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Sean Walkinshaw

{{Short description|British racing driver (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Sean Walkinshaw

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| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium

| racing licence =

| current series = Super Taikyu Series

| first year = 2023

| current team = Hitotsuyama Racing

| former teams =

| car number = 21

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| prev series = Intercontinental GT Challenge
Super GT

| prev series years = 2022
2017-2021

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}}

Sean Nathan Thomas Walkinshaw (born 3 November 1993){{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/aI8rW4xi8S6B8l2vAZATh6x6lsM/appointments |title=Sean Nathan Thomas WALKINSHAW|author= |website=Companies House |access-date=2025-03-24}} is a British racing driver who currently competes in the Super Taikyu Series for Hitotsuyama Racing. He is the son of former Formula 1 team principal Tom Walkinshaw.

Career

=Super GT=

Walkinshaw made his debut in Super GT in 2017 with Autobacs Racing Team Aguri alongside Shinichi Takagi. They clinched 4th in the standings with a win. They continued to race in the next season, finishing runners up with two wins, losing out to LEON Racing of Naoya Gamou, and Haruki Kurosawa.{{Cite web|url=https://supergt.net/news/single/17766?ln=en|title=TEAM KUNIMITSUにバトンが加入！Hondaが2018年体制を発表。ARTAやGT300新チームも登場 {{!}} SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE|website=supergt.net|language=ja|access-date=2018-01-14}} With ARTA changing their car to Honda NSX GT3, Walkinshaw got replaced by Honda Junior Nirei Fukuzumi.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/01/11/honda-announces-2019-super-gt-teams-and-drivers.html|title=Honda Announces 2019 Super GT Teams and Drivers|date=11 January 2019|work= dailysportscar.com|accessdate=11 January 2019}}

In 2019, Walkinshaw moved to Team Thailand to race alongside Nattapong Horthongkum.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailysportscar.com/2019/02/07/toyota-gazoo-racing-announces-2019-super-gt-programmes.html|title=Toyota Gazoo Racing Announces 2019 Super GT Programmes|date=7 February 2019|work= dailysportscar.com|accessdate=7 February 2019}} Walkinshaw returned to the team, for the last three rounds of the 2020 season alongside Mathias Beche. Walkinshaw raced for the last time in Super GT for 2021 where he raced with Giuliano Alesi.{{Cite web|last=CORPORATION|first=TOYOTA MOTOR|title=TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Outlines 2021 Motorsports Activities|url=http://toyotagazooracing.com/release/2021/other/0212-01.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=TOYOTA GAZOO Racing|language=en}}{{cite news|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/fenestraz-makino-okayama-entry-list/5953052/|title=Fenestraz, Makino forced to miss Super GT opener|date=29 March 2021|work= motorsport.com|access-date=5 April 2021}} During his time on Team Thailand, he did not score a single point.

=Super Taikyu=

In 2023, Walkinshaw returned to Japan, competing in Super Taikyu with Hitotsuyama Racing.

Racing record

=Racing career summary=

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

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

rowspan="3" |2011

|align=left| Formula Renault BARC Finals Cup

| rowspan="3" align=left| Hillspeed

|6

|0

|0

|0

|1

|131

|4th

align=left| Formula Renault BARC

|12

|0

|0

|0

|0

|39

|22nd

align=left| Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|3

|51st

rowspan="2" |2012

|align=left| JK Racing Asia Series

|align=left| US Formula Project

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC†

align=left| Formula Renault BARC

|align=left| MTECH Lite

|14

|0

|0

|0

|0

|71

|18th

2012-13

|align=left| MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

|align=left| MRF Racing

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|25th

rowspan=4| 2013

|align=left| European F3 Open Championship

|align=left rowspan=2| Team West-Tec F3

|16

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|33rd

align=left| European F3 Open Championship - Copa

|16

|0

|0

|0

|2

|19

|9th

align=left| British Formula 3 International Series - National Class

|align=left| Team West-Tec

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|20

|9th

align=left| Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup

|align=left| SL Formula

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|5

|45th

2013-14

|align=left| MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

|align=left| MRF Racing

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

2014

|align=left| Euroformula Open Championship

|align=left| Campos Racing

|16

|0

|0

|0

|0

|53

|10th

rowspan=3| 2015

|align=left rowspan=2| GT Sprint Series

|align=left| MRS GT-Racing

|8

|0

|0

|1

|1

|rowspan=2|31

|rowspan=2|14th

align=left| Always Evolving Motorsport

|6

|0

|0

|2

|0

align=left| Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Cup

|align=left| MRS GT-Racing

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|18

|15th

2015-16

|align=left| MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship

|align=left| MRF Racing

|10

|0

|0

|0

|0

|35

|12th

rowspan="3" |2016

| align="left" | GT Series Sprint Cup

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Nissan GT Academy Team RJN

|10

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| Italian GT Championship - SuperGT3

