William Buller (born 17 September 1992)[1] is a former British racing driver.
| William Buller | |
|---|---|
 Buller in 2013. | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 17 September 1992 Scarva, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Formula V8 3.5 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Current team | RP Motorsport |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 21 |
| Former teams | Arden Motorsport, Zeta Corse |
| Starts | 29 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 11th in 2013 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012-13 2012 2010–12 2009 2008–09 2008–09 2008 2008 2008 2007 | FIA European F3 Championship GP3 Series British Formula 3 Formula BMW Pacific Toyota Racing Series Formula BMW Europe FR2.0 UK Winter Series FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series Formula BMW Americas T Cars |
Career
editT Cars
editAfter successful spells in both karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007 T Cars championship; the series designed for aspiring racing drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. Driving for Calvin Motorsport, Buller finished as series runner-up behind Daniel Brown, winning five races, including a hat-trick at Brands Hatch[2][3][4] and finished on the podium in a further five races.
Formula BMW
editDespite being only fifteen, Buller moved up into the newly created Formula BMW Europe series for 2008, which had been formed from the merger of the British and German series.[5] Driving for Fortec Motorsport, Buller took twelfth in the championship standings, taking the fastest lap at the final race at Monza.[6] Buller also made a guest appearance in the Formula BMW Americas series, driving for Autotecnica at the Canadian Grand Prix-supporting rounds of the championship. He finished fourteenth and ninth in the two races, and also finished ninth in the World Final for EuroInternational.
At the conclusion of the season, Buller competed in the Winter Series of both the British and Portuguese Formula Renault series, and also the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He finished fifth in both Formula Renault championships, and he finished in the top ten of the Toyota Racing Series, despite competing in only three of the six rounds.
Buller returned to Formula BMW in 2009, again staying with Fortec.[7] A first win proved elusive, although he did take a pole position at Silverstone,[8] and also finished third at the Nürburgring,[9] en route to tenth in the championship. Buller made a guest appearance for EuroInternational at the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific championship in Macau. He dominated the weekend, winning from pole position with fastest lap to boot, holding off team-mate Jim Pla to win the race.[10]
Formula Three
editBuller will move into the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2010 season, driving for Hitech Racing.[11] Prior to the season beginning, he also won the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race in São Paulo for Hitech, his debut in a Formula Three car.[12]
In April 2012 it was confirmed that Buller would join Carlin for the newly christened European F3 Championship. The calendar will comprise eight F3 Euro Series rounds and a pair of events from the British championship.[13]
In 2013 Buller started the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Threebond by T-Sport driving a Nissan powered Dallara F312. During winter testing he proved to be quick,[14] regularly topping the timing sheets. When results during the first part of the season did not match the expectations, the British driver decided to halt the campaign and focus on the British F3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport.[15]
GP3 Series
editBuller will also compete in the GP3 Series in 2012, again linking up with the Carlin squad.[13] He had a fairly quiet season, apart from an incredible victory from the back of the grid at Silverstone in Race Two. However, despite tying with teammate António Félix da Costa for best victory of the season, Buller was not retained by the team for 2013.
Formula Renault 3.5
editIn 2013, Formula Renault 3.5 team Zeta Corse confirmed Buller to be their sixth driver in only four race weekends after Emmanuel Piget, Mihai Marinescu, Mathéo Tuscher, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nick Yelloly. Buller made his debut at Moscow Raceway in Russia, and in the first race finished a very strong fifth place. He followed that up with a fifth and sixth-place finishes at the Red Bull Ring in Austria alongside new teammate Riccardo Agostini.
Buller stated his desire to continue his Formula Renault 3.5 campaign with Zeta after confirming his discontinuation of his European Formula Three campaign for 2013, and running alongside his British Formula 3 campaign.
Super Formula
editIn 2015, Buller sign to Kondo Racing for Japanese Super Formula series. Teammate is the British driver James Rossiter.[16]
SXS Racing
editIn 2020, Buller took up highly competitive off-road Side by Side racing - sxsracing.co.uk . Initially starting out in a 1000cc Yamaha YXZ, Buller placed 6th in the 1000 Experts class in 2021. The start of the 2022 season saw Buller switch to a more commonly used machine, the Polaris RS1.
