Liam_Griffin_(racing_driver)
Liam Griffin (racing driver)
British racing driver and businessman (born 1973)
Liam Griffin (born 9 March 1973 in Barnet, Greater London) is a British racing driver and businessman. He is the son of John Griffin and was CEO of minicab company Addison Lee for 10 years before carrying out a management buyout with the private equity firm Carlyle. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Addison Lee.
| Liam Griffin | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | (1973-03-09) 9 March 1973 (age 51) Barnet (England) |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Addison Lee Motorbase |
| Racing licence |  FIA Bronze |
| Car number | 66 |
| Starts | 76 |
| Wins | 0 (6 in class) |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 21st in 2011, 2012 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009–10 2008–09 | Porsche Carrera Cup GB VW Cup |
He has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice and currently races in the European Le Mans Series. He has also represented Ireland at Triathlon in the European and World Age Group Championships.
Early years
Griffin started racing in 2008, competing in the VW Cup. He spent two years in the series, collecting three podiums and two race wins. In 2009 he entered two rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain at Silverstone, driving for Motorbase Performance. He returned for a full season in 2010 for the team, driving in the Pro-Am 1 class, he finished twenty-first overall in the driver standings.
British Touring Car Championship
Motorbase Performance (2011–13)
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Griffin raced in the BTCC for 3 years and had a number of top 10 finishes and 1 front row grid start as a result of the reverse grid. In his final year he competed in the Jack Sears Trophy where he had 8 Class wins and finished 2nd in the Championship.
For 2011 he entered the British Touring Car Championship. Staying with Motorbase, he drove a Ford Focus ST.[1]
Griffin stayed with Motorbase in 2012, now racing under the Redstone Racing banner.[2][3] He brought out the safety car at Croft after crashing his Redstone Racing Focus into the tyre wall, causing an engine fire. Griffin pulled out of the following meeting at Snetterton in order to focus on his business commitments during the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4] He returned to the team at Silverstone[5] and participated in the final two rounds of the season. After the final round at Brands Hatch, Griffin intended to retire from the BTCC.[6]
In February 2013, Motorbase Performance announced that Griffin would race for them in the Jack Sears Trophy, driving the Super 2000 specification Ford Focus in 2013.[7] Griffin took two class victories at the season opening Brands Hatch round to lead the trophy going to the second around at Donington Park.[8]
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(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 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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Airwaves Racing | Ford Focus ST Mk.II | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 18 |
BRH 3 18 |
DON 1 13 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 9 |
THR 1 14 |
THR 2 17 |
THR 3 15 |
OUL 1 15 |
OUL 2 18 |
OUL 3 Ret |
CRO 1 18 |
CRO 2 Ret |
CRO 3 16 |
SNE 1 17 |
SNE 2 14 |
SNE 3 Ret |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 16 |
ROC 1 16 |
ROC 2 16 |
ROC 3 19 |
BRH 1 16 |
BRH 2 19 |
BRH 3 15 |
SIL 1 15 |
SIL 2 14 |
SIL 3 13 |
21st | 2 |
| 2012 | Redstone Racing | Ford Focus ST Mk.II | BRH 1 14 |
BRH 2 12 |
BRH 3 11 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 14 |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 17 |
THR 3 12 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 8 |
OUL 3 Ret |
CRO 1 14 |
CRO 2 14 |
CRO 3 Ret |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 13 |
SIL 3 Ret |
BRH 1 19 |
BRH 2 13 |
BRH 3 14 |
21st | 37 |
| 2013 | Addison Lee Motorbase | Ford Focus ST Mk.II | BRH 1 17 |
BRH 2 11 |
BRH 3 15 |
DON 1 20 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 Ret |
THR 1 20 |
THR 2 Ret |
THR 3 Ret |
OUL 1 20 |
OUL 2 19 |
OUL 3 16 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 Ret |
KNO 1 17 |
KNO 2 18 |
KNO 3 Ret |
ROC 1 Ret |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 DNS |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 Ret |
SIL 3 DNS |
BRH 1 19 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 Ret |
25th | 6 |
Complete British GT Championship 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Oman Racing Team | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
ROC 1 12 |
SIL 1 9 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
BRH 1 |
DON 1 5 |
28th | 18 |
| 2015 | Oman Racing Team | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 4 |
ROC 1 3 |
SIL 1 6 |
SPA 1 5 |
BRH 1 6 |
SNE 1 1 |
SNE 2 21 |
DON 1 Ret |
4th | 123.5 | |
| 2016 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 | BRH 1 3 |
ROC 1 4 |
OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 5 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SPA 1 8 |
SNE 1 9 |
SNE 2 Ret |
DON 1 5 |
5th | 98.5 | |
| 2017 | Barwell Motorsport with GardX | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 2 |
OUL 2 Ret |
ROC 1 5 |
SNE 1 2 |
SNE 2 2 |
SIL 1 6 |
SPA 1 8 |
SPA 2 Ret |
BRH 1 2 |
DON 1 4 |
5th | 134 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ 7 |
SHA 6 |
BHR | 19th | 14 | |
| 2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS 4 |
NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 11th | 24 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Aston Martin Racing |
 Gary Hirsch Andrew Howard |
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE | GTE Am |
318 | 36th | 7th |
| 2018 | JMW Motorsport |
 Cooper MacNeil Jeff Segal |
Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am |
332 | 30th | 5th |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 1 |
MNZ 4 |
RBR Ret |
SIL 1 |
SPA 4‡ |
ALG 2 |
2nd | 88 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
- "BTCC official 2011 entry list". btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- Motorbase Performance confirm three car line-up Archived 1 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, TouringCarTimes.
- Mat Jackson wins red flagged first race at Thruxton Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, TouringCarTimes.
- "Griffin to miss Snetterton". Crash.net. crash.net. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- "Griffin & Wood to return". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- "David Bartrum's Blog". Motorbase Performance. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
- "Motorbase confirm Griffin's return in Jacks Sears Trophy". Motorbase Performance. Motorbase Performance. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- Turner, Kevin (31 March 2013). "Brands Hatch BTCC: Lea Wood excluded, loses S2000 class victory". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 April 2013.