Ryan Briscoe

Ryan John Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian-American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America.

In IndyCar, Briscoe collected eight wins and 28 podiums, finishing third in the 2009 season, fifth in 2008 and 2010, and sixth in 2011 and 2012. In sports car racing, he has won the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2020 Petit Le Mans, was runner-up at the 2007 American Le Mans Series LMP2 class, and won the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring LMP2 class, the 2008 and 2013 Petit Le Mans LMP2 class, the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona GTLM class, and finished third overall at the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona.

Career biography Early career

Like many racing drivers, Briscoe started his career in karting, first racing in 1993. After winning Australian, North American and Italian championships, he moved to Formula Renault in 2000. He won the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2001 (winning five races) and finished fourth running a limited schedule in the Eurocup (with two wins in six races).

2002–04: Toyota F1 test driver In 2002, Briscoe became test driver for the Toyota Formula One team which made its debut that season. He started that year racing in the Formula 3000 series, but struggled and left his ride after seven races. He finished the year in the German Formula Three Championship, taking three podiums in the last six rounds. He also won the Formula Three Euroseries in 2003 (winning eight races in the process). He became the Toyota F1 team's 'third' driver (i.e., drove the team's test car on Fridays at Grands Prix) for the last third of the 2004 season, after previous third driver Ricardo Zonta was called up to replace Cristiano da Matta.

2005: Move to IndyCar with Ganassi There were rumours that Briscoe was set to race for the Jordan Grand Prix F1 team in 2005, due to the team's acquisition of Toyota power.

Briscoe earned his first career win at the Milwaukee Mile just one week after Indy, holding off Scott Dixon and avoiding a late crash involving Marco Andretti, Ed Carpenter, and Vítor Meira. Briscoe became the sixth driver in IndyCar history to score his first win while driving for Penske, following Mark Donohue (in 1971), Tom Sneva (1975), Rick Mears (1978), Paul Tracy (1993), and teammate Hélio Castroneves (2000). He followed up his first career win with a second victory, shortly after the halfway point of the season, at the Honda 200 on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Briscoe also became the first Australian to claim victory at their home event, the 2008 Nikon Indy 300, on 26 October 2008, after countryman and favourite Will Power crashed out early in the race. The race, however, was not held for championship points and was the last major open-wheel event held at the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.

2009 was Briscoe's best season in the championship, with three wins and eight further podiums Briscoe led the championship for most of the season with him trading the lead with Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon. He was leading the championship by 25 points before the penultimate round, the Indy Japan 300 at the Twin Ring Motegi. Briscoe then hit the wall exiting accelerating from the pit exit and had to retire, dropping to third in the championship behind Dario Franchitti and Dixon. Briscoe remained in championship contention heading into the final event at Homestead-Miami Speedway, however in a three-way battle between the title contenders, Briscoe could only finish second behind Franchitti, who became champion.

Briscoe won a single race at Texas Motor Speedway in 2010, but could not recapture the heights of 2009 and did not win another race until Sonoma Raceway in 2012. Briscoe did, however, take pole for the 2012 Indianapolis 500, becoming the first Australian to do so. Briscoe matched his best finishing position of fifth in the race.

2013–14: ALMS and return to Ganassi At the beginning of 2013, Briscoe was unable to secure an IndyCar ride. Instead, he was hired by Level 5 Motorsports to drive an HPD ARX-03b in the P2 class of the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring. Briscoe won his class with Scott Tucker and Marino Franchitti, his first ALMS P2 class win since 2008. Later, just before the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in April, Level 5 announced it had signed Briscoe on as a full-season P2 driver with Tucker, going on to win six times across the season. With the team Briscoe also made his debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but the entry was not classified.

Meanwhile, just before the 2013 Grand Prix of Alabama in April, Chip Ganassi Racing announced they had signed Briscoe to return to the team for the 2013 Indianapolis 500 as a 3rd entry. Following the 500, in which Briscoe finished twelfth, Panther Racing announced that it had signed Briscoe to replace J. R. Hildebrand in the No. 4 National Guard car from Detroit onwards.

Following Dario Franchitti's retirement after a crash at the Grand Prix of Houston, Tony Kanaan moved from a planned fourth Ganassi Racing car, and Briscoe took over the fourth No. 8 NTT Data car from Kanaan for the 2014 IndyCar Series. He finished eleventh in the points and failed to finish on the podium. He parted ways with Ganassi at the end of the season, as the No. 8 car needed more funding to continue.

Having returned to the V8 Supercars Bathurst 1000 in 2010, and competing as a mandated 'international driver' in the Gold Coast 600 between 2010 and 2012, Briscoe returned to Australia in 2013 to compete in the newly launched three-event series of two-driver races known as the Enduro Cup. The final race of this campaign, also at the Gold Coast 600, saw Briscoe take his first championship podium driving with Russell Ingall.

2015: Corvette success and IndyCar substitution

For the 2015 IndyCar Series season, Briscoe had been in negotiations to race for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, but that fell through when financial arrangements could not be made for the team to field a third car. However, the team then called Briscoe in as replacement driver for James Hinchcliffe at the 2015 Indianapolis 500 after Hinchcliffe suffered a severe injury after qualifying for the race. He returned to the team at Texas and joined as permanent replacement driver from Fontana onwards. He collected four top-ten finishes in eight races in what were his final appearances in the championship.

