Sean Walker (racing driver)

Sean Walker (born 24 March 1958) is a British former racing driver. He stopped racing in 2013. His father Ian Walker (1926–2008) was noted as the "Doyen of British Motorsport" (Ref The Independent 18 July 2008) was a driver, engineer and designer/modifier of race cars particularly Lotus. Ian Walker's cars were driven by famous drivers such as Jim Clark, Graham Hill and Peter Arundell.

Racing career[edit]

Sean Walker's racing career.

2010

HSCC Derek Bell Trophy Position: no position ? races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Car: March 782 Complete results needed.

2009

HSCC Lloyds TSB Derek Bell Trophy Position: 11 (20 points) 2 races. 2 wins. 1 pole position. 2 podiums. 2 fastest laps. Car: March 782

1992

RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 19 (4 points) 13 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: BMW M3

1990

RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 7 (96 points) ? races. 0 wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps. Car: Ford Sierra RS500 Complete results needed.

1989

RAC Esso British Touring Car Championship Position: 21 (17 points) 13 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: FAI Auto Parts Car: Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth

British Touring Car Championship - class A Position: no position ? races. ? wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps. Complete results needed.

1988

World Sports-Prototype Championship Position: no position 2 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: Sean Walker Car: Tiga GC287 (Ford)

Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 17 (4 points) 1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: Reynard 873 (Volkswagen)

1987

World Sports-Prototype Championship Position: no position 1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps. Team: URD Junior Car: URD C81 (BMW)

1986

Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 2 (76 points) 17 races. 4 wins. 2 pole positions. 11 podiums. 1 fastest lap. Team: Techspeed Racing Car: Ralt RT30 (Volkswagen)

1985

Formula 3 Britain National Class Position: 10 (15 points) 2 races. 1 win. 1 pole position. 2 podiums. 2 fastest laps. Team: Richard Dutton Racing Car: Ralt RT3 (Volkswagen)

Racing record[edit]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1988–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Pts	Class
1989	FAI Auto Parts	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL 5	SIL NC	THR 4	DON 4	THR 6	SIL 5	SIL 9	BRH Ret	SNE 6	BRH 4	BIR 8	DON 5	SIL 8			21st	17	5th
1990	FAI Auto Parts	Ford Sierra RS500	A	OUL Ret	DON 4	THR 5	SIL 2	OUL 4	SIL Ret	BRH 3	SNE 4	BRH 4	BIR 2	DON 6	THR Ret	SIL Ret			7th	96	4th
1991	Sean Walker Racing	Ford Sierra RS500		SIL	SNE DNS	DON	THR	SIL	BRH	SIL	DON 1	DON 2	OUL	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON	THR	SIL	NC	0
1992	Techspeed Racing	BMW M3		SIL 13	THR 11	OUL 15	SNE 10	BRH 14	DON 1 15	DON 2 Ret	SIL Ret	KNO 1	KNO 2	PEM 8	BRH 1 14	BRH 2 14	DON 12	SIL 14	20th	4
Source:^[1]

Personal life[edit]

Sean is married to Karen, an ex model and fashion buyer, formerly for the Arcadia Group. She is an acclaimed, award-winning. visual art photographer. He suffered a serious stroke in 2014 and only survived without excessive brain damage because of his wife, Karen's early intervention.

They have 3 children, 2 grandchildren and 3 dogs.

References[edit]

^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

External links[edit]

BTCC Pages Profile.
Sean Walker career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

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