Nick Leason
Nationality British
Born (1968-08-23) 23 August 1968
Purley, London (England)
Previous series
2007
2006–07, 2009
2005–06		Porsche Carrera Cup GB
BTCC
SEAT Cupra Championship
Leason driving at Silverstone in 2006.

Nick Leason (born 23 August 1968 in Purley, London) is a British racing driver.

Career

British Touring Car Championship

Leason was registered as an entry in the Production Class for the 2003 Season, driving a ex-GR Motorsport Ford Focus for CMS Motorsport with support from MacMillan Cancer but this entry was delayed and ultimately never happened, he was also the test driver for a failed Super 2000 Ford Focus BTCC project in 2004.

He finally made his BTCC debut in 2006. He entered the last two meetings in a Vauxhall Astra Coupe run by Daniels Motorsport and previously driven by Andy Neate in the final meeting of the 2005 Season. He notably lost a wheel on his way to the grid at Silverstone.

For the 2007 Season, Leason was confirmed as a driver for BTC Racing in a Lexus teamed with Chris Stockton. He did not race at Croft that year[1] and after persistent reliability troubles he decided to abort his full season campaign. Leason achieved a final championship position of 24th.

In 2008, Leason announced that he planned to join up with Rick Kerry and Team AFM Racing to race a pair of diesel fuelled BMW 120ds,[2] though the team missed the whole season.[3]

Leason did eventually race the diesel powered BMW 120d in the opening four rounds of the 2009 BTCC[4] but withdrew due to lack of budget.

SEAT Cupra Championship

Leason contested the SEAT Cupra Cup UK in 2005.

Race career

  • 2009 – AFM Motorsport. BMW 120D. No. 16
  • 2007 – BTC Racing. Lexus IS200. No. 19.
  • 2006 – Final two BTCC meetings of the season. Team NJL Racing with Daniels Motorsport. Vauxhall Astra Coupe. No. 19
  • 2005 – Seat Cupra Championship
  • 2004 – Test driver BTCC Ford Focus Project
  • 2003 – Test driver
  • 2002 – Lamborghini Supertrophy – 3rd in class points, 6th overall
  • 2001 – Ford Fiesta Zetec Championship
  • 2000 – Proton Coupe Cup
  • 1999 – Proton Coupe Cup
  • 1998 – Fiesta XR2 Challenge and Stock Hatch Championship
  • 1997 – Stock Hatch Championship – 9th in points (Ford Fiesta XR2)
  • 1996 – Fiesta XR2 Challenge
  • 1995 – Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing
  • 1994 – Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

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 DC Pts
2006 NJL Racing Vauxhall Astra Coupé BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 MON
1		 MON
2		 MON
3		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 THR
1		 THR
2		 THR
3		 CRO
1		 CRO
2		 CRO
3		 DON
1		 DON
2		 DON
3		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
3		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
DNS		 BRH
3
DNS		 SIL
1
NC		 SIL
2
15		 SIL
3
DNS		 28th 0
2007 BTC Racing Lexus IS200 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
DNS		 BRH
3
DNS		 ROC
1
18		 ROC
2
Ret		 ROC
3
13		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
DNS		 THR
3
DNS		 CRO
1		 CRO
2		 CRO
3		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 DON
1		 DON
2		 DON
3		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
3		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 THR
1		 THR
2		 THR
3		 32nd 0
2009 Team AFM Racing BMW 120d BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
17		 BRH
3
15		 THR
1
NC		 THR
2
20		 THR
3
15		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
18		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 CRO
1		 CRO
2		 CRO
3		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
3		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 SIL
3		 ROC
1		 ROC
2		 ROC
3		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 28th 0

References

  1. ↑ http://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=878
  2. ↑ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "Team AFM to miss season start".
  4. ↑ "Leason joins BTCC with Team AFM". April 2009.
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