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Josh Files

{{short description|British racing driver|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Josh Files

| image = Josh Files Honda Civic TCR.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|01|09}}

| birth_place = Norwich, Norfolk, UK

| related to =

| current series = TCR International Series

| first year = 2015

| current team = M1RA

| car number = 95

| former teams = Campos Racing, Target Competition

| starts = 6

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 23rd

| year = 2017

| last finish =

| prev series = TCR Middle East Series
Clio Cup Italia
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Eurocup Clio
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Thoroughbred Sports Cars

| prev series years = 2017
2015-16
2014
2013-14
2011-13
2009-10

| titles = TCR Europe
TCR Middle East Series
TCR Germany
Eurocup Clio
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Thoroughbred Sports Cars

| title years = 2019
2017
2016-17
2013
2013
2010

| awards =

| award years =

| updated =

}}

Joshua Luke Files{{cite news|url=http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/63/racer/index.php?lang=en&content=160&race=58|title=Suncity Group Macau Guia Race 2.0T – Provisional Entry List|publisher=Macau Grand Prix|date=31 May 2018}} (born 9 January 1991) is a British racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom and Eurocup Clio amongst others. Files won both championships in 2013.

Racing career

File:Josh Files TCR Honda Civic.jpg

Files began his career in 2009 in the Thoroughbred Sports Cars series, he raced there until 2010, winning the championship that year. He switched to the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom for 2011, finishing 7th in the championship standings in his rookie season.{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Motorsport-New-duo-boost-Team-Pyro/article-2975054-detail/article.html|title=New duo boost for Team Pyro|work=Leicester Mercury|publisher=Northcliffe Media|date=7 December 2010|accessdate=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505074736/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Motorsport-New-duo-boost-Team-Pyro/article-2975054-detail/article.html|archive-date=5 May 2013|url-status=dead}} He took 4 pole positions in 2012, finishing 6th in the standings.{{cite news|url=http://www.btcccrazy.co.uk/2012/03/20/bumper-2012-airasia-renault-clio-cup-entry-list-revealed/|title=Bumper 2012 AirAsia Renault Clio Cup Entry List Revealed|date=20 March 2012|accessdate=22 November 2015|first=Richard|last=Devine|work=BTCC Crazy|publisher=James Mappin}} In 2013 he took 5 pole positions and 2 victories on his way to winning the championship.{{cite news|url=http://www.btcccrazy.co.uk/2013/02/18/five-car-attack-for-pyro/|title=Five Car Attack For Pyro|work=BTCC Crazy|publisher=James Mappin|date=18 February 2013|accessdate=22 November 2015|first=Chris|last=Ashby}} He also raced in the Eurocup Clio series in 2013, also winning the championship that year, with 4 pole positions and 4 wins. He continued in the Eurocup Clio series in 2014. He also raced a guest entry in the 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain season that year. In 2015 he raced in the Clio Cup Italia series, finishing 3rd in the standings.{{cite web |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/josh-files/ |title=Josh Files career statistics |publisher=Driver Database |accessdate=22 November 2015}}

In November 2015 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving an Opel Astra OPC for Campos Racing.{{cite news|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/11/15/josh-files-and-igor-skuz-join-campos-complete-30-car-macau-entry/|title=Josh Files and Igor Skuz join Campos, complete 30 car Macau entry|work=TouringCarTimes.com|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|first=Neil|last=Hudson|date=15 November 2015|accessdate=22 November 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.tcr-series.com/index.php/news/item/files-and-wells-join-campos-racing-for-macau|title=Files and Wells join Campos Racing for Macau|date=18 November 2015|publisher=tcr-series.com|accessdate=22 November 2015}}

The Brit joined Target Competition to race at the 2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. He scored six wins in 14 races and claimed the title. During the off-season, he claimed the 2017 TCR Middle East Series, winning all races he entered.

Racing record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2009

|align=left| Thoroughbred Sports Cars - Class C

|align=left|

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 0

| NC†

2010

|align=left| Thoroughbred Sports Cars - Class C

|align=left|

| 8

| 4

| 7

| 6

| 5

| 49

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

2011

|align=left| Renault Clio Cup UK

|align=left| Team Pyro

| 16

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 2

| 207

| 7th

2012

|align=left| Renault Clio Cup UK

|align=left| Team Pyro

| 16

| 0

| 4

| 2

| 4

| 268

| 6th

rowspan=2| 2013

|align=left| Renault Clio Cup UK

|align=left rowspan=2| Team Pyro

| 16

| 2

| 5

| 9

| 10

| 382

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align=left| Renault Clio Eurocup

| 12

| 4

| 4

| 1

| 9

| 198

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

rowspan=2| 2014

|align=left| Renault Clio Eurocup

|align=left| Team Pyro

| 4

| 0

| 2

| 1

| 1

| 32

| 8th

align=left| Porsche Carrera Cup GB

|align=left| In2 Racing

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC†

rowspan=2| 2015

|align=left| Renault Clio Cup Italy

|align=left| Rangoni Corse

| 13

| 4

| 0

| 4

| 7

| 178

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

align=left| TCR International Series

|align=left| Campos Racing

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

rowspan=4| 2016

|align=left| ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

|align=left rowspan=3| Target Competition

| 14

| 6

| 4

| 2

| 8

| 222

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align=left| TCR International Series

