🇬🇧 James Walker

James Walker is a professional sportscar and endurance racing driver, FIA Silver graded, racing for asBest Racing in the 24H Series. He has competed across single-seater and endurance disciplines since 2006, with 55 starts spanning Formula 3 Euro Series, Formula V8 3.5, WEC, and IMSA WeatherTech.[1]

Walker's record centres on Formula V8 3.5, where he competed for P1 Motorsport across three seasons from 2007 to 2009, taking 2 wins and 5 podiums from 39 starts. His most significant success came in WEC, where he scored 1 win and 2 podiums across 7 starts in 2012 and 2013, finishing eighth in the 2013 championship standings. His peak formula single-seater racing came early; he started in Formula 3 Euro Series in 2006 with Hitech Racing before moving to Formula V8 3.5, where he regularly competed against established professionals. His indexed racing record ends in 2013, with a recent start in the 24H Series TCE class in 2026.[2]

In Formula V8 3.5, Walker ran regularly against Bertrand Baguette, a 2009 champion of that series who has since raced to Platinum grading and won Super GT GT500; Walker typically finished behind him. Against Daniil Move, a Bronze-graded regular in Formula V8 3.5 with 92 starts in that series, Walker more often came out ahead. Among the strongest drivers he has finished ahead of are Daniel Ricciardo, who won the 2010 Formula V8 3.5 title and went on to race Formula 1, and Edoardo Mortara, who took the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series championship before reaching Formula E; Walker beat each once.