Finlay Hutchison

Finlay Hutchison (born 20 January 2000) is a British racing driver from Scotland who last competed in GT World Challenge Europe and the Italian GT Championship for VSR.

Career Hutchison made his single-seater debut in 2016, racing for Mark Burdett Motorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. In his only season in the series, Hutchison scored a best result of 15th at the Hungaroring as he ended the year 23rd in points. Switching to sportscars for 2017, Hutchison joined Equipe Verschuur to race in the Silver Cup of the GT4 European Series Northern Cup. Driving a McLaren 570S GT4, Hutchison scored three class podiums, including a best outright finish of second at Zandvoort to secure fifth in points.

Equipe Verschuur's McLaren 570S GT4, as raced by Hutchison in 2018.

Continuing in GT4 competition for 2018, Hutchison remained with Equipe Verschuur for a dual campaign in the GT4 European Series and the British GT Championship. In the former, Hutchison won at Misano and the Nürburgring en route to a fourth-place points finish, whereas in the latter, he took a lone GT4 Silver win at Donington Park to clinch fifth in points. At the end of the year, Hutchison raced in the GT4 International Cup for Academy Motorsport, in which he finished third overall alongside Matt Nicoll-Jones. Moving up to GT3 competition for the following year, Hutchison joined Audi-linked Phoenix Racing for a dual campaign in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe. Between the two campaigns, Hutchison found more success in the former, taking a Silver Cup podium at Le Castellet to take ninth in points. During 2019, Hutchison also raced in the final two rounds of the GT4 European Series as a guest driver, most notably finishing second in race one at Zandvoort for Camaro-fielding V8 Racing. Also during the year, Hutchison became part of the BRDC Rising Stars programme.

In 2020, Hutchison primarily raced in the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series for Ferrari-fielding JMW Motorsport, scoring a best result of fourth at Le Castellet to take seventh in points. In parallel, Hutchison also raced in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Mercedes-linked Haupt Racing Team at Imola, before switching to Audi-fielding Attempto Racing for the remainder of the season. Continuing with Audi machinery for 2021, Hutchison joined Saintéloc Racing for his third full-time season in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Racing in the Pro class for the first four rounds, Hutchison scored points finishes at Monza and Le Castellet, before switching to the Invitational class for Barcelona as he gave the Audi R8 LMS Evo II its debut.

After racing in the 2022 Asian Le Mans Series' GT class for Attempto Racing, Hutchison joined Audi-affiliated Team WRT to return to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Racing in the Silver Cup, Hutchison scored a lone class podium at Le Castellet to take 14th in points. Remaining with Audi machinery through 2023, Hutchison switched to Comtoyou Racing for a dual campaign in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups. In the former, Hutchison scored a class win at Monza and three further podiums to secure runner-up honors in the Silver Cup, whereas in the latter, he took a lone class win at Valencia and six podiums en route to a third-place points finish in the Gold Cup. Hutchison was due to remain with the Belgian team for the following year as they switched to Aston Martin machinery, but was replaced by Esteban Muth on the eve of the season. In 2025, Hutchison joined Lamborghini-linked VSR for a dual campaign in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup, but left the team after partaking in the first round of both series.

Personal life In 2021, Hutchison was given a £2,000 fine and 120 hours of community service, after allowing one of his friends to drive his BMW M4 uninsured, which then resulted in a hit-and-run accident which resulted in the death of a pedestrian. In 2023, Hutchison was charged with dangerous driving after being caught speeding in the streets of Perth in November of 2019. Two years later, Hutchison was involved in a traffic collision on the A9, which left his passenger with life-threatening injuries.

Karting record Karting career summary

† As Hutchison was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2016 Mark Burdett Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 23rd 37

Complete GT4 European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 2018 Equipe Verschuur McLaren 570S GT4 GT4 Silver OUL1 OUL2 ROC SNE1 SNE2 SIL SPA BRH DON 5th 113

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)