Meanwhile, Briscoe continued a relationship with Corvette Racing in the GTLM category that had commenced in 2014 with selected entries as a third driver in the endurance United SportsCar Championship (IMSA) events. In 2015, Briscoe won his class at the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona and 2015 12 Hours of Sebring driving the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R with Antonio García and Jan Magnussen. The team also entered the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans but failed to make the start after a crash in qualifying.

2016–19: Ford GT with Ganassi The No. 69 Ford GT belonging to Briscoe, Dixon, and Westbrook that took third in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

In 2016, Ford launched a return to endurance sports car racing with Chip Ganassi Racing running a Ford GT across both the FIA World Endurance (WEC) and WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IMSA) championships. Briscoe was selected to join the IMSA team which, alongside former IndyCar rival Scott Dixon and Richard Westbrook, also made annual appearances in the WEC's 24 Hours of Le Mans. The trio scored a class podium at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans and Briscoe claimed his 2nd 24 Hours of Daytona class win in 2018. In the IMSA championship, Westbrook and Briscoe contested full seasons with Dixon joining them for the endurance races. Westbrook and Briscoe finished second in the championship in both 2016 and 2018. The Ford works programme shut down at the end of the 2019 season.

2020: Wayne Taylor Racing Briscoe switched to the Prototype class for the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech Championship, partnering with Renger van der Zande as full-time driver at Wayne Taylor Racing. The duo won the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona along with Scott Dixon and Kamui Kobayashi. In October 2020, Briscoe, van der Zande and Dixon won the 2020 Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.

Personal life In addition to his native English, Briscoe speaks Italian and French. He attended Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia, however he had left to compete in Europe before completing his education.

Briscoe is not related to NASCAR driver Chase Briscoe.

Racing record Karting career summary Season Series Team Position 1995 CIK Stars of Karting - Pro Junior KF3 CRG 1st 1996 CIK Stars of Karting - Pro Junior KF3 CRG 1st 7th Trofeo Andrea Margutti - 100 Junior 3rd CIK-FIA Junior World Karting Championship 25th 1997 FIA European Formula A Championship CRG 7th FIA World Formula A Championship 20th 1998 FIA World Formula A Championship CRG 28th 9th Andrea Margutti Trophy - Formula A 3rd 1999 Italian Open Masters - Formula A CRG 1st FIA World Formula Super A Championship 14th 10th Trofeo Andrea Margutti - Formula A 17th FIA Karting World Cup - Formula Super A 16th 2000 FIA World Formula Super A Championship Tony Kart 19th FIA European Kart Championship - Formula C 11th FIA World Formula C Kart Championship 31st FIA European Kart Championship - Formula Super A 23rd 11th Trofeo Andrea Margutti - Formula A 33rd

Circuit career summary † As Briscoe was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete International Formula 3000 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 DC Pts 2002 Coca-Cola Nordic Racing INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR SIL MAG HOC HUN SPA MNZ 23rd 0

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key)

Complete Formula One results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Pts 2004 Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF104 AUS MAL BHR SMR ESP MON EUR CAN USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA – – Toyota TF104B CHN JPN BRA Was entered as third driver, but did not run due to bad weather.

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 Pts 2005–06 Australia GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 13th 51 2006–07 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 13th 24

IndyCar results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref 2005 Chip Ganassi Racing 33 Panoz Toyota HMS PHX STP MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY PPR SNM CHI WGL FON 19th 232 2006 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 5 Dallara Honda HMS STP MOT INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MCH KTY SNM CHI 21st 83 2007 Luczo-Dragon Racing 12 HMS STP MOT KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MOH MCH KTY SNM DET CHI 24th 30 2008 Team Penske 6 HMS STP MOT1 LBH1 KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MOH EDM KTY SNM DET CHI SRF2 5th 447 2009 Penske Racing STP LBH KAN INDY MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL TOR EDM KTY MOH SNM CHI MOT HMS 3rd 604 2010 Team Penske SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MOH SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS 5th 482 2011 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MOH NHM SNM BAL MOT KTY LVS3 6th 364 2012 2 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MOH SNM BAL FON 6th 370 2013 Chip Ganassi Racing 8 Honda STP ALA LBH SAO INDY 26th 100 Panther Racing 4 Chevrolet DET DET TXS MIL IOW POC TOR TOR MOH SNM BAL HOU HOU FON 2014 Chip Ganassi Racing 8 STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS HOU HOU POC IOW TOR TOR MOH MIL SNM FON 11th 461 2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 5 Honda STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MOH POC SNM 18th 205

