Andy Priaulx

Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE ( born 7 August 1974) is a British racing driver from Guernsey. In 2019 he raced for Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and Cyan Racing Lynk & Co in the FIA World Touring Car Cup, having been a former BMW factory driver.

Proaulx is a European Touring Car Championship champion, three times World Touring Car Championship champion and the only FIA Touring Car champion to win an international-level championship for four consecutive years (2004 to 2007). The previous record was Roberto Ravaglia's three successive championships (1986–1988).

Racing career Born in Guernsey, Priaulx has competed in many types of motorsport, beginning in karting at the minimum age of eight. After a brief flirtation with powerboat racing, he started hillclimbing while still a teenager, sharing a car with his father Graham. It was quickly apparent that he had great natural ability, and few people were surprised when he took the British Hillclimb Championship title in 1995.

After this, Priaulx made the switch to circuit racing, where after a relatively low-key couple of years in Formula Renault UK Championship and British Formula 3 he eventually demonstrated his skills were transferable by switching to the Renault Spider championship in 1998, completely dominating it in 1999. His career stalled somewhat when he returned to British Formula 3 in 2000–01. He had some success at this level, but despite finishing sixth in the championship in 2001 was unable to progress further up the single-seater ladder.

Touring cars

In 2001, Priaulx had a pair of British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) guest drives for the Egg Vauxhall team, standing in for the suspended Phil Bennett. He stunned the regulars by taking pole position on his debut at Oulton Park, demonstrating that his future appeared to lie in that direction.

The following year, Priaulx was signed by the works Honda BTCC team for their 2002 campaign. He won one race and finished on the podium in two others, and the following season was signed by Bart Mampaey's BMW UK team for their European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) effort. He was in contention for the title until late in the year, eventually finishing third. Priaulx also occasionally guested in Australian V8 Supercar racing, competing at the Bathurst 1000km in 2002 with Yvan Muller in a Kmart Racing Commodore and 2003 with Cameron McLean again in a Kmart Commodore, and also the Sandown 500 km in 2003.

2004 saw Priaulx win a major circuit racing championship, as he became ETCC champion after a season-long battle with Dirk Müller. Both men obtained the same number of points, but Priaulx had won five races as against Müller's three, and this was sufficient to hand the Priaulx the title.

Priaulx repeated his 2004 success in 2005, 2006 and 2007, clinching the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC, essentially the same series, with two races outside Europe in 2005 and three in 2006) at the final round in Macau. In 2005, he won the crown with two second-place finishes in the final round when his nearest rivals, Dirk Müller and Fabrizio Giovanardi both failed to score. The following year, a win in the opening race of the final meeting left him needing to finish fifth in the final event to beat Jörg Müller by a single point, which he achieved.

Heading into the final meeting of the 2007 WTCC season at Macau, Priaulx was joint leader of the championship alongside former BTCC champion Yvan Muller. He came eighth in the first race and won from pole position in the second race to claim his and BMW's third WTCC championship in a row.

Priaulx was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours. thumb Priaulx during the first free practice session of the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan.Priaulx again raced in the World Touring Car Championship for BMW Team UK in 2009, finishing fourth in the standings. As well as the WTCC, he competed in selected rounds of the American Le Mans Series for BMW and a number of races in the Australian V8 Supercars championship, driving a Walkinshaw Racing Holden with David Reynolds at the Phillip Island and Bathurst endurance races.

Priaulx competing in the 2013 DTM season.On 5 December 2010, BMW announced that it would not be continuing its factory effort in the World Touring Car Championship from 2011 onwards. It was announced on 25 January 2011, that Priaulx contest the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup for BMW, as well as undertaking testing duties for BMW with cars from other racing categories. thumb Priaulx driving for BMW at Brands Hatch during the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season. Priaulx spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons racing for BMW in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, scoring his best result in the final round of the 2013 season at the Hockenheimring, where he finished in sixth after starting in third. He switched to racing in the United SportsCar Championship in the United States for 2014. In January 2015, it was announced at Autosport International that Priaulx would return to the British Touring Car Championship for 2015 with West Surrey Racing, campaigning a BMW 125i M Sport, combining his BTCC programme with racing works BMWs in the European Le Mans Series and the North American Endurance Cup.

On 10 December 2018, it was announced that Priaulx would join Lynk & Co Cyan Racing for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, partnering former WTCC champions Yvan Muller, Thed Björk and Yvan's nephew Yann Ehrlacher. On 17 November 2019, Priaulx secured his maiden win in the FIA World Touring Car Cup in Macau.

