Nicholas Jon Yelloly (born 3 December 1990 in

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) is a British professional racing driver, and

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works driver. He is also currently a test and simulator driver for the

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Early career

Karting

Yelloly made his karting début in September 2005. After competing in Junior TKM Intermediate in 2006, Yelloly moved up to ICA in 2007, finishing 15th. Yelloly moved into the Super 1 National KF1 Championship in 2008, and finished in eighth position in the championship.

Formula Renault UK

Yelloly moved into the

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in 2008 and finished fourteenth with points-scoring finishes in each of the four races with Fortec Competition. In 2009, Yelloly switched to the Hitech Junior Team, to contest a full season of Formula Renault UK. He had twelve point-scoring finishes on his way to nineteenth place in the championship and seventh in the Graduate Cup. Yelloly remained in the series with the newly renamed

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team. He improved to seventh place in the championship, with three podiums and a win at season finale in

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GP3 Series

Yelloly continued his partnership with Atech CRS Grand Prix in

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, stepping up to the

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alongside

Marlon Stöckinger Marlon Alexander Stöckinger (born April 4, 1991) is a Filipino former racing driver, who raced for Status Grand Prix in the 2012 GP3 Series. He is the first Filipino to win a formula race in Europe. Stöckinger was the 2006 Asian Karting Cha ...

and

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. In a difficult season for the team, Yelloly finished 21st in the championship with seven points, courtesy of a strong showing at his home championship round held at

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, but failing to score any points elsewhere. He was still the best-placed Atech CRS driver, as neither Stöckinger or Amberg registered a points finish all season. N Yelloly Monza 2011

Formula Renault 3.5

Yelloly made his

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début at

for round seven of nine in the 2011 championship, driving for

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alongside

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. After a difficult start, in which he was disqualified from his first race, he went on to secure three points finishes, including a podium in the final race at the

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. Yelloly signed for

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for the 2012 season. He won the first race on the series calendar at

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, and picked up a second race win at the

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. He finished the season in fifth place overall, taking two further podium finishes at

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and

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Return to GP3

In February 2013, Yelloly announced that he would return to the

, racing for

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for the upcoming season and finishing sixth overall, having scored four podiums. In 2014, he switched to Status Grand Prix. Though he finished second in the sprint race at the

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, Yelloly converted it into his first race win after race winner

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was excluded from the results due to a breach in technical regulations, which elevated the Briton to sixth in the standings.

Sportscar career

Switch to GT Racing with Porsche

In 2016 Yelloly made a switch to the

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series with the

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team, finishing the year as vice-champion of the rookie class and sixth place in the overall championship. He would also take part in the British Grand Prix supporting

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race at Silverstone. For 2017 he returned to the series with the same team, this time winning three races and ending the year as runner-up along with two appearances in the Porsche Supercup. After showing good pace in the national series, Yelloly would make the full time move in to the

for 2018 with the Fach Auto Tech team. A season long battle with

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and

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saw the Brit take second in the championship, having secured wins at the support races for the

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and

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Grand Prix.

BMW Motorsport works driver

On 24 February 2019, BMW announced that Yelloly would be joining them as a works driver, taking part in his first race for the manufacturer in the China GT Championship in March. Driving for Fist Team AAI, the Briton took home five victories from ten races, thus earning himself the Chinese GT title.

ADAC GT Masters

In 2020, Yelloly teamed up with

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to drive alongside Henric Skoog for the majority of the ADAC GT Masters season. He finished 22nd in the standings with a lone victory at the

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, having missed two rounds during the campaign. The Briton returned to the championship for the 2021 season, partnering

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in a Schubert-Motorsport-run

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. With three podiums, including a second place during the season opener in

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, the pairing of Yelloly and Krohn ended the year eighth overall.

GT World Challenge

Having taken part various rounds of the

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from 2018 onwards, Yelloly competed in the series full-time with

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during the 2022 campaign. After failing to score points during the first two events, Yelloly and his teammates

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and

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proved themselves as contenders for the race win during the

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, where, having led during the intermediate classifications after six and twelve hours respectively, a puncture set the squad back to sixth by the end of the event. With more points coming at the final round in

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, the Briton finished twelfth in the championship.

BMW Hypercar

Yelloly moved into the

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for the 2023 season, becoming part of the BMW M Team RLL works team which entered a

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into the GTP category.

Formula One

In May 2019 Yelloly took part in the Young Driver Test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for

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. In December 2021, Yelloly took part in the post-season test at

for

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Racing record

Karting career summary

Racing career summary

^† As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault UK results

(

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

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

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

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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

Complete China GT Championship results

(

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

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

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