William Buller (racing driver)

William Buller
Born	(1992-09-17) September 17, 1992 Northern Ireland
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2007–2022
Known for	Professional racing driver competing in Formula BMW, British Formula 3, GP3 Series, Formula Renault 3.5, and Super Formula

William Buller (born 17 September 1992) is a British ex-professional racing driver.

T Cars

Following achievements in karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007 T Cars series, designed for drivers aged fourteen to seventeen. Competing with Calvin Motorsport, he secured second place overall behind Daniel Brown, amassing five victories including a trio of wins at Brands Hatch, along with five further podium finishes.

Formula BMW

At age fifteen, Buller stepped up to the inaugural Formula BMW Europe championship in 2008, formed by merging the British and German series. Representing Fortec Motorsport, he ended the season twelfth overall and set the fastest lap in the final race at Monza. Additionally, he appeared as a guest driver in the Formula BMW Americas rounds supporting the Canadian Grand Prix with Autotecnica, finishing fourteenth and ninth, and placed ninth in the World Final driving for EuroInternational.

After that season, Buller participated in the Winter Series of both British and Portuguese Formula Renault championships, finishing fifth in each. He also ranked within the top ten of New Zealand's Toyota Racing Series, despite only competing in half of the events.

Buller returned to Formula BMW Europe in 2009 with Fortec Motorsport. Although he did not claim a race victory, he earned pole position at Silverstone and achieved a podium finish by placing third at the Nürburgring, concluding the championship tenth overall. He also made a guest appearance for EuroInternational in the final round of the 2009 Formula BMW Pacific series held in Macau, where he dominated by taking pole position, winning the race, and setting the fastest lap, narrowly edging out teammate Jim Pla.

Formula Three

In 2010, Buller progressed to the British Formula 3 Championship, racing for Hitech Racing. Prior to that season, he secured victory at the first-ever Formula 3 Brazil Open in São Paulo driving for Hitech, marking his debut behind the wheel of a Formula Three vehicle.

In April 2012, Buller joined Carlin to compete in the newly established European F3 Championship, which combined eight rounds from the F3 Euro Series with two events from the British championship.

For the 2013 season, Buller started in the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Threebond by T-Sport, piloting a Nissan-powered Dallara F312. Despite promising results during winter testing, his early-season performance was below expectations, prompting him to pause this campaign and redirect his efforts towards the British F3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport.

GP3 Series

Buller took part in the GP3 Series during 2012 with Carlin. While his overall season was moderate, he achieved an impressive victory starting from the back of the grid during Silverstone Race Two. Sharing this notable win distinction with teammate António Félix da Costa, Buller was not retained for the subsequent 2013 season.

Formula Renault 3.5

In 2013, Zeta Corse announced Buller as their sixth driver over just four race weekends, following drivers such as Emmanuel Piget, Mihai Marinescu, Mathéo Tuscher, Carlos Sainz Jr., and Nick Yelloly. Buller made his debut at Russia’s Moscow Raceway, finishing strongly in fifth place during race one. He then secured fifth and sixth positions at Austria’s Red Bull Ring, competing alongside new teammate Riccardo Agostini.

After concluding his 2013 European Formula Three efforts, Buller expressed his intention to continue competing in Formula Renault 3.5 with Zeta Corse while maintaining involvement in the British Formula 3.

Super Formula

In 2015, Buller joined Kondo Racing to compete in the Japanese Super Formula championship, where he teamed up with fellow British racer James Rossiter.

