Calan Williams

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Calan Williams
WilliamsInterview (cropped).jpg
Williams in 2016
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 21)
Perth, Western Australia
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamTrident
Car number21
Best finishTBD in 2022
Previous series
2020-2021
2019
2018–19
2017
2015–16		FIA Formula 3 Championship
Toyota Racing Series
Euroformula Open Championship
Australian F3 Premier Series
Western Australia Formula Ford
Championship titles
2017Australian F3 Premier Series

Calan Williams (born 30 June 2000) is an Australian racing driver who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident.

Career[]

Karting[]

Williams was a member of the Wanneroo-based Tiger Kart Club,[1] and competed in karting championships across Western Australia, and in several race meetings around the country. His karting career spanned from 2007 until 2014.[2]

Lower formulae[]

Williams (rear) driving for , chasing Jon Collins (front) in a non championship event at Wakefield Park in 2017.

Williams debuted in formula racing in 2015 in the Western Australian Formula Ford Championship with a round win on debut at Barbagallo Raceway.[1] His first full season of Formula Ford was in 2016 in the Western Australian Formula Ford Championship winning several races, including the last five straight, finishing second in the championship.

He competed in the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series with . Williams took 11 race wins and 16 podiums finishing first in the series, winning the Premier Series.[3][4] During the series, he set the outright lap record at Morgan Park Raceway for the circuits K configuration, with a laptime of 1:07.948.

Euroformula Open[]

Williams tested for the Fortec Motorsport team in December 2017 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[1] He then signed with the team for the opening rounds of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship, and competed in the Euroformula Winter Series. He completed testing at the Circuito de Jerez and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and placed seventh and ninth in two races at Circuit Paul Ricard.[5][6] Williams made his debut in Euroformula Open at Estoril Circuit in round one of the 2018 Euroformula Series. He qualified 10th for race 1 of the round,[7] finishing 14th in the race and qualified 9th for race two in which he then finished in 11th place.[8]

Williams had two impressive qualifying efforts at the Monza round of the 2018 season, qualifying 5th for Race 1 and 3rd for Race 2. In the races he suffered early setbacks however, being taken out early in both races, but fought back to finish inside the top ten in both races.[9] He finished race 1 in 10th position and race 2 in 8th after being relegated to the rear end of the field following the early incidents. Williams finished the season in 11th position with 25 points.

Williams competed again in Euroformula Open in the 2019 season with Fortec Motorsport. Williams had a season best results of 4th and 5th at the 6th round of the championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Toyota Racing Series[]

In December 2018, it was announced that Williams would race in the 2019 season of the Toyota Racing Series, held in New Zealand in January and February with MTEC Motorsport.[10][11] Williams would return to using the number 54 that he had raced with prior to 2017. The Australian finished eighth in the drivers' championship with 183, having finished all but two races in the points.

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

In October 2019, it was announced Williams had signed with Jenzer Motorsport for the 2020 season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[12][13] He didn't manage to score any points throughout the campaign however and finished 31st in the standings, with a highest finish of 14th. Despite a number of successful qualifying performances, such as qualifying fifth in Budapest, he ended up behind both of his teammates, Matteo Nannini and Federico Malvestiti.

Williams at the Red Bull Ring in 2021, driving for Jenzer

Williams was retained by Jenzer Motorsport for the 2021 season, this time partnering Pierre-Louis Chovet and Filip Ugran.[14] After a tough first round of the season where he finished just outside the points in race 2, Williams broke through for his maiden FIA Formula 3 podium and points finish in round 2. Williams qualified on reverse pole for race 1 where he finished third after trading places for the lead and podium spots throughout the race.[15] Williams followed it up with another points finish in race 2, finishing tenth. In race 3 he finished in his starting grid spot of 12th after the rain-affected race. The Australian's next points finish came at the Red Bull Ring, where he ended up ninth in sunday's race.[16] In the following two rounds Williams would be unable to score points, and at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps he was involved in a collision with Amaury Cordeel in the Eau Rouge-Radillion complex.[17] Both drivers escaped the impact without injuries.[18]

FIA Formula 2 Championship[]

In January 2022, it was announced that Williams will drive for Trident in the 2022 season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[19]

Personal life[]

Williams is currently studying the bachelor in Computer science in an online course with Perth-based Edith Cowan University.[20]

He also resides in Switzerland and is learning High German, due to his commitments with Swiss outfit Jenzer Motorsport.

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Western Australian Formula Ford Grand Toyota/Impressions Homes 9 0 1 4 3 142 10th
2016 Western Australian Formula Ford Fastlane Racing 21 5 6 8 12 363 2nd
2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series Gilmour Racing 17 11 6 15 16 232 1st
2018 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 12 0 0 0 0 25 11th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 2 18th
2019 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 18 0 0 0 0 53 13th
Toyota Racing Series MTEC Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 183 8th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 0 31st
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 20 0 0 0 1 15 19th
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident

Complete Australian Formula 3 Premier Series results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2017 Gilmour Racing MOR
1
1 		MOR
2
Ret 		MOR
3
DNS 		MAL
1
1 		MAL
2
1 		MAL
3
2 		SYD
1
1 		SYD
2
2 		SYD
3
2 		PHI
1
1 		PHI
2
1 		PHI
3
1 		QLD
1
1 		QLD
2
1 		QLD
3
1 		WAK
1
1 		WAK
2
2 		WAK
3
2 		1st 232

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2018 Fortec Motorsports EST
1
14 		EST
2
11 		LEC
1
Ret 		LEC
2
12 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
14 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
11 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
8 		MNZ
1
10 		MNZ
2
8 		JER
1 		JER
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		11th 25
2019 Fortec Motorsports LEC
1
12 		LEC
2
16 		PAU
1
7 		PAU
2
11 		HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
9 		SPA
1
12 		SPA
2
8 		HUN
1
8 		HUN
2
8 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
5 		SIL
1
10 		SIL
2
7 		CAT
1
14 		CAT
2
14 		MNZ
1
16 		MNZ
2
10 		13th 53

Complete Toyota Racing Series results[]

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2019 MTEC Motorsport HIG
1
11 		HIG
2
7 		HIG
3
8 		TER
1
7 		TER
2
C 		TER
3
C 		HMP
1
Ret 		HMP
2
8 		HMP
3
8 		HMP
4
7 		TAU
1
8 		TAU
2
8 		TAU
3
9 		TAU
4
7 		MAN
1
5 		MAN
2
7 		MAN
3
Ret 		8th 183

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2020 Jenzer Motorsport RBR
FEA
21 		RBR
SPR
17 		RBR
FEA
25 		RBR
SPR
24 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
15 		SIL
FEA
14 		SIL
SPR
14 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
25 		CAT
SPR
14 		SPA
FEA
16 		SPA
SPR
25 		MNZ
FEA
25 		MNZ
SPR
18 		MUG
FEA
19 		MUG
SPR
21 		31st 0
2021 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
1
18 		CAT
2
11 		CAT
3
21 		LEC
1
3 		LEC
2
8 		LEC
3
12 		RBR
1
16 		RBR
2
15 		RBR
3
9 		HUN
1
17 		HUN
2
24 		HUN
3
17 		SPA
1
24 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
18 		ZAN
1
16 		ZAN
2
22 		ZAN
3
18 		SOC
1
19 		SOC
2
C 		SOC
3
12 		19th 15

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 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 DC Points
2022 Trident BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
FEA 		IMO
SPR 		IMO
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		MCO
SPR 		MCO
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		ZAN
SPR 		ZAN
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		SOC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		- 0

References[]

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