Darren Turner is one of the UK's most successful and experienced racing drivers. He has competed and excelled in almost every four-wheel racing category, most notably taking two GT1 class victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours. As an Official Works Driver for Aston Martin Racing, he is competing in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship in the DBR9, the Le Mans Series in the Vantage GT2 and the Le Mans 24 Hours in the Aston Martin LMP1 car.
In addition to his busy race programme, Darren runs 'Base Performance', a company offering specialist expertise to the motorsport and automotive industries, in regard to simulator set-up and development and the development of race and road cars.
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DT dominates in Deutschland!
Moves up to third in championship
Darren Turner and his Young Driver AMR team-mate Tomas Enge dominated the FIA GT1 World Championship meeting at the Nürburgring in Germany this weekend. The pair maxed out by taking pole position in Saturday’s qualifying session and victory in both the qualifying and championship races. After struggling in qualifying in the last two events it was a different story in Germany. First Darren got the No.7 Aston Martin through the first part of the qualifying hour. Tomas then took…
Podium on British GT Debut
P3 at Silverstone!
Darren Turner claimed a podium finish at Silverstone this weekend with a typically-entertaining guest drive in the Beechdean-Barwell Aston Martin DBRS9 GT3 car in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship. He and his team-mate, Andrew Howard, took third place in today’s two-hour race. As a works driver for Aston Martin Racing, Darren has tested the DBRS9 on many occasions but this is the first time he has raced it and his first time in the British GT Championship. “I received a call…
DT salvages sixth
A hard slog at Spa
Darren Turner and Tomas Enge salvaged sixth place from the fifth round of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship at Spa this weekend. With the Aston Martin DBR9 still struggling under the weight of recent Balance of Performance decisions, the duo struggled for pace but a determined effort on the track and during the pit-stops helped them to haul themselves back up the order. It was Enge’s turn to do the first qualifying session at Spa and all was well until the closing minutes when they…
Fantastic fourth in the Algarve
Best result so far for JMW Aston Martin
Darren Turner and Rob Bell took the JMW Motorsport Aston Martin GT2 to its first Le Mans Series finish in last night’s 1000kms of Algarve. The British duo put in an impressive drive in very hot conditions to take the No.92 car to fourth place in what has been described as the most competitive GT2 class in the world. It was Rob’s turn to take the start and he did a sterling job, moving up from eighth to sixth during his first stint. When Darren joined the race he was in fifth…
Weighty issues for DT
Tough weekend in France
Darren Turner had two tough races at Paul Ricard this weekend as his Aston Martin DBR9 felt the weight of 30kg of success ballast on top of an additional 30kg of Balance of Performance weight. He and his team-mate, Tomas Enge, managed to take a top ten finish in Saturday’s FIA GT1 World Championship qualifying race but today’s main race was a difficult one, ending in 16th place. Darren was the nominated first driver this weekend so he took to the track for the first qualifying…
Marathon effort rewarded
BRDC runners collect cheque for CLIC Sargent
It was revealed today that the efforts of Darren Turner and his fellow BRDC marathon runners have raised an astounding £100,000 for CLIC Sargent, the charity that cares for children and young people with cancer. The group of British Racing Driver’s Club members all completed the Virgin London Marathon in April and worked hard to raise money for CLIC Sargent before, during and after the event. They had raised £80,000 by the time of the race and this has now reached the £100,000…
Cruel luck topples Turner
Out in the 24th hour!
Darren Turner’s dream of being the top LMP1 petrol finisher in the Le Mans 24 Hours went up quite literally in a puff of smoke today. After a typically determined effort from Darren, his team-mates Sam Hancock and Juan Barazi, and the whole Aston Martin Racing team, the 009 car retired with less than an hour of the race remaining with an engine problem. The large performance gap between the diesel and petrol cars has created a split class in LMP1 so Darren’s target was to make…
Let Battle Commence
Ready to go at Le Mans!
At 1500hrs tomorrow, Darren Turner will start his eighth Le Mans 24 Hours. Already a double-winner of the world-famous endurance race, Darren is well prepared for all the challenges that will be coming his way this weekend. The majority of Darren’s 2010 race programme is focused on the GT1 and GT2 Aston Martins so he had to quickly reacquaint himself with the LMP1 car during the free practice session on Wednesday. He didn’t get back in the car until his qualifying run that night,…
