Andrew Kirkaldy

Andrew James Kirkaldy (born 1 March 1976 in St Andrews) is a British racing driver and managing director of McLaren GT.

Career

Single-seaters Kirkaldy began his career competing in karting, winning the Scottish Junior Championship in 1989 and the Scottish Senior Championship in 1993. He raced in the Formula Vauxhall championship in 1996 and 1997, finishing runner-up in 1997. He also won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in that year, which earnt him a prize test with the McLaren Formula One team.

Following the 2007 season, Niarchos' interest in the team expanded as the two wished to enter their own team in not only the FIA GT Championship but the British GT Championship as well, ending their relationship with Scuderia Ecosse. The team was renamed once more and was relaunched as CR Scuderia, reflecting their choice of Italian Ferraris for their entry into grand tourer racing. The team was again renamed for 2009, becoming CRS Racing. Subsequently, CRS agreed a deal with McLaren to develop the GT3 version of the McLaren MP4-12C.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2005 Scuderia Ecosse Nathan Kinch Anthony Reid Ferrari 360 Modena GTC GT2 70 DNF DNF 2006 Scuderia Ecosse Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 311 17th 3rd 2007 Scuderia Ecosse Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 241 DNF DNF 2009 JMW Motorsport Robert Bell Tim Sugden Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 320 23rd 4th