Darren Turner


Darren Turner is a British professional racing driver currently racing for Aston Martin Racing as a factory driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
He was McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year in 1996. He is a former test driver for the McLaren Formula One team, but has raced primarily in touring cars and sportscars since 2000. He spent 2 years in the DTM for Keke Rosberg's Mercedes-Benz-powered team, also winning several ASCAR races. In 2006 he raced sportscars for Aston Martin, but also competed five rounds of the British Touring Car Championship for SEAT, sharing their 2nd car with James Thompson. In his first drive for the team he finished 3rd.
He finished second in the first two races at Knockhill, but lost both results for technical infringements. While running second to team-mate Jason Plato under a safety car in race one, he did not stay close to Plato's car, thus preventing Plato's championship rivals from being close to him. This incurred a 20-second time penalty, dropping him to 10th, however the team then removed the 'Success Ballast' he had earned for second place. As this applies to the order cars cross the line, not the final amended race result, this is a disqualification offence.
He remained with the team for 2007, now full-time team-mate to Plato. Luck was again against him at Rockingham – after qualifying on pole the car had an electrical failure before race one. His first win came in race 11 at Croft , with two more at Knockhill.
at the Oulton Park round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship.
As well as driving for SEAT in the BTCC, Darren also competed in the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours, competing in the GT1 class driving for Prodrive Aston Martin Racing alongside David Brabham and Rickard Rydell. After a tense fight against the Corvette Racing Corvette C6.R of Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows, the Aston prevailed to win a Le Mans class race for the first time since the return of Aston Martin to endurance sportscar racing.
He opened his 2008 racing season by competing in the Rolex 24 finishing 4th in class and overall sharing a Krohn Racing Pontiac-Riley with Niclas Jonsson and Ricardo Zonta. At the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans Turner won the GT1 class driving an Aston Martin DBR9 shared with David Brabham and Antonio García.
Turner also participated in the Gold Coast 600 race as part of the 2011 International V8 Supercars Championship. He entered the race as a replacement driver to Dan Wheldon, who was scheduled to drive in the race but was killed in a 15-car crash at the IndyCar World Championship race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, less than a week before the race.
In 2012, Turner competed in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season with Aston Martin Racing in the GTE-Pro class Aston Martin Vantage.
In the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Turner and the Aston Martin Racing finished third place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers the German Stefan Mücke and the Mexican Adrián Fernández, their Aston Martin Vantage 4.5 L-V8 covered a total of 332 laps, in the Circuit de la Sarthe without failure or serious mechanical problems. Also the team achieved the fastest lap of the category with 3 minutes and 54.928 seconds.
For 2013 Turner continues with Aston Martin Racing and will be entering the FIA World Endurance Championship in an Aston Martin Aston Martin Vantage GTE alongside Stefan Mücke and will be joined by Peter Kox for the 6 Hours of Austin and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2000Team RosbergAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTMHOC
1
12		HOC
2
8		OSC
1
13		OSC
2
Ret		NOR
1
11		NOR
2
12		SAC
1
8		SAC
2
8		NÜR
1
15		NÜR
2
8		LAU
1
C		LAU
2
C		OSC
1
DNS		OSC
2
DNS		NÜR
1
13		NÜR
2
11		HOC
1
10		HOC
2
6		14th19
2001Team RosbergAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTMHOC
QR
6		HOC
CR
8		NÜR
QR
9		NÜR
CR
16		OSC
QR
14		OSC
CR
DSQ		SAC
QR
9		SAC
CR
Ret		NOR
QR
Ret		NOR
CR
11		LAU
QR
10		LAU
CR
9		NÜR
QR
Ret		NÜR
CR
8		A1R
QR
14		A1R
CR
10		ZAN
QR
15		ZAN
CR
8		HOC
QR
9		HOC
CR
8		15th15

