1. Ben George Barnicoat was born on 20 December 1996 and is a British racing driver, who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Vasser Sullivan and is set to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Akkodis ASP; he serves as a factory driver for Lexus.
In sportscar racing, Barnicoat won the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD Pro class with Vasser Sullivan.
Ben Barnicoat further won the Formula Renault NEC in 2014, and the BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy in 2015.
Ben Barnicoat transitioned to sportscar racing in 2017, contesting the Blancpain GT Series with Strakka.
Ben Barnicoat took GT-class victories at the Gulf 12 Hours in 2021 and 2022, winning the latter Asian Le Mans Series.
Ben Barnicoat then won the GTD Pro class of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, alongside Jack Hawksworth, and took a class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring the following year.
Ben Barnicoat did remarkably well in both, securing 4th in Formula Kart Stars and 7th at Kartmasters.
Ben Barnicoat returned the year after and won Kartmasters GP, Formula Kart Stars and finished Vice-Champion in the Super One Junior Championship.
In 2015 Ben Barnicoat claimed the Kart Masters GP Trophy in both the Senior Rotax and Iame X30 class, becoming the first driver to take two Kart Masters Championships in one day.
Ben Barnicoat has since continued to compete in the Kart Masters event and is the most successful driver with 9 titles to his name.
In 2013 Ben Barnicoat made his debut in single-seaters, taking part in the Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup for Fortec Motorsports, and won the cup with two wins.
Ben Barnicoat continued his collaboration with Fortec into 2014, competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC and Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series.
Ben Barnicoat made the transition from single-seaters across into GT racing in 2017.
In 2019, Ben Barnicoat made his LMP2 debut with Thunderhead Carlin Motorsport, competing in the European Le Mans Series, and finishing as runner up in the Asian Le Mans Series with two victories during the season.
Alongside this impressive debut full season of US racing, Ben Barnicoat secured the Asian Le Mans Series GT3 title, he successfully defended his title at the Gulf 12 Hours with 2 Seas Motorsport, and campaigned at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for a second year.
Ben Barnicoat completed the year by taking part in the Official Rookie Test for the World Endurance Championship, testing the Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar.
Ben Barnicoat returned in 2024 to defend his IMSA title, taking victories at the 12 Hours of Sebring and on the streets of Long Beach, with an additional podium finish in Detroit.
Alongside his GT3 efforts, Ben Barnicoat secured LMP2 Pro Am victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and made his Super Formula debut in Japan with Itochu Enex Team IMPUL at Autopolis.
On 30 July 2020, Carlin Buzz Racing announced that Enaam Ahmed and his sponsors had separated from the team, and that Ben Barnicoat would be replacing him at the team.
On 20 November 2021, Ben Barnicoat raced a BriSCA F1 Stock Car at Skegness Stadium.
Ben Barnicoat won the Consolation event, which allowed qualification for the meeting Final event, in which he finished in second place.