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Jamie Oliver Campbell-Walter is a British[1] professional racing driver. He was born in Oban, Scotland on 16 December 1972. He won the FIA GT Championship in 2000 and took a World Endurance Championship title in 2013 as an Aston Martin Racing factory driver. He now owns and runs Bullet Sports Management[2] with business partner and former team-mate Nicolas Minassian and María Catarineu.
| Jamie Campbell-Walter | |
|---|---|
| |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 16 December 1972 Oban, Scotland |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Championship titles | |
| 1999 2000 2013 | British GT Championship FIA GT Championship FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Am |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 2005 – 2007, 2009, 2013 |
| Teams | Creation Autosportif, Aston Martin Racing |
| Best finish | 14th (2005) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Jamie is the son of Richard & Annie Campbell-Walter. Richard Campbell-Walter is the brother of famous 50/60's model Fiona Campbell-Walter. Jamie is the grandson of Rear Admiral Keith McNeil Campbell-Walter.[citation needed] Through his aunt, Campbell-Walter is legally related to the House of Habsburg and is the cousin of fellow racing driver Ferdinand Habsburg, additionally acting as the Austrian's manager.
Like many young drivers, Campbell-Walter started racing in single seaters. He made his debut in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series in 1993, taking second place in the championship, followed by a third place in the British national championship in 1994.[3] Campbell-Walter moved to the higher Formula Vauxhall series in 1995 where he was fifth in the championship, which he hoped would propel him into the British Formula 3 Championship the following year. However, even though he did perform one test in a British Formula 3 car, he was unable to find the funding necessary and did only 5 races for James Crofts Racing in the 1996 TVR Tuscan Challenge.[4]
In 1997, Campbell-Walter returned to racing, taking a drive in the TVR Tuscan Challenge, a one-make trophy organised by the British manufacturer. He took fourth place in the series championship after winning two rounds for Colin Blower Motorsport. Blower, who was in charge of development for the TVR Cerbera's motorsport program, invited Campbell-Walter to co-drive with him in the racing Cerbera in selected rounds of the British GT Championship. The pair won the Donington Park round before the both of them made their debut in the FIA GT Championship at the 4 Hours of Donington Park, retiring after 38 minutes.
The following year, Campbell-Walter stayed with Colin Blower for the TVR Tuscan Challenge, where he took five wins but was only able to finish fourth in the drivers championship once more.[5] In the British GT Championship, he moved to the Harrier team, finishing 21st in the overall classification and 10th in the GT1 class.
A move to Lister Racing in 1999 saw Campbell-Walter take his first ever drivers championship, winning the British GT title driving alongside Julian Bailey in the Lister Storm GT1. The pair took seven wins in eleven rounds, including the Oulton Park Gold Cup, and lead the Blue Coral G-Force Porsche 911 GT1 driving line-up of Magnus Wallinder and Geoff Lister by 20 points, securing the championship before the season was even over.
Having taken part in selected rounds of the FIA GT Championship in the previous season, Lister Racing made a full force assault on the international series in 2000, retaining the line-up of Campbell-Walter and Bailey. The duo were once again successful, taking the GT1 title with 59 points after five wins in ten races. Campbell-Walter also won the two rounds of the British Championship he took part in, alongside David Warnock, and won six events with a partial season in the TVR Tuscan Challenge. At the end of the season, Campbell-Walter was awarded the John Cobb Memorial Trophy for most outstanding performance by a British driver in international competition.
For the following three seasons, Campbell-Walter remained at Lister Racing, taking another seven wins, and finishing fifth (2001), third (2002) and sixth (2003) in the drivers championship. Over those years he was partnered by Tom Coronel, Nicolaus Springer and Nathan Kinch. In 2002 it was awarded by Autosport Magazine Best international GT driver.
In 2004, Lister reduced its commitments to GT racing and Campbell-Walter moved to privateer Creation Autosportif. However, Creation's Lister was not as competitive as the works car had been on previous years, and Campbell-Walter, driving alongside partner Jamie Derbyshire scored no podium position and finished the championship in 13th place. In 2005, he made a lone appearance in FIA GT to drive in the Spa 24 Hours for Russian Age Racing, taking the wheel of a Ferrari 550 Maranello.
In 2006 Campbell-Walter also drove for the Red Bull BMW team in the Silverstone 24 hours race and won the race, his first 24-hour victory.
In 2007 Campbell-Walter once again won the Silverstone 24-hour race in the Red Bull BMW team and also won the Dubai 24 hours race with the same team and car.
For 2010 & 2011 Jamie joined the Sumo Power GT Team driving the infamous Nissan GTR in the FIA GT1 World Championship.[6] The first was a huge success for such a new car and Campbell-Walter was teamed up with Warren Hughes. For 2011, Campbell-Walter has stayed with the team and has been joined by David Brabham youngest son of 3 time Formula One World Champion Sir Jack Brabham.
For 2012, Campbell-Walter drove for Gulf Racing in a Mclaren MP4 12C with Stuart Hall and Roald Goethe. They contested the Blancpain Endurance series including the famous Spa 24 hour race.
For 2013, Campbell-Walter was signed up by Aston Martin as a factory driver. He contested the FIA World Endurance Championship in an Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE. A hugely successful year, winning 2 races and finishing on the podium 4 times going on to win the championship. This included a 4th-place finish at Le Mans 24hrs.[7]
Following their years in FIA GT, Creation Autosportif bought its own prototype program, having acquired the Reynard-built DBA 03S from RN Motorsport, later becoming known as the Creation CA06/H. Campbell-Walter was partnered with Nicolas Minassian for the 2004 Le Mans Endurance Series, taking two pole-positions and podium positions at Nurburgring and Spa.
In 2005, the team's fortunes improved and Campbell-Walter and Minassian (occasionally partnered also by Jean-Denis Délétraz) achieved a second place at Silverstone, a third place at Spa, and another third at Istanbul. Campbell-Walter also made his competition debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, following a failed attempt in 2003, where his Lister Storm LMP was crashed in qualifying. The Creation team took fourteenth place overall and seventh in class, with Campbell-Walter driving alongside Minassian and Andy Wallace.
For the 2006 season, while Creation expanded to two cars later in the season, Campbell-Walter was forced to drive an Aston Martin DBR9 on occasion for Cirtek Motorsport. Once reunited with Creation, he drove alongside Felipe Ortiz and Beppe Gabbiani to take third place at Donington. He also ran at Le Mans with Ortiz and Gabbiani, but retired three hours before the finish with engine failure.
For 2007, he was once more a driver for Creation Autosportif, driving alongside Shinji Nakano and Felipe Ortiz, taking the first points for the Creation CA07 at Nurburgring. Campbell-Walter achieved one podium in Interlagos, Brazil. Then contributed to getting the team's second and third podiums of the year at Laguna Seca and Petit Le Mans.(USA)
In 2008, Campbell-Walter suffered an accident at Monza, breaking 4 vertebra in his back, he escaped death after having a wishbone fail at 195 mph. Campbell-Walter returned to a race car within 7 months.
In 2009, Campbell-Walter competed at Le Mans 24hrs and finished 14th in class with Vanina Ickx.
In 2013, Campbell-Walter competed at Le Mans 24hrs and finished 4th in class at the wheel of a factory Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
In 2010, Campbell-Walter was the official Formula One driver for the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. He drove the ex Minardi 2 seater Formula One car for promotional purposes and for paying clients.
In 2019 Jamie Campbell-Walter founded a management company together with his former team-mate Nicolas Minassian and María Catarineu, Bullet Sports Management,[8] which represents drivers including FIA WEC and ELMS driver Ferdinand Habsburg, FIA F2 driver Franco Colapinto and FIA F3 driver Oliver Goethe, GT World Challenge Europe drivesr Benjamin Goethe and FIA WEC driver Rui Andrade.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series | 1st | |||||||
| 1994 | Formula Vauxhall Junior Series | David Leslie Racing | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 77 | 3rd | |
| Formula Vauxhall Lotus Winter Series | |||||||||
| 1995 | Formula Vauxhall Lotus | PTM Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 48 | 5th | |||
| 1996 | TVR Tuscan Championship | ||||||||
| 1997 | TVR Tuscan Championship | Colin Blower Motorsport | 3 | 564 | 4th | ||||
| British GT Championship | Harrogate Horseless Carriages | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | NC | ||
| 1998 | British GT Championship | Harrier Cars with Evesham Micros | 9 | 1 | 40 | 9th | |||
| TVR Tuscan Championship | Colin Blower Motorsport | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4th | ||
| 1999 | British GT Championship | Newcastle United Lister Storm | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 177 | 1st |
| TVR Tuscan Championship | Colin Blower Motorsport | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| FIA GT Championship | Lister Storm Racing | 2 | NC | ||||||
| 2000 | FIA GT Championship | Lister Storm Racing | 10 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 59 | 1st | |
| British GT Championship | Cirtek Motorsport | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2nd | ||||
| TVR Tuscan Championship | Colin Blower Motorsport | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| 1000 km Suzuka | Lister Storm Racing | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2001 | FIA GT Championship | Lister Storm Racing | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 3rd |
| 2002 | FIA GT Championship | Lister Storm Racing | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 46.5 | 3rd |
| Mil Milhas Brasil | Lister Storm Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2003 | FIA GT Championship | Lister Storm Racing | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 6th |
| American Le Mans Series | Lister Storm Racing | 1 | NC | ||||||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans | Lister Storm Racing | 1 | DNS | ||||||
| Le Mans 1000 Kilometres | Lister Storm Racing | 1 | 6th | ||||||
| 2004 | Le Mans Endurance Series | Creation Autosportif | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4th | ||
| FIA GT Championship | Lister Storm Racing | ||||||||
| American Le Mans Series | Creation Autosportif | ||||||||
| 2005 | Le Mans Endurance Series | Creation Autosportif | 5 | 24 | 5th | ||||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans | Creation Autosportif | 1 | 7th | ||||||
| 2006 | Le Mans Endurance Series | Cirtek Motorsport | 1 | 8th | |||||
| Creation Autosportif | 1 | 1 | 7th | ||||||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans | Creation Autosportif | 1 | DNF | ||||||
| American Le Mans Series | Creation Autosportif | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | NC | |||
| Silverstone 24H | Duller Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1st | ||
| 2007 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Creation Autosportif | 1 | DNF | |||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Creation Autosportif | 1 | 15th | |||||
| 2010 | FIA GT1 World Championship | Sumo Power GT | 20 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 16th | ||
| 2011 | FIA GT1 World Championship | Sumo Power GT | 20 | 4 | 75 | 10th | |||
| 2012 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Gulf Racing | |||||||
| Australian V8 SuperCars | Brad Jones Racing | 2 | NC | ||||||
| 2013 | FIA World Endurance Championship | Aston Martin Racing | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 129 | 1st |
| Blancpain Endurance Series | 1 | NC | |||||||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans | 1 | 6th | |||||||
| 2014 | Classic Endurance Championship | Knapfield Racing | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 4th | |
| 2015 | 24H Series | Gulf Racing | 1 | NC | |||||
| 2016 | 24H Series | RAM Racing | 1 | 1 | NC | ||||
| 2017 | 24H Series | Rofgo Racing | 2 | NC | |||||
| 2018 | International GT Open | Drivex | 2 | NC |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Harrier Cars with Evesham Micros | Harrier GT1-98 | GT1 | SIL 1 12 |
OUL 1 Ret |
CRO 1 5 |
SNE 1 9 |
SIL 2 Ret |
DON 1 5 |
SIL 2 5 |
SPA 1 DNS |
SIL 3 Ret |
9th | 40 | |||
| 1999 | Newcastle United Lister Storm | Lister Storm | GT | SIL 1 3 |
OUL 1 1 |
SNE 1 1 |
BRH 1 1 |
SIL 2 2 |
DON 1 1 |
DON 2 1 |
SIL 2 4 |
CRO 1 1 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SIL 1 Ret |
1st | 177 |
| 2000 | Cirtek Motorsport | Lister Storm | GT | THR 1 |
CRO 1 |
OUL 1 |
DON 1 |
SIL 1 11† |
BRH 1 1 |
DON 1 |
CRO 1 |
SIL 1 1 |
SNE 1 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SIL 1 |
16th | 33 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Lister Racing | Lister Storm GT2 | MON | SIL | HOC 4 |
HUN | ZOL 12 |
OSC | DON | HOM | WAT | ZHU | 26th | 3 | |
| 2000 | Lister Racing | Lister Storm GTM | VAL 1 |
EST 1 |
MON 3 |
SIL 1 |
HUN Ret |
ZOL 1 |
A1R Ret |
LAU 3 |
BRN 2 |
MAG 1 |
1st | 59 | |
| 2001 | Lister Racing | Lister Storm GTM | MON 1 |
BRN 4 |
MAG 1 |
SIL Ret |
ZOL DSQ |
HUN Ret |
SPA | A1R Ret |
NÜR 1 |
JAR Ret |
EST 2 |
3rd | 39 |
| 2002 | Lister Racing | Lister Storm GTM | MAG 1 |
SIL 4 |
BRN 1 |
JAR 6 |
AND Ret |
OSC 2 |
SPA DSQ |
PER 1 |
DON 7 |
EST 3 |
3rd | 46.5 | |
| 2003 | Lister Racing | Lister Storm GTM | CAT Ret |
MAG 6 |
PER 2 |
BRN 4 |
DON Ret |
SPA Ret |
AND 1 |
OSC DSQ |
EST Ret |
MON 3 |
6th | 32 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 5 |
SÃO 1 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 2 |
SHA 3 |
BHR 5 |
1st | 129 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Creation Autosportif | LMP1 | DBA 03S | Zytek ZG348 3.4L V8 | MON
ovr:Ret cls:Ret |
NÜR
ovr:3 cls:3 |
SIL
ovr:Ret cls:Ret |
SPA
ovr:3 cls:3 |
4th | 12 | |
| 2005 | Creation Autosportif | LMP1 | DBA 03S | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | SPA
ovr:Ret cls:Ret |
MON
ovr:7 cls:5 |
SIL
ovr:2 cls:2 |
NÜR
ovr:3 cls:3 |
IST
ovr:3 cls:3 |
5th | 25 |
| 2006 | Cirtek Motorsport | GT1 | Aston Martin DBR9 | Aston Martin 6.0L V12 | IST | SPA | NÜR | DON | JAR
ovr:4 cls:4 |
8th | 9 |
| Creation Autosportif | LMP1 | Creation CA06/H Judd | Judd GV5 5.0L V10 | IST | SPA | NÜR | DON
ovr:2 cls:2 |
JAR | 7th | 8 | |
| 2007 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Creation Autosportif Ltd. |
 Nicolas Minassian Andy Wallace |
DBA 03S-Judd | LMP1 | 322 | 14th | 7th |
| 2006 | Creation Autosportif Ltd. |
 Felipe Ortiz Giuseppe Gabbiani |
Creation CA06/H-Judd | LMP1 | 240 | DNF | DNF |
| 2007 | Creation Autosportif Ltd. |
 Shinji Nakano Felipe Ortiz |
Creation CA07-Judd | LMP1 | 55 | DNF | DNF |
| 2009 |  Creation Autosportif |
 Vanina Ickx Romain Ianetta |
Creation CA07-Judd | LMP1 | 319 | 24th | 15th |
| 2013 | Aston Martin Racing |
 Roald Goethe Stuart Hall |
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | LMGTE Am | 301 | 30th | 6th |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Car No. | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Duller Motorsport |
Dieter Quester Johannes Stuck Dirk Werner |
BMW Z4 M Coupé | 1 | GT3 | 596 | 1st | 1st |
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sumo Power GT | Nissan | ABU QR 13 |
ABU CR 12 |
SIL QR 5 |
SIL CR 1 |
BRN QR 21 |
BRN CR 17 |
PRI QR 3 |
PRI CR 8 |
SPA QR 19 |
SPA CR 11 |
NÜR QR 16 |
NÜR CR 8 |
ALG QR 9 |
ALG CR Ret |
NAV QR 5 |
NAV CR 3 |
INT QR 14 |
INT CR Ret |
SAN QR 13 |
SAN CR 16 |
16th | 52 |
| 2011 | Sumo Power GT | Nissan | ABU QR 8 |
ABU CR 9 |
ZOL QR 11 |
ZOL CR Ret |
ALG QR 3 |
ALG CR 3 |
SAC QR 8 |
SAC CR 5 |
SIL QR Ret |
SIL CR Ret |
NAV QR 4 |
NAV CR 3 |
PRI QR 9 |
PRI CR 4 |
ORD QR 3 |
ORD CR 7 |
BEI QR 11 |
BEI CR 8 |
SAN QR 7 |
SAN CR Ret |
10th | 75 |
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Final pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
SYM R3 |
SYM R4 |
HAM R5 |
HAM R6 |
PER R7 |
PER R8 |
PER R9 |
PHI R10 | PHI R11 |
HDV R12 | HDV R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 |
QLD R17 |
SMP R18 |
SMP R19 |
SAN Q |
SAN R20 |
BAT R21 |
SUR R22 15 |
SUR R23 15 |
YMC R24 |
YMC R25 |
YMC R26 |
WIN R27 |
WIN R28 |
SYD R29 |
SYD R30 |
NC | 0 † |
† Not Eligible for points
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