Ford WEC

On 5 December 2015, it was announced that Priaulx had parted ways with BMW after a 13-year stint with the German manufacturer to join Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK for their upcoming debut in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season. He was officially unveiled as a Ford driver on 5 January 2016 alongside teammates Marino Franchitti, Stefan Mücke, and Olivier Pla.

Personal life Priaulx's son Sebastian Priaulx is also a racing driver, and in May of 2018, both Andy and Sebastian competed together in the C1 24hr at Rockingham. He competed in the 2019 British GT Championship and was in contention for the GT4 title, driving with Scott Maxwell, but lost out on the title to Tom Canning and Ash Hand by 8.5 points.

Nationality Priaulx is from Guernsey, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom. As a proud Guernseyman, Priaulx has always incorporated the Guernsey flag prominently in his helmet designs. He has occasionally been mistakenly identified as French due to his surname, which is common in Francophone countries; a French national flag was displayed above the podium at the first race in Curitiba in the 2007 WTCC season.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position 1995 British Hill Climb Championship N/A 14 10 N/A N/A 12 128 1st 1996 International Formula Renault Sport Championship Startline Racing ? 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1997 British Formula 3 Championship SpeedSport F3 TOM'S 4 0 0 0 0 1 26th 1998 Renault Spider Cup GB Mardi Gras Motorsport ? 0 1 2 2 ? 7th Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series MotorSport Vision 4 0 1 ? 3 93 2nd 1999 Renault Spider Cup GB Mardi Gras Motorsport 13 13 13 11 13 430 1st 2000 British Formula 3 Championship Promatecme UK 14 0 1 0 3 64 9th French Formula 3 Championship ? 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Macau Grand Prix Lucozade Motorsport Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2001 British Formula 3 Championship Alan Docking Racing 26 3 1 0 7 146 6th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 22nd Macau Grand Prix Promatecme UK 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF Korea Super Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd British Touring Car Championship egg:sport 2 0 2 0 1 15 11th World Series by Nissan PSN GD Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 18th 2002 British Touring Car Championship Honda Racing 20 1 3 1 4 116 5th V8 Supercar Championship K-Mart Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2003 European Touring Car Championship BMW Team Great Britain 20 3 1 2 8 100 3rd V8 Supercar Championship K-Mart Racing 2 0 0 0 0 148 47th 2004 European Touring Car Championship BMW Team UK 20 5 1 6 9 111 1st Belcar BMW Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC† 2005 World Touring Car Championship BMW Team UK 20 1 1 3 11 101 1st Formula One BMW Williams F1 Team Test driver 2006 World Touring Car Championship BMW Team UK 20 5 3 1 6 73 1st 2007 World Touring Car Championship BMW Team UK 22 3 0 0 8 92 1st 2008 World Touring Car Championship BMW Team UK 24 1 0 3 9 81 4th 2009 World Touring Car Championship BMW Team UK 24 2 0 4 7 84 4th V8 Supercar Championship Walkinshaw Racing 3 0 0 0 0 253 36th American Le Mans Series - GT2 BMW Rahal Letterman Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2010 World Touring Car Championship BMW Team RBM 24 6 1 5 6 246 4th Le Mans Series - LMGT2 BMW Team Schnitzer 1 0 0 0 0 11 18th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2 BMW Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF V8 Supercar Championship Triple Eight Race Engineering 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC† American Le Mans Series - GT BMW Rahal Letterman Racing 2 0 0 0 1 23 25th 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup - LMGTE Pro BMW Motorsport 7 1 0 0 4 152 2nd Le Mans Series - LMGTE Pro 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC† 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd International V8 Supercar Championship Triple Eight Race Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 45 79th American Le Mans Series - GT BMW Team RLL 1 1 0 0 1 30 17th 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RBM 10 0 0 0 0 24 13th 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 10 0 0 0 0 10 20th International V8 Supercar Championship Triple Eight Race Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 156 55th Rolex Sports Car Series - GT Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2014 United SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW Team RLL 11 0 1 0 3 298 8th 2015 British Touring Car Championship Team IHG Rewards Club 27 2 2 2 8 247 8th European Le Mans Series - LMGTE BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS 5 1 0 0 2 79 2nd United SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 66 22nd 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 9 2 1 1 3 117.5 5th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Ford Chip Ganassi Racing 1 0 0 0 0 27 27th 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 9 2 1 1 4 142.5 3rd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM 1 0 0 0 0 26 23rd 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 8 0 2 1 4 90 4th 2019 World Touring Car Cup Cyan Performance Lynk & Co 30 1 0 1 1 122 18th British GT Championship - GT4 Multimatic Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th2024 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-FWD Walkenhorst Motorsport Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-R+4WD † As Priaulx was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) ( signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

