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Richard Lyons (racing driver)

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Richard Lyons
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1979-08-08) 8 August 1979 (age 44)
Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland
Racing licence
FIA Gold
Championship titles
1996

2004
2004
British Formula Vauxhall Junior – Winter series
Formula Nippon
All-Japan GT Championship
Awards
1998Autosport British Club Driver of the Year

Richard William Lyons (born 8 August 1979) is a British motor racing driver that competed in the Japanese Super GT series.

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Junior Formula

Born in Hillsborough, County Down, Lyons started in Formula Vauxhall Junior in Britain winning the Winter Series in 1996, before finishing the regular championship sixth in 1997 and second in 1998. He then moved to Formula Palmer Audi, finishing second in the 1999 Championship. He drove in Formula Renault 2000 with not much success.

Formula Nippon / A1 Grand Prix

He drove Formula Nippon in Japan from 2001 to 2005 winning the Championship in 2004 and finishing third in 2005.

He has also run in the A1 Grand Prix series for the A1 Team Ireland for the 2006–07 season. He started all up fourteen races with four top ten finishes.

Japanese GT's

Lyons won the first GT500 race at the 2010 JAF Grand Prix.

He drove GT and Sports Cars in Japan for nine years between 2002 and 2010. His best finish was in 2004 where he won the All-Japan GT Championship GT500 Championship. All in all he started over seventy races for ten wins in that period.

For 2013 he is racing in an Audi R8 LMS in the Japanese GT300 SuperGT Championship.

V8 Supercars

Lyons also made occasional appearances in V8 Supercar, with a best finish of fifth place sharing a Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon, in the 2007 Bathurst 1000, sharing the car with Australian-based Danish GT racer Allan Simonsen. He returned in 2011 and drove for Tekno Autosports sharing with Jonathon Webb at Phillip Island and Bathurst. Then he joined Ford Performance Racing to replace an injured Will Power[1] at the 2011 Gold Coast 600, finishing the two races Third and First with Mark Winterbottom.[2]

Career results

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(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 DC Points
2002 Dome x Mugen Project Honda NSX GT500 TAI
2
FUJ
15
SUG
16
SEP
13
FUJ
6
MOT
1
MIN
12
SUZ
14
9th 47
2003 NISMO Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 TAI
8
FUJ
1
SUG
5
FUJ
2
FUJ
11
MOT
13
AUT
6
SUZ
4
3rd 65
2004 NISMO Nissan Z GT500 TAI
1
SUG
Ret
SEP
3
TOK
Ret
MOT
3
AUT
1
SUZ
7
1st 73
2005 NISMO Nissan Z GT500 OKA
Ret
FUJ
4
SEP
1
SUG
8
MOT
6
FUJ
10
AUT
6
SUZ
2
3rd 60
2006 NISMO Nissan Z GT500 SUZ OKA FUJ SEP
2
SUG
3
SUZ
2
MOT
10
AUT
6
FUJ
6
10th 62
2007 NISMO Nissan Z GT500 SUZ
2
OKA
Ret
FUJ
1
SEP
14
SUG
Ret
SUZ
3
MOT
13
AUT
12
FUJ
14
8th 48
2008 Team Cerumo Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
4
OKA
7
FUJ
1
SEP
Ret
SUG
3
SUZ
9
MOT
9
AUT
4
FUJ
2
2nd 72
2009 Team Cerumo Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
6
SUZ
1
FUJ
9
SEP
10
SUG
10
SUZ
3
FUJ
10
AUT
11
MOT
12
10th 41
2010 Team Cerumo Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
9
OKA
2
FUJ
4
SEP
6
SUG
9
SUZ
6
FUJ
C
MOT
Ret
9th 37
2012 Petronas Lexus Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA FUJ
4
SEP SUG 17th 8
Hitotsuyama Racing Audi R8 LMS GT300 SUZ
14
FUJ
Ret
AUT
6
MOT
9
20th 7
2013 Hitotsuyama Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra GT300 SUZ
15
FUJ
Ret
SEP
14
SUG
8
SUZ
11
FUJ
13
FUJ AUT
21
MOT
21
26th 3
2014 Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS ultra GT300 OKA
8
FUJ AUT
18
SUG
3
FUJ
23
SUZ
Ret
BUR
Ret
MOT
4
15th 22
2015 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS ultra GT300 OKA
3
FUJ
Ret
CHA
19
FUJ
20
SUZ
5
SUG
13
AUT
5
MOT
8
13th 28
2016 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS (type 4S) GT300 OKA
7
FUJ
7
SUG
Ret
FUJ
2
SUZ
6
CHA
24
MOT
1
MOT
4
3rd 57
2017 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS (type 4S) GT300 OKA
14
FUJ
14
AUT
13
SUG
20
FUJ
10
SUZ
Ret
CHA
23
MOT
8
21st 5
2018 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS GT300 OKA
Ret
FUJ
10
SUZ
23
CHA
Ret
FUJ
14
SUG
23
AUT
14
MOT
11
22nd 1
2019 Audi Team Hitotsuyama Audi R8 LMS Evo GT300 OKA
13
FUJ
8
SUZ
8
CHA
13
FUJ
13
AUT
13
SUG
7
MOT
27
24th 10

