Calan Williams
Calan Williams (born 30 June 2000) is an Australian racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident. Career. Karting. Williams was a member of the Wanneroo-based Tiger Kart Club, and competed in karting championships across Western Australia, and in several race meetings around the country. His karting career spanned from 2007 until 2014. Lower formulae. Williams debuted in formula racing in 2015 in the Western Australian Formula Ford Championship with a round win on debut at Barbagallo Raceway. His first full season of Formula Ford was in 2016 in the Western  Australian Formula Ford Championship winning several races, including the last five straight, finishing second in the championship. He competed in the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series with Gilmour Racing. Williams took 11 race wins and 16 podiums finishing first in the series, winning the Premier Series. During the series, he set the outright lap record at Morgan Park Raceway for the circuits K configuration, with a laptime of 1:07.948. Euroformula Open. 2018. Williams tested for the Fortec Motorsport team in December 2017 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. He then signed with the team for the opening rounds of  the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship, and competed in the Euroformula Winter Series. He completed testing at the Circuito de Jerez and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and placed seventh and ninth in two races at Circuit Paul Ricard. Williams made his debut in Euroformula Open at Estoril Circuit in round one of the 2018 Euroformula Series. He qualified 10th for race 1 of the round, finishing 14th in the race and qualified 9th for race two in which he then finished in 11th place. Williams had two impressive qualifying efforts at the Monza round of the 2018 season, qualifying 5th for  Race 1 and 3rd for Race 2. In the races he suffered early setbacks however, being taken out early in both races, but fought back to finish inside the top ten in both races. He finished race 1 in 10th position and race 2 in 8th after being relegated to the rear end of the field following the early incidents. Williams finished the season in 11th position with 25 points. 2019. Williams competed again in Euroformula Open in the 2019 season with Fortec Motorsport. Williams had a season best results of 4th and 5th at the 6th round of the  championship at the Red Bull Ring. Toyota Racing Series. In December 2018, it was announced that Williams would race in the 2019 season of the Toyota Racing Series, held in New Zealand in January and February with MTEC Motorsport. Williams would return to using the number 54 that he had raced with prior to 2017. The Australian finished eighth in the drivers' championship with 183, having finished all but two races in the points. FIA Formula 3 Championship. 2020. In October 2019, it was announced Williams had signed with Jenzer Motorsport for the 2020 season of the FIA Formula 3  Championship. He didn't manage to score any points throughout the campaign however and finished 31st in the standings, with a highest finish of 14th. Despite a number of successful qualifying performances, such as qualifying fifth in Budapest, he ended up behind both of his teammates, Matteo Nannini and Federico Malvestiti. 2021. Williams was retained by Jenzer Motorsport for the 2021 season, this time partnering Pierre-Louis Chovet and Filip Ugran. After a tough first round of the season where he finished just outside the points in race 2, Williams broke through for his maiden FIA Formula 3 podium and  points finish in round 2. Williams qualified on reverse pole for race 1 where he finished third after trading places for the lead and podium spots throughout the race. Williams followed it up with another points finish in race 2, finishing tenth. In race 3 he finished in his starting grid spot of 12th after the rain-affected race. The Australian's next points finish came at the Red Bull Ring, where he ended up ninth in sunday's race. In the following two rounds Williams would be unable to score points, and at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps he  was involved in a collision with Amaury Cordeel in the Eau Rouge-Radillion complex. Both drivers escaped the impact without injuries. FIA Formula 2 Championship. In January 2022, it was announced that Williams will drive for Trident in the 2022 season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship. Having qualified twelfth on debut, he proceeded to have an uneventful first race, finishing 15th whilst teammate Richard Verschoor was victorious. In the Bahrain feature race Williams started the race well, getting up to sixth by the end of the first lap, and staying in the points after his pit stop. However, after  a safety car was called late in the race Williams pitted for new tyres, but was forced to retire from the race after the team hadn't fitted a tyre on the car properly, leaving it to bounce off after the Australian had left his pit box. Personal life. Williams is currently studying the bachelor in Computer science in an online course with Perth-based Edith Cowan University. He also resides in Switzerland and is learning High German, due to his commitments with Swiss outfit Jenzer Motorsport. Racing record. Career summary. Season still in progress. Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship  results. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress.