Liam Griffin (racing driver)

Liam Griffin
Liam Griffin
Nationality	British
Born	9 March 1973 (age 51); Barnet (England)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Addison Lee Motorbase
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	66
Starts	76
Wins	0 (6 in class)
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	21st in 2011, 2012
Previous series
2009–10; 2008–09	Porsche Carrera Cup GB; VW Cup

Liam Griffin (born 9 March 1973 in Barnet, Greater London) is a British racing driver and businessman. He is the son of John Griffin and was CEO of minicab company Addison Lee for 10 years before carrying out a management buyout with the private equity firm Carlyle. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Addison Lee.

He has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice and currently races in the European Le Mans Series. He has also represented Ireland at Triathlon in the European and World Age Group Championships.

Racing career[edit]

Early years[edit]

Griffin started racing in 2008, competing in the VW Cup. He spent two years in the series, collecting three podiums and two race wins. In 2009 he entered two rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain at Silverstone, driving for Motorbase Performance. He returned for a full season in 2010 for the team, driving in the Pro-Am 1 class, he finished twenty-first overall in the driver standings.

British Touring Car Championship[edit]

Motorbase Performance (2011–13)[edit]

Griffin raced in the BTCC for 3 years and had a number of top 10 finishes and 1 front row grid start as a result of the reverse grid. In his final year he competed in the Jack Sears Trophy where he had 8 Class wins and finished 2nd in the Championship.

For 2011 he entered the British Touring Car Championship. Staying with Motorbase, he drove a Ford Focus ST.^[1]

Griffin stayed with Motorbase in 2012, now racing under the Redstone Racing banner.^[2]^[3] He brought out the safety car at Croft after crashing his Redstone Racing Focus into the tyre wall, causing an engine fire. Griffin pulled out of the following meeting at Snetterton in order to focus on his business commitments during the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4] He returned to the team at Silverstone^[5] and participated in the final two rounds of the season. After the final round at Brands Hatch, Griffin intended to retire from the BTCC.^[6]

In February 2013, Motorbase Performance announced that Griffin would race for them in the Jack Sears Trophy, driving the Super 2000 specification Ford Focus in 2013.^[7] Griffin took two class victories at the season opening Brands Hatch round to lead the trophy going to the second around at Donington Park.^[8]

Racing record[edit]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Pos	Pts
2011	Airwaves Racing	Ford Focus ST Mk.II	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 18	BRH 3 18	DON 1 13	DON 2 Ret	DON 3 9	THR 1 14	THR 2 17	THR 3 15	OUL 1 15	OUL 2 18	OUL 3 Ret	CRO 1 18	CRO 2 Ret	CRO 3 16	SNE 1 17	SNE 2 14	SNE 3 Ret	KNO 1 Ret	KNO 2 Ret	KNO 3 16	ROC 1 16	ROC 2 16	ROC 3 19	BRH 1 16	BRH 2 19	BRH 3 15	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 14	SIL 3 13	21st	2
2012	Redstone Racing	Ford Focus ST Mk.II	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 12	BRH 3 11	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 Ret	DON 3 14	THR 1 Ret	THR 2 17	THR 3 12	OUL 1 Ret	OUL 2 8	OUL 3 Ret	CRO 1 14	CRO 2 14	CRO 3 Ret	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	ROC 1	ROC 2	ROC 3	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 13	SIL 3 Ret	BRH 1 19	BRH 2 13	BRH 3 14	21st	37
2013	Addison Lee Motorbase	Ford Focus ST Mk.II	BRH 1 17	BRH 2 11	BRH 3 15	DON 1 20	DON 2 Ret	DON 3 Ret	THR 1 20	THR 2 Ret	THR 3 Ret	OUL 1 20	OUL 2 19	OUL 3 16	CRO 1	CRO 2	CRO 3	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 Ret	SNE 3 Ret	KNO 1 17	KNO 2 18	KNO 3 Ret	ROC 1 Ret	ROC 2 Ret	ROC 3 DNS	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 DNS	BRH 1 19	BRH 2 Ret	BRH 3 Ret	25th	6

Complete British GT Championship results[edit]

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2014	Oman Racing Team	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	ROC 1 12	SIL 1 9	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	BRH 1	DON 1 5	28th	18
2015	Oman Racing Team	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	GT3	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 4	ROC 1 3	SIL 1 6	SPA 1 5	BRH 1 6	SNE 1 1	SNE 2 21	DON 1 Ret		4th	123.5
2016	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	GT3	BRH 1 3	ROC 1 4	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 5	SIL 1 Ret	SPA 1 8	SNE 1 9	SNE 2 Ret	DON 1 5		5th	98.5
2017	Barwell Motorsport with GardX	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	GT3	OUL 1 2	OUL 2 Ret	ROC 1 5	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 2	SIL 1 6	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 Ret	BRH 1 2	DON 1 4	5th	134

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[edit]

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	COA	FUJ 7	SHA 6	BHR		19th	14
2016	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 4	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	11th	24

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Gary Hirsch Andrew Howard	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE	GTE Am	318	36th	7th
2018	JMW Motorsport	Cooper MacNeil Jeff Segal	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	332	30th	5th

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	JMW Motorsport	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 1	MNZ 4	RBR Ret	SIL 1	SPA 4‡	ALG 2	2nd	88

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

References[edit]

^ "BTCC official 2011 entry list". btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ Motorbase Performance confirm three car line-up Archived 1 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, TouringCarTimes.
^ Mat Jackson wins red flagged first race at Thruxton Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, TouringCarTimes.
^ "Griffin to miss Snetterton". Crash.net. crash.net. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
^ "Griffin & Wood to return". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
^ "David Bartrum's Blog". Motorbase Performance. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
^ "Motorbase confirm Griffin's return in Jacks Sears Trophy". Motorbase Performance. Motorbase Performance. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
^ Turner, Kevin (31 March 2013). "Brands Hatch BTCC: Lea Wood excluded, loses S2000 class victory". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

External links[edit]

[1] "BTCC official 2011 entry list". btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. 24 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[2] Motorbase Performance confirm three car line-up Archived 1 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine, TouringCarTimes.

[3] Mat Jackson wins red flagged first race at Thruxton Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, TouringCarTimes.

[4] "Griffin to miss Snetterton". Crash.net. crash.net. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

[5] "Griffin & Wood to return". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

[6] "David Bartrum's Blog". Motorbase Performance. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

[7] "Motorbase confirm Griffin's return in Jacks Sears Trophy". Motorbase Performance. Motorbase Performance. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.

[8] Turner, Kevin (31 March 2013). "Brands Hatch BTCC: Lea Wood excluded, loses S2000 class victory". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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