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
2001 Team Morinaga NOVA SUZ
8
MOT
8
MIN
Ret
FUJ
9
SUZ
11
SUG
12
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
13
SUZ
12
NC 0
2002 DoCoMo DANDELION SUZ FUJ MIN
7
SUZ
8
MOT
11
SUG
2
FUJ
7
MIN
Ret
MOT
7
SUZ
Ret
10th 6
2003 DoCoMo DANDELION SUZ
9
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
3
SUZ
1
SUG
5
FUJ
Ret
MIN
Ret
MOT
3
SUZ
9
6th 20
2004 DoCoMo DANDELION SUZ
8
SUG
1
MOT
8
SUZ
1
SUG
4
MIN
8
SEP
9
MOT
2
SUZ
3
1st 33
2005 DoCoMo DANDELION MOT
1
SUZ
5
SUG
2
FUJ
4
SUZ
3
MIN
Ret
FUJ
4
MOT
13
SUZ
5
3rd 30
2008 TP Checker Impul FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 FUJ1
13
FUJ2
13
SUG NC 0
2009 DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING FUJ
Ret
SUZ
6
MOT
7
FUJ
3
SUZ
13
MOT
Ret
AUT
10
SUG
13
10th 11

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 A1 Team Ireland NED
SPR
NED
FEA
CZE
SPR
CZE
FEA
CHN
SPR
CHN
FEA
MYS
SPR
MYS
FEA
IDN
SPR

17
IDN
FEA

12
NZL
SPR

Ret
NZL
FEA

19
AUS
SPR

10
AUS
FEA

Ret
RSA
SPR

6
RSA
FEA

Ret
MEX
SPR

Ret
MEX
FEA

16
CHN
SPR

12
CHN
FEA

5
GBR
SPR

8
GBR
SPR

DSQ
19th 8

V8 Supercar results

Year Team 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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Final pos Points
2006 Triple Eight Race Engineering ADE
R1
ADE
R2
PUK<br/>R3 PUK<br/>R4 PUK<br/>R5 BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN<br/>R9 WIN<br/>R10 WIN<br/>R11 HID<br/>R12 HID<br/>R13 HID<br/>R14 QLD<br/>R15 QLD<br/>R16 QLD<br/>R17 ORA<br/>R18 ORA<br/>R19 ORA<br/>R20 SAN
R21

17
BAT
R22

12
SUR<br/>R23 SUR<br/>R24 SUR<br/>R25 SYM<br/>R26 SYM<br/>R27 SYM<br/>R28 BHR<br/>R29 BHR<br/>R30 BHR<br/>R31 PHI<br/>R32 PHI<br/>R33 PHI<br/>R34 46th 210
2007 Triple Eight Race Engineering ADE
R1
ADE
R2
BAR
R3
BAR
R4
BAR
R5
PUK
R6
PUK
R7
PUK
R8
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
EAS
R12
EAS
R13
EAS
R14
HID
R15
HID
R16
HID
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
QLD
R20
ORA
R21
ORA
R22
ORA
R23
SAN
R24

10
BAT
R25

5
SUR
R26
SUR
R27
SUR
R28
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
SYM
R32
SYM
R33
SYM
R34
PHI
R35
PHI
R36
PHI
R37
24th 63
2011 Tekno Autosports YMC 
 R1
YMC 
 R2
ADE 
 R3
ADE 
 R4
HAM 
 R5
HAM 
 R6
PER 
 R7
PER 
 R8
PER 
 R9
WIN 
 R10
WIN 
 R11
HDV 
 R12
HDV 
 R13
TOW 
 R14
TOW 
 R15
QLD 
 R16
QLD 
 R17
QLD 
 R18
PHI 
 Q

25
PHI 
 R19

18
BAT 
 R20

13
31st 511
Ford Performance Racing SUR 
 R21

3
SUR 
 R22

1
SYM 
 R23
SYM 
 R24
SAN 
 R25
SAN 
 R26
SYD 
 R27
SYD 
 R28
2012 Triple Eight Race Engineering ADE 
 R1
ADE 
 R2
SYM 
 R3
SYM 
 R4
HAM 
 R5
HAM 
 R6
PER 
 R7
PER 
 R8
PER 
 R9
PHI 
 R10
PHI 
 R11
HDV 
 R12
HDV 
 R13
TOW 
 R14
TOW 
 R15
QLD 
 R16
QLD 
 R17
SMP 
 R18
SMP 
 R19
SAN 
 Q
SAN 
 R20
BAT 
 R21
SUR 
 R22

6
SUR 
 R23

6
YMC 
 R24
YMC 
 R25
YMC 
 R26
WIN 
 R27
WIN 
 R28
SYD 
 R29
SYD 
 R30
NC 0 †

† Not Eligible for points

References

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Nippon
Champion

2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by All-Japan Grand Touring Car
GT500 Champion

2004
With: Satoshi Motoyama
Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by
Doug Bell
Autosport
British Club Driver of the Year

1998
Succeeded by
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