SXS Racing

Buller ventured into competitive off-road Side by Side racing in 2020. Initially piloting a 1000cc Yamaha YXZ, he achieved 6th place in the 1000 Experts category during the 2021 season. The following year, 2022, saw him transition to the Polaris RS1, a model favored by many competitors.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	T Cars	Calvin Motorsport	16	5	2	2	10	134	2nd
2008	Formula BMW Europe	Fortec Motorsport	16	0	0	1	0	87	12th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series		2	0	0	0	1	18	5th
	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series	Fortec Competition	4	0	0	0	0	58	5th
	Formula BMW Americas	Autotecnica	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Formula BMW World Final	EuroInternational	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2008–09	2008–09 Toyota Racing Series	Giles Motorsport	9	2	0	2	3	467	10th
2009	2009 Formula BMW Europe season	Fortec Motorsport	16	0	1	0	1	113	10th
	2009 Formula BMW Pacific season	EuroInternational	1	1	1	1	1	0	NC†
2010	2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open	Hitech Racing Brazil	1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
	2010 British Formula 3 International Series	Hitech Racing	30	0	0	1	5	111	8th
			2010 Masters of Formula 3		1				N/A	11th
	2010 Macau Grand Prix	Fortec Motorsport	1				N/A	15th
rowspan=2 2011	British Formula 3 International Series	Fortec Motorsport	30	3	3	4	9	197	4th
Macau Grand Prix	Fortec Motorsport	1				N/A	6th
rowspan=5 2012	GP3 Series	Carlin	16	1	0	0	1	20	15th
Formula 3 Euro Series	Carlin	24	2	1	1	8	182.5	5th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	16	0	1	0	5	137	6th
Masters of Formula 3	Carlin	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
Macau Grand Prix	Carlin	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
rowspan=4 2013	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	ThreeBond Racing with T-Sport / Fortec Motorsport	15	0	0	0	0	39	16th
British Formula 3 International Series	Fortec Motorsport	12	1	6	0	7	134	3rd
Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Zeta Corse	10	0	0	0	0	46	11th
2014	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Arden Motorsport	17	0	0	0	1	30	16th
2015	Super Formula	Kondō Racing	8	0	0	0	0	0	19th
rowspan=3 2016	Super Formula	Kondō Racing	9	0	0	0	0	0	19th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	0	24th
Formula V8 3.5 Series	RP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	7	16th

Full Formula 3 Euroseries Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold represent pole positions; those in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	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

Full FIA European Formula 3 Championship Results

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Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	D.C.	Points
2012	Carlin Motorsport	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											6th	137
2013 European Formula 3 season	ThreeBond Racing with T-Sport	ThreeBond Nissan	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 Template:Small Ret	MNZ 3 7	SIL 1 7	SIL 2 9	SIL 3 5	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 11	HOC 3 17	BRH 1 Template:Small 9   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |	rowspan=2 16th	rowspan=239
	nowrap	Fortec Motorsports	nowrap	Mercedes-Benz in motorsport												style= " background: #CFCFFF; " ||RBR 1 {{{1}}}14 style= " background: #CFCFFF; " || RBR 2 {{{1}}}16 style= " background: #CFCFFF; " || RBR 3 {{{1}}}14
2016 FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Motorsport	Volkswagen								style= " background: #EFCFFF; " ||NOR 1 {{{1}}}Ret style= " background: #EFCFFF; " || NOR 2 {{{1}}}Ret style= " background: #CFCFFF; " || NOR 3 {{{1}}}12					24th	0

Full GP3 Series results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position) (Races shown in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points Accumulated
2012	Carlin	CAT Feature 23rd	CAT Sprint 9th	MON Feature 12th	MON Sprint Retired	VAL Feature 10th	VAL Sprint 9th	SIL Feature Retired	SIL Sprint 1st	HOC Feature 9th	HOC Sprint Retired	HUN Feature 23rd	HUN Sprint 12th	SPA Feature 13th	SPA Sprint 8th	MNZ Feature 10th	MNZ Sprint 12th	15th place	20 points

Full Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Entries in bold indicate pole positions) (Entries in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year	Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Total Points
2013	Zeta Corse	MNZ Race 1	MNZ Race 2	ALC Race 1	ALC Race 2	MON Race 1	SPA Race 1	SPA Race 2	MSC Race 1 5th	MSC Race 2 20th	RBR Race 1 6th	RBR Race 2 5th	HUN Race 1 Retired	HUN Race 2 16th	LEC Race 1 8th	LEC Race 2 8th	"Circuit de Catalunya"| CAT Race 1	"Circuit de Catalunya"| CAT Race 2 Retired		Finished 11th	Scored 46 points
2014		4 Retired	Retired Retired	16th	11th and 12th	11th and 10th	Retired and 10th	19th Retired	17th and 10th	Retired and finished third		"Ranked 16th"	"Total of 30 points"
2016		"Aragón"		"Hungaroring"		"Spa"		"Paul Ricard"		"Silverstone"		"Red Bull Ring"		10th and seventh	"Jerez"		"Barcelona-Catalunya"		"Positioned at 16th"	"Accumulated 7 points"

Comprehensive Super Formula Results

(legend) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position; those in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final Position	Points
2015	Kondo Racing	Toyota	SUZ 14	OKA 13	FUJ 14	MOT 13	AUT 18	SUG 15	SUZ 13	SUZ 13		19th	0
2016	Kondo Racing	Toyota	SUZ 15	OKA 11	FUJ Ret	MOT 13	OKA 15	OKA 15	SUG 10	SUZ 13	SUZ 13	19th	0

Personal Background

Buller enjoys engaging in water-based activities, fitness routines, and football. His admired racing drivers are Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, while his preferred racing venues include Spa-Francorchamps and Rockingham Motor Speedway.