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Frank Bird (racing driver)

Frank "Frankie" Bird Jr. (born 20 August 1999) is a British racing driver.[1] He is part of the Mercedes-AMG driver lineup, having been introduced to the programme as a junior driver in 2024.[2][3][4]

Frank Bird
Bird in 2022
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 25)
Nassington, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season2020
Current team2 Seas Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number60
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th (Silver Cup) in 2021

After starting out his career in 2015 racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship, Bird switched to single-seaters, competing in British F4 and the Formula Renault Eurocup without much success. He raced in the Eurocup until 2019 before moving into GT3 competition, having previously competed in several GT4 races and taken a Renault Clio Cup class win at the 2018 Dubai 24 Hour.[5]

In 2020, Bird entered the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Team Parker Racing as part of Bentley's academy programme.[6] The following year, Bird moved to the GTWC Sprint Cup, finishing second in class after taking two Silver Cup wins alongside Ryuichiro Tomita.[7] Bird then entered the ADAC GT Masters in 2022 with Team Landgraf, though he would end up 21st in the overall standings. He returned to the Sprint Cup in 2023 and won three races in class, helping teammate Jordan Love to the Silver Cup title as Bird had missed two events due to the death of his father Paul Bird, a former rally driver who owned the Paul Bird Motorsport team.[8][9] In addition, Bird won that year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the two-car SPX category, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT2.[10]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Ginetta Junior Championship R & J Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 69 22nd
Ginetta Junior Winter Series 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsports[11][12] 30 0 0 0 0 3 19th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2017 Formula Renault Eurocup Fortec Motorsports[13][14] 23 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Formula Renault Northern European Cup 2 0 0 0 0 26 20th
2018 Formula Renault Eurocup Tech 1 Racing[15][16] 20 0 0 0 0 6 18th
Formula Renault Northern European Cup 12 0 0 0 0 52 10th
24H TCE Series - Continents' - A2 Ciceley Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
Gulf 12 Hours - GT4 2 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2019 Formula Renault Eurocup Arden[17] 20 0 0 0 0 14 18th
24H GT Series - Continents' - GT4 Ciceley Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Team Parker Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 0 0 0 0 23 17th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 13 24th
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[18] 5 0 0 0 0 4 28th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 0 0 0 1 51 11th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 0 0 0 1 33.5 8th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 2 0 0 5 85.5 2nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24H GT Series - GT3 Pro 1 0 0 0 1 26 NC†
2022 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Garage 59[19] 4 0 0 0 1 29.5 7th
ADAC GT Masters Mann-Filter Team Landgraf[20] 13 0 0 0 0 52 21st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Haupt Racing Team[21][22] 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 0 0 0 0 19 18th
International GT Open 1 0 0 0 0 24 14th
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Haupt Racing Team[23][24][25] 4 0 0 0 0 6 15th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 6 0 0 0 0 9 15th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver 3 1 2 5 80.5 4th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 0 0 0 0 11 18th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 23rd
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-FWD SRS Team Sorg Rennsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - V4 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT3 Team Mathol Racing e.V. 2 2 2 2 2 0 NC†
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Haupt Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SPX Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 1 1 ? ? 1 N/A 1st
2024 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 2 0 0 0 0 * *
Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT[26] 2 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2 Seas Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold 0 0 0 0 27* 8th*

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

Complete F4 British Championship results

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(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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2016 Fortec Motorsports BHI
1
18 		BHI
2
Ret 		BHI
3
17 		DON
1
15 		DON
2
11 		DON
3
16 		THR
1
14 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
15 		OUL
1
15 		OUL
2
14 		OUL
3
Ret 		CRO
1
10 		CRO
2
Ret 		CRO
3
15 		SNE
1
13 		SNE
2
10 		SNE
3
14 		KNO
1
12 		KNO
2
10 		KNO
3
14 		ROC
1
14 		ROC
2
NC 		ROC
3
17 		SIL
1
15 		SIL
2
16 		SIL
3
13 		BHGP
1
12 		BHGP
2
Ret 		BHGP
3
16 		19th 3

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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(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 19 20 21 22 23 Pos Points
2016 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1 		ALC
2 		ALC
3 		MON
1 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
1 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		EST
1
15 		EST
2
20 		NC† 0
2017 Fortec Motorsports MNZ
1
19 		MNZ
2
17 		SIL
1
17 		SIL
2
22 		PAU
1
20 		PAU
2
17 		MON
1
Ret 		MON
2
Ret 		HUN
1
23 		HUN
2
22 		HUN
3
27 		NÜR
1
29 		NÜR
2
24 		RBR
1
25 		RBR
2
23 		LEC
1
22 		LEC
2
25 		SPA
1
32 		SPA
2
27 		SPA
3
20 		CAT
1
24 		CAT
2
Ret 		CAT
3
20 		32nd 0
2018 Tech 1 Racing LEC
1
17 		LEC
2
18 		MNZ
1
13 		MNZ
2
8 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
21 		MON
1
22 		MON
2
20 		RBR
1
13 		RBR
2
10 		SPA
1
14 		SPA
2
11 		HUN
1
12 		HUN
2
13 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
21 		HOC
1
20 		HOC
2
13 		CAT
1
10 		CAT
2
17 		18th 6
2019 Arden MNZ
1
8 		MNZ
2
14 		SIL
1
15 		SIL
2
20 		MON
1
13 		MON
2
15 		LEC
1
10 		LEC
2
12 		SPA
1
17 		SPA
2
11 		NÜR
1
13 		NÜR
2
10 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
Ret 		CAT
1
15 		CAT
2
16 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
16 		YMC
1
17 		YMC
2
15 		18th 14

† As Bird was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete GT World Challenge results

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2020 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 Silver IMO
37 		NÜR
37 		SPA
6H
37 		SPA
12H
30 		SPA
24H
28 		LEC
Ret 		17th 23
2021 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver MNZ
8 		LEC
Ret 		SPA
6H
37 		SPA
12H
16 		SPA
24H
24 		NÜR
16 		CAT
12 		11th 51
2022 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver IMO LEC SPA
6H
20 		SPA
12H
12 		SPA
24H
Ret 		HOC CAT 18th 19
2023 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Pro-Am MNZ LEC SPA
6H
50 		SPA
12H
47 		SPA
24H
Ret 		NÜR CAT 18th 11
2024 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Gold LEC SPA
6H
20 		SPA
12H
53 		SPA
24H
42 		NÜR
 MNZ
 JED
 8th* 27*

*Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2021 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver MAG
1
24 		MAG
2
11 		ZAN
1
4 		ZAN
2
7 		MIS
1
26 		MIS
2
4 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
5 		VAL
1
14 		VAL
2
16 		2nd 85.5
2023 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver BRH
1
20 		BRH
2
16 		MIS
1
12 		MIS
2
16 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
6 		4th 80.5

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2022 Mann-Filter Team Landgraf Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC
1
DNS 		OSC
2
19 		RBR
1
20 		RBR
2
18 		ZAN
1
17 		ZAN
2
9 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
4 		LAU
1
16 		LAU
2
Ret 		SAC
1
7 		SAC
2
10 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
Ret 		21st 52

References

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