WILL STEVENS
Professional Racing Driver
Will is a FIA Platinum rated professional racing driver. Now in his fourth year as an Official McLaren F1 Test & Development Driver, Will’s distinguished career has been charted from the early days as a European and Asia Pacific Karting Champion, through the top junior single seater categories through to his F1 debut in 2014 followed by a full F1 season in 2015.
Since F1, Will moved to Endurance and GT racing. Wins in WEC and Blancpain soon followed, highlighted with two podium finishes in LMP2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2016 and 2021 with a victory at Le Mans with JMW Ferrari in the GTAM category in 2017. In addition, he reached a 2nd place finish in the Dpi Category in his first attempt at the Daytona 24 Hour race in 2022.
In 2022, Will is running a dual campaign in the WEC with Jota in LMP2 and in the IMSA Endurance Series with Wayne Taylor Racing in the Dpi category, as well as continuing with his McLaren F1 Team duties.
Having enjoyed multiple race victories, pole positions, podiums and fastest laps in every category throughout his career, Will’s pedigree, his speed, race craft and technical ability is widely recognised and demonstrated by race teams globally and by his continued role at McLaren F1 Team.
Career
The Present.

The results from the previous years led to Will continuing with Jota in WEC and Panis Racing in ELMS along with his Test and development role for the McLaren F1 team.
Read moreMcLaren.

In 2018, Will was approached by the prestigious McLaren F1 Racing Team to take up a Test and Development role, a position he still holds to date.
Read moreLife after F1.

After F1 Will’s career moved towards top level sports cars achieving multiple podium positions and a class win in the world’s premier endurance race.
Read moreFormula 1.

Will refers to the experience and knowledge gained through this period of his career as ‘an experience which will remain with me throughout my life’.
Read moreCaterham F1 Years.

After successfully leading Caterham’s simulator programme, the team provided Will with his first experience of F1 racing in the 2014 F1 World Championship.
Read moreThe Junior Categories.

Racing against the top junior drivers in the world, Will achieved wins in every category against many competitors now well established in F1, FE and WEC.
Read moreThe Karting Years.

Will started his career in karts, achieving the triple crown of the European, Asia-Pacific and International Open Championship titles in 2007 in KF2.
Read moreGet Social
Forthcoming Races
Le Mans
13.626 km
24 hours
Watkins Glen International
5.435 km
6 hours
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
5.793 km
6 hours
Fuji Speedway
4.563 km
6 hours
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta
4.088 km
12 hours
Bahrain International Circuit
5.412 km
8 hours