Josh Burdon

Josh Burdon
Nationality	Australian
Born	5 September 1992 Hobart, Australia
Asian Formula Renault Series career
Current team	BlackArts Racing
Starts	12
Wins	7
Podiums	10
Poles	7
Previous series
Whelen Euro Series Formula 3 Australia French Formula Premium K&N Pro Series West Asian V8 Series Aussie Racing Cars V8 Ute Racing Series
Awards
Police Commissioner Outstanding Achievement in sport

Burdon at Le Mans France, Whelen Euro Series 2013

Josh Burdon (born 5 September 1992) is an Australian racing driver and current 2016 Asian Formula Renault Series Champion. ^[1]

Career

As a third generation racer, racing was in his blood. Burdon began his racing career kart racing at 8 years old winning various titles. At 16 he was touted as a future talent and was awarded with a funded scholarship through CAMS the Confederation of Australian Motorsport to make the transition into racing cars. Burdon further progressed to competing internationally in 2012 and has gone on to win and compete in numerous racing series throughout the world. He has lived in France, America and is currently residing in China, also a sought after high performance driver coach. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Personal life

Burdon was born in Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania. He was educated at St Virgils College, a Roman Catholic boys school that puts much importance on sport. Graduated high school in 2008 and did not complete further studies after turning full focus to being a racing driver.

2016 Asian Formula Renault Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver ZIC1 KOR CHA SIC ZIC2 ZJIC Pts Class A 1 Josh Burdon 1 Ret 1 1 2 DNS 114 2 Liu Kai 10 3 2 4 3 4 109 3 Najiy Ayyad bin Abd Razak 8 2 6 2 Ret 2 100 4 Maxx Ebenal 2 1 3 3 94 5 Neric Wei 13 4 4 11 5 5 84 6 Pavan Ravishankar Ret 9 Ret 5 4 3 65 7 Ye Hongli 1 1 60 8 William Tan 7 Ret 10 12 7 8 55 9 Thomas Lüdi 5 Ret 11 13 8 7 53 10 James Runacres 14 11 6 6 44 11 Bao Jinlong 3 8 35 12 Ni Weiliang Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 9 33 13 Umar bin Abdul Rahman Ret 11 5 Class B 1 Jasper Thong 11 10 7 8 9 DSQ 108 2 Hua Miao 6 Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 78 3 Wayne Shen 4 5 60 4 Kim Hak-kyum 5 6 60 5 Francis Tjia 9 7 40 6 Suh Seung-beom 9 9 37 7 Dominic Tjia 16 6 35 8= Xie Ruilin Ret 12 15 8= Sébastien Mailleux 12 Ret 15 10 Chen Yi-Hsien 15 Ret 13 Pos Driver ZIC1 KOR CHA SIC ZIC2 ZJIC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "BlackArts sign Josh Burdon". www.racer.com. 14 January 2016.
2. "Josh Burdon biography". Josh Burdon Motorsport. 27 October 2015.
3. "Burdon latest Aussie Young Gun". motorsport.com. 16 March 2009.
4. "K&N new driver info". motorsport.com. 19 April 2014.
5. "Burdon aims for Asian Championship". abc.net.au. 4 April 2016.

External links

• Official website