# Richard Lyons (racing driver)

Richard William Lyons (born 8 August 1979) is a British motor racing driver that competed in the Japanese Super GT series.

## Junior Formula

Born in Hillsborough, County Down, Lyons started in Formula Vauxhall Junior in Britain winning the Winter Series in 1996, before finishing the regular championship sixth in 1997 and second in 1998. He then moved to Formula Palmer Audi, finishing second in the 1999 Championship. He drove in Formula Renault 2000 with not much success.

## Formula Nippon / A1 Grand Prix

He drove Formula Nippon in Japan from 2001 to 2005 winning the Championship in 2004 and finishing third in 2005.
He has also run in the A1 Grand Prix series for the A1 Team Ireland for the 2006–07 season. He started all up fourteen races with four top ten finishes.

## Japanese GT's

He drove GT and Sports Cars in Japan for nine years between 2002 and 2010. His best finish was in 2004 where he won the All-Japan GT Championship GT500 Championship. All in all he started over seventy races for ten wins in that period.
For 2013 he is racing in an Audi R8 LMS in the Japanese GT300 SuperGT Championship.

## V8 Supercars

Lyons also made occasional appearances in V8 Supercar, with a best finish of fifth place sharing a Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon, in the 2007 Bathurst 1000, sharing the car with Australian-based Danish GT racer Allan Simonsen. He returned in 2011 and drove for Tekno Autosports sharing with Jonathon Webb at Phillip Island and Bathurst. Then he joined Ford Performance Racing to replace an injured Will Power at the 2011 Gold Coast 600, finishing the two races Third and First with Mark Winterbottom.

## Career results
### Complete JGTC/Super GT results

(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 | DC | Points |
| 2002 | Dome x Mugen Project | Honda NSX | GT500 | TAI 2 | FUJ 15 | SUG 16 | SEP 13 | FUJ 6 | MOT 1 | MIN 12 | SUZ 14 | | 9th | 47 |
| 2003 | NISMO | Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | TAI 8 | FUJ 1 | SUG 5 | FUJ 2 | FUJ 11 | MOT 13 | AUT 6 | SUZ 4 | | 3rd | 65 |
| 2004 | NISMO | Nissan Z | GT500 | TAI 1 | SUG Ret | SEP 3 | TOK Ret | MOT 3 | AUT 1 | SUZ 7 | | | 1st | 73 |
| 2005 | NISMO | Nissan Z | GT500 | OKA Ret | FUJ 4 | SEP 1 | SUG 8 | MOT 6 | FUJ 10 | AUT 6 | SUZ 2 | | 3rd | 60 |
| 2006 | NISMO | Nissan Z | GT500 | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | SEP 2 | SUG 3 | SUZ 2 | MOT 10 | AUT 6 | FUJ 6 | 10th | 62 |
| 2007 | NISMO | Nissan Z | GT500 | SUZ 2 | OKA Ret | FUJ 1 | SEP 14 | SUG Ret | SUZ 3 | MOT 13 | AUT 12 | FUJ 14 | 8th | 48 |
| 2008 | Team Cerumo | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 4 | OKA 7 | FUJ 1 | SEP Ret | SUG 3 | SUZ 9 | MOT 9 | AUT 4 | FUJ 2 | 2nd | 72 |
| 2009 | Team Cerumo | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA 6 | SUZ 1 | FUJ 9 | SEP 10 | SUG 10 | SUZ 3 | FUJ 10 | AUT 11 | MOT 12 | 10th | 41 |
| 2010 | Team Cerumo | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 9 | OKA 2 | FUJ 4 | SEP 6 | SUG 9 | SUZ 6 | FUJ C | MOT Ret | | 9th | 37 |
| 2012 | Petronas Lexus Team TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA | FUJ 4 | SEP | SUG | | | | | | 17th | 8 |
| 2012 | Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi R8 LMS | GT300 | | | | | SUZ 14 | FUJ Ret | AUT 6 | MOT 9 | | 20th | 7 |
| 2013 | Hitotsuyama Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | GT300 | SUZ 15 | FUJ Ret | SEP 14 | SUG 8 | SUZ 11 | FUJ 13 | FUJ | AUT 21 | MOT 21 | 26th | 3 |
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS ultra | GT300 | OKA 8 | FUJ | AUT 18 | SUG 3 | FUJ 23 | SUZ Ret | BUR Ret | MOT 4 | | 15th | 22 |
| 2015 | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS ultra | GT300 | OKA 3 | FUJ Ret | CHA 19 | FUJ 20 | SUZ 5 | SUG 13 | AUT 5 | MOT 8 | | 13th | 28 |
| 2016 | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS (type 4S) | GT300 | OKA 7 | FUJ 7 | SUG Ret | FUJ 2 | SUZ 6 | CHA 24 | MOT 1 | MOT 4 | | 3rd | 57 |
| 2017 | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS (type 4S) | GT300 | OKA 14 | FUJ 14 | AUT 13 | SUG 20 | FUJ 10 | SUZ Ret | CHA 23 | MOT 8 | | 21st | 5 |
| 2018 | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS | GT300 | OKA Ret | FUJ 10 | SUZ 23 | CHA Ret | FUJ 14 | SUG 23 | AUT 14 | MOT 11 | | 22nd | 1 |
| 2019 | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Audi R8 LMS Evo | GT300 | OKA 13 | FUJ 8 | SUZ 8 | CHA 13 | FUJ 13 | AUT 13 | SUG 7 | MOT 27 | | 24th | 10 |

