Liam Doran
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Doran in 2015 | ||||||||||
| Nationality |
 British | |||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1987 | |||||||||
| Related to | Pat Doran (father) | |||||||||
| FIA World Rallycross Championship career | ||||||||||
| Debut season | 2014 | |||||||||
| Current team | None | |||||||||
| Car no. | 33 | |||||||||
| Former teams |
Monster Energy World RX SDRX JRM Racing | |||||||||
| Starts | 25 | |||||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | |||||||||
| Best finish | 16th in 2015 | |||||||||
| Global RallyCross Championship | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2011–2013 | |||||||||
| Former teams |
LD Motorsports Doran Motorsport | |||||||||
| Starts | 13 | |||||||||
| Wins | 2 | |||||||||
| Podiums | 3 | |||||||||
| Best finish | 9th in 2013 | |||||||||
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | ||||||||||
| Years active | 2009–2013 | |||||||||
| Former teams |
LD Motorsports Doran Motorsport Kenneth Hansen Racing | |||||||||
| Starts | 44 | |||||||||
| Wins | 5 | |||||||||
| Podiums | 13 | |||||||||
| Best finish | 2nd in 2012 (Supercar) | |||||||||
Medal record
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Liam Doran (born 22 March 1987)[1] is a professional rallycross driver competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, X Games, and European Rallycross Championship. He is the son of British rallycross driver and Lydden Hill Race Circuit owner Pat Doran.
Having signed with Monster Energy in 2011 he has gone on to achieve an X Games Gold medal and numerous other accomplishments in various disciplines.
Racing career
2000
Doran started his career at the age of 14 choosing to follow in his fathers footsteps. In 2000 he competed in a junior Mini in the sport of rallycross. Doran progressed through the stages rapidly and continued in rallycross, driving a Citroën Saxo stockhatch and then a rear-wheel drive Ford Fiesta in 2007.
2009
In 2009 Doran ran among the quickest drivers in Europe in a Ford Fiesta ST Supercar and beat them, managing in the process to come second in the MSA British Rallycross Championship.
2010
Doran secured a drive with 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen driving with the Citroën Total Rallycross Team in a Citroën C4. He managed to get to grips with the new Citroën very quickly and soon managed to get some outstanding results, being the driver to score the most points in the second half of the season, all this taking into consideration it was his first year at European level.
2011
In 2011 Doran had built up a reputation within the rallycross industry and resulting from this managed to sign with Monster Energy. The newly formed Monster Energy Citroën Rallycross Team opened new doors of opportunity for Doran.
Doran was invited[2] to participate in X Games 17 and went in as the underdog to drivers such as Tanner Foust, Ken Block and Travis Pastrana. The X Games Rally final saw Doran go head-to-head with Marcus Grönholm, where he beat the former WRC Champion to win the Gold Medal.[3]
From his US success an opportunity arose to compete in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS).[4] Following an impressive performance in his first race he was offered the opportunity to drive in the series for 2012.
2012
With continued support from Monster Energy, Doran managed to achieve a second position in the 2012 European Rallycross Championship, concluding the season with a victory in Germany.
2013
With another full calendar scheduled and a new European rallycross team mate in 21-year-old Norwegian, Andreas Bakkerud, LD Motorsports was one of the strongest teams in the 2013 season.
This was Doran's most successful year winning 3 XGames medals. Doran won a gold and silver at XGAMES Munich and a bronze at XGAMES Los Angeles.
2014
For 2014 Doran raced a Citroën DS3 Supercar in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[5] He contested the first 6 rounds and the final round of the season, finishing in 25th overall with 17 points. For the other 5 rounds he was later suspended from racing by his native autosport authority MSA because of his bad behavior against some track marshalls during the home ERX round at Lydden Hill when his father's Ford RS200 caught fire. He made the finals stage once, in Sweden, and finished fifth
2015
For 2015, Doran continued in the World Rallycross Championship, this time combining with reigning World Champion Petter Solberg to create the SDRX team. In the opening round in Portugal he failed to make it out of the heats.
Racing record
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results
Division 1
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Liam Doran | Ford Fiesta ST | GBR - |
POR | FRA 8 |
HUN 13 |
AUT | SWE | BEL - |
GER 13 |
POL | CZE 4 |
15th | 30 |
| 2010 | Kenneth Hansen Racing | Citroën C4 | POR 4 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 3 |
HUN 7 |
SWE 7 |
FIN 1 |
BEL 2 |
GER 6 |
POL 1 |
CZE 6 |
3rd | 112 |
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ERX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Doran Motorsport | Citroën C4 | GBR 4 |
POR 5 |
FRA 3 |
NOR 9 |
SWE 10 |
BEL 3 |
NED 15 |
AUT 9 |
POL 11 |
CZE 11 |
7th | 83 |
| 2012 | Doran Motorsport | Citroën DS3 | GBR 3 |
FRA 8 |
AUT 4 |
HUN 6 |
NOR 2 |
SWE | BEL 6 |
NED Ret |
FIN 2 |
GER 1 |
2nd | 104 |
| 2013 | LD Motorsports | Citroën DS3 | GBR 11 |
POR 1 |
HUN 12 |
FIN 4 |
NOR 1 |
SWE 35 |
FRA 14 |
AUT 7 |
GER 9 |
5th | 121 | |
Complete Global RallyCross Championship results
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | GRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Doran Motorsport | Citroën C4 | IRW1 |
IRW2 |
SEA1 |
SEA2 |
PIK1 8 |
PIK2 10 |
LA1 1 |
LA2 8 |
11th | 46 | |
| 2012 | Doran Motorsport | Citroën C4 | CHA |
TEX 12 |
LA 5 |
LOU 7 |
LV |
LVC 14 |
15th | 30 | |||
| 2013 | LD Motorsports | Citroën DS3 | BRA 13 |
9th | 59 | ||||||||
| BMW Mini Countryman JCW | MUN1 1 |
MUN2 2 |
LOU |
BRI 8 |
IRW 10 |
ATL |
CHA |
LV | |||||
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WRX | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Monster Energy World RX | Citroën DS3 | POR 19 |
GBR 20 |
NOR DSQ |
FIN 12 |
SWE 5 |
BEL 10 |
CAN SUS |
FRA SUS |
GER SUS |
ITA SUS |
TUR SUS |
ARG 17 |
25th | 17 | |
| 2015 | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | POR 15 |
HOC 7 |
BEL 14 |
GBR 17 |
GER |
SWE 14 |
CAN 15 |
NOR 18 |
FRA 17 |
BAR 18 |
TUR 21 |
ITA 12 |
ARG 15 |
16th | 35 |
| 2016 | JRM Racing¹ | BMW Mini Countryman JCW | POR 10² |
HOC 5² |
BEL 17² |
GBR 19³ |
NOR 17³ |
SWE 16³ |
CAN |
FRA |
BAR |
LAT |
GER |
ARG |
20th | 9 |
¹ 2016 agreement terminated by JRM on July 18th 2016. ² 1.6 litre engine. ³ 2.0 litre engine.
References
- ↑ "Liam Doran". Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ↑ Allen, Peter. "Liam Doran to Contest X Games 17 in La". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ↑ "DORAN UPSETS GRÖNHOLM IN RALLY CAR". Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ↑ "LUCAS OIL OFF ROAD RACING SERIES (LOORRS) SEASON FINAL". Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ↑ "World RX Presents 2014 Cars and Drivers in Italy". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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