🇫🇷 Richard Westbrook

Richard Westbrook was an established professional sportscar driver who spent twelve years in major international endurance racing. His Racer Rating of 5,189 places him among established professionals; drivers at this level hold full-time seats at the sport's highest tiers and win races consistently in the strongest fields. The FIA's Platinum grading confirms his standing as a full professional in sportscar racing, the category reserved for drivers competing at the world's premier level in that discipline. Across 81 starts between 2012 and 2024, Westbrook finished on average in fifth place and accumulated seven wins and 26 podiums, establishing himself as a reliable points scorer in fields that included multiple world champions.[1]

Westbrook's career centred on IMSA WeatherTech, where he made 60 starts and claimed six wins for JDC-Miller MotorSports, his primary team. His other significant programme was the FIA World Endurance Championship, in which he made 20 starts for Cadillac Racing but won no races, finishing fifth or better only in five starts. A notable single-season result came in 2022, when he won the Nürburgring 24 Hours for Glickenhaus Racing. His competitive record against his most frequent rivals tells a mixed story; he held winning head-to-head records against Patrick Pilet and Laurens Vanthoor, both Platinum-graded drivers with significant palmares, but consistently finished behind the elite tier represented by Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Earl Bamber, all of whom outscored him across their shared races. He beat world champions Scott Dixon three times and Alex Palou twice in isolated results, but these were exceptions in fields where he typically finished behind the very strongest drivers. Westbrook retired from racing in October 2024 after a final season in WEC that saw him score a single podium in seven races before stepping back from competition.[2]