Will Burns (born 24 June 1990 in
Weston-Super-Mare) is a British
racing driver
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, currently competing in the British GT series with Century Motorsports.
Racing career
Early career
Burns began his car racing career in 2011 running in the Ginetta Challenge. He spent three seasons in the series finishing the 2013 season as the runner-up. Near the end of the 2013 season, he joined the
BTCC supporting
Ginetta GT Supercup running in the secondary G50 class for seven races with
Academy Motorsport.
Burns moved up to the primary class in the
Ginetta GT Supercup for 2014 remaining with
Academy Motorsport, he completed his first full season 7th in points. The following season he moved to
HHC Motorsport and finished 5th. In 2016 he moved to
Douglas Motorsport
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where he finally took his first wins in the series and narrowly lost the championship to
Tom Wrigley
Tom Wrigley (born 13 August 1992 in Chirk
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.
British Touring Car Championship
For the 2017 season, Burns was signed by
Tony Gilham Racing
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to compete in the
British Touring Car Championship.
His teammates were
Jake Hill
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and
Michael Epps.
British GT Championship
For 2018, Burns signed for the
Yorkshire based racing team HHC Motorsport, alongside Mike Newbould. They would be competing in a
Ginetta G55 GT4.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;
* signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)
Complete British GT 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
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English racing drivers
British Touring Car Championship drivers
1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Weston-super-Mare
British GT Championship drivers
Ginetta GT4 Supercup drivers
GT4 European Series drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers