Stephen Christopher Goodwin (10 March 1967) is a British auto racing driver. Currently he works as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin. Additionally he manages the racing career of Bruno Senna and continues to race in International GT Endurance events. He was also TV commentator on F1 for ESPN Star Sports for nearly ten years and occasionally still appears on EPS&M and other networks such as ITV (GP2 coverage).

Chris Goodwin
Goodwin driving in 24 hours Spa 2018
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1967-03-10) 10 March 1967 (age 57)
Debut season1987
Racing licence FIA Bronze

Racing career

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His early racing was in single-seaters, starting in 1987 with the Formula First Championship. He was featured in the final episode of the 1987 series of Top Gear in which he collided with another competitor. He was Champion of Brands Hatch and finished runner-up in the 1989 Formula Ford Junior Championship, and runner-up again in 1990 when he competed in Formula Renault. He competed in Formula 3000 and Formula Vauxhall in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

In 1993 he drove in two rounds of the British Touring Car Championship for the Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Team in a Vauxhall Cavalier. This included an impressive tenth-place finish at the final round at Silverstone. He entered a Cavalier in 1994 as an independent entry for Roy Kennedy Racing, finishing third in the Cup for Privateers despite missing some rounds.

In 1995 and 1996 Chris drove for the factory Lotus GT team in International GT Endurance races.

He worked for McLaren in 1997, competing in both the FIA GT Championship and Le Mans. In 1999 he raced the British GT Championship with a McLaren F1 GTR. Two more years were spent in the British GTs in 1999 and 2000. In 2001 he raced in both the European Le Mans Series winning the GTS class and the ASCAR Championship. He returned to Touring Cars in 2002 driving a Nissan Primera in the European Touring Car Championship.

In 2008, Chris was instrumental in establishing the SLR GT Trophy for the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren sportscar and finished second in 6 races.

Most recently, Chris has raced in the FIA GT3 Championship, the FIA GT Championship (best result 3rd in GT2 at the Spa 24 Hours) and in GT2 in the International GT Open Championship.

Goodwin, in his role as McLaren Automotive Chief Test Driver, drove the 2008 title-winning MP4-23 Formula One car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday 3 July 2009.

Goodwin was announced as Expert High Performance Test Driver for Aston Martin on 20 December 2017.[1]

 
Goodwin driving the MP4-23 at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Racing record

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Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Pts
1993 Ecurie Eccose Vauxhall Vauxhall Cavalier SIL DON SNE DON OUL BRH
1
BRH
2
PEM SIL KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL BRH
Ret
THR DON
1
DON
2
SIL
10
26th 1
1994 Roy Kennedy Racing Vauxhall Cavalier 16v THR BRH
1

14
BRH
2

13
SNE
14
SIL
1

17
SIL
2

17
OUL
15
DON
1

19
DON
2

17
BRH
1

17
BRH
2

Ret
SIL
DNS
KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL
18
BRH
1

22
BRH
2

11
SIL
1

19
SIL
2

15
DON
1

14
DON
2

21
26th 0

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts
2002   RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera MAG
1
MAG
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
JAR
1
JAR
2
AND
1

Ret
AND
2

DNS
OSC
1
OSC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
PER
1
PER
2
DON
1
DON
2
EST
1
EST
2
NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2003   EMKA Racing   Emmanuel Collard Porsche 996 GT3-R N-GT 301/Gearbox DNF DNF
2004   Ray Mallock Ltd   Thomas Erdos
  Miguel Ramos
  Mike Newton
Saleen S7-R GT 220/engine DNF DNF
2009   CRS Racing   Phil Quaife
  Chris Niarchos
  Tim Mullen
Ferrari F430 GTC GT 525 9th 6th
2011   McLaren GT   Robert Bell
  Tim Mullen
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 PRO 88/fire DNF DNF
2012   Von-Ryan Racing   Álvaro Parente
  Rob Barff
  Roger Wills
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 PRO-AM 497 9th 4th
2013   Von-Ryan Racing   Bruno Senna
  Rob Barff
McLaren MP4-12C GT3 PRO 540 15th 8th
2017   Garage 59   Alexander West
  Chris Harris
  Bradley Ellis
McLaren 650s GT3 AM 501 32nd 7th
2018   Garage 59   Alexander West
  Chris Harris
  Andrew Watson
McLaren 650s GT3 AM 391 42nd 6th
2019   Garage 59   Alexander West
  Chris Harris
  Ross Gunn
Aston Martin Vantage GT3 AM 391 47th 9th

References

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  1. ^ "Aston Martin continues expansion of engineering team with key industry hires". www.astonmartin.com. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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