1. Calan Williams previously competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident, having previously raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship during 2020 and 2021.
30 Facts About Calan Williams
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Calan Williams is the champion of the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series.
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Calan Williams took pole for the next race at the Collie Motorplex, although he was penalized with a back-of-the-grid start following an overtake under red flag conditions.
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Calan Williams beat the track record in the first two races, but one podium was the maximum of his weekend.
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The third round brought with it a second-place finish, despite a spin into the gravel in Race 1 setting him to the back of the starting grid for the following race, but it was during the next event that Calan Williams would make use of his pace, missing out on victory by 0.08 seconds in the first pair of races, whilst finishing second again in Race 3.
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Calan Williams took eleven race wins and 16 podiums, which earned him the championship title with one round to go.
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Calan Williams then signed with the team for the opening rounds of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship, and competed in the Euroformula Winter Series.
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Calan Williams completed testing at the Circuito de Jerez and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and placed seventh and ninth in two races at Circuit Paul Ricard.
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Calan Williams made his debut in Euroformula Open at Estoril Circuit in round one of the 2018 Euroformula Series.
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Calan Williams had two impressive qualifying efforts at the Monza round of the 2018 season, qualifying 5th for Race 1 and 3rd for Race 2.
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Calan Williams finished race 1 in 10th position and race 2 in 8th after being relegated to the rear end of the field following the early incidents.
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Calan Williams finished the season in 11th position with 25 points.
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Calan Williams competed again in Euroformula Open in the 2019 season with Fortec Motorsport.
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Calan Williams had a season best results of 4th and 5th at the 6th round of the championship at the Red Bull Ring.
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In October 2019, it was announced Calan Williams had signed with Jenzer Motorsport for the 2020 season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, which he stated was "a huge opportunity".
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Calan Williams didn't manage to score any points throughout the campaign however and finished 31st in the standings, with a highest finish of 14th.
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Calan Williams was retained by Jenzer Motorsport for the 2021 season, this time partnering Pierre-Louis Chovet and Filip Ugran.
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Calan Williams followed it up with another points finish in race 2, finishing tenth.
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Calan Williams finished the season without scoring any more points and ended up 19th in the standings, having been the highest-scoring Jenzer driver that season.
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In January 2022, it was announced that Calan Williams will drive for Trident in the 2022 season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
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However, after a safety car was called late in the race Calan Williams pitted for new tyres, but was forced to retire from the race after the team hadn't fitted a tyre on the car properly, leaving it to bounce off after the Australian had left his pit box.
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At the following round in Saudi Arabia, Calan Williams managed to qualify in seventh place, giving him the opportunity to start the sprint race from the second row.
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However, a stall on the formation lap prevented Calan Williams from contending for a podium finish.
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Calan Williams was unlucky in the Monaco feature race, running in the points until the last lap, where he and Ayumu Iwasa collided on the last lap.
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Calan Williams would go on to have a quiet rest of the season, and failed to score any more points.
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Calan Williams placed 23rd in the standings, with four points.
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For 2023, Calan Williams moved to sportscar racing, teaming up with BMW M Team WRT for the Gold Cup category in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cup series.
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Calan Williams, who started the car, got into the lead as a rain shower caused the leading WRT of Maxime Martin to slide off, before Krutten was passed shortly after a safety car restart, finishing third overall and winning the class race, thus bringing home both the Sprint Cup title as well as the overall Gold Cup championship.
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Calan Williams returned to WRT to partake in a single programme in the Sprint Cup, this time partnering Sam De Haan in the Silver Cup.
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Calan Williams established himself as one of the stronger drivers in the subclass by scoring pole positions at Brands Hatch and Misano.