James Cole

James Cole (born 16 August 1988) is a British racing driver from Southport, Merseyside. He made his British Touring Car Championship debut in 2013.

Career

Formula Ford Cole began his racing career in 2007, taking part in BRSCC North West Formula Ford. He won this regional championship, and in 2008 moved to the main British Formula Ford Championship. He finished tenth. He continued another year in the series, and won the 2009 championship, taking seven wins and fifteen podiums in the twenty-four races.

Cole was nominated for the 2009 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

British Formula 3 Cole changed series to the British Formula 3 National Class for the 2010 season, driving for T-Sport alongside Alex Brundle and Menasheh Idafar. He finished second in the class.

Formula Two Cole moved to Formula Two for the start of the 2011 season with British Formula 3 teammate Brundle.

British Touring Car Championship

Tony Gilham Racing (2013) Cole driving the Team HARD Vauxhall Insignia at Oulton Park during the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season. After a year out of racing, Cole joined Team HARD. for the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season to drive an NGTC Vauxhall Insignia. He was allowed to drive the car for the first time on the Friday before the Brands Hatch round to shake down the car. In July 2013, Cole announced he had left Team HARD. to focus on securing a drive for 2014.

United Autosports (2014–) For the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season, Cole joined United Autosports who would be making their debut in the series.

Racing record Cole, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship. Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2006 Formula Ford Festival – Kent class MedinaSport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th 2007 BRSCC North West Formula Ford MedinaSport ? ? ? ? ? 178 1st Formula Ford 1600 Walter Hayes Trophy MedinaSport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th Formula Ford Festival – Kent class MedinaSport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th 2008 British Formula Ford Championship Jamun Racing 24 0 0 0 0 267 10th Formula Ford Festival – Duratec – Pre finals 2 0 0 1 1 N/A N/A Formula Ford Festival – Duratec class 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th 2009 British Formula Ford Championship Jamun Racing 24 7 5 6 15 597 1st Formula Ford Festival – Duratec – Pre finals 2 1 0 0 2 N/A N/A Formula Ford Festival – Duratec class 1 0 0 1 1 N/A 3rd Formula BMW Pacific Eurasia Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2010 British Formula 3 International Series T-Sport 30 11 5 7 29 418 2nd 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 16 0 0 0 0 6 20th 2013 British Touring Car Championship RCIB Insurance Racing 15 0 0 0 0 11 21st 2014 British Touring Car Championship United Autosports 30 0 0 1 0 5 26th 2015 British Touring Car Championship Motorbase Performance 15 0 0 0 0 32 19th 2016 British Touring Car Championship Silverline Subaru BMR Racing 27 0 0 1 0 15 25th 2017 British Touring Car Championship Adrian Flux Subaru Racing 30 1 1 0 1 79 16th 2018 British Touring Car Championship Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher 30 0 0 0 0 67 21st † As Cole was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MON1 MON2 CAT1 CAT2 20th 6

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 given 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 2013 RCIB Insurance Racing Vauxhall Insignia BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 21st 11 2014 United Autosports Toyota Avensis BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 26th 5 2015 Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 19th 32 2016 Silverline SubaruBMR Racing Subaru Levorg GT BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 25th 15 2017 Adrian FluxSubaru Racing Subaru Levorg GT BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 16th 79 2018 Team Shredded Wheat Racingwith Gallagher Ford Focus RS BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 21st 67