Racing record
editCareer summary
editComplete Formula 3 Euroseries results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | D.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Carlin | Volkswagen | HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 4 |
HOC 3 6 |
BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 10 |
BRH 3 2 |
RBR 1 8 |
RBR 2 1 |
RBR 3 2 |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 5 |
NOR 3 18 |
NÜR 1 10 |
NÜR 2 10 |
NÜR 3 2 |
ZAN 1 8 |
ZAN 2 1 |
ZAN 3 2 |
VAL 1 6 |
VAL 2 5 |
VAL 3 9 |
HOC 1 6 |
HOC 2 5 |
HOC 3 Ret |
5th | 182.5 |
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
edit(key)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Carlin | Volkswagen | HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 6 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
BRH 1 15 |
BRH 2 2 |
RBR 1 8 |
RBR 2 2 |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 18 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
NÜR 1 10 |
NÜR 2 2 |
ZAN 1 8 |
ZAN 2 2 |
VAL 1 6 |
VAL 2 9 |
HOC 1 6 |
HOC 2 Ret |
6th | 137 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | ThreeBond with T-Sport | ThreeBond Nissan | MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
MNZ 3 7 |
SIL 1 7 |
SIL 2 9 |
SIL 3 5 |
HOC 1 9 |
HOC 2 11 |
HOC 3 17 |
BRH 1 9 |
BRH 2 9 |
BRH 3 12 |
16th | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fortec Motorsports | Mercedes | RBR 1 14 |
RBR 2 16 |
RBR 3 14 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
NOR 3 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
ZAN 3 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
VAL 3 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Carlin | Volkswagen | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
PAU 3 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
RBR 3 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 Ret |
NOR 3 12 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
ZAN 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
IMO 1 |
IMO 2 |
IMO 3 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 |
24th | 0 |
Complete GP3 Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Carlin | CAT FEA 23 |
CAT SPR 9 |
MON FEA 12 |
MON SPR Ret |
VAL FEA 10 |
VAL SPR 9 |
SIL FEA Ret |
SIL SPR 1 |
HOC FEA 9 |
HOC SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 23 |
HUN SPR 12 |
SPA FEA 13 |
SPA SPR 8 |
MNZ FEA 10 |
MNZ SPR 12 |
15th | 20 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
edit(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 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Zeta Corse | MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
MON 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MSC 1 5 |
MSC 2 20 |
RBR 1 6 |
RBR 2 5 |
HUN 1 Ret |
HUN 2 16 |
LEC 1 8 |
LEC 2 8 |
CAT 1 5 |
CAT 2 Ret |
11th | 46 | |
| 2014 | Arden Motorsport | MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
ALC 1 Ret |
ALC 2 Ret |
MON 1 16 |
SPA 1 11 |
SPA 2 12 |
MSC 1 11 |
MSC 2 10 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 10 |
HUN 1 19 |
HUN 2 Ret |
LEC 1 17 |
LEC 2 10 |
JER 1 Ret |
JER 2 3 |
16th | 30 | |
| 2016 | RP Motorsport | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MNZ 1 10 |
MNZ 2 7 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
16th | 7 |
Complete Super Formula Results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kondō Racing | SUZ 14 |
OKA 13 |
FUJ 14 |
MOT 13 |
AUT 18 |
SUG 15 |
SUZ 13 |
SUZ 13 |
19th | 0 | |
| 2016 | Kondō Racing | SUZ 15 |
OKA 11 |
FUJ Ret |
MOT 13 |
OKA 15 |
OKA 15 |
SUG 10 |
SUZ 13 |
SUZ 13 |
19th | 0 |
Personal life
editBuller's hobbies are water sports, training and playing football.[17] His favourite drivers are Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen,[17] while his favourite circuits are Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Rockingham Motor Speedway.[17]
References
edit- ^ Hamill, Sammy (26 November 2009). "Buller is streetwise in Macau". Belfast Telegraph. Independent News and Media Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Buller dominates at Brands Hatch". motorsportvision.co.uk. MotorSport Vision. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Buller double victory joy". motorsportvision.co.uk. MotorSport Vision. 1 November 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Buller scores T Cars hat-trick". motorsportvision.co.uk. MotorSport Vision. 1 November 2007. Archived from the original on 19 June 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Haapanen, Tom (29 February 2008). "Autotecnica: success from the ground up". motorsport.com Magazine Channel. motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
The team also applied for an entry in the new Formula BMW Europe series, formed by a merger of the existing German and British series.
- ^ "Round 8, Race 2 Classification after 11 Laps – 63.414 km" (PDF). asadr.com. Asad Rahman. 14 September 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Buller to return to Formula BMW Europe". motorstv.com. Motors TV. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Formula BMW Europe: Silverstone Qualifying" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Formula BMW Europe: Nürburgring Race 2" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Formula BMW. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "WTCC Race of Macau 2009: Formula BMW Pacific – RACE RESULT". mstworld.com. MST Systems Ltd. 22 November 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Freeman, Glenn, ed. (3 December 2009). "Pit & Paddock: BMW ace Buller steps up to F3". Autosport. Vol. 198, no. 10. p. 23.
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (24 January 2010). "Buller wins Brazilian Open F3 event". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b Weeks, James (12 April 2012). "Buller confirms dual GP3 and European F3 programme with Carlin". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ "F3 European Championship: Testdagen Barcelona: Buller zet Nissan aan de top op de tweede testdag". Autosport.be (in Dutch). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "F3 Euro: Will Buller verlaat T-Sport voor Fortec Motorsport". Autosport.be (in Dutch). 23 May 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ KONDO RACING 2015年スーパーフォーミュラ参戦体制発表のお知らせ Archived 8 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine - KONDO RACING OFFICIAL WEB SITE・2015-03-05
- ^ a b c "Formula BMW Europe. 2009 Championship Guide" (PDF). bmw-motorsport.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
External links
edit- Official website
- William Buller career summary at DriverDB.com