### Complete Formula Nippon 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 | DC | Points |
| 2001 | Team Morinaga NOVA | SUZ 8 | MOT 8 | MIN Ret | FUJ 9 | SUZ 11 | SUG 12 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 13 | SUZ 12 | | NC | 0 |
| 2002 | DoCoMo DANDELION | SUZ | FUJ | MIN 7 | SUZ 8 | MOT 11 | SUG 2 | FUJ 7 | MIN Ret | MOT 7 | SUZ Ret | | 10th | 6 |
| 2003 | DoCoMo DANDELION | SUZ 9 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 3 | SUZ 1 | SUG 5 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | MOT 3 | SUZ 9 | | 6th | 20 |
| 2004 | DoCoMo DANDELION | SUZ 8 | SUG 1 | MOT 8 | SUZ 1 | SUG 4 | MIN 8 | SEP 9 | MOT 2 | SUZ 3 | | | 1st | 33 |
| 2005 | DoCoMo DANDELION | MOT 1 | SUZ 5 | SUG 2 | FUJ 4 | SUZ 3 | MIN Ret | FUJ 4 | MOT 13 | SUZ 5 | | | 3rd | 30 |
| 2008 | TP Checker Impul | FUJ | SUZ | MOT | OKA | SUZ1 | SUZ2 | MOT1 | MOT2 | FUJ1 13 | FUJ2 13 | SUG | NC | 0 |
| 2009 | DOCOMO TEAM DANDELION RACING | FUJ Ret | SUZ 6 | MOT 7 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 13 | MOT Ret | AUT 10 | SUG 13 | | | | 10th | 11 |

### 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 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2006–07 | A1 Team Ireland | NED SPR | NED FEA | CZE SPR | CZE FEA | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | IDN SPR 17 | IDN FEA 12 | NZL SPR Ret | NZL FEA 19 | AUS SPR 10 | AUS FEA Ret | RSA SPR 6 | RSA FEA Ret | MEX SPR Ret | MEX FEA 16 | CHN SPR 12 | CHN FEA 5 | GBR SPR 8 | GBR SPR DSQ | 19th | 8 |

### V8 Supercar results

| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | Final pos | Points |
| 2006 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | PUK R3 | PUK R4 | PUK R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | WIN R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | QLD R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | ORA R18 | ORA R19 | ORA R20 | SAN R21 17 | BAT R22 12 | SUR R23 | SUR R24 | SUR R25 | SYM R26 | SYM R27 | SYM R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | PHI R34 | | | | 46th | 210 |
| 2007 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | BAR R3 | BAR R4 | BAR R5 | PUK R6 | PUK R7 | PUK R8 | WIN R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | EAS R12 | EAS R13 | EAS R14 | HID R15 | HID R16 | HID R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | ORA R21 | ORA R22 | ORA R23 | SAN R24 10 | BAT R25 5 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | SUR R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | SYM R32 | SYM R33 | SYM R34 | PHI R35 | PHI R36 | PHI R37 | 24th | 63 |
| 2011 | Tekno Autosports | YMC R1 | YMC R2 | ADE R3 | ADE R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | PER R7 | PER R8 | PER R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | QLD R18 | PHI Q 25 | PHI R19 18 | BAT R20 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 511 |
| 2011 | Ford Performance Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SUR R21 3 | SUR R22 1 | SYM R23 | SYM R24 | SAN R25 | SAN R26 | SYD R27 | SYD R28 | | | | | | | | | | | 31st | 511 |
| 2012 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | PER R7 | PER R8 | PER R9 | PHI R10 | PHI R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN Q | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 6 | SUR R23 6 | YMC R24 | YMC R25 | YMC R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | SYD R29 | SYD R30 | | | | | | | NC | 0 † |
† Not Eligible for points