Mark Sansom is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in GT World Challenge Europe for Garage 59. Sansom has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 25 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,860 ranks Sansom 4218th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2024-11-29 | 6 Hours of Jeddah | P22 | +24 |
| 2024-07-27 | Nürburgring | P43 | −91 |
| 2024-06-27 | Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa | P38 | −65 |
| 2024-04-06 | Paul Ricard 1000Km | P43 | −83 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +130 | Silverstone 2023 | British GT Championship | P6 |
| +108 | Brands Hatch 2021 | British GT Championship | P4 |
| +99 | Silverstone 2022 | British GT Championship | P6 |
| +91 | Silverstone 2021 | British GT Championship | P5 |
| +81 | Snetterton 2021 | British GT Championship | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Garage 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | ↑621−215 | 3,860 |
| 2023 | ▸British GT Championship | Barwell Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +203 | 3,454 |
| 2022 | ▸British GT Championship | Assetto Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | ↑780−173 | 3,252 |
| 2021 | ▸British GT Championship | Assetto Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +1,295 | 2,645 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 James KellFIA Silver | 3,948 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 48% |
| 🇬🇧 John FergusonFIA Bronze | 2,919 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38% |
| 🇬🇧 Sandy MitchellFIA Platinum | 5,363 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 10% |
| 🏳️ James CottinghamFIA Bronze | 4,648 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 18% |
| 🇬🇧 Ian Loggie | 4,617 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 13% |
| 🇮🇹 Chris Froggatt | 4,004 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 44% |
| 🇬🇧 Martin PlowmanFIA Silver | 3,625 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 56% |
| 🇬🇧 Marcus CluttonFIA Gold | 4,091 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47% |
| 🏳️ Sam NearyFIA Gold | 3,624 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 53% |
| 🇫🇷 Jules GounonFIA Platinum | 5,612 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% |
| 🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,319 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇧🇪 Charles WeertsFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,257 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Jake DennisFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,252 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,208 | 🇺🇸 Mike Weeden | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,861 |
| 4,209 | 🇮🇹 Ron Zitza | SVRA | 3,861 |
| 4,210 | 🇯🇵 Shunji Okumoto | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,861 |
| 4,211 | 🇬🇧 Tim Parnell | Formula 1 | 3,861 |
| 4,212 | 🇸🇪 Andreas Bäckman | 24H Series | 3,860 |
| 4,213 | 🇮🇹 Giacomo Russo | Formula 1 | 3,860 |
| 4,214 | 🇩🇰 Jens Reno MOLLER | Le Mans Cup | 3,860 |
| 4,215 | 🇲🇴 Jerónimo Badaraco | World Touring Car Championship | 3,860 |
| 4,216 | 🇬🇧 Ken Downing | Formula 1 | 3,860 |
| 4,217 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Rabin | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,860 |
| 4,218 | 🇬🇧 Mark Sansom | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,860 |
| 4,219 | 🇩🇪 Sophia Flörsch | Formula 3 | 3,860 |
| 4,220 | 🇺🇸 Brad Noffsinger | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,859 |
| 4,221 | 🇺🇸 Robbie Reiser | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,859 |
| 4,222 | 🇩🇪 Hubert Hahne | Formula 1 | 3,858 |
| 4,223 | 🇫🇷 Hugo Delacour | Road to Le Mans | 3,858 |
| 4,224 | 🇺🇸 Michael Christopher Jr. | NASCAR Truck | 3,858 |
| 4,225 | 🇺🇸 Mike Porter | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,858 |
| 4,226 | 🇺🇸 Wyatt Brichacek | European Le Mans Series | 3,858 |
| 4,227 | 🇳🇱 Dirk Schouten | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 3,857 |
| 4,228 | 🇪🇸 Emilio de Villota | Formula 1 | 3,857 |
Mark Sansom is an entry-level professional competing in multiclass endurance racing. He raced in the British GT Championship from 2021 to 2023, driving GT3 and GT4 cars for Barwell Motorsport across 21 starts in a field that mixed amateur and semi-professional entrants with graded professionals. He holds an FIA Bronze rating, indicating amateur or gentleman driver status within sportscar and endurance racing. His most recent campaign came in 2024 with Garage 59 in GT World Challenge Europe, where he started four rounds but finished 40th in the championship standings.[1]
Sansom's record across 25 starts shows consistent racing against established competition in shared-drive endurance cars. His regular opponents included James Kell, an FIA Silver graded professional with 30 starts in GT World Challenge Europe, and John Ferguson, a semi-professional with 29 British GT starts; against both he was closely matched. He finished ahead of Maro Engel, the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champion and established Platinum-graded professional with 87 starts in that series, and Charles Weerts, a three-time GT World Challenge Europe champion with 100 starts in the championship. Most of his starts came with Assetto Motorsport, a small operation fielding six drivers with no race wins on record in this index.[2]