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Oliver Turvey

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Oliver Turvey
Born (1987-04-01) April 1, 1987 (age 39)
Penrith, England
OccupationRacing driver
Years active2003–present
Known forFormula E driver, McLaren test driver

Oliver Jonathan Turvey (born 1 April 1987) is a British professional racing driver, most recently active in Formula E, where he holds a position as reserve driver and sporting advisor for DS Penske. He demonstrated early promise in karting, securing two national championships, and was honored with the 2006 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. His progression in motorsport has been supported by the Racing Steps Foundation.

Karting

Hailing from Penrith, Turvey started karting at the age of eight. After three years of competition, he achieved fifth place in the 1999 British Cadet Championship and contributed to the English National team’s victory in the Inter-nation Championship. He claimed the Junior Yamaha National Championship in 2000 and followed this with the Junior Rotax title in 2002.

Car racing

Turvey's introduction to formula single-seaters came in the 2003 British Formula Renault Winter Series, where he also competed in Zip Formula and earned recognition as the leading rookie. In 2004, he raced in Formula BMW UK with Team SWR, capturing one race win and making a one-off appearance in the Asian Formula Three Championship.

Continuing with Team SWR in Formula BMW during 2005, Turvey took part in eight rounds. Despite financial limitations restricting his 2006 campaign to seven rounds, he maintained consistent point-scoring performances including five victories, finishing second overall. He was the highest-ranking British driver at the Formula BMW World Final and secured the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.

Rather than stepping into British F3 in 2007, Turvey competed in Italian Formula Renault and participated in the Formula Renault Eurocup with Jenzer Motorsport. The following year, he finished as runner-up in the British F3 Championship behind teammate Jaime Alguersuari.

In 2009, Turvey joined Carlin for the World Series by Renault alongside Alguersuari, achieving one race win and placing fourth overall as the top rookie. He also took part in the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series and competed in the 2010 GP2 Series with iSport International. In November 2010, Turvey participated in McLaren’s Formula One young drivers test, recording the second fastest lap time.

After support from Racing Steps Foundation concluded in 2010, Turvey faced challenges securing funding for a full GP2 season in 2011 but stepped in for Mikhail Aleshin at Carlin during Monaco, finishing within points before receiving a penalty. Subsequently replaced, he ended the season ranked 25th. Additionally, he drove for Ocean Racing Technology during the 2011 GP2 Asia Series and selectively competed with CRS Racing in a McLaren MP4-12C GT3 within the Blancpain Endurance Series.

For the 2012 Formula One season, Turvey served as a test driver for McLaren alongside Gary Paffett.

In 2013, Turvey progressed to Sports Prototypes by signing with Jota Sport to pilot their LMP2 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan across the European Le Mans Series and select FIA World Endurance Championship events, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He secured pole position and won his debut ELMS race at Silverstone.

The following year, Turvey joined Delta Motorsport and Millennium Racing to compete with an LMP2 Oreca 03-Nissan in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Financial delays forced withdrawals from early races such as Silverstone and Le Mans. Later that season, Jota enlisted him to replace an injured driver at Le Mans where he contributed to an LMP2 class victory.

In January 2025, Turvey departed McLaren to take on a test and development driver role with Williams Racing.

Formula E

Turvey made his Formula E debut with NEXTEV TCR during the 2015 London ePrix, securing ninth place in both events alongside his teammate Nelson Piquet Jr. He continued with the team for the 2015–16 season, concluding the campaign 14th overall with 11 points and achieving a highest race finish of sixth in Beijing. Competing under the rebranded NEXTEV NIO banner in the 2016–17 season, Turvey claimed his inaugural pole position in Mexico City following a rival's penalty; however, he retired due to battery complications and ended the season 12th with 26 points.

In the 2017–18 season, driving alongside Luca Filippi for the renamed NIO Formula E Team, Turvey earned his first podium by finishing second in Mexico City. Despite missing the New York ePrix because of injury, he placed tenth in the championship with 46 points. The subsequent year, paired with Tom Dillmann, he gathered seven points, with his best result being eighth at Santiago. During the 2019–20 season, Turvey competed alongside Ma Qinghua and later Daniel Abt for NIO 333 FE Team but did not score points, finishing 24th in the standings.

For the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship, Turvey partnered with Tom Blomqvist and ended the season 23rd with 13 points, his best race result being sixth at Diriyah. In 2021–22, teamed with former Formula 2 driver Dan Ticktum, he scored points once by finishing seventh in Rome and closed the year 18th overall. Turvey was not retained for the following season but transitioned to a role as reserve driver and sporting advisor for DS Penske.

Awards

December 2006 – Recipient of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 2008 – Named Sports Personality of the Year at Cumbria Sports Awards 2008 – Awarded Daily Mirror Best British Driver in F3 2008 – Honored with Dunhill Future Champion Award at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2008 – First-ever recipient of University of Cambridge Extraordinary Full Blue for Motorsport 2008 – British Racing Drivers' Club National Racing Driver of the Year

Education

Turvey attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Cumbria before pursuing engineering studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. In 2008, he became the first racing driver to be granted a Cambridge Full Blue, which is the university’s premier sporting distinction. He completed his undergraduate degree that same year and went on to earn a Master’s degree with a dissertation focused on Formula One aerodynamics. Currently, Turvey resides in London.

