James Weaver (racing driver)

For other people named James Weaver, see James Weaver (disambiguation).

James Brian Weaver (born 4 March 1955 in London) is a British former racing driver.

Weaver in a Porsche 962 at the 1990 IMSA Del Mar Grand Prix

In 1978 Weaver started racing in Formula Ford with Scorpion Racing School. He then began his professional career in the European F3. In 1982 he was the Eddie Jordan Racing team's primary driver, but in 1983 he returned to the European F3. He debuted in the British Touring Car Championship in 1989 at the Oulton Park circuit in March that year. He finished second overall in the British Touring Car Championship that year behind the winner John Cleland. He won Class B that year.

In 1987, Weaver joined Dyson Racing, for whom he drove for twenty years. He resulted IMSA GT Championship runner-up in 1995, won the 1998 United States Road Racing Championship and the 2000 and 2001 Rolex Sports Car Series, and collected two vice-championships in the 2004 and 2006 American Le Mans Series.

Weaver driving to victory in the 2005 Grand Prix of Mosport in the Dyson Racing MG-Lola EX257

Among his wins, he triumphed at the 1997 24 Hours of Daytona and the 1997, 2000 and 2002 6 Hours of Watkins Glen. He also finished second at the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 1999 12 Hours of Sebring.

Weaver officially retired after the 2006 American Le Mans Series season.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon / Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1984–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Pts	Class
1984	BMW GB Ltd.	BMW 635CSi	A	DON 8	SIL 6	OUL 1	THR Ret	THR DNS	SIL 4	SNE Ret	BRH 2	BRH 4	DON Ret	SIL 4					13th	26	4th
1988	BMW Finance Racing with Mobil 1	BMW M3	B	SIL	OUL DNS	THR	DON 7‡	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SNE	BRH	BIR C	DON 11	SIL			20th	15	6th
1989	BMW Team Finance	BMW M3	B	OUL 6	SIL 13	THR 8	DON 11	THR 8	SIL 13	SIL 13	BRH 9	SNE 12	BRH 7	BIR 11	DON 12	SIL 10			2nd	109	1st
1992	Nissan Janspeed Racing	Nissan Primera eGT		SIL	THR	OUL	SNE	BRH	DON 1	DON 2	SIL	KNO 1	KNO 2	PEM	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 11	DON 8	SIL Ret	22nd	3

‡ Endurance driver.

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key)

PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points	Ref
1989	Dyson Racing	PHX	LBH 11	INDY	MIL	DET 22	POR	CLE 24	MEA	TOR	MCH	POC	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	30th	2

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1983	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Jeff Allam Steve Soper	Mazda 717C	C Jr.	267	18th	2nd
1985	Richard Lloyd Racing	Richard Lloyd Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 956 GTi	C1	371	2nd	2nd
1986	Nissan Motorsport	Masahiro Hasemi Takao Wada	Nissan R85V	C1	285	16th	10th
1987	Liqui Moly Equipe	Price Cobb Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 962C GTi	C1	112	DNF	DNF
1989	Richard Lloyd Racing	Derek Bell Tiff Needell	Porsche 962C GTi	C1	339	DNF	DNF
1990	Richard Lloyd Racing	JJ Lehto Manuel Reuter	Porsche 962C GTi	C1	181	DNF	DNF
1991	Team Salamin Primagaz Team Schuppan	Hurley Haywood Wayne Taylor	Porsche 962C	C2	316	NC	NC
1995	PC Automotive Jaguar	Tiff Needell Richard Piper	Jaguar XJ220	LMGT1	135	DNF	DNF
1996	Gulf Racing	Ray Bellm JJ Lehto	McLaren F1 GTR	LMGT1	323	9th	7th
1997	David Price Racing	Butch Leitzinger Andy Wallace	Panoz Esperante GTR-1	LMGT1	236	DNF	DNF
1998	Porsche AG	David Murry Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Porsche LMP1-98	LMP1	218	DNF	DNF
1999	Audi Sport UK	Perry McCarthy Andy Wallace	Audi R8C	LMGTP	198	DNF	DNF

Sources

• http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm?template=magazine&mag_id=12685