Nick Yelloly

Nick Yelloly
Yelloly in 2012.
Nationality	British
Born	(1990-12-03) 3 December 1990 (age 31) Stafford (England)
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Team Deutsche Post by Project 1
Car number	93
Starts	30
Wins	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	2nd in 2017
Previous series
2018 2016-2017 2015 2011-13, 15 2010 2009–2010 2008–09	Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Germany GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Britain FRUK Winter Series
Championship titles
2019	China GT Championship

Nicholas Jon Yelloly (born 3 December 1990 in Stafford, England) is a British professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He is also currently a test and simulator driver for the Aston Martin F1 team.

Career[]

Karting[]

Yelloly made his karting début in September 2005. After competing in Junior TKM Intermediate in 2006, Yelloly moved up to ICA in 2007, finishing 15th. Yelloly moved into the Super 1 National KF1 Championship in 2008, and finished in eighth position in the championship.^[1]

Formula Renault UK[]

Yelloly moved into the Formula Renault UK Winter Series in 2008 and finished fourteenth with points-scoring finishes in each of the four races with Fortec Competition. In 2009, Yelloly switched to the Hitech Junior Team, to contest a full season of Formula Renault UK.^[2] He had twelve point-scoring finishes on his way to nineteenth place in the championship and seventh in the Graduate Cup.^[3]

Yelloly remained in the series with the newly renamed Atech Grand Prix team.^[4] He improved to seventh place in the championship, with three podiums and a win at season finale in Brands Hatch.^[5]

GP3 Series[]

Yelloly continued his partnership with Atech CRS Grand Prix in 2011, stepping up to the GP3 Series alongside Marlon Stöckinger and Zoël Amberg.^[6] In a difficult season for the team, Yelloly finished 21st in the championship with seven points, courtesy of a strong showing at his home championship round held at Silverstone, but failing to score any points elsewhere. He was still the best-placed Atech CRS driver, as neither Stöckinger or Amberg registered a points finish all season.

Formula Renault 3.5[]

Yelloly made his Formula Renault 3.5 Series début at Silverstone for round seven of nine in the 2011 championship, driving for Pons Racing alongside Oliver Webb. After a difficult start, in which he was disqualified from his first race, he went on to secure three points finishes, including a podium in the final race at the Catalunya.

Yelloly signed for Comtec Racing for the 2012 season. He won the first race on the series calendar at Aragón, and picked up a second race win at the Nürburgring. He finished the season in fifth place overall, taking two further podium finishes at Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard.

Return to GP3[]

In February 2013, Yelloly announced that he would return to the GP3 Series, racing for Carlin Motorsport for the upcoming season.^[7] In 2014, he switched to Status Grand Prix. Though he finished second in the sprint race at the Yas Marina Circuit, Yelloly converted it into his first race win after race winner Patric Niederhauser was excluded from the results due to a breach in technical regulations.^[8]

Switch to GT Racing with Porsche[]

In 2016 Yelloly made a switch to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany series with the Project 1 Motorsport team, finishing the year as vice-champion of the rookie class and sixth place in the overall championship. He would also take part in the British Grand Prix supporting Porsche Supercup race at Silverstone.

For 2017 he returned to the series with the same team, this time winning three races and ending the year as runner-up along with two appearances in the Porsche Supercup.

After showing good pace in the national series, Yelloly would make the full time move in to the Porsche Supercup for 2018 with the Fach Auto Tech team. A season long battle with Michael Ammermüller and Thomas Preining saw the Brit take second in the championship, securing wins at the Monaco Grand Prix and German Grand Prix supporting races.

BMW Motorsport works driver[]

On 24 February 2019, BMW announced that Yelloly would be joining them as a works driver, taking part in his first race for the manufacturer in the China GT series in March.^[9]

Formula One[]

In May 2019 Yelloly took part in the Young Driver Test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for Racing Point F1 Team. In December 2021, Yelloly took part in the post-season test at Yas Marina Circuit for Aston Martin.^[10]

Racing record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season	Series	Position
2007	Super 1 National Championship — ICA	15th
2008	Super 1 National Championship — KF1	8th

