John Andrew Bennett (born 15 September 2003) is a British racing driver who is competing in the
2024 GB3 Championship
The 2024 GB3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The 2024 season is the ninth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the fourth season under the ...
for
JHR Developments, and is the runner up of the 2021 Ginetta GT5 Challenge.
Career
Ginetta GT5
Bennett made his racing debut for Elite Motorsport in the 2020
Ginetta GT5 Challenge
The Ginetta GT5 Challenge, currently known as the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge for sponsorship reasons (It has also been previously known as the Ginetta 20 Challenge) is a one-make racing series based in the United Kingdom. The seri ...
where he collected three podiums and a fastest lap in his maiden campaign. In 2021 he came runner-up in the championship with five wins, two pole positions and ten podiums
GB3 Championship
Bennett made his debut in
single-seater
An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have thei ...
machinery in the
2022 GB3 Championship
The 2022 GB3 Championship was a Motorsport#Motor racing, motor racing championship for Open-wheel car, open wheel, Formula racing, formula racing cars held across England and Belgium. The 2022 season was the seventh organised by the British Racing ...
driving for Elite Motorsport. His maiden season went well as he remained consistency throughout the season, including getting his first single-seater podium at the final round in
Donington Park
Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned b ...
. He finished 8th in the championship standings with 262.5 points.
He signed up with multi-championship winning team
Rodin Carlin for
2023
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where he stated that his goal was to "fight for the championship." He had a difficult campaign, only mustering two pole positions and one podium at the second round at
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Towcester, Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 ...
. Bennett ended the season 10th in the championship standings with 217 points to his name.
For his third season in the
GB3 Championship
The GB3 Championship is a single seater motorsport series based in the United Kingdom. The championship is the UK's premier single-seater category, and is aimed at young racing drivers moving up from FIA Formula 4 championships or Karting. H ...
, Bennett drove for
JHR Developments.
Formula Regional
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
He made his
Formula Regional
Formula Regional (FR) is an FIA-approved moniker for certified regional one-make Formula Three championships with the concept being approved during the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in December 2017. The first series under new regulations w ...
debut in the
2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship for
Evans GP, partnering Australian Costa Toparis and Frenchman Edgar Pierre. The young Briton scored a lone point in the final race of the series at the
Dubai Autodrome
The Dubai Autodrome is an FIA sanctioned motorsports circuit located in Dubailand, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The architects of the project were Populous and the circuit was designed by Clive Bowen of Apex Circuit Design.
Opened in October ...
and finished 23rd in the championship standings.
Formula Regional European Championship
Bennett made his
Formula Regional European Championship debut for Finnish outfit KIC Motorsport at the third round of the
2024 Formula Regional European Championship at
Circuit Zandvoort
Circuit Zandvoort (), known for sponsorship reasons as CM.com Circuit Zandvoort, and previously known as Circuit Park Zandvoort until 2017, is a motorsport race track located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, the Netherlands, near the North Sea ...
, replacing his
Formula Regional Middle East teammate, Costa Toparis. He came 16th in his debut race, but retired from the second race after he came to a halt on track after lap two.
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete GB3 Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
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Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
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key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
John Bennettcareer summary at DriverDB.com
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2003 births
Living people