Phil Keen
{{short description|British motor car racing driver (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Phil Keen
| image = File:2024 4 Hours of Le Castellet 30.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Keen driving his Ferrari 296 GT3 in 2024
| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|10|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Berkshire, England
| related to =
| racing licence = 12px FIA Gold
| current series = British GT Championship
| first year = 2006
| current team = Team Parker Racing
| car number = 30
| former teams = Eclipse Motorsport, Trackspeed, Damax, Apex Motorsport, Team RPM, ABG Motorsport, Complete Racing, Barwell Motorsport, WPI Motorsport, 2 Seas Motorsport
| starts = 130
| wins = 24
| poles = 16
| fastest laps = 23
| best finish = 2nd (Overall), 1st (Supersport Class)
| prev series =
| prev series years =
| titles =
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}}
Phil Keen (born 20 October 1983 in Reading, Berkshire) is a British professional racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series for JMW Motorsport.{{Cite web|title=Phil Keen Barwell Motorsport|website=British GT Championship|url=https://www.britishgt.com/driver/39/phil-keen}}{{cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/other-sport/phils-keen-make-mark-racing-4269621|title=Phil's keen to make mark in racing world|website=getreading.co.uk|publisher=Berkshire Live|date=10 October 2003|access-date=14 January 2024}} He is the most successful driver in British GT history, having three times finished runner-up in the top class (GT3).{{cite web|url=https://www.gt-report.com/2020/12/03/wpi-makes-statement-by-signing-phil-keen-for-2021-british-gt-campaign/|title=WPI makes statement by signing Phil Keen for 2021 British GT campaign|website=GT Report|last=Bosch|first=Miguel|date=3 December 2020|access-date=14 January 2024}} He was an official Lamborghini factory driver in 2019, when he won the GT World Challenge Europe Pro-Am title, and concurrently works as an engineer in Henley-on-Thames.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2018/10/lamborghini-announces-2019-factory-drivers/|title=Lamborghini Announces 2019 Factory Drivers|website=The Checkered Flag|last=Hackett|first=Jean-Paul|date=2018-10-03|access-date=2024-02-20}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.joe.co.uk/entertainment/matt-leblanc-may-have-just-blown-this-sht-wide-open-by-unmasking-the-stig-62588|title=Matt LeBlanc may have just blown this sh*t wide open by unmasking the Stig|website=JOE.co.uk|date=2016-05-26|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}} He was also the third and final Stig in British automotive show Top Gear from December 2010 until 2022, with his portrayal being kept secret over the years.
Career
=2023=
In 2023, Keen returned to the British GT Championship in a substitute role, deputizing for 2 Seas Motorsport drivers Jules Gounon and Jonathan Adam while the two fulfilled their respective factory commitments. As of April 2023, prior to the start of the 2023 season, Keen held the record for most victories in the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/04/05/keen-to-fill-in-for-gounon-adam-at-2-seas.html|title=Keen To Fill In For Gounon & Adam At 2 Seas|website=Dailysportscar|last=Kilbey|first=Stephen|date=5 April 2023|accessdate=5 April 2023}}
Stunt work
Keen is known for his work on Ben Collins Stunt Driver (2015) and Monday Motorsport (2017).{{Cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7684163/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|website=IMDb|title=Phil Keen Biography}}
From 2010 and 2022, Keen portrayed the third incarnation of The Stig in BBC television show Top Gear. This was officially confirmed in 2024, when presenter Jeremy Clarkson revealed the information during a Q&A session.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedrive.com/news/final-top-gear-stigs-identity-revealed-by-jeremy-clarkson|title=Final Top Gear Stig's Identity Revealed by Jeremy Clarkson|website=The Drive|last=DeMattia|first=Nico|date=25 September 2024|access-date=25 September 2024}}{{Cite web|date=16 September 2024|title=Jeremy Clarkson giving a Q&A after a private screening of The Grand Tour: One For The Road|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmyEe2Iw4dk&t=91s |website=YouTube}}
Racing record
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Year
| Position | Race |
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2018
| 1st | Moss Trophy |
2017
| 2nd | British GT Championship - GT3 |
2017
| 3rd | Michelin Le Mans Cup - GT3 |
2017
| 1st | Kinrara Trophy |
2016
| 2nd | British GT Championship - GT3 |
2016
| 2nd | 74th Members Meeting Bruce McLaren Trophy |
2014
| 1st |
2009
| 1st |
2003
| 3rd | TVR Tuscan Challenge |
=Complete British GT Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class)
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! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! DC ! Points |
rowspan=2| 2006
! Eclipse Motorsport ! GT2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON | PAU | PAU | MON | MON |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SNE |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SNE | | | | | | | ! 4th ! 15 |
Trackspeed
! GTC | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROC |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROC |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL | MAG | MAG ! 6th ! 38 |
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rowspan=3| 2007
! Trackspeed ! GTC | OUL | OUL | DON | DON | SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | | | | | | | | | ! 8th ! 10 |
Damax
!rowspan=2| GT3 | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR | CRO | CRO | | | | !rowspan=2| 28th !rowspan=2| 2 |
Apex Motorsport
| | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC | | |
2008
! Team RPM ! Dodge Viper Competition Coupe ! GT3 | OUL | OUL | KNO | KNO | ROC | ROC | SNE | SNE | THR | THR | BRH | BRH | SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON | | ! NC ! 0 |
2009
! ABG Motorsport ! Supersport |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL | SPA | SPA | ROC | ROC | KNO | KNO | SNE | SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON | SIL | BRH | BRH | | !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 15 |