Career summary

¡202۰–21¡ ¡Formula E World Championship¡ ¡Nio333 FE Team¡ ¡15¡ ¡۰¡ ¡۰¡ ¡۰¡ ¡۰¡ ¡۱۳¡ ¡23rd¡
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2003 Zip Formula Great Britain Unknown 4 0 - - - 118 4th
Formula Renault UK Winter Series Mark Burdett Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 6 18th
2004 Formula BMW UK SWR Omegaland 18 1 0 0 1 83 7th
Team SWR Pioneer
2005 Formula BMW UK Team SWR Pioneer 16 0 1 2 6 103 8th
2006 Formula BMW UK Team Loctite 14 5 7 2 10 209 2nd
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Jenzer Motorsport 13 0 0 0 1 51 8th
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia 14 0 1 0 2 176 9th
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Porsche Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2008 British Formula 3 International Series Carlin Motorsport 22 4 4 4 13 234 2nd
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 17 1 1 0 5 93 4th
align=left  Formula One World Championship   Vodafone McLaren Mercedes   colspan="7" Test driver
rowspan=2 2010

  GP2 Series season   iSport International   20   0   1   1   4   48   6th

Formula One World Championship   Vodafone McLaren Mercedes   colspan="7" Test driver
rowspan=2 2011 
  GP2 Series season    
  Carlin Motorsport    
  2    
  0    
  0    
  0    
  0    
  0    
  25th
Formula One World Championship 
  Vodafone McLaren Mercedes    
  colspan="7" Test driver
2012 Formula One World Championship Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 
colspan="7" Test driver
rowspan=4 2013 European Le Mans Series season rowspan=2 Jota Sport

5 1 4 1 3 71 style="background-color:#FFDF9F"| 3rd

24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2

1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th

FIA GT Series MRS GT Racing

2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†

Formula One World Championship Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 
colspan="7" Test driver
rowspan=2 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jota Sport

1 1 0 0 1 N/A style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st

Formula One World Championship McLaren Mercedes 
colspan="7" Test driver
2014–15 Formula E Championship NEXTEV TCR

2 0 0 0 0 2 22nd

rowspan=3 2015 Super GT season Drago Modulo Honda Racing

8 0 0 0 0 26 12th

24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jota Sport

1 0 0 1 1 N/A style="background-color:#DFDFDF"| 2nd

Formula One World Championship McLaren Honda 
colspan="7" Test driver
2015–16 Formula E Championship NEXTEV TCR

10 0 0 0 0 11 14th

rowspan=2 2016 Super GT season Drago Modulo Honda Racing

5 0 1 0 0 5 19th

Formula One World Championship McLaren Honda 
colspan="7" Test driver
2016–17 Formula E Championship NextEV

12 0 1 0 0 26 12th

2017 Formula One World Championship McLaren Honda 
colspan="7" Test driver
2017–18 Formula E Championship Nio Formula E Team

10 0 0 0 1 46 10th

rowspan=2 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans CEFC TRSM Racing

1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF

Formula One World Championship McLaren F1 Team 
colspan="7" Test driver
rowspan=2 2018–19 Formula E Championship Nio Formula E Team

13 0 0 0 0 7 20th

FIA World Endurance Championship CEFC TRSM Racing

1 0 0 0 0 0 NC

2019 Formula One World Championship McLaren F1 Team 
colspan="7" Test driver
2019–20 Formula E Championship Nio 333 FE Team

11 0 0 ۰ ۰ ۰ 24th

202۰ Formula One World Championship 
¡McLaren F1 Team          
colspan="7" Test driver
202۱ Formula One McLaren F1 Team

colspan="7" Test driver

202۱–22 Formula E Nio333 FE Team

16 ۰ ۰ ۰ ۰ ۶ 18th

۲۰۲۲ Formula One McLaren F1 Team

colspan="7" Test driver

۲۰۲۲–23 Formula E DS Penske

colspan="7" Reserve driver

۲۰۲۳ Formula One McLaren F1 Team

colspan="7" Test driver

۲۰۲۳–24 Formula E DS Penske

colspan="7" Reserve driver

۲۰۲۴ Formula One McLaren F1 Team

colspan="7" Test driver

۲۰۲۴–25 Formula E DS Penske

colspan="7" Reserve driver

۲۰۲۵ Formula One Williams Racing

colspan="7" Test & development driver

† As Turvey participated as a guest competitor, he was not eligible to earn championship points.
* Current season ongoing.

