23 Facts About Will Stevens

William Jonathan Richard Stevens was born on 28 June 1991 and is a British racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota.

In endurance racing, Stevens won the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Jota.

Will Stevens formerly competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup, Toyota Racing Series and British Formula Renault.

In 2016, he competed in the Blancpain GT Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship while in 2017, Will Stevens continues to race for Belgian Audi Club Team WRT racing an Audi R8 LMS in the Blancpain GT Series' Sprint and Endurance Cups, Blancpain GT Asia Series and the Audi R8 LMS Cup.

William Jonathan Richard Stevens was born on 28 June 1991 in Rochford, Essex, England.

Will Stevens started his racing career in 2003 aged 12 in karts.

Will Stevens raced in a lot of different championships in Britain and outside, and after finishing 7th in the Rotax class in Super One he joined Formula Renault 2.0.

Will Stevens ended 7th in the 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 UK and 4th in 2010.

Will Stevens jumped to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2012, finishing 12th in his first year.

In October 2014 Marussia F1 announced that Will Stevens had joined the team as a reserve driver for the remainder of the 2014 season.

Will Stevens finished the race in 17th place, one lap down.

Will Stevens finished behind Merhi in the Monaco Grand Prix in 16th.

The mechanics of both Lotus and Marussia had little time to react to their drivers pitting so that meant both Grosjean and Will Stevens took long pit stops.

Will Stevens complained to his team on the radio about the incident.

Grosjean received a 5-second penalty for the collision but Will Stevens had dropped from being 4 seconds behind Merhi to a minute behind him.

Will Stevens eventually finished in 17th place, 4 laps down on race winner Lewis Hamilton.

Will Stevens then sliced half a second off this by posting a 3:53.981 to lay claim to provisional class pole.

Will Stevens drove the first stint, moving through to fourth in class.

Will Stevens's co-drivers continued the advance, the team capturing third at 5:40 pm, and then second three hours into the race.

Will Stevens set the fastest lap for the JMW Ferrari of 3:54.461.

In March 2018 Will Stevens joined the Panis-Barthez LMP2 Team for the 2018 European Le Mans Series and to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Will Stevens has worked with McLaren since 2018 as a test and development driver, primarily carrying out simulator work.

McLaren announced on 11 July 2022 that Will Stevens would drive the McLaren MCL35 2021 car at a private test to be held between 11 and 13 July at Portimao circuit.