William Buller (born 17 September 1992) is a British racing driver.

Career

T Cars

After successful spells in both karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007

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championship; the series designed for aspiring racing drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. Driving for Calvin Motorsport, Buller finished as series runner-up behind Daniel Brown, winning five races, including a hat-trick at

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and finished on the podium in a further five races.

Formula BMW

Despite being only fifteen, Buller moved up into the newly created Formula BMW Europe series for

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, which had been formed from the merger of the British and German series. Driving for

Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton. Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, ...

, Buller took twelfth in the championship standings, taking the fastest lap at the final race at

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. Buller also made a guest appearance in the Formula BMW Americas series, driving for Autotecnica at the -supporting rounds of the championship. He finished fourteenth and ninth in the two races, and also finished ninth in the World Final for

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. At the conclusion of the season, Buller competed in the Winter Series of both the

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and Portuguese

Formula Renault Formula Renault are classes of formula racing popular in Europe and elsewhere. Regarded as an entry-level series to motor racing, it was founded in 1971, and was a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before moving on to hig ...

series, and also the

Toyota Racing Series The Formula Regional Oceania Championship is New Zealand's premier formula racing category. The series includes races for every major trophy in New Zealand circuit racing including the New Zealand Motor Cup and the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. ...

in New Zealand. He finished fifth in both Formula Renault championships, and he finished in the top ten of the Toyota Racing Series, despite competing in only three of the six rounds. Buller returned to Formula BMW in

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, again staying with Fortec. A first win proved elusive, although he did take a pole position at

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, and also finished third at the

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, en route to tenth in the championship. Buller made a guest appearance for

at the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific championship in

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. He dominated the weekend, winning from pole position with fastest lap to boot, holding off team-mate

Jim Pla Jim Pla (born 6 October 1992 in Béziers) is a French racing driver. He is the younger brother of Olivier Pla Career Formula Renault Campus France Pla began his formula racing career in the 2007 Formula Renault Campus France season. He finished ...

to win the race.

Formula Three

Buller will move into the

British Formula 3 Championship The British Formula Three Championship was an international motor racing series that took place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe. It was a junior-level feeder formula that used small single seat ...

for the 2010 season, driving for

Hitech Racing Hitech Grand Prix (formerly known as Hitech Racing) is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2003. The team also competed in the So ...

. Prior to the season beginning, he also won the

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Formula 3 Brazil Open race in

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for Hitech, his debut in a

Formula Three Formula Three, also called Formula 3, abbreviated as F3, is a third-tier class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One driv ...

car. In April 2012 it was confirmed that Buller would join Carlin for the newly christened European F3 Championship. The calendar will comprise eight F3 Euro Series rounds and a pair of events from the British championship. In 2013 Buller started the

FIA European Formula Three Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...

with Threebond by T-Sport driving a Nissan powered Dallara F312. During winter testing he proved to be quick, regularly topping the timing sheets. When results during the first part of the season did not match the expectations, the British driver decided to halt the campaign and focus on the British F3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport.

GP3 Series

Buller will also compete in the

GP3 Series The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and the ...

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, again linking up with the Carlin squad. He had a fairly quiet season, apart from an incredible victory from the back of the grid at

in Race Two. However, despite tying with teammate

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for best victory of the season, Buller was not retained by the team for

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Formula Renault 3.5

In 2013, Formula Renault 3.5 team

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confirmed Buller to be their sixth driver in only four race weekends after

Emmanuel Piget Emmanuel Piget (born February 25, 1984 in Cognac) is a French racing driver. In 2013 he starts in the Formula Renault 3.5. Career Piget began his racing career in karting in 1997. He competed in karting until 2000. 2001 und 2002 he took part ...

Mihai Marinescu Mihai Marinescu (born 25 January 1989 in Brașov, Romania) is a professional Romanian racing driver formerly competing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. He currently works as a race engineer for Jenzer Motorsport. Career Formula Junior & Fo ...

Mathéo Tuscher Mathéo Tuscher (born 12 December 1996 in Noville) is a Swiss-French former professional racing driver. Career Karting Tuscher began karting in 2004 and raced primarily in his native Switzerland for the majority of his career, winning Swiss KF ...

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and

Nick Yelloly Nicholas Jon Yelloly (born 3 December 1990 in Stafford, England) is a British professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He is also currently a test and simulator driver for the Aston Martin F1 team. Early career Karting Yel ...

. Buller made his debut at

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in Russia, and in the first race finished a very strong fifth place. He followed that up with a fifth and sixth-place finishes at the

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in Austria alongside new teammate

Riccardo Agostini Riccardo Agostini (born 20 April 1994 in Padua) is an Italian racing driver. Career Karting Agostini began karting in 2000 and raced primarily in his native Italy for the majority of this part of career, working his way up from the junior rank ...

. Buller stated his desire to continue his Formula Renault 3.5 campaign with Zeta after confirming his discontinuation of his European Formula Three campaign for

, and running alongside his British Formula 3 campaign.

Super Formula

In 2015, Buller sign to Kondo Racing for Japanese

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series. Teammate is the British driver

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SXS Racing

In 2020, Buller took up highly competitive off-road Side by Side racing
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. Initially starting out in a 1000cc Yamaha YXZ, Buller placed 6th in the 1000 Experts class in 2021. The start of the 2022 season saw Buller switch to a more commonly used machine, the Polaris RS1.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euroseries results

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Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

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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 Super Formula Results

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

Personal life

Buller's hobbies are

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training Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or Physical fitness, fitness that relate to specific practicality, useful Competence (human resources), competencies. Training has specific goals of improving on ...

and playing

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

. His favourite drivers are

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in and with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Mi ...

and

Kimi Räikkönen Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One Wo ...

, while his favourite circuits are

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has held ...

and

Rockingham Motor Speedway Rockingham Motor Speedway is a former racing motorsport venue in Rockingham, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, near the town of Corby. It hosted professional and club races, as well as testing, track days, driver training, exhibition ...

References

External links

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