Ryan Cullen

Ryan Cullen
Ryan Cullen
	Ryan Cullen in 2023
Nationality	Irish
Born	26 March 1991 (age 33)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2019–20
Current team	Vector Sport
Racing licence	[International A] Driver.png
Car number	10
Former teams	Jackie Chan DC Racing
Starts	13 (13 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th (LMP2) in 2022
Previous series
2018–20; 2016–17; 2015–17; 2015; 2013–14; 2013; 2012	European Le Mans Series; Porsche Carrera Cup Germany; Porsche Supercup; Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain; GP3 Series; Toyota Racing Series; British Formula Ford
Championship titles
2016–17	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge ME

Ryan Cullen (born 26 March 1991) is an Irish^[1] racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Vector Sport.^[2]

Career

Cullen first drove in the British Formula Ford in 2012 as a novice driver which means a driver has no race experience as stated in the MSA regulations, placing sixth overall in the standings and obtaining three podium positions, impressing a number of people on his first season of racing. He did the Post season tests with Status GP. Cullen got signed with junior team F1 Marussia Manor Racing in the GP3 Series in 2013.

Cullen did the MRF series in the 2013/2014 season finishing 6th overall in the standings, in his rookie season. Gaining more race experience for only his second season of racing. This helped him maintain his drive for the GP3 series 2014.

He stayed with the team in 2014 before they pulled out of the GP3 series due to financial troubles, and Cullen was suddenly left without a drive.^[3] After missing the races in Russia, he found himself back in the GP3 Series with Trident Racing for the season finale in Abu Dhabi after not driving competitively for 3 months. Cullen tested with race winning team Koiranen GP in the Post season tests in Abu Dhabi, even though only testing Cullen floated inside the top ten in every AM/PM sessions.

Cullen went back to the MRF series for 2014/2015 a potential title winning season. So far Cullen Two main Race wins, Three podiums, 3 fastest laps and one pole position. which places him second in the championship heading into 2015.

Personal life

Cullen was born to an Irish father and a Cypriot mother. He spent the majority of his childhood unknown, though he considers himself Irish.^[4]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	British Formula Ford Championship	Race Car Consultants	23	0	0	0	3	340	5th
	Formula Renault BARC Championship	Cullen Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	5
	Formula Renault BARC Winter Series	Cullen Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	30	12th
GP3 Series	Marussia Manor Racing	16	0	0	0	0	0
2013–14	MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship	MRF Racing	13	0	0	0	0	45	8th
2014	GP3 Series	Marussia Manor Racing	14	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2014	GP3 Series	Trident	2	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2014–15	MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship	MRF Racing	12	3	2	2	6	174	2nd
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	G-Cat Racing	10	0	0	0	0	40	14th
2015	Porsche Supercup	VERVA Lechner Racing Team	7	0	0	0	0	10
2015–16	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	Cullen Motorsport	12	2	0	3	7	235	3rd
2016	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Middle East	10	0	0	0	0	45	10th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A	Konrad Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	91	9th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro	Konrad Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	17	12th
2016–17	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East	Cullen Motorsport	12	8	4	2	11	265	1st
2017	Porsche Supercup	Walter Lechner Racing Team	9	0	0	0	0	41	11th
	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Middle East	2	0	0	0	0	41	11th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	raceunion Huber Racing	13	0	0	0	0	73	10th
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	APR - Rebellion Racing	6	0	0	0	0	23.25	12th
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports	6	0	0	0	1	37.5	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed	1	1	0	0	1	35	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	United Autosports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jackie Chan DC Racing	1	0	0	0	0	8
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	0	0	0	0	4.5	24th
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	G-Drive Racing by Algarve	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Risi Competizione	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2021	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Vector Sport	6	0	0	0	1	21	14th
2022	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Vector Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	22nd
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Vector Sport	6	0	0	0	0	29	10th*

