# John Martin (Australian racing driver)

John Martin is an Australian professional racing driver. Martin has had wide experience racing in European based open-wheel series since 2006. In that time Martin has had a wide experience of open-wheel racing having driven in various national and international series driving Formula Ford, Formula 3, A1 Grand Prix and Formula Renault 3.5. For the past two season Martin has raced for several teams in the football inspired series Superleague Formula. Martin has long been associated with the British Alan Docking Racing team having raced with them in a variety of formulae for four of the five years he has been racing in Europe. In 2012 Martin will again race with ADR, racing an Oreca 03 sports car in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

## Career
### Karting

* 2004: Pole and 2nd at Australian Resa nationals ; 2nd in Queensland, Australian Rotax light ; 2nd in Queensland, Australian clubman heavy and 4th in senior national heavy
* 2003: Geelong Ford Kartstars championships, Australia
* 2002: 1st in Resa Queensland state championship
* 2001: 5th in Resa nationals

### Formulas

He finished 28th in the 2007 Masters of Formula 3. He joined A1 Team Australia and drove in the A1 Grand Prix series during the 2007–08 season, and continued to race for the team in 2008–09. Martin drove the Rangers F.C. car in the 2009 Superleague Formula season for one win from thirteen races. In 2010 he started the Superleague Formula season with Atlético Madrid before ending the season with Beijing Guoan, starting twenty nine races for six wins and twenty top tens.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | Position |
| 2005 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | GK Martin P/L | 6 | 2 | 1 | ? | 71 | 10th |
| 2005 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | Borland Racing Developments | 18 | 11 | ? | ? | 418 | 2nd |
| 2005 | Victorian Formula Ford Championship | Borland Racing Developments | 15 | 6 | 5 | ? | 425 | 1st |
| 2006 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | CAMS Rising Star | 23 | 8 | ? | ? | 300 | 1st |
| 2006 | British Formula Ford Championship | Alan Docking Racing | 8 | 1 | 2 | ? | ? | ? |
| 2007 | British Formula 3 Championship | Alan Docking Racing | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15th |
| 2007–08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Australia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18‡ | 17th‡ |
| 2008 | British Formula 3 Championship | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 13th |
| 2008–09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Australia | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36‡ | 8th‡ |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Comtec Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22nd |
| 2009 | Superleague Formula | Rangers F.C. | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241‡ | 10th‡ |
| 2009 | Australian Mini Challenge | BMW Group Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 36th |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Beijing Guoan | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 453‡ | 9th‡ |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Atlético Madrid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265‡ | 17th‡ |
| 2011 | Superleague Formula | Australia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 158‡ | 1st ‡ |
| 2012 | World Endurance Championship | ADR-Delta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17th |
| 2013 | World Endurance Championship | G-Drive Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 17th |
| 2013 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 | G-Drive Racing | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 3rd |
| 2014 | United Sports Car Championship - Prototype | Action Express Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 43rd |
| 2014 | United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Challenge | Starworks Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 25th |
| 2015 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | Copyworld | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 16th |
| 2016 | Australian Endurance Championship | Walkinshaw GT3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 364 | 5th |
| 2017 | Australian Endurance Championship | Walkinshaw GT3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 480 | 3rd |
| 2017 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Walkinshaw GT3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2018 | Australian GT Championship | Walkinshaw GT3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 698 | 10th |
| 2019 | TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Wall Racing | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 380 | 8th |
| 2021 | TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Wall Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 402 | 5th |
| 2021 | S5000 Tasman Series | AGI Sport with GRM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13th |
| 2022 | S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship | Versa Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 13th |
| 2024 | TCR Australia Touring Car Series | Wall Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 14th |
† - Guest driver, ineligible for points.
‡ - Team standings.

### Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 |
| 2007–08 | Australia | NED SPR | NED FEA | CZE SPR PO | CZE FEA PO | MYS SPR PO | MYS FEA PO | CHN SPR PO | CHN FEA PO | NZL SPR 9 | NZL FEA Ret | AUS SPR 6 | AUS FEA 5 | RSA SPR 6 | RSA FEA 14 | MEX SPR Ret | MEX FEA 21 | CHN SPR 15 | CHN FEA 14 | GBR SPR 14 | GBR FEA Ret | 17th | 20 |
| 2008–09 | Australia | NED SPR 12 | NED FEA 4 | CHN SPR 11 | CHN FEA 6 | MYS SPR 8 | MYS FEA 4 | NZL SPR Ret | NZL FEA 4 | RSA SPR 12 | RSA FEA 13 | POR SPR 10 | POR FEA 12 | GBR SPR 7 | GBR FEA 8 | | | | | | | 8th | 36 |

### 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 |
| 2009 | Comtec Racing | CAT SPR | CAT FEA | SPA SPR | SPA FEA | MON FEA 12 | HUN SPR 20 | HUN FEA 13 | SIL SPR 21 | SIL FEA 20 | BUG SPR | BUG FEA | ALG SPR | ALG FEA | NÜR SPR 7 | NÜR FEA 8 | ALC SPR | ALC FEA | 22nd | 8 |

