Chris Goodwin

Stephen Christopher Goodwin (10 March 1967) is a British auto racing driver. Currently he works as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin. Additionally he manages the racing career of Bruno Senna and continues to race in International GT Endurance events.He was also TV commentator on F1 for ESPN Star Sports for nearly ten years and occasionally still appears on EPS&M and other networks such as ITV (GP2 coverage).

Chris Goodwin
Goodwin driving in 24 hours Spa 2018
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1967-03-10) 10 March 1967 (age 57)
Debut season1987
Racing licence FIA Bronze

Racing career

His early racing was in single-seaters, starting in 1987 with the Formula First Championship. He was featured in the final episode of the 1987 series of Top Gear in which he collided with another competitor. He was Champion of Brands Hatch and finished runner-up in the 1989 Formula Ford Junior Championship, and runner-up again in 1990 when he competed in Formula Renault. He competed in Formula 3000 and Formula Vauxhall in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

In 1993 he drove in two rounds of the British Touring Car Championship for the Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Team in a Vauxhall Cavalier. This included an impressive tenth-place finish at the final round at Silverstone. He entered a Cavalier in 1994 as an independent entry for Roy Kennedy Racing, finishing third in the Cup for Privateers despite missing some rounds.

In 1995 and 1996 Chris drove for the factory Lotus GT team in International GT Endurance races.

He worked for McLaren in 1997, competing in both the FIA GT Championship and Le Mans. In 1999 he raced the British GT Championship with a McLaren F1 GTR. Two more years were spent in the British GTs in 1999 and 2000. In 2001 he raced in both the European Le Mans Series winning the GTS class and the ASCAR Championship. He returned to Touring Cars in 2002 driving a Nissan Primera in the European Touring Car Championship.

In 2008, Chris was instrumental in establishing the SLR GT Trophy for the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren sportscar and finished second in 6 races.

Most recently, Chris has raced in the FIA GT3 Championship, the FIA GT Championship (best result 3rd in GT2 at the Spa 24 Hours) and in GT2 in the International GT Open Championship.

Goodwin, in his role as McLaren Automotive Chief Test Driver, drove the 2008 title-winning MP4-23 Formula One car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday 3 July 2009.

Goodwin was announced as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin on 20 December 2017.[1]

Goodwin driving the MP4-23 at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021PosPts
1993Ecurie Eccose VauxhallVauxhall CavalierSILDONSNEDONOULBRH
1
BRH
2
PEMSILKNO
1
KNO
2
OULBRH
Ret
THRDON
1
DON
2
SIL
10
26th1
1994Roy Kennedy RacingVauxhall Cavalier 16vTHRBRH
1

14
BRH
2

13
SNE
14
SIL
1

17
SIL
2

17
OUL
15
DON
1

19
DON
2

17
BRH
1

17
BRH
2

Ret
SIL
DNS
KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL
18
BRH
1

22
BRH
2

11
SIL
1

19
SIL
2

15
DON
1

14
DON
2

21
26th0

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPts
2002 RJN MotorsportNissan PrimeraMAG
1
MAG
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
JAR
1
JAR
2
AND
1

Ret
AND
2

DNS
OSC
1
OSC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
PER
1
PER
2
DON
1
DON
2
EST
1
EST
2
NC0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2003 EMKA Racing Emmanuel CollardPorsche 996 GT3-RN-GT301/GearboxDNFDNF
2004 Ray Mallock Ltd Thomas Erdos
Miguel Ramos
Mike Newton
Saleen S7-RGT220/engineDNFDNF
2009 CRS Racing Phil Quaife
Chris Niarchos
Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430 GTCGT5259th6th
2011 McLaren GT Robert Bell
Tim Mullen
McLaren MP4-12C GT3PRO88/fireDNFDNF
2012 Von-Ryan Racing Álvaro Parente
Rob Barff
Roger Wills
McLaren MP4-12C GT3PRO-AM4979th4th
2013 Von-Ryan Racing Bruno Senna
Rob Barff
McLaren MP4-12C GT3PRO54015th8th
2017 Garage 59 Alexander West
Chris Harris
Bradley Ellis
McLaren 650s GT3AM50132nd7th
2018 Garage 59 Alexander West
Chris Harris
Andrew Watson
McLaren 650s GT3AM39142nd6th
2019 Garage 59 Alexander West
Chris Harris
Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage GT3AM39147th9th

References