William Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality: | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 5 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Toowoomba, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racing Licence: | FIA Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prev Series: | Australian Formula Ford Australian Formula 4 Australian Toyota 86 Series Super2 Series TCR Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prev Series Years: | 2015–16 2015–16 2016 2017–20 2019, 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Titles: | Australian Formula 4 Australian Toyota 86 Series TCR Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title Years: | 2016 2016 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Brown (born 5 June 1998) is an Australian racing driver currently competing in the Repco Supercars Championship with Triple Eight Race Engineering, driving the No. 87 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1,[1] and in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing.
With championship wins in both the Formula 4 Australian Championship and the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series in 2016, Brown became one of only five drivers in Australian motorsport history to achieve two national racing titles in one year. In 2017, he received the Mike Kable Young Gun Award and was awarded The Peter Brock Medal by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport (CAMS) for his outstanding year in racing.
Brown started his career in karting in 2011 at the age of thirteen. He won numerous championships in his junior years and had an 80% win rate. He moved up the ranks and competed in the inaugural CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship in 2015 with team BRM.[1]
On the back of his karting form, Brown was signed by AGI Sport to race in the inaugural FIA Formula 4 Australia Championship and claimed victory in the first ever race. Brown was a championship contender for the Formula 4 championship in 2015, winning 3 of the 15 races that season. He finished third overall and crowned Rookie of the Year after his impressive debut.
In 2016, he signed with BRM and recorded six race wins and 12 podiums from 18 races to be crowned Formula 4 Australia Champion. Brown took the title with one round and one race remaining after a controversial race in Tasmania, where he was involved in a collision with rivals Nick Rowe and Jordan Love.
Brown competed in the 2016 Australian Formula Ford Championship. Despite missing the first three rounds due to a date clash with Formula 4, Brown would go on to secure P2 in the 2016 championship, with multiple wins and podiums.
Brown also competed in the one-make Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series in 2016, claiming the Series Title in a field of 39 drivers. With championship wins in both the Australian Formula 4 and the Australian Toyota Racing Series in 2016, Brown became one of only five drivers in Australian motorsport history to achieve two national racing titles in one year.
For the 2017 racing season, Brown was picked up by Eggleston Motorsport to replace the outgoing Liam McAdam.[2] [3] He scored a best finish of 3rd at Symmons Plains and was on course to win the final race of the season in Newcastle before blowing a gearbox. He finished ninth in the championship overall.
In 2019 we drove in the new TCR Australia Touring Car Series. He was crowned champion with one round remaining.[4]
In 2020 Hyundai Motorsport named Brown in the 2020 Junior Driver Program as one of four drivers who will race Hyndai Motorsport TCR cars in some of the leading championships in the category. Outside of Europe, Will Brown will represent the Customer Racing Junior Driver Program. Brown dominated the inaugural Australian TCR season with 7 wins in his debut driving TCR cars. He remains with HMO Customer Racing team to defend his title.[5]
Brown was named as a Supercars Endurance Cup co-driver, partnering Anton de Pasquale with Erebus Motorsport, where he immediately showed his elite driving ability throughout the 3 race series. He continued to make solid progress in his Dunlop Super2 Series landing P6 in the 2018 Driver's Championship with Eggleston Motorsport.
Again partnering with Anton de Pasquale at Erebus Motorsport in the Supercars championship, Brown's talent was on show finishing P2 behind Craig Lowndes and ahead of Garth Tander in the Co-driver Race, taking his first podium in the series. Furthermore, Brown also accepted a drive in the inaugural S5000 series, competing alongside former F1 driver Rubens Barrichello.
Brown began 2020 with a multi year signing with Penrite Racing, that would see him compete in the Supercars series as a co-driver to David Reynolds in 2020, before becoming a full time driver for the team from 2021. The Supercars Enduro Cup was reduced to a single race at Bathurst for 2020, where Brown and Reynolds finished P15 due to engine issues.
Brown performed strongly in his first full-time Supercars season, achieving his first Supercars podium with second place in Race 22 at Sydney. He went on to score a maiden Armor All Pole Position the next weekend, starting in P1 for Race 23, again at Sydney Motorsport Park, but had to wait until Race 28 to claim his first Supercars race win. A stunning drive saw the Red Bull Australia drivers pressure Brown, but he held his nerve for become the 82nd driver to win an ATCC/Supercars race. He is the first rookie driver to win a Supercars race since 2013, when Scott McLaughlin and Chaz Mostert both took victories in their first full-time season.
On May 15, 2024, it was announced that Brown will make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Sonoma Raceway, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Brown started 24th and was in the top 20 at one point in the race before electrical issues relegated him to a 31st place finish three laps down.
