Introduction
Ben Hanley is a British racing driver who competed in the first part of the 2008 GP2 Series season. He is also a member of the Renault F1 team's young driver program.
Career
Hanley had a successful career in karting, winning a number of championships and individual races and coming close to winning the Karting World Championship. Hanley raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2006 and 2007, and he finished as runner-up in the championship in 2007. He was signed to drive for Campos Racing in early 2008. He will be partnered by Vitaly Petrov. He also joined the team for the second round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, scoring a podium finish in his first GP2 race. After three races of the season Hanley and Campos parted company, but he secured a drive with Durango before the next race. He replaced Marcello Puglisi, who was in turn deputising for the injured Davide Valsecchi. However, this was only a one-off drive, as Valsecchi returned to racing action at the next round of the championship. He began 2009 without a drive, but joined the Euroseries 3000 mid-season and won during his first event in the category. He also returned to karting in 2009, finishing third in the Karting World Championship.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italia | Cram Competition | 17 | 6 | 2 | 264 | 3rd |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | NC† | ||
| Formula Renault 2.0 UK | Team AKA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28th | |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Cram Competition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Cram Competition | 17 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 8th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Prema Powerteam | 17 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 2nd |
| 2008 | GP2 Series | Barwa International Campos Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15th |
| GP2 Asia Series | Barwa International Campos Team | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th | |
| Durango | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | Euroseries 3000 | Fisichella Motor Sport | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6th |
† – As Hanley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Cram Competition | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | MON 1 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | LMS 1 | LMS 2 | BIL 1 | BIL 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | EST 1 17 | EST 2 Ret | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 39th | 0 |
| 2006 | Cram Competition | ZOL 1 10 | ZOL 2 17† | MON 1 Ret | IST 1 Ret | IST 2 4 | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 2 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 7 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 13 | DON 1 10 | DON 2 6 | LMS 1 10 | LMS 2 20† | CAT 1 16 | CAT 2 7 | 8th | 55 |
| 2007 | Prema Powerteam | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 9 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 7 | MON 1 6 | HUN 1 3 | HUN 2 4 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 2 | DON 1 16 | DON 2 Ret | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 14 | EST 1 Ret | EST 2 23 | CAT 1 9 | CAT 2 1 | 2nd | 102 |
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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Campos Grand Prix | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR 9 | IST FEA 17 | IST SPR 6 | MON FEA 16 | MON SPR 14 | 24th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Durango | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR Ret | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR |
Complete GP2 Asia 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Campos Grand Prix | DUB1 FEA | DUB1 SPR | SEN FEA 3 | SEN SPR 16 | SEP FEA Ret | SEP SPR 14 | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR 10 | DUB2 FEA Ret | DUB2 SPR Ret | 15th | 6 |