Complete V8 Supercar Championship results 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 31 32 33 34 35 36 Final pos Points 2002 K-Mart Racing Holden Commodore VX ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HIDR8 HIDR9 HIDR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 NC 0 2003 K-Mart Racing Holden Commodore VX ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HIDR9 HIDR10 HIDR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 47th 148 2009 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE ADER1 ADER2 HAMR3 HAMR4 WINR5 WINR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 HIDR9 HIDR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 SANR13 SANR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 PHIR21 PHIR22 BARR23 BARR22 SYDR23 SYDR24 36th 253 2010 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE YMCR1 YMCR2 BHRR3 BHRR4 ADER5 ADER6 HAMR7 HAMR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 WINR11 WINR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 TOWR15 TOWR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SANR23 SANR24 SYDR25 SYDR26 NC 0 + 2011 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VE YMCR1 YMCR2 ADER3 ADER4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 PHIQ PHIR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SANR25 SANR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 79th 45 2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 PUKR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 COTAR13 COTAR14 COTAR15 COTAR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 QLDR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 WINR25 WINR26 WINR27 SANR28 BATR29 SURR30 SURR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 55th 156 + Not Eligible for points

Complete European Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2003 BMW Team Great Britain BMW 320i VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 PER1 PER2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 3rd 100 2004 BMW Team UK BMW 320i MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 OSC1 OSC2 DUB1 DUB2 1st 111

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 DC Points 2005 BMW Team UK BMW 320i ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 SMR1 SMR2 MEX1 MEX2 BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 1st 101 2006 BMW Team UK BMW 320si ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 CZE1 CZE2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 1st 73 2007 BMW Team UK BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 NED1 NED2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 SWE1 SWE2 GER1 GER2 GBR1 GBR2 ITA1 ITA2 MAC1 MAC2 1st 92 2008 BMW Team UK BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA225† JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 4th 81 2009 BMW Team UK BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR215† FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 4th 84 2010 BMW Team RBM BMW 320si BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 4th 246 † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 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 Pos. Points 2011 BMW Motorsport BMW M3 GT2 LMGTE Pro SEB SPA LMS IMO SIL ROA ZHU 2nd 152

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points 2012 BMW Team RBM BMW M3 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 13th 24 2013 BMW Team RMG BMW M3 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 20th 10 † Driver did not finish, but completed 90% of the race distance

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2014 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW Z4 GTE BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 8th 298 2015 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL LIM ELK VIR COA PET 22nd 66 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing P Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 27th 27 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK GTLM Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 23rd 26

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2015 BMW Sports Trophy Marc VDS LMGTE BMW Z4 GTE BMW 4.4 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST 2nd 79

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 5th 117.5 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 142.5 2018–19 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 4th 90

Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 2019 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Lynk & Co 03 TCR MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 NED1 NED2 NED3 GER1 GER2 GER3 POR1 POR2 POR3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAL1 MAL2 MAL3 18th 122 † Driver did not finish, but completed 90% of the race distance.

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 DC Points 2019 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4 GT4 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 DON1SPA1 BRH1 DON1 NC 0

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Lap 2002 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VX Yvan Muller DNF 122 2003 HSV Dealer Team Holden Commodore VX Cameron McLean DNF 33 2009 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE David Reynolds 12th 161 2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF Mattias Ekström 10th 161

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2010 BMW Motorsport Dirk Müller Dirk Werner BMW M3 GT2 GT2 53 DNF DNF 2011 BMW Motorsport Dirk Müller Joey Hand BMW M3 GT2 GTEPro 313 15th 3rd 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Marino Franchitti Harry Tincknell Ford GT GTEPro 306 40th 9th 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Harry Tincknell Pipo Derani Ford GT GTEPro 340 18th 2nd 2018 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Harry Tincknell Tony Kanaan Ford GT GTEPro 332 36th 12th 2019 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Jonathan Bomarito Harry Tincknell Ford GT GTEPro 342 23rd 4th