20 Facts About Richie Stanaway

Richard Stanaway was born on 24 November 1991 and is a racing car driver from New Zealand.

Richie Stanaway currently competes full-time in the Supercars Championship, driving the No 62 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for PremiAir Racing.

Richie Stanaway then made the jump to the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship with Hamilton-based, debutant team TSR Racing alongside team-mate Martin Short.

Richie Stanaway then competed in the 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship with Adelaide-based, Team BRM, making their debut in the Formula Ford championship after a long history of Formula 3 experience.

Richie Stanaway then had to pull out halfway through the Australian Formula Ford Championship to take up testing and racing opportunities in the ADAC Formula Masters Championship in Germany.

In July 2009 Richie Stanaway took up a testing opportunity at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz with Ma-Con Motorsport, a German team competing in the ADAC Formula Masters Championship.

Richie Stanaway impressed and was offered a race seat for the remaining six races of the 2009 ADAC Formula Masters Championship held at Nurburgring, Sachsenring and Oschersleben.

The required budget was raised through a group of investors and on 22 August 2009 Richie Stanaway made his European debut at the famous Nurburgring circuit.

Richie Stanaway then made his racing debut in the United Kingdom, competing in the Formula Renault UK winter cup with Atech-GP which took place at Snetterton and Pembrey, he took a race win and numerous podium placings over the six race series.

Richie Stanaway was then released from his management contract with Martin Reiss to then sign with Gravity Sport Management, a management group headed by Lotus-Renault Formula One team principal Eric Boullier, and contested the 2011 ATS-Formel 3 cup with Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing.

Richie Stanaway replaced Pedro Nunes for the remainder of the 2011 GP3 Series season with the pace-setters, Lotus ART, he will begin at the penultimate round of the championship in Belgium.

Richie Stanaway finished 8th in the first race and therefore started from pole in the second, where he kept the lead and won the race.

In 2014, Richie Stanaway competed in GP3 for Status Grand Prix.

Richie Stanaway finished eighth in the overall standings, winning two races and scoring two additional podiums.

Richie Stanaway made his Supercars debut for Super Black Racing in 2016, co-driving with Chris Pither in the Pirtek Enduro Cup series.

Richie Stanaway impressed on debut in Sandown, fighting his way from a pit-stop down up to 3rd with slick tyres on a damp track.

Richie Stanaway's team were caught out by a safety car and would eventually drop to 17th and one lap down.

In 2017 Richie Stanaway competed in the Sydney round of the Super2 Series, winning the final race.

Richie Stanaway then drove in the Pirtek Enduro Cup with Cam Waters, winning the Sandown 500 from pole position.

Richie Stanaway aggravated a previous neck injury and missed seven races making a return at The Bend SuperSprint.