Calan Williams

Calan Williams
Williams (left) being interviewed at Barbagallo Raceway
Nationality Australia Australian
Born (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000
Perth, Western Australia
Euroformula Open Championship career
Debut season 2018
Current team Fortec Motorsport
Car no. 21
Starts 12
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Previous series
2015-16

2017		 Western Australia Formula Ford Championship
Australian Formula 3
Championship titles
2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series

Calan Williams (born 30 June 2000) is an Australian racing driver.

Karting

Williams was a member of the Wanneroo based Tiger Kart Club [1], and competed in karting championships across Western Australia, and in several race meetings around the country.

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.[1] 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. [2][3] 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

Williams tested for the Fortec Motorsport team in December 2018 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[1] 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. [4][5] 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 [6], finishing 14th in the race and qualified 9th for race two in which he then finished in 11th place. [7]

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.[8] 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.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Western Australian Formula Ford Grand Toyota/Impressions Homes 9 0 1 4 3 142 10th
2016 Western Australian Formula Ford Fastlane Racing 21 5 6 8 12 363 2nd
2017 Australian Formula 3 Gilmour Racing 16 11 6 15 16 232 1st
2018 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 25* 9th*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rule, Billy (10 July 2018). "Calan Williams' plan to become Perth's next Formula One star". News.com.au. News Pty Limited. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Brown, Tyler (21 September 2017). "Australian Formula 3: Calan Williams takes out championship at 16". Community News Group. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Hensby, Paul (29 March 2018). "AUSTRALIAN F3 CHAMPION CALAN WILLIAMS JOINS EUROFORMULA OPEN FIELD WITH FORTEC". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Herrebo, Dan (28 March 2018). "Aus F3 winner to race Euroformula Open". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Brown, Tyler (10 April 2018). "Motorsport: Edgewater teen on fast track to F3 Euroformula Open after signing with Fortec team". Community News Group. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Hensby, Paul (14 April 2018). "DRUGOVICH TAKES DOMINANT POLE POSITION FOR ESTORIL OPENER". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "WORLD WRAP: Piastri impresses in Eurocup debut". Speedcafe.com. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Herrero, Dan; Perrins, Slade (24 September 2018). "WORLD WRAP: Two podiums for Piastri in Formula Renault". speedcafe.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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