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position; races in italics highlight the fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final Position Points Earned
2007 Jenzer Motorsport ZOL
1
6 		ZOL
2
4 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
3 		HUN
1
5 		HUN
2
9 		DON
1
18 		DON
2
12 		MAG
1
7 		MAG
2
4 		EST
1
11 		EST
2
13 		CAT
1
10 		CAT
2
DNS 		8th 51

Full Formula Renault 3.5 Series Results

(key) (Races in bold represent pole positions; races in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Overall Position Total Points
2009 Carlin Motorsport CAT
SPR
4 		CAT
FEA
11 		SPA
SPR
6 		SPA
FEA
14 		MON
FEA
1 		HUN
SPR
8 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
3 		SIL
FEA
3 		BUG
SPR
3 		BUG < br > FEA < br > 10 ALG < br > SPR < br > Ret ALG < br > FEA < br > 6 NÜR < br > SPR < br > 4 NÜR < br > FEA < br > Ret ALC < br > SPR < br > 2 ALC < br > FEA < br > 5 4th 93


Full GP2 Series Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics signify fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Final Position Points Scored
2010 iSport International CAT
FEA
5 		CAT
SPR
5 		MON
FEA
15 		MON
SPR
15 		IST
FEA
14 		IST
SPR
18 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
12 		SIL
FEA
8 		SIL
SPR
2 		HOC
FEA
8 		HOC
SPR
2 		HUN
FEA
4 		HUN
SPR
5 		SPA
FEA
6 		SPA
SPR
5 		MNZ
FEA
3 		MNZ
SPR
6 		YMC
FEA
2 		YMC
SPR
17 		6th 47
2011 Carlin Motorsport MON FEA
14		 MON SPR
8		 25th 0

Full GP2 Asia Series Results

(key) (Pole positions shown in bold, fastest laps in italics)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final Standing Points Total
2009–10 iSport International YMC1
FEA
8 		YMC1
SPR
4 		YMC2
FEA
1 		YMC2
SPR
5 		BHR1
FEA
9 		BHR1
SPR
6 		BHR2
FEA
9 		BHR2
SPR
11 		6th 17
2011 Ocean Racing Technology YMC
FEA
18" 		YMC
SPR
19" 		IMO
FEA
14" 		IMO
SPR
8" 		colspan=4 style="background:none;" 16th 0


24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Vehicle Category Completed Laps Overall Position Category Position
2013 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jota Sport Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Simon Dolan
Germany Lucas Luhr 		Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 319 13th 7th
2014 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jota Sport Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Simon Dolan
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Harry Tincknell 		Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 356 5th 1st
2015 Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jota Sport Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Simon Dolan
Template:Country data NZLTemplate:Namespace detect showall Mitch Evans 		Gibson 015S-Nissan ' LMP2 ' 358 ' 10th 2nd
' 2018 Template:Country data CHNTemplate:Namespace detect showall CEFC TRSM Racing Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Alex Brundle
Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall Oliver Rowland 		Ginetta G60-LT-P1-Mecachrome ' LMP1 '137 ' DNF ' DNF

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Events in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Category Vehicle Engine Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final Standing Total Points
2013 Jota Sport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
1 		IMO
Ret 		RBR
4 		HUN
3 		LEC
3 		3rd 71

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Bolded races indicate pole position, italicized races represent fastest lap)

Year Team Vehicle Division Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Championship Position Accumulated Points
2015 Drago Modulo Honda Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA
6 		FUJ
8 		CHA
10 		FUJ
6 		SUZ
12 		SUG
7 		AUT
7 		MOT
7 		12th 26
2016 Drago Modulo Honda Racing Honda NSX-GT GT500 OKA
12 		FUJ
13 		SUG
7 		FUJ
Ret
"SUZ"
Ret

19th

5


Full Formula E Championship Results

(legend) (Races shown in bold denote pole positions; those in italics represent fastest laps)

Season Team Chassis Power Unit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Position Points

|- | nowrap | 2014–15 Formula E Championship 

! nowrap | NEXTEV TCR
! nowrap | Spark SRT01-e
! nowrap | SRT01-e 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| style = "background: #DFFFDF" |LDN 
  
| style = "background: #DFFFDF" |LDN 
  
|
!22nd 
!4

|} |- | nowrap | 2015–16 Formula E Championship 

! nowrap | NEXTEV TCR 
! nowrap | Spark SRT01-e 
! nowrap | NEXTEV TCR FormulaE 001 
|
style = "background: #DFFFDF" |BEI 
  
|
style = "background: #EFCFFF" |PUT 
  
|
style = "background: #CFCFFF" |PDE 
  
|
style = "background: #DFFFDF" |BUE 
  
|
style = "background: #CFCFFF" |MEX 
  
|
style = "background: #CFCFFF" |LBH 
  
|
style = "background: #CFCFFF" |PAR 
  
|
style = "background: #CFCFFF" |BER 
  
|
style = "background: #CFCFFF" |LDN 
  
|
style = "background: #DFFFDF" |LDN 
  
|
colspan=6|
!14th 
!11

|} |- ... [Subsequent seasons follow a similar format, highlighting key finishes and accumulated points]

† Classified despite not completing the race, having covered over 90% of the total distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship Results

(legend) (Bold indicates pole position; italics mark fastest lap)

Season Team Entry Category Chassis Model Engine Type Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Overall Rank Total Points
2018–19 CEFC TRSM Racing LMP1 Class Ginetta G60-LT-P1 Mecachrome V634P1 3.4L Turbocharged V6 SPA
WD 		LMS
Ret 		SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS NC 0


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