Richie Stanaway

Richard Stanaway (born 24 November 1991) is a racing car driver from New Zealand. He currently competes in the Pirtek Enduro Cup, co-driving with James Golding in the No. 7 Ford Mustang for Blanchard Racing Team.

Career New Zealand

Born in Tauranga, Stanaway was originally from a motocross background, before making the switch to speedway at the age of twelve. Following that came a brief foray into kart racing prior to making his formula car debut in 2007 after being selected for the New Zealand SpeedSport Scholarship. He competed in the 2007/08 Formula First championship finishing third overall as the highest placed rookie.

Stanaway then made the jump to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship with Hamilton-based, debutant team TSR Racing alongside team-mate Martin Short. Prior to National championship he raced in the winter series to prepare, winning numerous races in the process with the newly imported Mygale chassis. Stanaway won the 2008/09 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship with fourteen race wins, becoming only the second driver in history to win the title as a rookie.

Stanaway then competed in the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship with Adelaide-based, Team BRM, making their debut in the Formula Ford championship after a long history of Formula 3 experience. During his Australian Formula Ford campaign in April 2009, Stanaway made his debut in New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series during a one-off appearance on the Hamilton 400 street circuit, scoring both pole positions and winning both races on debut. He then had to pull out halfway through the Australian Formula Ford Championship to take up testing and racing opportunities in the ADAC Formula Masters Championship in Germany. Despite missing six of the races, Richie finished sixth place in the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship taking one race win and six podium finishes.

Europe In July 2009, Stanaway took up a testing opportunity at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz with Ma-Con Motorsport, a German team competing in the ADAC Formula Masters Championship. The test was organised by Tauranga businessman Maurice O' Reilly, a past investor of New Zealand Indy 500 winner, and Indycar series champion Scott Dixon. Stanaway impressed and was offered a race seat for the remaining six races of the 2009 ADAC Formula Masters Championship held at Nürburgring, Sachsenring and Oschersleben. The required budget was raised through a group of investors, and on 22 August 2009, Stanaway made his European debut at the famous Nürburgring circuit. During the six races, he scored two pole positions and numerous podium finishes, and following the signing of a management contract with RRT Holdings, headed by businessman Martin Reiss, the decision was made to return to contest the full ADAC Formula Masters Championship in 2010.

For the 2010 ADAC Formula Masters Championship, Stanaway dominated proceedings, taking twelve race wins and finished no lower than second place throughout the whole championship. Following that he completed tests with 2010 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup championship winning team, Koiranen Bros. Motorsport at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya, also a test with ATS-Formel 3 cup (German Formula 3) team Van Amersfoort Racing in Oschersleben, and a thorough testing programme with Tech-1 racing in Formula Renault 2.0. Richie then made his racing debut in the United Kingdom, competing in the Formula Renault UK winter cup with Atech-GP which took place at Snetterton and Pembrey, he took a race win and numerous podium placings over the six race series.

Stanaway was then released from his management contract with Martin Reiss to then sign with Gravity Sport Management, a management group headed by Lotus-Renault Formula One team principal Eric Boullier, and contested the 2011 ATS-Formel 3 cup (German Formula 3) with Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing. He replaced Pedro Nunes for the remainder of the 2011 GP3 Series season with the pace-setters, Lotus ART, he would begin at the penultimate round of the championship in Belgium. He finished eighth in the first race and therefore started from pole in the second, where he kept the lead and won the race.

In November 2011, Stanaway tested the new BMW M3 DTM car as one of three young drivers, and then in December, he tested for Formula Renault 3.5 Series team Gravity–Charouz Racing in the invite-only test at Aragon, Spain where he topped the times on the first two days and finished the three-day test with the fastest overall time.

In 2014, Stanaway competed in GP3 for Status Grand Prix. He finished eighth in the overall standings, winning two races and scoring two additional podiums.

Touring Cars

Stanaway made his Supercars debut for Super Black Racing in 2016, co-driving with Chris Pither in the Pirtek Enduro Cup series. He impressed on debut in Sandown, fighting his way from a pit-stop down up to third with slick tyres on a damp track. His team were caught out by a safety car and would eventually drop to 17th and one lap down. In 2017, Stanaway competed in the Sydney round of the Super2 Series, winning the final race. He then drove in the Pirtek Enduro Cup with Cam Waters, winning the Sandown 500 from pole position. They then lead the Bathurst 1000 before an incident on a restart after the safety car, breaking the rear wing. They repaired the car and they went on to finish 16th, three laps down. They also finished in second the first race of the Gold Coast 600, but suffered steering damage in the second race, resulting in a finish position of 21st. It was announced in early December that Stanaway would drive full-time in the Supercars Championship with Tickford Racing.

