Westley Barber

Westley Barber (born 19 January 1982) is a British racing driver who was the 2002 British Formula Ford and 1998 French Formula Renault Campus champion.

Career Barber began racing in the Formula Renault Campus series in France. He won the title with six victories in the ten races across the year. He graduated to French Formula 3 for 1999 and drove for La Filière Elf finishing fourth in the class B series. He was a nominated finalist for the Autosport BRDC Award that year, but lost out to Gary Paffett.

Barber returned to Britain in 2000, joining Alan Docking Racing for the British Formula 3 season. He would ultimately finish in 14th and a best finish of sixth in the final race at Silverstone. In 2001, he joined British Formula Ford with Haywood Racing and progressed to the Duckhams team for 2002 winning the championship. Of the eighteen races, Barber won eight, including the first seven races of the season. In 2003, Barber moved to the United States to compete in Formula Ford 2000 with Cape Motorsports. He would finish second in the championship behind American racer Jonathan Bomarito.

For 2004, Barber returned to the UK and joined Comtec Racing in Formula Renault UK. He would finish the season in second place, behind future World Endurance Championship victor Mike Conway. He remained with Comtec for 2005 competing in both the French Formula Renault 2.0 series and Formula Renault Eurocup. In France he won one race at Nogaro Circuit. In 2006, he became a full member of the British Racing Drivers Club. Following a number of years away from racing, Barber returned to British Formula Ford in 2008 competing in the 11 race season securing three podiums including a pair of second places at the final round of the season at Brands Hatch.

Racing Record Career Summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1998 Formula Renault Campus France 10 6 ? ? ? ? 1st 1999 French Formula 3 Championship La Filière Elf 14 0 0 0 6 185 4th 2000 British Formula 3 Championship Alan Docking Racing 11 0 0 0 0 17 14th 2001 British Formula Ford Championship Haywood Racing 13 0 0 0 2 178 8th Formula Ford EuroCup 5 1 0 1 1 50 3rd Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 0 9th? 2002 British Formula Ford Championship Duckhams 18 8 6 7 14 487 1st Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 1 0 0 NC 2003 Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series Cape Motorsports 11 3 7 ? 9 262 2nd Formula Renault UK 2.0 Winter Series Comtec Racing 4 2 1 1 2 52 2nd 2004 Formula Renault UK 2.0 Championship 20 6 6 4 11 426 2nd 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 8 0 0 0 1 16 18th Formula Renault France 2.0 Championship 10 1 1 2 2 52 8th 2008 British Formula Ford 11 0 1 0 3 176 12th

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 DC Points 2005 Comtec Racing ZOL1 ZOL2 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 18th 16