1 Run on same day. 2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race. 3 The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums(Non-win)** Top 10s(Non-podium)*** Indianapolis 500wins Championships116136138203800 Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes. Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2005 Panoz Toyota 24 10 Chip Ganassi Racing 2007 Dallara Honda 7 5 Luczo-Dragon Racing 2008 Dallara Honda 3 23 Team Penske 2009 Dallara Honda 2 15 Team Penske 2010 Dallara Honda 4 24 Team Penske 2011 Dallara Honda 26 27 Team Penske 2012 Dallara Chevrolet 1 5 Team Penske 2013 Dallara Honda 23 12 Chip Ganassi Racing 2014 Dallara Chevrolet 8 18 Chip Ganassi Racing 2015 Dallara Honda 33 12 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

Champ Car results Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2006 RuSPORT 10 Lola B02/00 Ford XFE LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF MXC21st17

Rolex Sports Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Rolex Sports Car Series results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts 2005 Ganassi Racing DP Riley Lexus DAY HOM CAL LAG MTT WGL BAR WGL DAY MOH PHX WGL VIR MEX 68th 24 2006 SunTrust Racing DP Riley Pontiac DAY MEX HOM LBH VIR LAG PHX LIM WGL DAY BAR WGL SON MMP 61st 62 2008 Penske-Taylor Racing DP Riley Pontiac DAY HOM MEX VIR LAG LIM WGL MOH DAY BAR CGV WGL SON NJE MMP 46th 30 2009 Penske Racing DP Riley Porsche DAY VIR NJE LAG WGL MOH DAY BAR WGL CGV MMP HOM 41st 25 2011 SunTrust Racing DP Dallara Chevrolet DAY HOM BAR VIR LIM LAG WGL MOH DAY NJE WGL CGV MMP 26th 27 2012 SunTrust Racing DP Corvette DP Chevrolet DAY BAR HOM NJE DET MOH ROA WGL IMS WGL CGV LAG LIM NC 0

American Le Mans Series 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 10 11 12 Pts 2007 Penske Racing LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 SEB STP LBH HOU MMP LIM MOH ROA MOS DET PET LAG 3rd 186 2008 Penske Racing LMP2 Porsche RS Spyder Evo Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 SEB STP LBH MMP LIM MOH ROA MOS DET PET LAG 16th 53 2013 Level 5 Motorsports LMP2 HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 SEB LBH LAG LIM MOS ROA BAL COA VIR PET 5th 129

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2005 CompUSA Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates Scott Pruett Luis Díaz Riley MkXI-Lexus DP 688 7th 7th 2006 SunTrust Racing Wayne Taylor Emmanuel Collard Max Angelelli Riley MkXI-Pontiac DP 123 DNF DNF 2008 Penske-Taylor Racing Hélio Castroneves Kurt Busch Riley MkXI-Pontiac DP 689 3rd 3rd 2009 Penske Racing Romain Dumas Timo Bernhard Riley MkXX-Porsche DP 717 6th 6th 2011 SunTrust Racing Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor Dallara DP01-Chevrolet DP 720 5th 5th 2012 SunTrust Racing Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor Dallara Corvette DP DP 14 DNF DNF 2014 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 329 DNF DNF 2015 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 725 4th1st 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing USA Richard Westbrook Stefan Mücke Ford GT GTLM 560 39th 9th 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon Ford GT GTLM 624 27th 10th 2018 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon Ford GT GTLM 783 11th 1st 2019 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Richard Westbrook Scott Dixon Ford GT GTLM 570 13th 4th 2020 Konica Minolta Cadillac Scott Dixon Kamui Kobayashi Renger van der Zande Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 883 1st 1st 2021 Scuderia Corsa Bret Curtis Marcos Gomes Ed Jones Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 GTD 676 DNF DNF

Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Penske Racing Sascha Maassen Emmanuel Collard Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 297 23rd 8th 2008 Penske Racing Patrick Long Sascha Maassen Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 29 DNF DNF 2013 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b P2 346 6th 1st 2014 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 283 19th 8th 2015 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 330 10th 1st 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook Ford GT GTLM 235 15th 5th 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook Ford GT GTLM 334 10th 4th

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2013 Level 5 Motorsports Scott Tucker Marino Franchitti HPD ARX-03b-Honda LMP2 242 NC NC 2015 Corvette Racing Jan Magnussen Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTEPro 0 DNS DNS 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook Ford GT GTEPro 340 20th 3rd 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook Ford GT GTEPro 337 23rd 7th 2018 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook Ford GT GTEPro 309 39th 14th 2019 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Scott Dixon Richard Westbrook Ford GT GTEPro 341 24th 5th 2021 Glickenhaus Racing Romain Dumas Richard Westbrook Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Hypercar 364 5th 5th 2022 Glickenhaus Racing Franck Mailleux Richard Westbrook Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Hypercar 375 3rd 3rd 2023 Glickenhaus Racing Romain Dumas Olivier Pla Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Hypercar 335 6th 6th

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 Rank Points 2021 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 6th 38 2022 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 7th 23 2023 Glickenhaus Racing Hypercar Glickenhaus SCG 007 LMH Glickenhaus P21 3.5 L Turbo V8 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ 12th 24 Vanwall Racing Team Vanwall Vandervell 680 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 BHR

Supercars Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Not Eligible for points Season still in progress

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2006 Holden Racing Team Holden Commodore VZ Jim Richards DNF 24 2010 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VE Andrew Thompson 25th 154 2013 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF Russell Ingall 17th 161