Racing career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula Renault UK Winter Series	Fortec Competition	4	0	0	0	0	31	14th
2009	Formula Renault UK	Hitech Junior Team	20	0	0	0	0	83	19th
	Formula Renault UK Winter Series		4	0	0	0	2	93	2nd
2010	Formula Renault UK	Atech GP	20	1	1	2	3	312	7th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
2011	GP3 Series	Atech CRS GP	16	0	0	0	1	7	21st
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	6	0	0	0	1	36	14th
2012	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	17	2	1	0	4	122	5th
2013	GP3 Series	Carlin	16	0	0	1	4	107	6th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Zeta Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2014	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	18	1	0	0	4	127	6th
2015	GP2 Series	Hilmer Motorsport	12	0	0	1	0	19	19th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Lotus	2	0	0	0	0	6	20th
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Rookie Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	16	0	0	0	2	161	6th
	Porsche Supercup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	14	3	0	0	8	237	2nd
	Porsche Supercup	MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX	2	0	0	0	0	23	18th
2018	Porsche Supercup	Fach Auto Tech	10	2	2	2	3	146	2nd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	China GT Championship	Fist Team AAI	10	5	1	0	8	190	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	BMW Team Schnitzer	1	0	1	0	0	10	20th
	Formula One	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Simulator driver
2020	ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	10	1	0	0	1	41	22nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	8	23rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Walkenhorst Motorsport	3	0	0	0	1	26	9th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	20	51st
	Formula One	BWT Racing Point F1 Team	Simulator driver
2021	ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	14	0	0	0	3	104	8th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Motorsport
	Formula One	Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team	Test/Simulator driver

^† As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results[]

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2011	ATECH CRS GP	IST FEA 13	IST SPR 11	CAT FEA 25	CAT SPR 18	VAL FEA 9	VAL SPR 12	SIL FEA 3	SIL SPR 6	NÜR FEA 16	NÜR SPR 9	HUN FEA 21	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 13	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret			21st	7
2013	Carlin	CAT FEA 4	CAT SPR Ret	VAL FEA 12	VAL SPR 9	SIL FEA 6	SIL SPR 2	NÜR FEA 5	NÜR SPR 3	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 13	SPA FEA 6	SPA SPR 4	MNZ FEA 2	MNZ SPR Ret	YMC FEA 3	YMC SPR 6			7th	107
2014	Status Grand Prix	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 7	RBR FEA 7	RBR SPR 5	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 2	HOC FEA 4	HOC SPR 5	HUN FEA 2	HUN SPR 11	SPA FEA 3	SPA SPR 5	MNZ FEA 10	MNZ SPR 5	SOC FEA 9	SOC SPR 6	YMC FEA 8	YMC SPR 1	6th	127

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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	Pos	Points
2011	Pons Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MON 1	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1 DSQ	SIL 2 14	LEC 1 Ret	LEC 2 5	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 2	14th	36
2012	Comtec Racing	ALC 1 1	ALC 2 18	MON 1 7	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 2	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 1	MSC 1 12	MSC 2 16	SIL 1 4	SIL 2 8	HUN 1 14	HUN 2 20	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 4	CAT 1 15	CAT 2 13	5th	122
2013	Zeta Corse	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	ALC 1	ALC 2	MON 1 14	SPA 1	SPA 2	MSC 1	MSC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	28th	0
2015	Lotus	ALC 1	ALC 2	MON 1	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SIL 1 14	SIL 2 7	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BUG 1	BUG 2	JER 1	JER 2	20th	6

Complete GP2 Series results[]

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Hilmer Motorsport	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 14	MON FEA 10	MON SPR 9	RBR FEA 8	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR 5	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 17	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 17	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	19th	19

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Points
2016	Rookie Team Deutsche Post by Project 1	CAT	MON	RBR	SIL 5	HUN	HOC	SPA	MNZ	COA	COA		NC†	0†
2017	MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAX	CAT	CAT	MON	RBR	SIL	HUN	SPA 7	SPA 4	MNZ	MEX	MEX	18th	23
2018	Fach Auto Tech	CAT 5	MON 1	RBR 5	SIL 5	HOC 1	HUN 5	SPA 5	MNZ 4	MEX 4	MEX 2		2nd	146

^† As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2020	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	DAY	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB 11	51st	20

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Nick Yelloly on Twitter
• Nick Yelloly career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Xu Jia	China GT Championship Champion 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent