from the original on 21 February 2013 Retrieved 16 October 2012 Trio to miss Knockhill BTCC net Archived from the original on 11 December 2013 Retrieved 16 October 2012 Hudson Neil Penalties handed out for Wood Wrathall amp Austin TouringCarTimes Archived from the original on 24 November 2012 Retrieved 16 October 2012 New livery for Rob Austin at Brands Hatch TouringCarTimes Archived from the original on 4 February 2013 Retrieved 16 October 2012 RAR confirms Wix Bratt British Touring Car Championship TOCA 10 January 2013 Archived from the original on 13 April 2013 Retrieved 1 April 2013 Mitchell Scott 31 March 2013 Brands Hatch BTCC Neal Heads Remarkable Honda 1 2 The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia Network Retrieved 1 April 2013 Austin takes maiden pole British Touring Car Championship TOCA 24 August 2013 Archived from the original on 30 October 2013 Retrieved 24 August 2013 Anderson Ben 15 September 2013 Rockingham BTCC Rob Austin secures maiden victory Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 29 January 2014 Mason Dan 9 January 2014 Austin to Run Under Exocet Racing Banner in 2014 The Checkered Flag Retrieved 29 January 2014 Hunter Abbott joins Rob Austin Racing for 2014 BTCC Rob Austin Movie Star Rob Austin Racing Rob Austin Motorsport Ltd 30 March 2012 Archived from the original on 2 October 2013 Retrieved 16 July 2013 External links editRob Austin Racing Rob Austin career summary at DriverDB com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rob Austin amp oldid 1178515354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