Outside of racing, Brown is a used car salesman for his father's business in Toowoomba.[11] [12]
Season | Series | Position |
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2013 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 5th |
2014 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior National Light | 2nd |
Australian Junior Clubman Kart Championship | 3rd |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points | |
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2015 | AGI Sport | TOW 1 | TOW 2 | TOW 3 | QLD 1 | QLD 2 | QLD 3 | SMP 1 | SMP 2 | SMP 3 | SAN 1 | SAN 2 | SAN 3 | SUR 1 | SUR 2 | SUR 3 | PHI 1 | PHI 2 | PHI 3 | SYD 1 | SYD 2 | SYD 3 | 3rd | 216 | |
2016 | Team BRM | SYM 1 | SYM 2 | SYM 3 | PHI 1 | PHI 2 | PHI 3 | SMP 1 | SMP 2 | SMP 3 | QLD 1 | QLD 2 | QLD 3 | SAN 1 | SAN 2 | SAN 3 | SUR 1 | SUR 2 | SUR 3 | 1st | 316 |
(key) (Round results only), (2020 Race results only)
Super2 Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | style=background:#dfffdf | ADE | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM | style=background:#dfffdf | PHI | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW | style=background:#dfffdf | SYD | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN | style=background:#cfcfff | BAT | style=background:#dfffdf | NEW | 9th | 1078 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | style=background:#dfffdf | ADE | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM | style=background:#dfffdf | BAR | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT | style=background:#ffdf9f | NEW | 6th | 1068 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | style=background:#dfffdf | ADE | style=background:#ffdf9f | BAR | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW | style=background:#dfffdf | QLD | style=background:#efcfff | BAT | style=background:#dfdfdf | SAN | style=background:#dfffdf | NEW | 12th | 960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Image Racing | Holden VF Commodore | style=background:#ffdf9f | ADE | style=background:#ffdf9f | ADE | style=background:#dfdfdf | ADE | style=background:#ffffbf | SYD | style=background:#dfffdf | SYD | style=background:#ffffbf | BAT | style=background:#ffdf9f | BAT | style=background:#dfdfdf | 2nd | style=background:#dfdfdf | 813 |
Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | PHI R9 | PHI R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | style=background:#f1f8ff | WIN R13 | style=background:#f1f8ff | WIN R14 | HID R15 | HID R16 | TOW R17 | TOW R18 | style=background:#f1f8ff | QLD R19 | style=background:#f1f8ff | QLD R20 | SMP R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | style=background:#cfcfff | SAN QR | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R24 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R25 | style=background:#efcfff | SUR R26 | style=background:#ffffff | SUR R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | NEW R30 | NEW R31 | 49th | 204 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | style=background:#f1f8ff | SYM R7 | style=background:#f1f8ff | SYM R8 | PHI R9 | PHI R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | HID R15 | HID R16 | TOW R17 | TOW R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | style=background:#f1f8ff | BEN R21 | style=background:#f1f8ff | BEN R22 | PUK R23 | PUK R24 | style=background:#efcfff | BAT R25 | style=background:#dfffdf | SUR R26 | style=background:#dfffdf | SUR R27 | style=background:#dfdfdf | SAN QR | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R28 | NEW R29 | NEW R30 | 41st | 338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | SMP1 R7 | SMP1 R8 | SMP1 R9 | SMP2 R10 | SMP2 R11 | SMP2 R12 | HID1 R13 | HID1 R14 | HID1 R15 | HID2 R16 | HID2 R17 | HID2 R18 | TOW1 R19 | TOW1 R20 | TOW1 R21 | TOW2 R22 | TOW2 R23 | TOW2 R24 | BEN1 R25 | BEN1 R26 | BEN1 R27 | BEN2 R28 | BEN2 R29 | BEN2 R30 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R31 | 40th | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT1 R1 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT1 R2 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R3 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R4 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R5 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R6 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R7 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R8 | style=background:#dfffdf | BEN R9 | style=background:#dfffdf | BEN R10 | style=background:#dfffdf | BEN R11 | style=background:#dfffdf | HID R12 | style=background:#dfffdf | HID R13 | style=background:#dfffdf | HID R14 | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW1 R15 | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW1 R16 | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW2 R17 | style=background:#efcfff | TOW2 R18 | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW2 R19 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP1 R20 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP1 R21 | style=background:#dfdfdf | SMP1 R22 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP2 R23 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP2 R24 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP2 R25 | style=background:#ffdf9f | SMP3 R26 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP3 R27 | style=background:#ffffbf | SMP3 R28 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP4 R29 | style=background:#ffffff | SMP4 R30 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT2 R31 | 8th | 1838 | ||||||