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4.5

| 24th

align=left| TCR Trophy Europe

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 25

| 4th

align=left| Renault Clio Cup Italy

|align=left| Rangoni Corse

| 5

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 4

| 73

| 7th

rowspan=4| 2017

|align=left| ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship

|align=left rowspan=2| Target Competition

| 14

| 6

| 0

| 2

| 9

| 411

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align=left| TCR Trophy Europe

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 43

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

align=left| TCR Middle East Series

|align=left| Lap57 Motorsports

| 4

| 4

| 2

| 3

| 4

| 110

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align=left| TCR International Series

|align=left| M1RA

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 23

| 23rd

2018

|align=left| TCR Europe Touring Car Series

|align=left| Hell Energy Racing with KCMG

| 14

| 1

| 1

| 0

| 4

| 121

| 6th

rowspan=2| 2019

|align=left| TCR Europe Touring Car Series

|align=left rowspan=2| Autodis Racing by Target Competition

| 14

| 3

| 1

| 4

| 8

| 352

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align=left| TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship

| 10

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 5

| 259

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

rowspan=2| 2020

|align=left| World Touring Car Cup

|align=left| Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 9

| 21st

align=left| TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship

|align=left| Solite Indigo Racing

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| 55

| 4th

2022

|align=left| TCR Europe Touring Car Series

|align=left| Target Competition

| 13

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 3

| 285

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

2023

|align=left| TCR UK Touring Car Championship

|align=left| Area Motorsport

|2

|0

|1

|1

|1

|42

|20nd

† As Files was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

* Season still in progress.

=Complete TCR International Series results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! DC

! Points

2015

! Campos Racing

! Opel Astra OPC

| SEP
1

| SEP
2

| SHA
1

| SHA
2

| VAL
1

| VAL
2

| ALG
1

| ALG
2

| MNZ
1

| MNZ
2

| SAL
1

| SAL
2

| SOC
1

| SOC
2

| RBR
1

| RBR
2

| MRN
1

| MRN
2

| CHA
1

| CHA
2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAC
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAC
2
{{small|Ret}}

! NC

! 0

2016

! Target Competition

! Honda Civic TCR

| BHR
1

| BHR
2

| EST
1

| EST
2

| SPA
1

| SPA
2

| IMO
1

| IMO
2

| SAL
1

| SAL
2

| OSC
1

| OSC
2

| SOC
1

| SOC
2

| CHA
1

| CHA
2

| MRN
1

| MRN
2

| SEP
1

| SEP
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAC
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAC
2
{{small|6}}

! 24th

! 4.5

2017

! M1RA

! Honda Civic TCR

| RIM
1

| RIM
2

| BHR
1

| BHR
2

| SPA
1

| SPA
2

| MNZ
1

| MNZ
2

| SAL
1

| SAL
2

| HUN
1

| HUN
2

| OSC
1

| OSC
2

| CHA
1

| CHA
2

| ZHE
1

| ZHE
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DUB
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DUB
2
{{small|3}}

|

|

! 23rd

! 23

=Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! DC

! Points

2018

! Hell Energy Racing with KCMG

! Honda Civic Type R TCR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
1
{{small|45}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LEC
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZAN
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
2
{{small|19†}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN
1
{{small|Ret3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HUN
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS
1
{{small|101}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ASS
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MNZ
1
{{small|34}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
1
{{small|242}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT
2
{{small|6}}

! 6th

! 121

2019

! Autodis Racing by Target Competition

! Hyundai i30 N TCR

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HUN
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HOC
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RBR
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RBR
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OSC
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OSC
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
1
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MNZ
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|1}}

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 352

2022

! Target Competition

! Hyundai Elantra N TCR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LEC
2
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
2
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NOR
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NOR
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
2
{{small|19}}

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 285

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

=Complete TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! DC

! Points

rowspan=2 | 2020

! rowspan=2 | Solite Indigo Racing

! Hyundai i30 N TCR

|style="background:#;"| SEP1
1

|style="background:#;"| SEP1
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEP2
1
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SEP2
2
{{small|3}}

|

|

! rowspan=2 | 4th

! rowspan=2 | 55

Hyundai Veloster N TCR

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEP3
1
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SEP3
2
{{small|2}}

=Complete World Touring Car Cup results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! DC

! Points

2020

! Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team

! Hyundai i30 N TCR

| BEL
1

| BEL
2

| GER
1

| GER
2

| SVK
1

| SVK
2

| SVK
3

| HUN
1

| HUN
2

| HUN
3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
3
{{small|10}}

| ARA
1

| ARA
2

| ARA
3

! 21st

! 9

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|josh-files}}

{{S-start}}

{{s-sports}}

{{succession box|title=Thoroughbred Sports Cars
Class C Champion| before = ? | after = ? | years = 2010}}

{{succession box|title=Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Champion| before = Jack Goff | after = Mike Bushell | years = 2013}}

{{succession box|title=Eurocup Clio
Champion| before = Oscar Nogués | after = Oscar Nogués | years = 2013}}

{{succession box|title=ADAC TCR Germany
Touring Car Championship
Champion| before = Inaugural | after = Harald Proczyk | years = 2016-2017}}

{{succession box|title=TCR Middle East Series
Champion| before = Inaugural | after = Luca Engstler | years = 2017}}

{{succession box|title=TCR Europe Touring Car Series
Champion| before = Mikel Azcona | after = Mehdi Bennani | years = 2019}}

{{S-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Files, Josh}}

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