Carter Simpson

Carter Simpson (born 7th June 1991 in Sydney) is an Australian racing driver, currently competing in AutoReject Nippon for Narita Engineering. In late 2018, Simpson became part of the Plus One Group driver management program. He is the cousin of former F1 world champion Rhys Davies.

Early Career

Just 9 years old when his cousin won his first championship, Simpson's interest in racing is largely accredited to Davies' success, encouragement and support. Simpson debuted in the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 2007, finishing second, and Davies helped him find a drive in British Formula 3 the next year. He paid back his cousin's faith by winning the championship, and was runner up in 2009. In 2010, he moved into Formula Renault 3.5, winning a few races and finishing third at the end of the year. The next season, he dominated and took an easy championship victory. He signed to drive for Coloni in the 2012 GP2 season, and finished fifth overall, with victories at Bahrain and Monaco. In 2013, still with Coloni, he won 7 straight races, and a few more near the end of the year, to prove that he was most certainly a brilliant driver.

F3RWRS

Simpson received offers to drive for Marussia and Caterham in the 2014 F1 season, however his cousin advised him to reject them and try to find success in the F1RWRS instead. Davies used his contacts to land him a drive for ZimSport in the first season of the F3RWRS. Simpson got off to a slow start, with the highlight of his early season a podium in race 3 at Laguna Seca, however with some coaching by team principal John Zimmer, he improved enough to take ZimSport's first round victory at the Round of Belgium, scoring pole and victory in race 1. He backed this up with second place at the Surfers SuperPrix. He finished the season fift in the championship, the best of ZimSport's drivers.

F2RWRS

His efforts were enough to gain him a drive for the Holden Young Lions in the 2015 F2RWRS season, alongside Canadian Tommy Nash. He was also appointed as a test driver for the Holden Racing Team that year, with Nash and John Zimmer.

Complete F3RWRS Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	DC	Pts
2014	ZimSport-Rosenforth	Dallara F314	Holden LSF3-14	AUS 1 7	AUS 2 12	AUS 3 7	USA 1 9	USA 2 6	USA 3 2	GBR 1 8	GBR 2 Ret	GBR 3 X	GER 1 5	GER 2 Ret	GER 3 7	BEL 1 1	BEL 2 14	BEL 3 2	CHN 1 9	CHN 2 14	CHN 3 6	SUR 1 2	5th	58

Complete F2RWRS Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Pts
2015	GRM Holden Young Lions	Lola F2-15	Holden LSF2-15	TAS 13	RSA Ret	TUR 7	MON 2	FRA DNPQ	GBR DNPQ	GER Ret	BEL Ret	AUT 8	ITA DNPQ	NED Ret	SIN 5	JPN 8	USA 2	100 DNPQ		11th	24
2016	GRM Holden Young Lions	Dallara F2R16	Holden LSF2-16	AUS 4	PAC 2	GBR Ret	ITA Ret	AUT 5	TUR 4	USA 12	GER 14	SEA Ret	MON Ret	BEL 6	MEX 5	CHN Ret	JPN 2	TR1 15	TR2 1	2nd	49

Complete F1RWRS Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Pts
2017	Mobil Holden Racing Team	Holden HRT-007	Holden LSF1-17	AUS	NSW	GBR	ITA	AUT	CAN	SUS	NUS DNQ	GER	NSE	BEL	MON	MOR	ARG	JPN	CHN			47th	0
2018	Rosenforth Engineering	Rosenforth RF18	Holden LSWS-18	AUS 12	NSW Ret	ITA 9	MAR 11	CAL 19†	USA DNPQ	CAN Ret	GBR DNPQ	AUT 13	GER Ret	SCA WD	BEL	MON	RSA	BRA	ARG	JPN	CHN	35th	0

Complete Super Formula Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Pts
2019	P.mu/cerumo INGING	Dallara SF19	Toyota RI4B	MOT 19†	SUZ 10	SUG 3	AUT 19	KOR 5	OKA 8	FUJ 5	SEP 6	6th	19