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

Complete British Formula Ford Championship 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	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2012	Race Car Consultants	OUL 1 8	OUL 2 5	OUL 3 10	BRI 1 9	BRI 2 9	BRI 3 Ret	ROC 1 5	ROC 2 7	ROC 3 5	BHGP 1 Ret	BHGP 2 Ret	BHGP 3 Ret	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 5	SNE 1 6	SNE 2 6	SNE 3 Ret	SIL 1 6	SIL 2 5	SIL 3 3	DON 1 6	DON 2 3	DON 3 C	6th	324

Complete GP3 Series results

(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	17	18	Pos
2013	Marussia Manor Racing	CAT FEA 21	CAT SPR Ret	VAL FEA 20	VAL SPR 20	SIL FEA 21	SIL SPR 17	NÜR FEA 19	NÜR SPR 25	HUN FEA 23	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 18	SPA SPR 17	MNZ FEA 20	MNZ SPR Ret	YMC FEA 20	YMC SPR 24			29th
2014	Marussia Manor Racing	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 16	RBR FEA 17	RBR SPR 13	SIL FEA 19	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA 20	HOC SPR 19	HUN FEA 24	HUN SPR 21	SPA FEA 14	SPA SPR 13	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 16	SOC FEA	SOC SPR			25th
2014	Trident																	YMC FEA 19	YMC SPR Ret	25th

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	Pos.	Pts
2015	VERVA Lechner Racing Team	CAT	MON	RBR	SIL Ret	HUN Ret	SPA 19	SPA 12	MNZ 20	MNZ 22	USA C	USA 15	18th	10
2016	Lechner Racing Middle East	CAT 13	MON 14	RBR 6	SIL 20	HUN 8	HOC 14	SPA 14	MNZ Ret	USA 14	USA 14		11th	45
2017	Walter Lechner Racing Team	CAT 21	CAT 16	MON 12	RBR 12	SIL Ret	HUN Ret	SPA 15	SPA 11	MNZ 6	MEX 9	MEX 9	11th	41

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2018	APR - Rebellion Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 15	MNZ 8	RBR 6	SIL 5	SPA 15‡	ALG 12	12th	23.25
2019	United Autosports	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 12	MNZ 3	CAT 8	SIL 8	SPA 9	ALG 4	12th	37.5
2020	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 8	SPA 14	LEC	MNZ	ALG		24th	4.5

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2019	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB	MDO	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET	8th	35

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2019	United Autosports	Alex Brundle Will Owen	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	348	19th	14th
2020	G-Drive Racing with Algarve	Oliver Jarvis Nick Tandy	Aurus 01-Gibson	LMP2	105	DNF	DNF
2021	Risi Competizione	Oliver Jarvis Felipe Nasr	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	275	NC	NC
2022	Vector Sport	Sébastien Bourdais Nico Müller	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	357	27th	22nd
2023	Vector Sport	Gabriel Aubry Matthias Kaiser	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	325	15th	7th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2019–20	Jackie Chan DC Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COA	SPA 6	LMS	BHR	16th	8
2022	Vector Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB NC	SPA 10	LMS 13	MNZ 3	FUJ 9	BHR 9			14th	21
2023	Vector Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 9	ALG 11	SPA Ret	LMS 5	MNZ Ret	FUJ 7	BHR		15th*	29*

References

^ Balasundaram, Nemesha (18 February 2015). "Ryan Cullen on his Formula One dream, racing idols and driving under the Irish flag". The Irish Post. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (12 January 2022). "Record 39-Car Grid for WEC Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Marussia's junior team pull out of Russian GP3 race but team stress decision not because of Jules Bianchi crash". 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Balasundaram, Nemesha. "Ryan Cullen on his Formula One dream, racing idols and driving under the Irish flag". The Irish Post. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

External links

Cullen Motorsport
Ryan Cullen career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Balasundaram, Nemesha (18 February 2015). "Ryan Cullen on his Formula One dream, racing idols and driving under the Irish flag". The Irish Post. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

[39WECEntries-2] Lloyd, Daniel (12 January 2022). "Record 39-Car Grid for WEC Season". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[3] "Marussia's junior team pull out of Russian GP3 race but team stress decision not because of Jules Bianchi crash". 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

[4] Balasundaram, Nemesha. "Ryan Cullen on his Formula One dream, racing idols and driving under the Irish flag". The Irish Post. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

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