Wayne Boyd

Wayne Boyd
Wayne Boyd
	Wayne Boyd at the 2018 4 Hours of Shanghai
Nationality	British
Born	25 October 1990 (age 35); County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Debut season	2011
Categorisation	FIA Silver (until 2021); FIA Gold (2022–)
Car number	4
Former teams	Belardi Auto Racing
Starts	12
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st in 2011
Previous series
2009–2010; ; 2008; 2008	British Formula Three Championship; British Formula Ford; Formula Renault UK Winter Series
Championship titles
2008; 2008	British Formula Ford; Formula Ford Festival

Wayne Boyd (born 25 October 1990) is a British racing driver from County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Boyd won the British Formula Ford Championship in 2008 with Jamun Racing. He won 13 out of 25 championship races. He sat on the pole for 15 races and was on the podium 20 times out of 25 races. In the same year, he won the Formula Ford Festival Duratec class. His dominate performance earned him named as one of British Racing Driver Club Superstars and nominated for the BRDC McLaren Autosport Award. Boyd also won the Walter Hayes Trophy in 2014 and won the Formula Ford Festival for a second time in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, Boyd raced full-time in the British Formula Three Championship for T-Sport and won a race at Donington Park. He started that race outside thetop-ten and in the rain raced his way to the win on slicks. At the Macau GP, Boyd walked away from an incredible crash - surviving after landing upside down and will be remembered as a great escape. He finished 12th in points overall. He was again nominated as BRDC Superstars and British MSA Race Elite Driver.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, financial constraints only allowed Boyd to make two one-off races Hockenheimring for Sino Vision Racing in British F3, the second was the F3 Masters event at Zandvoort in which he started 24th on the grid and finished eighth in poor weather conditions.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Boyd signed to race for Belardi Auto Racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship in America. The deal came together days before the start of the season. He captured two wins, including one on the oval at the Milwaukee Mile, six podiums in total and finished third in the Championship points behind Petri Suvanto and Spencer Pigot.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Boyd raced two event weekends for Belardi Auto Racing at Baltimore and Virginia International Raceway posting a third- and second-place finish at VIR.^{[citation needed]}

Early years: Boyd starting karting in September 2001 in the cadet class (Zip kart) finishing in the top-ten in his first year in the Northern Irish Championship. Contested the Five Nations Championship at Nutts Corner finishing fifth. His first championships were in 2004 winning the Ulster Championship at Nutts Corner, the Five Nations Championship (NC Plate Winner). He raced for Maranello in 2005 placing first in the Ulster Cup and second in the Northern Ireland Karting Association. In 2006, he stepped up to Intrepid Karts and continued placing first and second in Ulster championships.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Boyd raced Formula Ford 1600 and won the Northern Irish FF1600 Championship. He was named Novice of the Year. He set new track records on his first visits to Knockhill; Mondello Park; Brands Hatch during the Formula Ford Festival and at Silverstone during the Walter Hayes Trophy.^{[citation needed]}

Racing Record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	British Formula Ford Championship	Jamun Racing	25	13	14	14	20	659	1st
2009	British Formula 3 International Series	T-Sport	19	1	0	0	1	50	12th
2009	Macau Grand Prix	Hitech Racing	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNS
2010	British Formula 3 International Series	Sino Vision Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	19th
2010	Masters of Formula 3	Sino Vision Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2011	U.S. F2000 National Championship	Belardi Auto Racing	12	2	0	0	6	229	3rd
2012	U.S. F2000 National Championship	Belardi Auto Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2016	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports	6	0	1	0	3	59	5th
2017	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports	6	1	1	1	2	63	3rd
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports	6	0	0	0	1	23	13th
2018-19	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports	4	1	2	0	3	70	2nd
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports	6	0	0	0	4	71	4th
2019	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	United Autosports	5	0	0	0	1	29.5	6th
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports	5	3	4	3	4	94	1st
2020	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	United Autosports	7	0	1	1	0	34.5	10th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	United Autosports USA	1	0	0	0	1	23	16th
	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports	4	3	3	0	3	78	1st
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3		6	0	1	1	4	75.5	3rd
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		5	0	0	0	2	48	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2		3	0	0	0	1	920	8th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	Sean Creech Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC
2022	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	United Autosports	7	0	0	1	1	25	10th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	Forty7 Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	254	33rd
2023	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	United Autosports	7	1	0	1	1	35	8th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	AWA	7	2	0	0	4	1870	4th
2024	European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am	Team Virage	1	0	0	0	0	6	16th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Nielsen Racing	7	0	0	0	2	47.5	6th
	Gulf 12 Hours	Dragon Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2025	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	United Autosports	6	0	0	2	1	19	14th
2025-26	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	United Autosports	6	0	0	2	0	14	17th
2026	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	United Autosports
2026	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	M Racing

† Guest driver ineligible for points