In 2019, Stanaway moved to Garry Rogers Motorsport after a poor season in 2018. He aggravated a previous neck injury and missed seven races making a return at The Bend SuperSprint. At the Gold Coast 600 he was stood down for missing an autograph signing but reinstated at the next round at Sandown. After a difficult two years in Supercars, Stanaway retired from the sport in November 2019.

In 2021, Peter Adderton from Boost Mobile floated the idea of running a Wildcard entry for Stanaway and four time Bathurst winner Greg Murphy in the upcoming Bathurst 1000. The idea gained massive fan support, helping to convince Stanaway and Murphy to return for the first time since 2019 and 2014 respectively. On 8 June 2021, it was confirmed that the two would return in an Erebus Motorsport run Boost Mobile supported entry. On 12 November 2021, the wildcard was postponed due to travel restrictions between Australia & New Zealand. In late April 2022, Erebus Motorsport confirmed that the Wildcard would be revived for the upcoming Bathurst 1000. There were plans to run Stanaway & Murphy in solo events prior to Bathurst but those plans fell through, the two had three test days prior to the 1000 with the first set to be run at Winton Motor Raceway on 7 June.

In 2023, Stanaway would join Triple Eight to partner Shane van Gisbergen for the Supercars Enduro races, as well as to race in GT World Challenge Australia and GT World Challenge Asia. He would score two podiums in GT and two podiums in Supercars, including victory at the Bathurst 1000. On 21 August, it was announced that he would be driving full-time for Grove Racing in 2024.

Racing record Karting career SeasonSeriesPosition 2007New Zealand Top Half Series - Rotex Light 10thNew Zealand Top Half Series - Formula Junior 17th

Career summary

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2010 ETEC Motorsport Tatuus TT104ZZ - Toyota 3rd 4th

Complete German Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2011 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F306 Volkswagen OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 SAC1 SAC2 ASS1 ASS2 ZOL1 ZOL2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 181

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2011 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F308 - Volkswagen 21st 15th DNF

Complete GP3 Series 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 16 17 18 DC Points 2011 Lotus ARTISTFEAISTSPRCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 20th 7 2014 Status Grand Prix CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 8th 125

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2012 Lotus ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 22nd 8 2014 Lotus MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 JER1 JER2 18th 21

Complete GP2 Series 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 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2015 Status Grand Prix BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 10th 60

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2013 DAMS CAT MON SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC YMC 12th 43

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 19th 27.75 2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 10th 54 2015 Aston Martin Racing V8 LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 9th 78 2016 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 7th 88 2017 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 14th 32

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2015 TF Sport GTC Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST 11th 10 2016 Aston Martin Racing GTE Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 15th 16

24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 Aston Martin Racing V8 Stefan Mücke Darren Turner Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTLM 610 44th 8th 2016 Aston Martin Racing V8 Mathias Lauda Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTD 702 17th 4th

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2015 Aston Martin Racing V8 Fernando Rees Alex MacDowall Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 320 34th 6th 2016 Aston Martin Racing Jonathan Adam Fernando Rees Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 337 24th 6th 2017 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 334 25th 9th

12 Hours of Sebring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2016 Aston Martin Racing V8 Mathias Lauda Pedro Lamy Paul Dalla Lana Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTD 229 32nd 10th

Gulf 12 Hours results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2023 Grove Racing Brenton Grove Stephen Grove Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) PA 34 24th 9th

Super2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars Championship results

Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-Driver Position Lap 2016 Super Black Racing Ford Falcon FG X Chris Pither 12th 161 2017 Prodrive Racing Australia Ford Falcon FG X Cameron Waters 16th 159 2018 Tickford Racing Ford Falcon FG X Steve Owen 22nd 152 2019 Garry Rogers Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB Chris Pither 12th 161 2022 Erebus Motorsport Holden Commodore ZB Greg Murphy 11th 161 2023 Triple Eight Race Engineering Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Shane van Gisbergen 1st 161 2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Dale Wood 9th 161 2025 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Nash Morris DNF 143 2026 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 James Golding

Bathurst 12 Hours results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2023 Triple Eight Race Engineering Prince Jeffri Ibrahim Jamie Whincup Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo PA 319 10th3rd