Racing career[]
Formula 3[]
His career started in British Formula Renault in 1998, where he raced until 1999. An accident put him out of racing for the 2000 season, but he returned in British Formula Three for Alain Menu's team in 2001, where he raced until 2004. He also has Japanese Formula Three experience (2003).
British Touring Car Championship[]
In 2011 he took over the driving duties from David Pinkney in the British Touring Car Championship due to Pinkney's departure from the team after the first round. He competed in a NGTC specification Audi A4 for his own team.[1] Austin completed the season in 16th place with one podium finish and one fastest lap.
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | British Formula Three | Carlin Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
2001 | British Formula Three | Alain Menu Racing | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19th |
2002 | British Formula Three | Menu F3 Motorsport | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 9th |
2003 | British Formula Three | Menu F3 Motorsport | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 7th |
2004 | British Formula Three | Menu F3 Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 16th |
2005 | Formula 3 Euroseries | Team Midland Euroseries | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
2007 | SEAT Cupra Great Britain R class | Startline Services | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 8th |
Ginetta Championship | Rob Austin Racing | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 168 | 11th | |
2008 | British GT Championship GT4 | Rob Austin Racing | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 80 | 2nd |
Ginetta G50 Cup Great Britain | Rob Austin Racing | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 132 | 14th | |
2009 | Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup | Rob Austin Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 19th |
2010 | Grand Prix Masters | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | |
2011 | British Touring Car Championship | Rob Austin Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 16th |
Complete British Formula Three results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Carlin Motorsport | Dallara F398 | Honda | THR |
CRO |
OUL |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
SIL |
BRH |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
CRO |
SIL |
SNE Ret |
SPA |
SIL |
n/a | 0 | |||||||||||||
2001 | Alain Menu Racing | Dallara F301 | Renault Sodemo | SIL 1 13 |
SIL 2 17 |
DON 1 16 |
DON 2 19 |
SNE 1 15 |
SNE 2 8 |
OUL 1 15 |
OUL 2 21 |
CRO 1 DNS |
CRO 2 13 |
ROC 1 12 |
ROC 2 23 |
CAS 1 14 |
CAS 2 15 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 12 |
DON 1 17 |
DON 2 21 |
KNO 1 13 |
KNO 2 12 |
THR 1 14 |
THR 2 Ret |
BRH 1 13 |
BRH 2 11 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 7 |
19th | 8 | |
2002 | Menu Motorsport | Dallara F302 | Opel Spiess | BRH 1 5 |
BRH 2 6 |
DON 1 5 |
DON 2 4 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 9 |
KNO 1 7 |
KNO 2 9 |
CRO 1 6 |
CRO 2 C |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 10 |
CAS 1 9 |
CAS 2 7 |
BRH 1 3 |
BRH 2 8 |
ROC 1 11 |
ROC 2 Ret |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 Ret |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 Ret |
THR 1 5 |
THR 2 9 |
DON 1 7 |
DON 2 10 |
9th | 94 |
2003 | Menu F3 Motorsport | Dallara F303 | Opel Spiess | DON 1 4 |
DON 2 4 |
SNE 1 16 |
SNE 2 3 |
CRO 1 2 |
CRO 2 5 |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 Ret |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 3 |
CAS 1 20 |
CAS 2 7 |
OUL 1 10 |
OUL 2 11 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
DON 1 3 |
DON 2 1 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
7th | 110 | |||
2004 | Menu F3 Motorsport | Dallara F304 | Opel | DON 1 |
DON 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
CAS 1 |
CAS 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SIL 1 7 |
SIL 2 5 |
THR 1 14 |
THR 2 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
BRH 1 6 |
BRH 2 12 |
16th | 32 |
Complete Formula Three Euroseries results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Team Midland Euroseries | Dallara F305/001 | Toyota | HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
ZAN 1 12 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
LAU 1 21 |
LAU 2 Ret |
HOC 3 |
HOC 4 |
n/a | 0 |
Complete SEAT Cupra Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded all races)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Startline Services | SEAT León Cupra | Cupra R |
BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 Ret |
ROC 1 13 |
ROC 2 Ret |
THR 1 19 |
THR 2 16 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
OUL 1 12 |
OUL 2 17 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 DNS |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 14 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
THR 1 |
THR 2 |
8th | 60 |
Complete British GT results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Rob Austin Racing | Ginetta G50 GT4 | OUL 1 DNS |
OUL 2 DNS |
KNO 1 9 |
KNO 2 Ret |
ROC 1 14 |
ROC 2 10 |
SNE 1 16 |
SNE 2 15 |
THR 1 14 |
THR 2 DSQ |
BRH 1 12 |
BRH 2 11 |
SIL 7 |
DON 11 |
2nd | 80 |
Complete Ginetta G50 Cup results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded - 2008 all races, 2009 in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest 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 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Rob Austin Racing | Ginetta G50 | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
CAD 1 |
CAD 2 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
CRO 1 2 |
CRO 2 1 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
THR 1 1 |
THR 2 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
MAL 1 |
MAL 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
14th | 132 | |||||||||
2009 | Rob Austin Racing | Ginetta G50 | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
THR 1 DSQ |
THR 2 Ret |
THR 3 Ret |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 4 |
SIL 3 3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
19th | 51 |
Complete British Touring Car Championship results[]
(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 given)
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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Rob Austin Racing | Audi A4 | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 13 |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 DNS |
THR 3 DNS |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 12 |
OUL 3 16 |
CRO 1 Ret |
CRO 2 NC |
CRO 3 Ret |
SNE 1 15 |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 10 |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 Ret |
ROC 1 7 |
ROC 2 9 |
ROC 3 2* |
BRH 1 13 |
BRH 2 14 |
BRH 3 13 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 12 |
SIL 3 6 |
16th | 26 |
2012 | Rob Austin Racing | Audi A4 | BRH 1 8 |
BRH 2 5 |
BRH 3 5 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 DNS |
DON 3 DNS |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 18 |
THR 3 13 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
CRO 1 5 |
CRO 2 3 |
CRO 3 7 |
SNE 1 12 |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 Ret |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
KNO 3 |
ROC 1 9 |
ROC 2 16 |
ROC 3 10 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
14th* | 85* |
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References[]
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External links[]
- Rob Austin career statistics at Driver Database
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