# Westley Barber

Westley Barber (born 19 January 1982) is a British racing driver who was the 2002 British Formula Ford and 1998 French Formula Renault Campus champion.

## Career

Barber began racing in the Formula Renault Campus series in France. He won the title with six victories in the ten races across the year. He graduated to French Formula 3 for 1999 and drove for La Filière Elf finishing 4th in the class B series. He was a nominated finalist for the Autosport BRDC Award that year, but lost out to Gary Paffett.
He returned to Britain in 2000, joining Alan Docking Racing for the British Formula 3 season. He would ultimately finish in 14th and a best finish of 6th in the final race at Silverstone. In 2001, he joined British Formula Ford with Haywood Racing and progressed to the Duckhams team for 2002 winning the championship. Of the eighteen races, Barber won eight, including the first seven races of the season. In 2003, Barber moved to the United States to compete in Formula Ford 2000 with Cape Motorsports. He would finish 2nd in the championship behind American racer Jonathan Bomarito.
For 2004, Barber returned to the UK and joined Comtec Racing in Formula Renault UK. He would finish the season in 2nd place, behind future World Endurance Championship victor Mike Conway. He remained with Comtec for 2005 competing in both the French Formula Renault 2.0 series and Formula Renault Eurocup. In France he won one race at Nogaro Circuit. In 2006, he became a full member of the British Racing Drivers Club. Following a number of years away from racing, Barber returned to British Formula Ford in 2008 competing in the 11 race season securing three podiums including a pair of second places at the final round of the season at Brands Hatch.

## Racing Record
### Career Summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 1998 | Formula Renault Campus France | | 10 | 6 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st |
| 1999 | French Formula 3 Championship | La Filière Elf | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 185 | 4th |
| 2000 | British Formula 3 Championship | Alan Docking Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14th |
| 2001 | British Formula Ford Championship | Haywood Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 8th |
| 2001 | Formula Ford EuroCup | Haywood Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 3rd |
| 2001 | Formula Ford Festival | Haywood Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th | ? |
| 2002 | British Formula Ford Championship | Duckhams | 18 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 487 | 1st |
| 2002 | Formula Ford Festival | Duckhams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2003 | Formula Ford Zetec Championship Series | Cape Motorsports | 11 | 3 | 7 | ? | 9 | 262 | 2nd |
| 2003 | Formula Renault UK 2.0 Winter Series | Comtec Racing | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 2nd |
| 2004 | Formula Renault UK 2.0 Championship | Comtec Racing | 20 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 426 | 2nd |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | Comtec Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18th |
| 2005 | Formula Renault France 2.0 Championship | Comtec Racing | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 8th |
| 2008 | British Formula Ford | Comtec Racing | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 12th |

### Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 | DC | Points |
| 2005 | Comtec Racing | ZOL 1 2 | ZOL 2 Ret | VAL 1 14 | VAL 2 Ret | LMS 1 Ret | LMS 2 7 | BIL 1 11 | BIL 2 11 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | EST 1 | EST 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 18th | 16 |