Daniel Wells is a British racing driver from
Salisbury
Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath.
Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...
.
Career
Karting
He competed in 11 Senior Rotax kart races in the South of the
United Kingdom
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- setting a fastest lap in a field of 24 in his first ever race at Clay Pigeon.
Formula Ford
In 2010 Wells graduated to
Formula Ford 1600
Formula Ford 1600 is a number of championships which cater to 1600cc, Ford Kent powered Formula Ford racing cars. These are cars that were disbanded when the UK national Formula Ford category adopted the 1800cc Zetec engine in 1993. However, it h ...
. Together with engineer John Percy - who ran him out of a single trailer - Wells took five class poles and five class wins in seven race weekends.
This brought him to the attention of the
Racing Steps Foundation The Racing Steps Foundation, abbreviated as RSF, was an organisation founded by Graham Sharp running from 2008 to 2017 with former Formula One driver, the late John Surtees as the ambassador for the organization. RSF aided young British racing drive ...
for their
2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Cup shoot-out. Wells graduated to Formula Renault UK in late 2010, taking part in the
2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Cup.
Wells finished 5th in his first ever race weekend, lapping a tenth of a second off experienced team mate Alex Lynn. In the second weekend, Wells suffered incidents and mechanical failures, coming away with a best result of 11th.
Formula Renault
Wells joined the
2011 Formula Renault UK championship with
Atech Reid GP from Round 3. He finished 10th in the overall in the standings, 22 shy of 7th place, with a best result of 4th at
Rockingham and
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently host ...
.
In the
Formula Renault UK Final Series, he scored three podiums in six races, with a best result of 2nd at
Snetterton
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. He emerged as Vice Champion of the series, never finishing outside the top 6 beating Red Bull and McLaren backed drivers. Over the winter, Wells worked to secure the necessary budget for a 2012
Formula Renault UK
British Formula Renault Championship referred to one of two Formula Renault championships that were held in the United Kingdom. The main series was Renault Sport UK's Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship which was held from 1989 to 2011 and was g ...
seat. However, in March 2012 it was announced that Formula Renault UK series would not take place in 2012.
Formula Pilota China
On 28 March 2012, Wells announced he would compete in the
Formula Pilota China
Formula Masters China, FMCS () (previously known as Formula Pilota China), was a single-seater racing series based in Asia. The series was created in 2011 after the success of the Formula Abarth championship that was created a year before.
Event ...
Series in 2012, for the Hong Kong-based KCMG team.
Racing record
Career summary
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Southampton
English racing drivers
British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
Formula Masters China drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Japanese Formula 3 Championship drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
Asian Formula Renault Challenge drivers
Fortec Motorsport drivers
KCMG drivers
Double R Racing drivers
Eurasia Motorsport drivers
TCR International Series drivers
Campos Racing drivers
Chinese F4 Championship drivers
BlackArts Racing drivers
Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers