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Calan Williams
Williams in 2022
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 24)
Perth, Western Australia
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamTrident
Car number21
Starts24 (24 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD in 2022
Previous series
2020-2021
2019
2018–19
2017
2015–16		FIA Formula 3 Championship
Toyota Racing Series
Euroformula Open Championship
Australian F3 Premier Series
Western Australia Formula Ford
Championship titles
2017Australian F3 Premier Series

Calan Williams (born 30 June 2000) is an Australian racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident. He is the champion of the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series.

Career

Karting

Williams was a member of the Wanneroo-based Tiger Kart Club,[1] and competed in karting championships across Western Australia, and in several race meetings around the country. His karting career spanned from 2007 until 2014.[2]

Lower formulae

2015

Having tested a Formula Ford car for the first time in December of 2014,[3] Williams debuted in formula racing the following year in Western Australian Formula Ford, where he scored a round win on debut at the Barbagallo Raceway, having finished on the podium in two of the three races.[1][4] A pole position in the final round followed, as Williams ended up tenth in the standings.[5]

2016

His first full season of racing came in 2016, where he returned to the Western Australian Formula Ford Championship with Fastlane Racing. Round 1 began with a good qualifying performance, as the Australian lined up third for the first race despite experiencing clutch issues on his flying lap, however the round would not yield a podium finish.[6] Williams took pole for the next race at the Collie Motorplex, although he was penalized with a back-of-the-grid start following an overtake under red flag conditions. He beat the track record in the first two races, but one podium was the maximum of his weekend.[7] The third round brought with it a second-place finish, despite a spin into the gravel in Race 1 setting him to the back of the starting grid for the following race,[8] but it was during the next event that Williams would make use of his pace, missing out on victory by 0.08 seconds in the first pair of races, whilst finishing second again in Race 3.[9] Another second place followed in the penultimate round, but Williams finally managed to score his first win in car racing in the second race, which he followed up by taking another victory to cap off the weekend, which he finished as the round winner.[10] A triple of victories followed in the final round to end the season, which meant that Williams had finished second in the standings, missing out on the title by just eight points to Sam Dicker.[11]

2017

Williams (rear) driving for Gilmour Racing, chasing Jon Collins (front) in a non championship event at Wakefield Park in 2017.

For the 2017 season, Williams progressed to slicks and wings, driving in the Australian Formula 3 Premier Series with Gilmour Racing.[12] Williams took eleven race wins and 16 podiums, which earned him the championship title with one round to go.[13][14] During the series, he set the outright lap record at Morgan Park Raceway for the circuit's K configuration, with a laptime of 1:07.948.

Euroformula Open

2018

After having a meeting with Fortec Motorsport in July of 2017,[15] Williams tested with the team in December at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.[1][16] He then signed with the team for the opening rounds of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship,[17] and competed in the Euroformula Winter Series. He completed testing at the Circuito de Jerez and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and placed seventh and ninth in two races at Circuit Paul Ricard.[18][19] Williams made his debut in Euroformula Open at Estoril Circuit in round one of the 2018 Euroformula Series. He qualified 10th for race 1 of the round,[20] finishing 14th in the race and qualified 9th for race two in which he then finished in 11th place.[21]

Williams had two impressive qualifying efforts at the Monza round of the 2018 season, qualifying 5th for Race 1 and 3rd for Race 2. In the races he suffered early setbacks however, being taken out early in both races, but fought back to finish inside the top ten in both races.[22] He finished race 1 in 10th position and race 2 in 8th after being relegated to the rear end of the field following the early incidents. Williams finished the season in 11th position with 25 points.

2019

Williams competed again in Euroformula Open in the 2019 season with Fortec Motorsport. Williams had a season best results of 4th and 5th at the 6th round of the championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Toyota Racing Series

In December 2018, it was announced that Williams would race in the 2019 season of the Toyota Racing Series, held in New Zealand in January and February with MTEC Motorsport.[23][24] Williams would return to using the number 54 that he had raced with prior to 2017. The Australian finished eighth in the drivers' championship with 183, having finished all but two races in the points.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2020

In October 2019, it was announced Williams had signed with Jenzer Motorsport for the 2020 season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, which he stated was "a huge opportunity".[25][26][27] He didn't manage to score any points throughout the campaign however and finished 31st in the standings, with a highest finish of 14th. Despite a number of successful qualifying performances, such as qualifying fifth in Budapest, he ended up behind both of his teammates, Matteo Nannini and Federico Malvestiti.

2021

Williams at the Red Bull Ring in 2021, driving for Jenzer

Williams was retained by Jenzer Motorsport for the 2021 season, this time partnering Pierre-Louis Chovet and Filip Ugran.[28] After a tough first round of the season where he finished just outside the points in race 2, Williams broke through for his maiden FIA Formula 3 podium and points finish at Le Castellet. Williams qualified on reverse pole for Race 1, where he finished third after trading places for the lead and podium spots throughout the race.[29] Williams followed it up with another points finish in race 2, finishing tenth. In race 3 he finished in his starting grid spot of 12th after the rain-affected race. The Australian's next points finish came at the Red Bull Ring, where he ended up ninth in sunday's race.[30] In the following two rounds Williams would be unable to score points, and at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps he was involved in a collision with Amaury Cordeel in the Eau Rouge-Radillion complex.[31] Both drivers escaped the impact without injuries.[32] Williams finished the season without scoring any more points and ended up 19th in the standings, having been the highest-scoring Jenzer driver that season.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2022

Williams driving the Dallara F2 2018 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 2 round

In January 2022, it was announced that Williams will drive for Trident in the 2022 season of the FIA Formula 2 Championship.[33][34] Having qualified twelfth on debut, he proceeded to have an uneventful first race, finishing 15th whilst teammate Richard Verschoor was victorious. In the Bahrain feature race Williams started the race well, getting up to sixth by the end of the first lap and staying in the points after his pit stop. However, after a safety car was called late in the race Williams pitted for new tyres, but was forced to retire from the race after the team hadn't fitted a tyre on the car properly, leaving it to bounce off after the Australian had left his pit box. At the following round in Saudi Arabia, Williams managed to qualify in seventh place, giving him the opportunity to start the sprint race from the second row. He would end up losing one position, finishing fourth and thus scoring his first points in the category.[35] A pair of anonymous races at Imola came up next, whereas the round at Barcelona would harbour initial promise, as the Australian qualified tenth, setting him up to start from pole position on Saturday.[36] However, a stall on the formation lap prevented Williams from contending for a podium finish.

Personal life

Williams is currently studying the bachelor in Computer science in an online course with Perth-based Edith Cowan University.[37]

To amass the funding needed for a racing career in Europe, Williams and his father set up an incorporated company, which investors would be able to buy shares in.[38][39]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
2015 Western Australian Formula Ford Fastlane Racing 9 0 1 4 3 142 10th
2016 Western Australian Formula Ford Fastlane Racing 21 5 6 8 12 363 2nd
2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series Gilmour Racing 17 11 6 15 16 232 1st
New South Wales Formula Race Car Championship 6 2 2 6 6 0 NC†
Queensland Sports and Racing Car Championship 5 4 1 5 4 0 NC†
2018 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 12 0 0 0 0 25 11th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 2 18th
2019 Euroformula Open Championship Fortec Motorsports 18 0 0 0 0 53 13th
Toyota Racing Series MTEC Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 183 8th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 0 31st
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 20 0 0 0 1 15 19th
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 24 0 0 0 0 5* 23rd*

* Season still in progress.
† As Williams was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Western Australian Formula Ford results

(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 Pos Points
2015 Fastlane Racing WAN1
1 		WAN1
2 		WAN1
3 		COL
1 		COL
2 		COL
3 		WAN2
1 		WAN2
2 		WAN2
3 		WAN3
1 		WAN3
2 		WAN3
3 		WAN4
1
4 		WAN4
2
2 		WAN4
3
2 		WAN5
1
4 		WAN5
2
7 		WAN5
3
Ret 		WAN6
1
2 		WAN6
2
4 		WAN6
3
4 		10th 142
2016 Fastlane Racing WAN1
1
5 		WAN1
2
3 		WAN1
3
14 		COL
1
5 		COL
2
3 		COL
3
6 		WAN2
1
Ret 		WAN2
2
5 		WAN2
3
2 		WAN3
1
2 		WAN3
2
2 		WAN3
3
2 		WAN4
1
Ret 		WAN4
2
5 		WAN4
3
5 		WAN5
1
2 		WAN5
2
1 		WAN5
3
1 		WAN6
1
1 		WAN6
2
1 		WAN6
3
1 		2nd 363

Complete Australian Formula 3 Premier Series results

(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
2017 Gilmour Racing MOR
1
1 		MOR
2
Ret 		MOR
3
DNS 		MAL
1
1 		MAL
2
1 		MAL
3
2 		SYD
1
1 		SYD
2
2 		SYD
3
2 		PHI
1
1 		PHI
2
1 		PHI
3
1 		QLD
1
1 		QLD
2
1 		QLD
3
1 		WAK
1
1 		WAK
2
2 		WAK
3
2 		1st 232

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2018 Fortec Motorsports EST
1
14 		EST
2
11 		LEC
1
Ret 		LEC
2
12 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
14 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
11 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
8 		MNZ
1
10 		MNZ
2
8 		JER
1 		JER
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		11th 25
2019 Fortec Motorsports LEC
1
12 		LEC
2
16 		PAU
1
7 		PAU
2
11 		HOC
1
15 		HOC
2
9 		SPA
1
12 		SPA
2
8 		HUN
1
8 		HUN
2
8 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
5 		SIL
1
10 		SIL
2
7 		CAT
1
14 		CAT
2
14 		MNZ
1
16 		MNZ
2
10 		13th 53

Complete Toyota Racing Series results

(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 DC Points
2019 MTEC Motorsport HIG
1
11 		HIG
2
7 		HIG
3
8 		TER
1
7 		TER
2
C 		TER
3
C 		HMP
1
Ret 		HMP
2
8 		HMP
3
8 		HMP
4
7 		TAU
1
8 		TAU
2
8 		TAU
3
9 		TAU
4
7 		MAN
1
5 		MAN
2
7 		MAN
3
Ret 		8th 183

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2020 Jenzer Motorsport RBR
FEA
21 		RBR
SPR
17 		RBR
FEA
25 		RBR
SPR
24 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
15 		SIL
FEA
14 		SIL
SPR
14 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
25 		CAT
SPR
14 		SPA
FEA
16 		SPA
SPR
25 		MNZ
FEA
25 		MNZ
SPR
18 		MUG
FEA
19 		MUG
SPR
21 		31st 0
2021 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
1
18 		CAT
2
11 		CAT
3
21 		LEC
1
3 		LEC
2
8 		LEC
3
12 		RBR
1
16 		RBR
2
15 		RBR
3
9 		HUN
1
17 		HUN
2
24 		HUN
3
17 		SPA
1
24 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
18 		ZAN
1
16 		ZAN
2
22 		ZAN
3
18 		SOC
1
19 		SOC
2
C 		SOC
3
12 		19th 15

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 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 DC Points
2022 Trident BHR
SPR
15 		BHR
FEA
18† 		JED
SPR
4 		JED
FEA
13 		IMO
SPR
14 		IMO
FEA
15 		CAT
SPR
16 		CAT
FEA
11 		MCO
SPR
14 		MCO
FEA
16† 		BAK
SPR
16† 		BAK
FEA
16 		SIL
SPR
17 		SIL
FEA
16 		RBR
SPR
14 		RBR
FEA
15 		LEC
SPR
13 		LEC
FEA
11 		HUN
SPR
11 		HUN
FEA
16 		SPA
SPR
16 		SPA
FEA
16 		ZAN
SPR
18 		ZAN
FEA
11 		MNZ
SPR
14 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		23rd* 5*

* Season still in progress.

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