Andy Priaulx is a European Touring Car Championship champion, three times World Touring Car Championship champion and the only FIA Touring Car champion to win an international-level championship for four consecutive years.
17 Facts About Andy Priaulx
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Andy Priaulx had some success at this level, but despite finishing sixth in the championship in 2001 was unable to progress further up the single-seater ladder.
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In 2001 Andy Priaulx had a pair of British Touring Car Championship guest drives for the Egg Vauxhall team, standing in for the suspended Phil Bennett.
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Andy Priaulx stunned the regulars by taking pole position on his debut at Oulton Park, demonstrating that his future appeared to lie in that direction.
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Andy Priaulx won one race and finished on the podium in two others, and the following season was signed by Bart Mampaey's BMW UK team for their European Touring Car Championship effort.
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Andy Priaulx was in contention for the title until late in the year, eventually finishing third.
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Andy Priaulx repeated his 2004 success in 2005,2006 and 2007, clinching the World Touring Car Championship at the final round in Macau.
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Andy Priaulx came eighth in the first race and won from pole position in the second race to claim his and BMW's third WTCC championship in a row.
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Andy Priaulx was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
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Andy Priaulx again raced in the World Touring Car Championship for BMW Team UK in 2009, finishing fourth in the standings.
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In 2010, Andy Priaulx continued to race in the World Touring Car Championship for BMW and competed in several races for BMW in the Le Mans Series, 2010 Armor All Gold Coast 600 in V8 Supercars with Craig Lowndes, Race of Champions, as well as the Le Mans 24 Hours.
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Andy Priaulx spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons racing for BMW in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, scoring his best result in the final round of the 2013 season at the Hockenheimring, where he finished in sixth after starting in third.
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Andy Priaulx switched to racing in the United SportsCar Championship in the United States for 2014.
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On 17 November 2019, Andy Priaulx secured his maiden win in the FIA World Touring Car Cup in Macau.
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On 5 December 2015, it was announced that Andy Priaulx had parted ways with BMW after a 13-year stint with the German manufacturer to join Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK for their upcoming debut in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season.
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Andy Priaulx was officially unveiled as a Ford driver on 5 January 2016 alongside teammates Marino Franchitti, Stefan Mucke, and Olivier Pla.
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Andy Priaulx competed in the 2019 British GT Championship and was in contention for the GT4 title, driving with Scott Maxwell, but lost out on the title to Tom Canning and Ash Hand by 8.5 points.