14 Facts About Ryan Sharp

Ryan Sharp progressed well despite limited funding to compete, and in 2002 moved from Formula Ford to the Formula Renault Championship, a 'slicks and wings' series, as compared to Formula Ford which does not allow aerodynamic wings.

For 2003, Ryan Sharp moved out of the United Kingdom to race in Formula Renault in Germany with the Jenzer Motorsport team.

The move paid off handsomely, and with a lot of work and input by Jenzer Motorsport, Ryan Sharp won the championship by 40 points, and performed well in the Formula Renault Masters event at Donington in October 2003 by winning the first of the 2 races, and finishing third in the second.

Ryan Sharp was leading the second race, but a backmarker caused a red flag and on countback Ryan was classified third.

Ryan Sharp won both of the races and Hamilton finished 9th and 8th respectively.

Ryan Sharp took part in a round of the Italian Formula Renault championship at Spa, in Belgium.

Ryan Sharp had a lot to focus on and learn and an amount of inexperience at this level meant his tyres were being worked too hard and he lost pace at the end of both races.

Ryan Sharp moved up to the new GP2 Series in 2005 with David Price Racing, a team he had raced against in 2004 and who were very impressed with his performance.

Ryan Sharp was replaced at DPR by 2004 FRenault v6 Champion Giorgio Mondini, who struggled to get anything out of the car.

Ryan Sharp impressed many people in this season, becoming the first Independent driver to score an overall podium position in the season, finishing 3rd overall in Race 1 at Puebla, Mexico.

Ryan Sharp was on course to finish 2nd in the championship behind Dutchman Tom Coronel, but had to miss the last 3 rounds of the Championship due to budget issues.

Ryan Sharp moved again in 2007, to the FIA GT Championship with Austrian team JetAlliance Racing, who were only in their 2nd season of competition.

Ryan Sharp was leading at the 6-hour mark, and so was awarded half points for a race win which amounted to 5 points.

Ryan Sharp retired fully at the end of 2017 to focus on his 7-year-old son Aston, who has started karting professionally.