Liam Griffin

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 ten years before carrying out a management buyout with the private equity firm Carlyle. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Addison Lee.

Griffin 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.

Racing career

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) Griffin driving the Airwaves Racing Ford Focus ST at Brands Hatch during the 2011 British Touring Car Championship season. Griffin raced in the BTCC for three years and had a number of top-ten finishes and one 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, Griffin entered the British Touring Car Championship. Staying with Motorbase, he drove a Ford Focus ST.

Griffin stayed with Motorbase in 2012, now racing under the Redstone Racing banner. 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. He returned to the team at Silverstone and participated in the final two rounds of the season. After the final round at Brands Hatch, Griffin intended to retire from the BTCC.

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. Griffin took two class victories at the season opening Brands Hatch round to lead the trophy going to the second around at Donington Park.

Racing record

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 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 21st 2 2012 Redstone Racing Ford Focus ST Mk.II 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 37 2013 Addison Lee Motorbase Ford Focus ST Mk.II 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 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 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 28th 18 2015 Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 4th 123.5 2016 Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT3 BRH1 ROC1 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 5th 98.5 2017 Barwell Motorsport with GardX Lamborghini Huracán GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 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 SHA BHR 19th 14 2016 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 11th 24

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2016 Aston Martin Racing Gary Hirsch Andrew Howard Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE GTEAm 318 36th 7th 2018 JMW Motorsport Cooper MacNeil Jeff Segal Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 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 MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 2nd 88 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.