Sean Walker (racing driver)

Sean Walker (born 24 March 1958) is a British former racing driver. He stopped racing in 2013. His father Ian Walker (1926–2008) was noted as the "Doyen of British Motorsport" (Ref The Independent 18 July 2008) was a driver, engineer and designer/modifier of race cars particularly Lotus. Ian Walker's cars were driven by famous drivers such as Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Peter Arundell.

Racing career

Sean Walker's racing career.

2010

HSCC Derek Bell Trophy Position: no position ? races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Car: March 782 Complete results needed.

2009

HSCC Lloyds TSB Derek Bell Trophy Position: 11 (20 points) 2 races. 2 wins. 1 pole position. 2 podiums. 2 fastest laps. Car: March 782

1992

RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 19 (4 points) 13 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: BMW M3

1990

RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 7 (96 points) ? races. 0 wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps. Car: Ford Sierra RS500 Complete results needed.

1989

RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 21 (17 points) 13 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: FAI Auto Parts Car: Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

British Touring Car Championship - class A Position: no position ? races. ? wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps. Complete results needed.

1988

World Sports-Prototype Championship Position: no position 2 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: Sean Walker Car: Tiga GC287 (Ford)

Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 17 (4 points) 1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: Reynard 873 (Volkswagen)

1987

World Sports-Prototype Championship Position: no position 1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: URD Junior Car: URD C81 (BMW)

1986

Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 2 (76 points) 17 races. 4 wins. 2 pole positions. 11 podiums. 1 fastest lap. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: Ralt RT30 (Volkswagen)

1985

Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 10 (15 points) 2 races. 1 win. 1 pole position. 2 podiums. 2 fastest laps. Team: Richard Dutton Racing Car: Ralt RT3 (Volkswagen)

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1988–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Pts	Class
1989	FAI Auto Parts	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL 5	SIL NC	THR 4	DON 4	THR 6	SIL 5	SIL 9	BRH Ret	SNE 6	BRH 4	BIR 8	DON 5	SIL 8			21st	17	5th
1990	FAI Auto Parts	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL Ret	DON 4	THR 5	SIL 2	OUL 4	SIL Ret	BRH 3	SNE 4	BRH 4	BIR 2	DON 6	THR Ret	SIL Ret			7th	96	4th
1991	Sean Walker Racing	Ford Sierra RS500		SIL	SNE DNS	DON	THR	SIL	BRH	SIL	DON 1	DON 2	OUL	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON	THR	SIL	NC	0
1992	Techspeed Racing	BMW M3		SIL 13	THR 11	OUL 15	SNE 10	BRH 14	DON 1 15	DON 2 Ret	SIL Ret	KNO 1	KNO 2	PEM 8	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 14	DON 12	SIL 14	20th	4
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Personal life

Sean is married to Karen, an ex model and fashion buyer, formerly for the Arcadia Group. She is an acclaimed, award-winning. visual art photographer. He suffered a serious stroke in 2014 and only survived without excessive brain damage because of his wife, Karen's early intervention.

They have 3 children, 2 grandchildren and 3 dogs.

References

• http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/sean-walker/career/
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ian-walker-doyen-of-british-motorsport-870818.html

External links

• BTCC Pages Profile.
• Sean Walker career summary at DriverDB.com