Richard Williams (born 11 June 1977) is a British racing driver who competed in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as a member of the SPS Automotive Performance Team.
Williams was born in Yeovil, Somerset. He entered motor sport through karting before moving to cars. After coming 4th overall with a single race win the Renault Clio Cup in 2004, he entered the 2005 BTCC in a Lexus, ran by SpeedEquipe and sponsored by Friends Reunited and HPI Racing. He came 14th overall in a small field, with a best result of 7th [1]. In 2006 he contested the Porsche Carrera Cup, with a best result of 3rd, also entering the Supercup round at Silverstone as a wild card of sorts. For 2007 he is contesting the British GT Championship [2]
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just 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 awarded all races)
| Year | Team | Car | 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | HPI Racing | Lexus IS200 | DON 1 NC | DON 2 9 | DON 3 11 | THR 1 DNS | THR 2 DNS | THR 3 DNS | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 DNS | BRH 3 9 | OUL 1 13 | OUL 2 9 | OUL 3 Ret | CRO 1 13 | CRO 2 12 | CRO 3 Ret | MON 1 15 | MON 2 12 | MON 3 13 | SNE 1 13 | SNE 2 12 | SNE 3 9 | KNO 1 DNS | KNO 2 Ret | KNO 3 DNS | SIL 1 12 | SIL 2 7 | SIL 3 Ret | BRH 1 11 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 9 | 14th | 14 |
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 2 points awarded 2008 onwards in all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | IN2RACING | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | ITA1 | GER1 | ESP | MON | GBR 15 | NC† | 0† | |||||||
| Morellato Racing Team PZ Essen | USA1 8 | USA2 Ret | FRA | GER2 | HUN | ||||||||||||
| Morellato Stars Team | ITA2 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Racing Team Indonesia | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR1 9 | BHR2 11 | ESP1 19 | MON 11 | FRA 8 | GBR Ret | GER 8 | HUN 12 | TUR Ret | ITA 9 | BEL 8 | 10th | 60 | ||
| 2008 | Jetstream Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR1 | BHR2 | ESP1 | TUR | MON | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | ESP2 | BEL 15 | ITA | NC† | 0† | |
| 2009 | SPS Automotive | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR1 Ret | BHR2 5 | ESP1 8 | MON Ret | TUR 8 | GBR 12 | GER 6 | HUN Ret | ESP2 5 | BEL 6 | ITA 18 | UAE1 12 | UAE2 10 | 8th | 90 |
† Not eligible for points.
Complete British GT results
(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 | 13 | 14 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Trackspeed | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT3 | OUL 1 14 | OUL 2 5 | DON 1 | DON 2 | SNE | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | SIL | THR 1 | THR 2 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | 23rd | 4 |
| 2008 | Trackspeed | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S | GT3 | OUL 1 4 | OUL 2 19 | KNO 1 4 | KNO 2 11 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | THR 1 | THR 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | DON | SIL | 30th | 11 |