Chris Goodwin

Chris Goodwin
Goodwin driving in 24 hours Spa 2018
Nationality	British
Born	(1967-03-10) 10 March 1967 (age 54)
Debut season	1987-present

Chris Goodwin (10 March 1967) is a British auto racing driver. Currently he works as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin. Additionally he manages the racing career of Bruno Senna and continues to race in International GT Endurance events. He was also TV commentator on F1 for ESPN Star Sports for nearly ten years and occasionally still appears on EPS&M and other networks such as ITV (GP2 coverage).

Racing career[]

His early racing was in single-seaters, starting in 1987 with the Formula First Championship. He was featured in the final episode of the 1987 series of Top Gear in which he collided with another competitor. He was Champion of Brands Hatch and finished runner-up in the 1989 Formula Ford Junior Championship, and runner-up again in 1990 when he competed in Formula Renault. He competed in Formula 3000 and Formula Vauxhall in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

In 1993 he drove in two rounds of the British Touring Car Championship for the Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Team in a Vauxhall Cavalier. This included an impressive tenth place finish at the final round at Silverstone. He entered a Cavalier in 1994 as an independent entry for Roy Kennedy Racing, finishing third in the Cup for Privateers despite missing some rounds.

In 1995 and 1996 Chris drove for the factory Lotus GT team in International GT Endurance races.

He worked for McLaren in 1997, competing in both the FIA GT Championship and Le Mans. In 1999 he raced the British GT Championship with a McLaren F1 GTR. Two more years were spent in the British GTs in 1999 and 2000. In 2001 he raced in both the European Le Mans Series winning the GTS class and the ASCAR Championship. He returned to Touring Cars in 2002 driving a Nissan Primera in the European Touring Car Championship.

In 2008, Chris was instrumental in establishing the SLR GT Trophy for the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren sportscar and finished second in 6 races.

Most recently, Chris has raced in the FIA GT3 Championship, the FIA GT Championship (best result 3rd in GT2 at the Spa 24 Hours) and in GT2 in the International GT Open Championship.

Goodwin, in his role as McLaren Automotive Chief Test Driver, drove the 2008 title-winning MP4-23 Formula One car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday 3 July 2009.

Goodwin was announced as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin on 20 December 2017.^[1]

Goodwin driving the MP4-23 at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Racing record[]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[]

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

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	EMKA Racing	Emmanuel Collard Chris Goodwin	Porsche 996 GT3-R	N-GT	301/Gearbox	DNF	DNF
2004	Ray Mallock Ltd	Thomas Erdos Miguel Ramos Mike Newton	Saleen S7-R	GT	220/engine	DNF	DNF
2009	CRS Racing	Phil Quaife Chris Niarchos Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GTC	GT	525	9th	6th
2011	McLaren GT	Rob Bell Tim Mullen	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	PRO	88/fire	DNF	DNF
2012	Von-Ryan Racing	Alvaro Parente Rob Barff Roger Wills	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	PRO-AM	497	9th	4th
2013	Von-Ryan Racing	Bruno Senna Rob Barff	McLaren MP4-12C GT3	PRO	540	15th	8th
2017	Garage 59	Alexander West Chris Harris Bradley Ellis	McLaren 650s GT3	AM	501	32nd	7th
2018	Garage 59	Alexander West Chris Harris Andrew Watson	McLaren 650s GT3	AM	391	42nd	6th
2019	Garage 59	Alexander West Chris Harris Chris Goodwin Ross Gunn	Aston Martin Vantage GT3	AM	391	47th	9th

References[]

External links[]

• BTCC Pages Profile.