Wayne Boyd

Wayne Boyd (born 25 October 1990) is a British racing driver from County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Boyd won the British Formula Ford Championship in 2008 with Jamun Racing. He won 13 out of 25 championship races. He sat on the pole for 15 races and was on the podium 20 times out of 25 races. In the same year, he won the Formula Ford Festival Duratec class. His dominate performance earned him named as one of British Racing Driver Club Superstars and nominated for the BRDC McLaren Autosport Award. Boyd also won the Walter Hayes Trophy in 2014 and won the Formula Ford Festival for a second time in 2015.

In 2009, Boyd raced full-time in the British Formula Three Championship for T-Sport and won a race at Donington Park. He started that race outside thetop-ten and in the rain raced his way to the win on slicks. At the Macau GP, Boyd walked away from an incredible crash - surviving after landing upside down and will be remembered as a great escape. He finished 12th in points overall. He was again nominated as BRDC Superstars and British MSA Race Elite Driver.

In 2010, financial constraints only allowed Boyd to make two one-off races Hockenheimring for Sino Vision Racing in British F3, the second was the F3 Masters event at Zandvoort in which he started 24th on the grid and finished eighth in poor weather conditions.

In 2011, Boyd signed to race for Belardi Auto Racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship in America. The deal came together days before the start of the season. He captured two wins, including one on the oval at the Milwaukee Mile, six podiums in total and finished third in the Championship points behind Petri Suvanto and Spencer Pigot.

In 2012, Boyd raced two event weekends for Belardi Auto Racing at Baltimore and Virginia International Raceway posting a third- and second-place finish at VIR.

Early years: Boyd starting karting in September 2001 in the cadet class (Zip kart) finishing in the top-ten in his first year in the Northern Irish Championship. Contested the Five Nations Championship at Nutts Corner finishing fifth. His first championships were in 2004 winning the Ulster Championship at Nutts Corner, the Five Nations Championship (NC Plate Winner). He raced for Maranello in 2005 placing first in the Ulster Cup and second in the Northern Ireland Karting Association. In 2006, he stepped up to Intrepid Karts and continued placing first and second in Ulster championships.

In 2007, Boyd raced Formula Ford 1600 and won the Northern Irish FF1600 Championship. He was named Novice of the Year. He set new track records on his first visits to Knockhill; Mondello Park; Brands Hatch during the Formula Ford Festival and at Silverstone during the Walter Hayes Trophy.

Racing Record Career summary † Guest driver ineligible for points

American open-wheel racing results U.S. F2000 National Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points 2011 Belardi Auto Racing SEB11 SEB6 STP7 STP3 ORP5 MIL1 MOH2 MOH2 ROA10 ROA3 BAL1 BAL15 3rd 229 2012 Belardi Auto Racing SEB SEB STP STP LOR MOH MOH ROA ROA ROA BAL26 BAL11 VIR3 VIR2 NC‡ 0‡ ‡ Unregistered drivers ineligible for points

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; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) ‡: Points count towards Michelin Endurance Cup championship only.†: Post-event penalty. Car moved to back of class.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2021 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 16th 23

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2021 United Autosports Alex Lynn Paul di Resta Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 9th 4th