Will
Stevens

Will Stevens was born on 28 June 1991 in Rochford, Essex. He started karting in 2003 at the age of twelve. In Formula Renault 2.0 he finished seventh in the British championship in 2009 and fourth in 2010, and in 2011 he took fourth place in the Eurocup. In Formula Renault 3.5 he was twelfth for Carlin in 2012, fourth in 2013, and sixth in 2014 with two wins.

He made his Formula One debut for Caterham at the season finale in Abu Dhabi in November 2014, finishing 17th, one lap down. In 2015 he drove a full season for Marussia, initially alongside Roberto Merhi. That season he was entered for 19 races and started 18 of them. He finished his first race for Marussia, in China, in 15th place. In Canada he came home 17th after a clash with Romain Grosjean cost him a long pit stop. Late in the season Merhi was replaced by Alexander Rossi. Stevens ended the 2015 world championship 21st.

He then moved into sports car racing. In 2016 he raced in the Blancpain GT Series for W Racing Team in an Audi R8 LMS. In 2017 he won the GTE-Am class at the Le Mans 24 Hours in a JMW Ferrari 488 with Dries Vanthoor and Rob Smith. That year he also finished second in the Blancpain Sprint Cup and took his first GT3 win at Zolder. In 2018 he joined Panis-Barthez and raced for the team in LMP2 in the European Le Mans Series and at Le Mans. In 2022 he won the LMP2 title in the World Endurance Championship with Jota. He also won the LMP2 class at Le Mans. From 2023 he competed in Hypercar for Jota, first in a privateer Porsche and later in a factory Cadillac. He was also a test and development driver for McLaren from 2018, mainly in the simulator.

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