Robin Liddell
{{short description|Scottish racing driver}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Robin Liddell
| image =
| nationality = {{flag|GBR|name=British}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| racing licence = 12px FIA Silver
| current series = Michelin Pilot Challenge
| first year = 2014
| current team = Rebel Rock Racing
| car number = 71
| former teams = Stevenson Motorsports
| races =
| wins =
| podiums =
| poles =
| fastest laps =
| prev series = WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
| prev series years = 2014–2017
| titles = Michelin Pilot Challenge – GS class
European Le Mans Series – GT class
}}
Robin Liddell (born 28 February 1974) is a Scottish racing driver who currently competes in the Michelin Pilot Challenge.{{cite web|url=https://www.imsa.com/drivers/robin-liddell/|title=Robin Liddell - IMSA|website=imsa.com|accessdate=25 June 2020}}
Career
file:GT 57 Stevenson Motorsports John Edwards Robin Liddell.jpg
Liddell has two series championships to his name, winning the GT class of the 2001 European Le Mans Series and the GS class of the 2015 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.{{cite web|url=https://rebelrockracing.co/robin_liddell/|title=Robin Liddell - Rebel Rock Racing|website=rebelrockracing.co|accessdate=25 June 2020}}
In 2014, Liddell joined Corvette Racing for the inaugural season of the United SportsCar Championship, lining up for the team at Daytona and Sebring.{{cite web|url=https://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/briscoe-liddell-join-corvette-racing-for-daytona-sebring/|title=Briscoe, Liddell Join Corvette Racing for Daytona, Sebring|website=sportscar365.com|publisher=John Dagys Media|date=19 December 2013|accessdate=18 August 2021}} As the team's typical third drivers, Richard Westbrook and Jordan Taylor, were racing with General Motors' Daytona Prototype teams, Liddell and Ryan Briscoe were drafted in to serve as their temporary replacements.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2014/01/robin-liddell-man-new-bow-tie/|title=Robin Liddell: The Man In The New Bow Tie|work=The Checkered Flag|first=James|last=Broomhead|date=23 January 2014|accessdate=10 June 2023}} In 2018, Liddell took on a dual driver and team manager role with Michelin Pilot Challenge team Rebel Rock Racing, having driven for the team in previous years.{{cite web|url=https://sportscar365.com/imsa/impc/liddell-enjoying-the-challenge-of-dual-rebel-rock-role/|title=Liddell 'Enjoying the Challenge' of Dual Rebel Rock Role|website=sportscar365.com|date=11 October 2018|accessdate=29 June 2020}} The following season, in a race at Road America, Liddell edged out the McLaren of Kuno Wittmer to the line by seven hundredths of a second after Wittmer had inadvertently hit his pit limiter on the way to the finish.{{cite web|url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/more-racing/a2146081/dramatic-finish-highlights-imsa-michelin-pilot-challenge-race-road-america/|title=Dramatic finish highlights IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge race at Road America
|website=autoweek.com|date=4 August 2019|accessdate=29 June 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/08/04/liddell-storms-to-victory-in-road-america-thriller.html|title=Liddell Storms To Victory In Road America Thriller|website=dailysportscar.com|date=4 August 2019|accessdate=29 June 2020}}
Racing record
=Complete American Le Mans Series results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! Class ! Make ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! Rank ! Points |
2001
! P.K. Sport ! GT | TEX | SEB |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JAR | SON | POR | MOS | MDO | LGA | PET | | ! NC ! 0 |
2002
! P.K. Sport ! GT |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SEB | SON | MDO | ELK | WAS | TRO | MOS | LGA | MIA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PET | | ! 10th ! 43 |
2003
! P.K. Sport ! GT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SEB |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TRO |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ELK |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LGA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MIA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PET | | | ! 6th ! 47 |
rowspan=2| 2004
! LMP2 ! Judd KV675 3.4 L V8 | |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MDO | LIM |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SON |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| POR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOS |style="background:#000000;color:white;"| ELK |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| PET |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LGA | | | !rowspan=2| 2nd !rowspan=2| 129 |
P.K. Sport
! GT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SEB | | | | | | | | | | | |
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2005
! GT2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SEB |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LIM |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MOS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PET |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LGA | | ! 6th ! 85 |
2006
! GT2 | SEB | HOU | MDO | LIM | MIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POR | ELK | MOS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PET | LGA | | ! 38th ! 13 |
2007
! Tafel Racing ! GT2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SEB |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LBH |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOU |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| UTA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LIM |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MDO |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ELK |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DET | PET | LGA ! 10th ! 85 |
2013
! GT | SEB | LBH | LGA | LIM | MOS | ELK | BAL | COT | VIR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| PET | | ! 24th ! 17 |
=Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! Class ! Make ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! Rank ! Points |
rowspan=2|2004
! Orbit Racing !rowspan=2|GT !rowspan=2|Porsche GT3-RS !rowspan=2|Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DAY | MIA | PHO | | WGL | DAY | MDO | WGL | MIA | VIR | BAR | CAL | | !rowspan=2| !rowspan=2| |
G&W Motorsports
| | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON | | | | | | | | | | |
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2005