|align=left| Drive Technology Italia Srl

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan="2" | 2017

| align="left" | Super GT - GT300

| align="left" | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri

| 8

| 1

| 1

| 0

| 3

| 61

| 4th

align=left| Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3

|align=left| FIST - Team AAI

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

rowspan="3" | 2018

| align="left" | Super GT - GT300

| align="left" | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri

| 8

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 2

| 62

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

align=left| TCR UK Touring Car Championship

|align=left| Sean Walkinshaw Racing

|4

|0

|0

|0

|1

|76

|14th

align=left| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

|align=left| GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

rowspan="2" | 2019

| align="left" | Super GT - GT300

| align="left" | arto Ping An Team Thailand

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

align=left| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

|align=left| Belgian Audi Club Team WRT

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

2020

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| arto Ping An Team Thailand

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

2021

|align=left| Super GT - GT300

|align=left| arto Team Thailand

| 8

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC

2022

|align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

|align=left| Madpanda Motorsport

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

2023

|align=left| Super Taikyu – ST-X

|align=left| Hitotsuyama Racing

|

|

|

|

|

| ‡

| ‡

2024

|align=left| Super Taikyu – ST-X

|align=left| Hitotsuyama Racing

|

|

|

|

|

| ‡

| ‡

2025

|align=left| Super Taikyu – ST-X

|align=left| Hitotsuyama Racing

|

|

|

|

|

| *‡

| *‡

=Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results=

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

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

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! DC

! Points

2011

! Hillspeed

|HOC
1

|HOC
2

|HOC
3

|SPA
1

|SPA
2

|NÜR
1

|NÜR
2

|ASS
1

|ASS
2

|ASS
3

|OSC
1

|OSC
2

| style="background:#cfcfff;" |ZAN
1
{{small|22}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |ZAN
2
{{small|18}}

|MST
1

|MST
2

|MST
3

|MNZ
1

|MNZ
2

|MNZ
3

! 51st

! 3

2013

! SL Formula

|HOC
1

|HOC
2

|HOC
3

|NÜR
1

|NÜR
2

|SIL
1

|SIL
2

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |SPA
1
{{small|19}}

| style="background:#dfffdf;" |SPA
2
{{small|18}}

|ASS
1

|ASS
2

|MST
1

|MST
2

|MST
3

|ZAN
1

|ZAN
2

|ZAN
3

|

|

|

! 45th

! 5

= Complete Super GT results =

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

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

!Year

!Team

!Class

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!DC

!Pts

2017

! Autobacs Racing Team Aguri

! BMW M6 GT3

!GT300

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |OKA
{{small|5}}

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |FUJ
{{small|17}}

| bgcolor="#FFDF9F" |AUT
{{small|3}}

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |SUG
{{small|Ret}}

| bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |FUJ
{{small|1}}

| bgcolor="#EFCFFF" |SUZ
{{small|Ret}}

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |CHA
{{small|4}}

| bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |MOT
{{small|2}}

!4th

!61

2018

! Autobacs Racing Team Aguri

! BMW M6 GT3

!GT300

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |OKA
{{small|6}}

| bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |FUJ
{{small|1}}

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |SUZ
{{small|20}}

| bgcolor="#CFCFFF" |CHA
{{small|11}}

| bgcolor="#FFFFBF" |FUJ
{{small|1}}

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |SUG
{{small|10}}

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |AUT
{{small|4}}

| bgcolor="#DFFFDF" |MOT
{{small|9}}

| bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |2nd

| bgcolor="#DFDFDF" |62

2019

! nowrap| arto Ping An Team Thailand

! Lexus RC F GT3

! GT300

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|OKA
{{small|18}}

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|FUJ
{{small|24}}

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|SUZ
{{small|16}}

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CHA
{{small|17}}

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|FUJ
{{small|20}}

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|AUT
{{small|20}}

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|SUG
{{small|21}}

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MOT
{{small|22}}

! NC

! 0

2020

! arto Ping An Team Thailand

! Lexus RC F GT3

! GT300

| FUJ

| FUJ

| SUZ

| MOT

| FUJ

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

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOT
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|26}}

! NC

! 0

2021

!nowrap| arto Team Thailand

! Lexus RC F GT3

! GT300

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OKA
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|22}}

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

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ
{{small|20}}

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

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

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

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FUJ
{{small|20}}

! NC

! 0

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|walkinshaw-sean}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walkinshaw, Sean}}

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