### Complete Superleague Formula results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Operator | Team | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2009 | Alan Docking Racing | Rangers F.C. | MAG | MAG | MAG | ZOL | ZOL | ZOL | DON | DON | DON | EST | EST | EST | MOZ | MOZ | MOZ | JAR | JAR | JAR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 241 |
| 2009 | Alan Docking Racing | Rangers F.C. | 17 | 16 | X | 2 | 15 | C | 2 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 8 | X | 11 | 12 | C | 10 | 9 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 241 |
| 2010 | Alan Docking Racing | Atlético Madrid | SIL | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | ASS | MAG | MAG | MAG | JAR | JAR | JAR | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | ZOL | ZOL | ZOL | BRH | BRH | BRH | ADR | ADR | ADR | POR | POR | POR | ORD | ORD | ORD | BEI † | BEI † | BEI † | NAV | NAV | NAV | 17th | 265 |
| 2010 | Alan Docking Racing | Atlético Madrid | 10 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17th | 265 |
| 2010 | Alan Docking Racing | Beijing Guoan | | | | 10 | 17 | X | 4 | 10 | X | 1 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 15 | X | 13 | 7 | X | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 19 | DN | X | 11 | 6 | C | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9th | 453 |
| 2011 | Alan Docking Racing | Australia | HOL | HOL | HOL | BEL | BEL | BEL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 158 |
| 2011 | Alan Docking Racing | Australia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 158 |
† Non Championship round

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
| 2012 | ADR-Delta | LMP2 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SEB 9 | SPA 7 | LMS 11 | SIL 8 | SÃO 12 | BHR 20 | FUJ 8 | SHA 7 | 17th | 26 |
| 2013 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 6 | SPA 4 | LMS EX | SÃO 1 | COA 1 | FUJ 2 | SHA 1 | BHR 1 | 3rd | 132 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2012 | ADR-Delta | Tor Graves Jan Charouz | Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 346 | 13th | 6th |
| 2013 | G-Drive Racing | Roman Rusinov Mike Conway | Oreca 03-Nissan | LMP2 | 327 | EX | EX |

### Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2014 | Action Express Racing | Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Fabien Giroix | Chevrolet Corvette DP | P | 695 | 3rd | 3rd |

### Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2017 | Walkinshaw GT3 | Liam Talbot Duvashen Padayachee | Porsche 911 GT3 R | AAM | 289 | 4th | 1st |
| 2018 | Nineteen Corp P/L | Mark Griffith David Reynolds Liam Talbot | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | APA | 266 | 15th | 9th |

### Complete TCR Australia results

| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Position | Points |
| 2019 | Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | SMP R1 6 | SMP R2 6 | SMP R3 Ret | PHI R4 13 | PHI R5 14 | PHI R6 Ret | BEN R7 3 | BEN R8 4 | BEN R9 1 | QLD R10 15 | QLD R11 7 | QLD R12 6 | WIN R13 14 | WIN R14 8 | WIN R15 6 | SAN R16 5 | SAN R17 Ret | SAN R18 DNS | BEN R19 6 | BEN R20 11 | BEN R21 6 | 8th | 397 |
| 2021 | Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | SYM R1 17 | SYM R2 14 | SYM R3 13 | PHI R4 4 | PHI R5 3 | PHI R6 4 | BAT R7 6 | BAT R8 5 | BAT R9 5 | SMP R10 11 | SMP R11 20 | SMP R12 12 | BAT R19 7 | BAT R20 7 | BAT R21 9 | | | | | | | 5th | 402 |
| 2024 | Wall Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) | SAN R1 10 | SAN R2 5 | SAN R3 11 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | SYM R6 | PHI R7 | PHI R8 | PHI R9 | BND R10 | BND R11 | BND R12 | QLD R13 | QLD R14 | QLD R15 | SMP R19 | SMP R20 | SMP R21 | BAT R22 | BAT R23 | BAT R24 | 14th | 83 |

### Complete S5000 results

| Year | Series | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Position | Points |
| 2019 | Exhibition | AGI Sport | SAN R1 2 | SAN R2 3 | SAN R2 3 | BMP R1 3 | BMP R2 3 | BMP R2 1 | | | | | | | | | | N/C | - |
| 2021 | Tasman | AGI Sport | SMP R1 | SMP R2 | SMP R3 | BAT R4 Ret | BAT R5 7 | BAT R6 8 | BAT R7 C | | | | | | | | | 13th | 21 |
| 2022 | Australian | Versa Motorsport | SYM R1 | SYM R2 | SYM R3 | PHI R4 | PHI R5 | PHI R6 | MEL R7 | MEL R8 | MEL R9 | SMP R10 | SMP R11 | SMP R12 | HID R13 5 | HID R14 5 | HID R15 6 | 13th | 64 |