William Buller

William Alfred Buller (born 17 September 1992) is a British former racing driver.

Career

T Cars After successful spells in both karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007 T Cars championship; the series designed for aspiring racing drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. Driving for Calvin Motorsport, Buller finished as series runner-up behind Daniel Brown, winning five races, including a hat-trick at Brands Hatch and finished on the podium in a further five races.

Formula BMW Despite being only fifteen, Buller moved up into the newly created Formula BMW Europe series for 2008, which had been formed from the merger of the British and German series. Driving for Fortec Motorsport, Buller took twelfth in the championship standings, taking the fastest lap at the final race at Monza. Buller also made a guest appearance in the Formula BMW Americas series, driving for Autotecnica at the -supporting rounds of the championship. He finished fourteenth and ninth in the two races, and also finished ninth in the World Final for EuroInternational.

At the conclusion of the season, Buller competed in the Winter Series of both the British and Portuguese Formula Renault series, and also the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He finished fifth in both Formula Renault championships, and he finished in the top ten of the Toyota Racing Series, despite competing in only three of the six rounds.

Buller returned to Formula BMW in 2009, again staying with Fortec. A first win proved elusive, although he did take a pole position at Silverstone, and also finished third at the Nürburgring, en route to tenth in the championship. Buller made a guest appearance for EuroInternational at the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific championship in Macau. He dominated the weekend, winning from pole position with fastest lap to boot, holding off team-mate Jim Pla to win the race.

Formula Three Buller would move into the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2010 season, driving for Hitech Racing. Prior to the season beginning, he also won the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race in São Paulo for Hitech, his debut in a Formula Three car.

In April 2012, it was confirmed that Buller would join Carlin for the newly christened European F3 Championship. The calendar would comprise eight F3 Euro Series rounds and a pair of events from the British championship.

In 2013 Buller, started the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Threebond by T-Sport driving a Nissan powered Dallara F312. During winter testing, he proved to be quick, regularly topping the timing sheets. When results during the first part of the season did not match the expectations, he decided to halt the campaign and focus on the British F3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport.

GP3 Series Buller would also compete in the GP3 Series in 2012, again linking up with the Carlin squad.

SXS Racing In 2020, Buller took up highly competitive off-road Side by Side racing – sxsracing.co.uk . Initially starting out in a 1000cc Yamaha YXZ, Buller placed sixth in the 1000 Experts class in 2021. The start of the 2022 season saw Buller switch to a more commonly used machine, the Polaris RS1.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euroseries results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Points 2012 Carlin Volkswagen HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 5th 182.5

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results (key) Year Entrant Engine 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 DC Points 2012 Carlin Volkswagen HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 NOR1 NOR2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 VAL1 VAL2 HOC1 HOC2 6th 137 2013 ThreeBond with T-Sport ThreeBond Nissan MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 16th 39 Fortec Motorsports Mercedes RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 2016 Carlin Volkswagen LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 24th 0

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 DC Points 2012 Carlin CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 15th 20

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 18 Points 2013 Zeta Corse MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 11th 46 2014 Arden Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 JER1 JER2 16th 30 2016 RP Motorsport ALC1 ALC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 16th 7

Complete Super Formula Results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2015 Kondo Racing Toyota SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 19th 0 2016 Kondo Racing Toyota SUZ OKA FUJ MOT OKA OKA SUG SUZ SUZ 19th 0

Personal life Buller's hobbies are water sports, training and playing football. His favourite drivers are Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, while his favourite circuits are Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Rockingham Motor Speedway.