! Tafel Racing ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY | MIA | CAL | LGA | MON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL | DAY | BAR | WGL | MDO | PHO | WGL | VIR | MEX ! ! |
2006
! Tafel Racing ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MIA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VIR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LGA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PHO |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LIM |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| WGL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MDO |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BAR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MIL | ! 2nd ! 498 |
2007
! Tafel Racing ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY | MEX | MIA | VIR | LGA | LIM |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL | MDO | DAY | IOW | BAR | MON | MIL | ! ! |
2008
! Stevenson Motorsports ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MIA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MEX |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| VIR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LGA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LIM |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| WGL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MDO |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JER |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MIL | ! 2nd ! 364 |
2009
! Stevenson Motorsports ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| VIR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LGA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MDO |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BAR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WGL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MIA | | ! 8th ! 289 |
2010
! Stevenson Motorsports ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MIA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VIR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LIM |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MIL | | ! 4th ! 315 |
2011
! Stevenson Motorsports ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MIA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VIR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LIM |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LGA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MDO | | ! 9th ! 285 |
2012
! Stevenson Motorsports ! GT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MIA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JER |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DET |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MDO |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WGL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LGA |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LIM | ! 2nd ! 360 |
2013
! Stevenson Motorsports ! GT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COT |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BAR |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ATL |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| DET |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| WGL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IMS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| KAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LGA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LIM | | ! 3rd ! 330 |
=Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! Class ! Make ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! Rank ! Points |
2014
! GTLM |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB |style="background:#;"|LBH |
|style="background:#;"|LGA
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|WGL
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|MOS
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|IND
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|ELK
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|VIR
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|COA
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|PET
{{small|}}
|
! 25th
! 53
|-
| 2016
! Stevenson Motorsports
! GTD
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|14}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB
{{small|8}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LGA
{{small|4}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DET
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WGL
{{small|11}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MOS
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LIM
{{small|2}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ELK
{{small|5}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VIR
{{small|3}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| COT
{{small|10}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PET
{{small|7}}
|
! 4th
! 290
|-
| 2017
! Stevenson Motorsports
! GTD
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|4}}
|style="background:#;"|SEB
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|LBH
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|AUS
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|BEL
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|WGL
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|MOS
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|LIM
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|ELK
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|VIR
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|LGA
{{small|}}
|style="background:#;"|PET
{{small|}}
! 58th
! 9
|}
=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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2002
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} P.K. Sport Ltd. |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Warnock |align="left"| Porsche 911 GT3-RS | GT | 83 | DNF | DNF |
2003
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} P.K. Sport Ltd. |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Warnock |align="left"| Porsche 996 GT3-RS | GT | 285 | 23rd | 6th |
2005
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Panoz Motor Sports |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Auberlen |align="left"| Panoz Esperante GTLM | GT2 | 27 | DNF | DNF |
2007
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Bruichladdich Radical |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tim Greaves |align="left"| Radical SR9 | LMP2 | 16 | DNF | DNF |
References
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External links
- [https://www.motorsport.com/driver/robin-liddell/645/ Robin Liddell] at Motorsport.com
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