James Winslow (born 16 April 1983) is a British professional

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driver who races at

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. A ten-time Motorsport champion member of the

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, he competes in Europe, Australia & Asia in Le Mans LMP & GT cars. He represented Great Britain in

A1 Grand Prix A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most for ...

the World Cup of Motorsport. Awarded the Royal Humane Award in 2007 by Queen Elizabeth II, for saving the life of a fellow driver trapped in his burning race car, he gained international attention and many bravery awards followed before featuring in the BBC's 'Accidental Heroes' TV Series. He currently holds the record for the most Formula 3 open-wheeler wins after a tally of 86 victories, and ranked in the Top 10 'Most Victories of all time' listings for British drivers.

Racing career

2004–2008

In 2004, Winslow won the British ARP Formula 3 Championship in 2004, winning 10 races driving an older model car
He then went on and won
the

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and also won the Australia Grand Prix Formula 3 support race in 2006 beating Bruno Senna and Tim Macrow. In 2007, he won races in both the Australian Formula Three Championship and the

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championships. In September 2007, he took part in a

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test at

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with a view to securing a full-time drive in 2008, but the series ultimately folded. Winslow, driving for

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, won the Formula Asia V6 Championship at the last round of the season in

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, China, beating

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. Winslow had the chance to test drive a

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race car at

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test track on 8 and 9 November 2007 as the prize for winning the championship. He returned to the

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for 2008 winning six times and taking the overall championship at the final round. He also won the final of the three the Formula 3 showcase races on the streets of Surfers Paradise in support of the

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IndyCar race.

2009–2010

Winslow then participated as a "Rookie Driver" for

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with a best result of 2nd. In

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Winslow drove in the American

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series for four different teams (primarily Genoa Racing) where his best result was 3rd and finished 6th after missing two events without a DNF. For 2010 Winslow signed with

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to drive in the

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series; a development category sanctioned by the

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. Winslow made 6 starts for the team from 12 rounds, all on road and street courses, and finished 14th in points with a best finish of 3rd at Watkins Glen.

2011

The start of the 2011 Indy Lights season saw Winslow drive for

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for the opening four rounds of the

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championship at St. Petersburg and Barber Motorsports Park. At the St Petersburg race, which was Winslow's first time in the

car, he ran well through the weekend, but mayhem early in the race saw him suffer damage to the front wing while running 3rd, which forced him to pit and finish tenth. At the Barber Motorsports Park race, Winslow ran 3rd for the duration of the 50-minute race until after a caution period he was hit from behind on the restart and forced to retire. The Long Beach event was Winslow's best race with Andretti Autosport running first in practice and qualified at the front after a nasty accident in qualifying. Winslow ran well in the race and after an eventful race come home in 4th position. The

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was the final race of Winslow's 2011 season in Indy Lights. He qualified fifth but crashed out of the 40 lap race on lap 20Patterson, Doug
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''Open Paddock'', 27 May 2011, retrieved 2012-08-24 in what would be his first and only oval start.

2012

The start of the 2012 season saw Winslow join a new team R-Tek Motorsport in the Australian Formula 3 Championship for a full season. Winslow won 12 races, breaking the record for the most wins in a single season in the 57-year history of the Australian Gold Star Awarded series and went on to dominate the Australian Formula 3 series winning the Championship for a second time at Queensland Raceway with a clean sweep of pole position, 3 race wins and a new lap record.

Outside racing

Winslow was featured on

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TV programme ''Accidental Heroes'' on 25 September 2008, for his rescue of former rival in the Asian Formula Three Championship

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, after the two collided in a round of the championship, at Sentul in Indonesia.

Racing record

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

American open–wheel racing results

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Atlantic Championship

Indy Lights

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

‡16th in LMP2. Seventh in LMP2 Pro-Am.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

References

External links

Official Website
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