35 Facts About Warren Hughes

Warren Hughes was born on 19 January 1969 and is a racing driver from Sunderland, England.

Warren Hughes has raced in a variety of different series, most notably the British Touring Car Championship, the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Le Mans Series, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Warren Hughes won the LMP2 category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005, driving for RML Group alongside Tommy Erdos and Mike Newton.

Warren Hughes tested in F1 for the Lotus and Williams teams during his single seater career.

Warren Hughes competed in both competitions the following year, and remained in the BTCC in 2003 before leaving MG at the end of that year, after they ended their motorsport programme.

Warren Hughes now focuses on race driver coaching but still occasionally races, having finished 3rd in a GT4 McLaren at the 2021 Gulf 12 Hours in Bahrain.

Warren Hughes is on the roster of McLaren coaches for their worldwide Pure McLaren track programme as well as coaching on the brand's GT Driver Development Programme.

Warren Hughes made his car racing debut in 1989, driving in the British Formula Ford Junior 1600, and the Formula Ford Festival, finishing tenth in the latter.

Warren Hughes returned to the British F3 full-time in 1995, this time for Alan Docking Racing, and finished fourth, with an eleventh place at the Macau Grand Prix, and a retirement at the Masters of Formula 3.

Warren Hughes returned to the British F3 in 1997 for eight rounds, driving for Piers Portman Racing and remained there in 1998, finishing fourth.

Warren Hughes was championship runner-up, only missing the podium in 3 races.

Warren Hughes tested for the Williams Formula One team during that year, but was unable to become full-time test driver, with the team opting for Marc Gene instead.

Warren Hughes made his debut in the British GT Championship in 2000, driving for Cirtek Motorsport in a Porsche 911 GT3-R.

Warren Hughes has a son named Christopher Hughes who takes part in karting.

In 2001, Warren Hughes became a factory MG driver, with the MG teams being run by West Surrey Racing.

Warren Hughes slipped to seventh, with one win, behind Reid and ahead of Turkington, as the MG drivers finished sixth, seventh, and eighth, all with a win apiece.

Warren Hughes entered the British GT Championship for the Oulton Park round, partnering Jonathan Cocker at Gruppe M Racing in an NGT-class Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, finishing sixth in race one, and taking the victory in the second race.

Warren Hughes entered the Spa 24 Hours with the team, partnering Cocker, Tim Sugden and Tim Mullen, but the team failed to finish, with the car's gearbox failing after 301 laps.

The first event was the 1000 km of Silverstone, where Warren Hughes partnered Jonny Kane in a Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport-entered TVR Tuscan T400R GT, finishing sixth in class; whilst the second race saw Warren Hughes and Kane partner Lawrence Tomlinson in a RSR Racing-entered T400R at the 1000 km of Spa.

In 2005, Warren Hughes started his season at the 12 Hours of Sebring, driving the TVR with Kane and Tomlinson, but now under the Team LNT banner, and competing under the new GT2 regulations.

Warren Hughes would remain with Team LNT for the remainder of the season.

Warren Hughes then returned to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time in three years, this time driving for the RML Group team, driving their MG-Lola EX264 alongside Tommy Erdos and Mike Newton.

Warren Hughes returned to Team LNT for the rest of the season, and although the team had entered two cars in the Castle Combe round of the British GT Championship, neither actually competed in a race, following car No 42's exclusion for failing noise limits, and indeed the team withdrew from the remainder of the series for this reason.

Warren Hughes remained with Team LNT for that year's Le Mans Series, now driving a GT2-class Panoz Esperante GTLM.

Warren Hughes returned to Team ASM for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, partnering the same drivers as he had in 2006, but once more failed to finish, due to an accident after 137 laps.

An eighth place at the 1000km of Silverstone was followed by a second place at the final round of the season, the Mil Milhas Brasil, where Manning and Warren Hughes were joined by Mario Haberfield.

Warren Hughes finished seventh in class at the end of the season, with Embassy Racing finishing seventh as well.

Warren Hughes remained with Embassy Racing for the 2008 Le Mans Series season, with the team now campaigning their new Embassy WF01-Zytek.

In contrast to the quiet 2009 season, 2010 saw Warren Hughes entering several different series.

The next three races Warren Hughes contested were all part of the FIA GT1 World Championship, driving Sumo Power GT's Nissan GT-R with Jamie Campbell-Walter, with the best result of those races being a victory at the RAC Tourist Trophy, held at Silverstone.

Warren Hughes then returned to the LMS for the 1000 km of Algarve, this time driving a DAMS-entered Oreca FLM 09 alongside Firth, and finishing sixth overall, taking the Formula Le Mans class win.

Warren Hughes competed in the 6 Hours of Silverstone and 6 Hours of Estoril for RLR Msport, driving their MG EX265 alongside Rob Garofall and Barry Gates, taking fifth in class at both races, resulting in Hughes being classified 16th in the LMP2 category for 2011.

For 2012, Warren Hughes signed for Murphy Prototypes, driving their Oreca 03-Nissan alongside Firth and Brendon Hartley in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Firth in the European Le Mans Series.

Warren Hughes remained in the British GT Championship, but moved up to the GT3 category, driving M-Sport Racing's Audi R8 LMS alongside Rembert Berg.

Warren Hughes has been employed as a driver coach for British Formula 3 team Hitech Racing and former BTCC driver Harry Vaulkhard.