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Rob Austin
Austin at the Brands Hatch Indy round of the 2012 British Touring Car Championship season.
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1981-02-01) 1 February 1981 (age 43)
Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2011
Current teamPower Maxed Car Care Racing
Car number11
Former teamsRob Austin Racing, DUO Motorsport with HMS Racing
Starts229
Wins3
Poles2
Fastest laps4
Best finish11th in 2013, 2017
Previous series
2012
2010
2008–2009
2008
2007
2005
2000–2004		VW Cup
Grand Prix Masters
Ginetta G50 Cup
British GT
SEAT Cupra Championship
Formula Three Euroseries
British Formula 3

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.

Racing career

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Formula 3

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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

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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

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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.

Austin competing in the 4th round of the 2013 season at Oulton Park.

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.

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

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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

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Austin, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship.
Austin at Rockingham during the 2018 British Touring Car Championship season.

Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2000 British Formula 3 Championship Carlin Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2001 British Formula 3 Championship Alain Menu Racing 25 0 0 0 0 8 19th
2002 British Formula 3 Championship Menu F3 Motorsport 26 0 0 0 1 94 9th
2003 British Formula 3 Championship Menu F3 Motorsport 16 1 2 0 5 110 7th
2004 British Formula 3 Championship Menu F3 Motorsport 8 0 0 2 1 32 16th
2005 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Midland Euroseries 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 SEAT Cupra Great Britain R class Startline Services 11 0 0 1 1 60 8th
Ginetta Championship Rob Austin Racing 11 1 0 2 5 168 11th
2008 British GT Championship - GT4 Rob Austin Racing 14 3 2 4 10 80 2nd
Ginetta G50 Cup 4 2 1 1 4 132 14th
2009 Ginetta G50 Cup Rob Austin Racing 6 0 0 0 2 51 19th
2010 Grand Prix Masters 7 1 1 1 3 N/A N/A
2011 British Touring Car Championship Rob Austin Racing 25 0 0 1 1 26 16th
2012 British Touring Car Championship Rob Austin Racing 22 0 0 0 1 122 13th
Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series F Surtees 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2013 British Touring Car Championship WIX Racing 29 1 1 2 5 154 11th
2014 British Touring Car Championship Exocet Racing 30 1 0 1 4 147 12th
2015 British Touring Car Championship Exocet AlcoSense Racing 30 0 0 0 0 120 14th
2016 British Touring Car Championship Handy Motorsport 30 0 0 0 3 129 16th
2017 British Touring Car Championship Handy Motorsport 30 1 1 0 2 174 11th
2018 British Touring Car Championship DUO Motorsport with HMS Racing 30 0 0 0 2 126 14th
2020 British Touring Car Championship Power Maxed Car Care Racing 3 0 0 0 0 13 22nd

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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(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 Points
2005 Team Midland Euroseries Dallara F305/001 Toyota HOC
1 		HOC
2 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MON
1 		MON
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		ZAN
1
12 		ZAN
2
Ret 		LAU
1
21 		LAU
2
Ret 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NC 0

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 Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2008 Rob Austin Racing Ginetta G50 GT4 OUL
1
DNS 		OUL
2
DNS 		KNO
1
9 		KNO
2
Ret 		ROC
1
14 		ROC
2
10 		SNE
1
16 		SNE
2
15 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
DSQ 		BRH
1
12 		BRH
2
11 		SIL
1
7 		DON
1
11 		2nd 80