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
2003 Veloqx Prodrive Racing Anthony Davidson
Kelvin Burt		Ferrari 550-GTS MaranelloGTS176DNFDNF
2004 Prodrive Racing Colin McRae
Rickard Rydell		Ferrari 550-GTS MaranelloGTS3299th3rd
2005 Aston Martin Racing David Brabham
Stéphane Sarrazin		Aston Martin DBR9GT13339th3rd
2006 Aston Martin Racing Tomáš Enge
Andrea Piccini		Aston Martin DBR9GT13506th2nd
2007 Aston Martin Racing David Brabham
Rickard Rydell		Aston Martin DBR9GT13435th1st
2008 Aston Martin Racing David Brabham
Antonio García		Aston Martin DBR9GT134413th1st
2009 Aston Martin Racing Anthony Davidson
Jos Verstappen		Lola-Aston Martin B09/60LMP134213th11th
2010 Aston Martin Racing Juan Barazi
Sam Hancock		Lola-Aston Martin B09/60LMP1368DNFDNF
2011 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Christian Klien		Aston Martin AMR-OneLMP14DNFDNF
2012 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Adrián Fernández		Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro		33219th3rd
2013 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Peter Dumbreck		Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro		31417th3rd
2014 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Bruno Senna		Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro		31035th6th
2015 Aston Martin Racing Stefan Mücke
Rob Bell		Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro		110DNFDNF
2016 Aston Martin Racing Marco Sørensen
Nicki Thiim		Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro		33823rd5th
2017 Aston Martin Racing Jonathan Adam
Daniel Serra		Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro		34017th1st
2018 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim
Marco Sørensen		Aston Martin Vantage AMRGTE
Pro		33923rd8th
2019 Aston Martin Racing Nicki Thiim
Marco Sørensen		Aston Martin Vantage AMRGTE
Pro		132DNFDNF

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPts
2006SEAT Sport UKSEAT LeónBRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		MON
1		MON
2		MON
3		OUL
1		OUL
2		OUL
3		THR
1
3		THR
2
5		THR
3
Ret		CRO
1		CRO
2		CRO
3		DON
1
12		DON
2
9		DON
3
4		SNE
1		SNE
2		SNE
3		KNO
1
10		KNO
2
DSQ		KNO
3
4		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
Ret		BRH
3
DNS		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
10		SIL
3
6		14th41
2007SEAT Sport UKSEAT LeónBRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
4		BRH
3
DSQ		ROC
1
Ret		ROC
2
6		ROC
3
3		THR
1
3		THR
2
Ret		THR
3
6		CRO
1
4		CRO
2
1*		CRO
3
5		OUL
1
Ret		OUL
2
7		OUL
3
3		DON
1
12		DON
2
6		DON
3
9		SNE
1
6		SNE
2
4		SNE
3
9		BRH
1
3		BRH
2
Ret		BRH
3
15		KNO
1
1*		KNO
2
1*		KNO
3
7		THR
1
18		THR
2
11		THR
3
6		6th160
2008SEAT Sport UKSEAT León TDIBRH
1
4		BRH
2
5		BRH
3
Ret		ROC
1
2		ROC
2
3*		ROC
3
Ret		DON
1
19		DON
2
4		DON
3
1*		THR
1
6		THR
2
4		THR
3
16		CRO
1
15		CRO
2
9		CRO
3
Ret		SNE
1
2		SNE
2
19*		SNE
3
16		OUL
1
6		OUL
2
Ret		OUL
3
16		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
8		KNO
3
1*		SIL
1
3		SIL
2
Ret		SIL
3
19		BRH
1
7		BRH
2
Ret		BRH
3
12		8th133

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Complete V8 Supercar results

+ Not eligible for points.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789RankPoints
2012Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SEB
3		SPA
Ret		LMS
3		SIL
2		SÃO
2		BHR
2		FUJ
3		SHA
1		35th7
2013Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
1		SPA
4		LMS
3		SÃO
2		COA
Ret		FUJ
1		SHA
1		BHR
Ret		3rd125.5
2014Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
3		SPA
4		LMS
10		COA
1		FUJ
9		SHA
Ret		BHR
2		SÃO
1		5th102
2015Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
5		SPA
5		LMS
Ret		NÜR
6		COA
6		FUJ
6		SHA
6		BHR
3		10th67
2016Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
3		SPA
Ret		LMS
2		NÜR
5		MEX
1		COA
5		FUJ
6		SHA
Ret		BHR
5		6th115
2017Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
7		SPA
7		LMS
1		NÜR
7		MEX
Ret		COA
5		FUJ
6		SHA
7		BHR
6		7th101
2018–19Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage AMRAston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8SPA
7		LMS
5		SILFUJSHASEB
9		SPA
LMS
Ret		18th25
2019–20Aston Martin RacingLMGTE AmAston Martin Vantage AMRAston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8SIL
2		FUJ
11		SHA
3		BHR
2		COA
2		SPA
LMS
3rd*78.5*

* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete British GT Championship results

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2018Beechdean AMRAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3GT3OUL
1
2		OUL
2
6		ROC
1
3		SNE
1
11		SNE
2
2		SIL
1
9		SPA
1
Ret		BRH
1
4		DON
1
5		5th102.5
2019M2 CompetitionAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3GT3OUL
1		OUL
2		SNE
1		SNE
2		SIL
1		DON
1		SPA
1
13		BRH
1		DON
1		NC†0†

† As Turner was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Super GT results

YearTeamCarClass12345678DCPoints
2019D'station Racing AMRAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3GT300OKAFUJSUZCHAFUJ
11		AUTSUGMOTNC0