2011
! Trackspeed ! GT3 | OUL | OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE | BRH | SPA | SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ROC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROC | DON | SIL | | | | | | ! 14th ! 23 |
rowspan=2| 2012
! Trackspeed ! GT3 | OUL | OUL | NUR | NUR |style="background:#FFDF9F"| ROC | BRH | | |style="background:#EFCFFF"| SIL |style="background:#FFDF9F"| DON | | | | | | ! 15th ! 45 |
Complete Racing
! GT4 | | | | | | |style="background:#FFDF9F"| SNE |style="background:#FFDF9F"| SNE | | | | | | | | ! 11th ! 30 |
2013
! Trackspeed ! GT3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#000000; color:white"| OUL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ZAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON | | | | | | ! 14th ! 48 |
2014
! Trackspeed ! GT3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON | | | | | | ! 4th ! 121.5 |
2015
! Team Russia by Barwell Racing ! GT3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DON | | | | | | | ! 6th ! 79.5 |
2016
! Barwell Motorsport ! GT3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON | | | | | | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 147.5 |
2017
! Barwell Motorsport ! GT3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROC |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#000000; color:white"|DON | | | | | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 161 |
2018
! Barwell Motorsport ! GT3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROC |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DON | | | | | | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 159.5 |
2019
! Barwell Motorsport ! GT3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON | | | | | | | ! 4th ! 122 |
2020
! Barwell Motorsport ! GT3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL | | | | | | | !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 134 |
2021
! WPI Motorsport ! GT3 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SNE |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON | | | | | | | ! 4th ! 135 |
2022
! WPI Motorsport ! GT3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA | BRH | DON | | | | | | | ! 10th ! 68 |
2023
! GT3 | OUL | OUL | SIL | DON | SNE | SNE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG | BRH | DON | | | | | | | ! 22nd ! 12 |
rowspan=2| 2024
!rowspan=2| 2 Seas Motorsport !rowspan=2| GT3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| OUL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 4th !rowspan=2| 103.5 |
Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
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2025
! GT4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON |style="background:#;"| SIL |
|style="background:#;"| OUL
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|style="background:#;"| SPA
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|style="background:#;"| SNE
1
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|style="background:#;"| SNE
2
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|style="background:#;"| BRH
1
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|style="background:#;"| DON
1
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! 4th*
! 18*
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† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.
* Season still in progress.
=Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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Year
! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! Pos. ! Points |
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2019
! Pro-Am |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRH |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MIS |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZAN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ZAN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| HUN !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 131 |
2020
! ERC Sport ! Pro-Am |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAG |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ZAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAT ! 5th ! 74 |
2024
! Pro | BRH | BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC | MAG | MAG | CAT | CAT ! 18th ! 2.5 |
=Partial GT Cup Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-
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! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! {{Tooltip|DC|Drivers' championship}} ! {{Tooltip|CP|Class position}} ! Points |
2020
! align=center| GTB |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#;"| SIL |style="background:#;"| SIL |style="background:#;"| SIL |style="background:#;"| SIL |style="background:#;"| DON |style="background:#;"| DON |style="background:#;"| DON |style="background:#;"| DON |style="background:#;"| BRH |style="background:#;"| BRH |style="background:#;"| BRH |style="background:#;"| BRH |style="background:#;"| DON |style="background:#;"| DON |style="background:#;"| DON |style="background:#;"| DON !NC† !NC† !0† |
† Keen was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.
=Complete European Le Mans Series results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
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! Year ! Entrant ! Class ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! Rank ! Points |
2024
! JMW Motorsport ! LMGT3 ! Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA | MUG | ALG ! 17th ! 2 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{DriverDB driver|philip-keen}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-sports}}
{{succession box
| title = British GT Championship
Supersport Champion
| before = Inaugural
| after = None
(Class discontinued)
| years = 2009
| with = Marcus Clutton
}}
{{succession box
| title = Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe
Pro-Am Champion
| before = Markus Winkelhock
Nyls Stievenart
(GT Series Sprint Cup)
| after = Eddie Cheever III
Chris Froggatt
(GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup)
| years = 2019
| with = Hiroshi Hamaguchi
}}
{{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keen, Phil}}
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