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(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 Points
2011 Rob Austin Racing Audi A4 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
13 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
DNS 		THR
3
DNS 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
12 		OUL
3
16 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
NC 		CRO
3
Ret 		SNE
1
15 		SNE
2
Ret 		SNE
3
10 		KNO
1
Ret 		KNO
2
Ret 		KNO
3
Ret 		ROC
1
7 		ROC
2
9 		ROC
3
2* 		BRH
1
13 		BRH
2
14 		BRH
3
13 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
12 		SIL
3
6 		16th 26
2012 Rob Austin Racing Audi A4 BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
5 		BRH
3
5 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
DNS 		DON
3
DNS 		THR
1
Ret 		THR
2
18 		THR
3
13 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1
5 		CRO
2
3 		CRO
3
7 		SNE
1
12 		SNE
2
Ret 		SNE
3
Ret 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1
9 		ROC
2
16 		ROC
3
10 		SIL
1
5 		SIL
2
5 		SIL
3
DSQ 		BRH
1
17 		BRH
2
10 		BRH
3
7 		13th 122
2013 WIX Racing Audi A4 BRH
1
3* 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
Ret 		DON
1
14 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
DNS 		THR
1
19 		THR
2
18 		THR
3
Ret 		OUL
1
13 		OUL
2
8 		OUL
3
5* 		CRO
1
13 		CRO
2
14 		CRO
3
11 		SNE
1
15 		SNE
2
14 		SNE
3
12 		KNO
1
3* 		KNO
2
2 		KNO
3
4 		ROC
1
3 		ROC
2
1* 		ROC
3
9 		SIL
1
12 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
17 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
18 		11th 154
2014 Exocet Racing Audi A4 BRH
1
5 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
11 		DON
1
29 		DON
2
18 		DON
3
Ret 		THR
1
17 		THR
2
DSQ 		THR
3
12 		OUL
1
5 		OUL
2
2 		OUL
3
5 		CRO
1
13 		CRO
2
Ret 		CRO
3
Ret 		SNE
1
11 		SNE
2
13 		SNE
3
18 		KNO
1
2 		KNO
2
3 		KNO
3
Ret 		ROC
1
12 		ROC
2
5 		ROC
3
1* 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
18 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
16 		BRH
3
15 		12th 147
2015 Exocet AlcoSense Racing Audi A4 BRH
1
14 		BRH
2
10 		BRH
3
5* 		DON
1
10 		DON
2
18 		DON
3
Ret 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
9 		THR
3
17 		OUL
1
15 		OUL
2
13 		OUL
3
Ret 		CRO
1
13 		CRO
2
7 		CRO
3
Ret 		SNE
1
25 		SNE
2
9 		SNE
3
8 		KNO
1
7 		KNO
2
6 		KNO
3
5 		ROC
1
19 		ROC
2
6 		ROC
3
7 		SIL
1
11 		SIL
2
NC 		SIL
3
17 		BRH
1
18 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
Ret 		14th 120
2016 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
14 		BRH
3
11 		DON
1
18 		DON
2
10 		DON
3
8 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
10 		THR
3
7 		OUL
1
15 		OUL
2
Ret 		OUL
3
16 		CRO
1
11 		CRO
2
12 		CRO
3
12 		SNE
1
13 		SNE
2
9 		SNE
3
3 		KNO
1
10 		KNO
2
12 		KNO
3
7 		ROC
1
20 		ROC
2
14 		ROC
3
Ret 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
Ret 		BRH
1
2 		BRH
2
Ret 		BRH
3
14 		16th 129
2017 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH
1
5 		BRH
2
DSQ 		BRH
3
18 		DON
1
3 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
13 		THR
1
9 		THR
2
5 		THR
3
5 		OUL
1
9 		OUL
2
8 		OUL
3
7 		CRO
1
11 		CRO
2
8 		CRO
3
4 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
15 		SNE
3
Ret 		KNO
1
23 		KNO
2
Ret 		KNO
3
20 		ROC
1
31 		ROC
2
26 		ROC
3
Ret 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
5 		SIL
3
5 		BRH
1
9 		BRH
2
9 		BRH
3
1* 		11th 174
2018 DUO Motorsport with HMS Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
6 		BRH
3
3* 		DON
1
15 		DON
2
21 		DON
3
11 		THR
1
16 		THR
2
13 		THR
3
16 		OUL
1
10 		OUL
2
7 		OUL
3
Ret 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
15 		CRO
3
Ret 		SNE
1
6 		SNE
2
Ret 		SNE
3
13 		ROC
1
11 		ROC
2
Ret 		ROC
3
18 		KNO
1
14 		KNO
2
9 		KNO
3
13 		SIL
1
26 		SIL
2
9 		SIL
3
5 		BRH
1
15 		BRH
2
9 		BRH
3
3* 		14th 126
2020 Power Maxed Car Care Racing Vauxhall Astra DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		THR
1
12 		THR
2
12 		THR
3
11 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		22nd 13

References

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  1. ^ "AUSTIN POWERS BRITISH GT ASSAULT". GTGateway.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Hunter Abbott Returns to Take British GT Win after Nightmare Crash". British GT Championship. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Turner, Kevin (3 September 2011). "Chilton gives Global Ford Focus first BTCC pole at Knockhill". Autosport. Haymarket Publishing. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Victory number six for Shedden". BTCC.net. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  9. ^ "Trio to miss Knockhill". BTCC.net. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  10. ^ Hudson, Neil. "Penalties handed out for Wood, Wrathall & Austin". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  11. ^ "New livery for Rob Austin at Brands Hatch". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  12. ^ "RAR confirms Wix, Bratt". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  13. ^ Mitchell, Scott (31 March 2013). "Brands Hatch BTCC: Neal Heads Remarkable Honda 1–2". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  14. ^ "Austin takes maiden pole". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  15. ^ Anderson, Ben (15 September 2013). "Rockingham BTCC: Rob Austin secures maiden victory". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  16. ^ Mason, Dan (9 January 2014). "Austin to Run Under Exocet Racing Banner in 2014". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  17. ^ "Hunter Abbott joins Rob Austin Racing for 2014 BTCC".
  18. ^ "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.
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