2022 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP R1 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP R2 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R3 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R4 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R5 | style=background:#dfffdf | MEL R6 | style=background:#dfffdf | MEL R7 | style=background:#dfffdf | MEL R8 | style=background:#dfffdf | MEL R9 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAR R10 | style=background:#efcfff | BAR R11 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAR R12 | style=background:#dfffdf | WIN R13 | style=background:#dfffdf | WIN R14 | style=background:#dfffdf | WIN R15 | style=background:#efcfff | HID R16 | style=background:#dfffdf | HID R17 | style=background:#dfffdf | HID R18 | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW R19 | style=background:#dfffdf | TOW R20 | style=background:#dfffdf | BEN R21 | style=background:#dfffdf | BEN R22 | style=background:#dfffdf | BEN R23 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R24 | style=background:#ffdf9f | SAN R25 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R26 | style=background:#dfffdf | PUK R27 | style=background:#efcfff | PUK R28 | style=background:#ffffff | PUK R29 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R30 | style=background:#dfffdf | SUR R31 | style=background:#dfffdf | SUR R32 | style=background:#dfffdf | ADE R33 | style=background:#dfffdf | ADE R34 | 14th | 1714 |
2023 | Erebus Motorsport | Camaro ZL1-1LE | NEW R1 | NEW R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | SYM R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | HID R15 | TOW R16 | TOW R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | BEN R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | SAN R23 | BAT R24 | SUR R25 | SUR R26 | ADE R27 | ADE R28 | 5th | 2264 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | BAT1 R1 | BAT1 R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | TAU R7 | TAU R8 | BAR R9 | BAR R10 | HID R11 | HID R12 | TOW R13 | TOW R14 | SMP R15 | SMP R16 | SYM R17 | SYM R18 | SAN R19 | BAT2 R20 | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | ADE R23 | ADE R24 | 1st* | 1746* |
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps | |
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2018 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Anton de Pasquale | 24th | 143 | |
2019 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Anton de Pasquale | DNF | 125 | |
2020 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | David Reynolds | 15th | 160 | |
2021 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Jack Perkins | 20th | 150 | |
2022 | Erebus Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Jack Perkins | 10th | 161 | |
2023 | Erebus Motorsport | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Jack Perkins | 8th | 161 | |
2024 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Scott Pye |
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
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2018 | MARC Cars Australia | Keith Kassulke Rod Salmon | MARC II V8 - Ford V8 | Invitational | 258 | 18th | 1st | |
2017 | MARC Cars Australia | Keith Kassulke Rod Salmon | MARC II V8 - Ford V8 | Invitational | 270 | 17th | 1st | |
2022 | Nineteen Corporation | Jack Perkins Mark Griffith | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | A–GT3 Pro-Am | 33 | DNF | ||
2024 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Broc Feeney Mikaël Grenier | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 275 | 6th | 6th |
TCR Australia results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Position | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | HMO Customer Racing | Hyundai i30 N TCR | style=background:#ffdf9f | SMP R1 | style=background:#ffffbf | SMP R2 | style=background:#ffffbf | SMP R3 | style=background:#dfdfdf | PHI R4 | style=background:#dfdfdf | PHI R5 | style=background:#ffffbf | PHI R6 | style=background:#dfdfdf | BEN R7 | style=background:#ffffbf | BEN R8 | style=background:#dfffdf | BEN R9 | style=background:#dfffdf | QLD R10 | style=background:#dfffdf | QLD R11 | style=background:#dfffdf | QLD R12 | style=background:#dfdfdf | WIN R13 | style=background:#ffffbf | WIN R14 | style=background:#ffffbf | WIN R15 | style=background:#dfdfdf | SAN R16 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R17 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R18 | style=background:#ffffbf | BEN R19 | style=background:#dfdfdf | BEN R20 | style=background:#ffdf9f | BEN R21 | style=background:#ffffbf | 1st | style=background:#ffffbf | 743 |
2022 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2017) | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R1 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R2 | style=background:#dfffdf | SYM R3 | style=background:#dfffdf | PHI R4 | style=background:#dfffdf | PHI R5 | style=background:#dfdfdf | PHI R6 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R7 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R8 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R9 | style=background:#efcfff | SMP R10 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP R11 | style=background:#dfffdf | SMP R12 | style=background:#dfffdf | QLD R13 | style=background:#dfdfdf | QLD R14 | style=background:#dfffdf | QLD R15 | style=background:#dfdfdf | SAN R16 | style=background:#ffdf9f | SAN R17 | style=background:#ffffbf | SAN R18 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R19 | style=background:#ffffff | BAT R20 | style=background:#ffffbf | BAT R21 | style=background:#dfdfdf | 2nd | style=background:#dfdfdf | 677 |
2023 | Melbourne Performance Centre | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | style=background:#ffffff | SYM R1 | style=background:#efcfff | SYM R2 | style=background:#ffffff | SYM R3 | style=background:#efcfff | PHI R4 | style=background:#dfffdf | PHI R5 | style=background:#dfffdf | PHI R6 | WIN R7 | WIN R8 | WIN R9 | style=background:#ffffbf | QLD R13 | style=background:#ffdf9f | QLD R14 | style=background:#ffffbf | QLD R15 | style=background:#dfdfdf | SAN R16 | style=background:#efcfff | SAN R17 | style=background:#ffffff | SAN R18 | style=background:#ffffbf | SMP R19 | style=background:#ffffbf | SMP R20 | style=background:#ffffbf | SMP R21 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R16 | style=background:#efcfff | BAT R17 | style=background:#ffffff | BAT R18 | 11th | 442 |
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points