Josh Carlisle
Josh Carlisle (born 6th April, 1997 in Cheltenham, England) is an English racing driver who currently competes for Peak Aeroracing Engineering in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 season. Carlisle has also previously driven teams including Jones Racing, Falik Arrows and RonDen Racing Engineering across F2RWRS, F3RWRS and RoLFS.
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Racing career
Karting and Formula Ford (2008-2013)
Carlisle had a fairly strong motorsport career in his early years, having worked his way through karting championships in his native Britain over four years, he went out on a limb to race for two years in Dutch Formula Ford in 2012 and 2013. There he enjoyed some success, including a handful of podium finishes and one race win at Zandvoort, which gave him 5th overall in the 2013 championship. From there, Carlisle began the search for a new drive further up the ladder, and having been unsuccessful in securing a drive in any of the European F3 series, he finally got his chance in the reformed Rejects of LFS series. Carlisle was handed a lifeline by Sammy Jones and his outfit who had chosen to rejoin with the revived category, now acting as a feeder series on the pathway to the Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series.
RoLFS and F3RWRS (2014)
Josh was partnered with Tristan Jung at Jones' RoLFS team, and was optimistic for the season ahead. The reality however turned out to be much worse. The team went the wrong way with car development, and as a result performances were largely very poor indeed. Josh's best position was a fifth place in the Blackwood sprint race, before Jones had had enough with the poor results. Using Carlisle as a scapegoat he fired the young Brit from the team and replaced him with the team's test driver Danny van Rijkens. Van Rijkens went on to take a podium in only his second race for Jones.
Fortunately however, the dismissal allowed Carlisle to make his debut in the Formula 3 Rejects World Race Series for Falik Arrows Juniors. He filled in for the promoted Yuka Katayama who had moved up to the F2RWRS and was contracted to drive for the final two rounds of the 2014 season. The young Brit made a solid start, and finished all the races he entered, with a best result of two tenth places.
The good performances in a better car were enough for Jones to re-approach Carlisle with a view to signing him to replace the outgoing Terry Hawkin in his F3RWRS team for 2015. Keen to join what was considered one of the strongest teams in the paddock though, upon signing the contract Carlisle broke a clause in his previous one for Falik Arrows, who stated they had an option to sign him before anyone else. The matter was seemingly resolved when Jones and Prince Falik came to an agreement that resulted in Falik having the first option on whether to promote Carlisle to the F2RWRS for 2016, and in addition to this Jones tested the Zytek engines that Falik would use in the F3RWRS for 2015 in the back of his own JR-301 car. Ultimately though Jones turned down the offer for the engines.
As the off-season dragged on though, Jones began to have second thoughts about having Josh in the car. There were a number of more experienced drivers who had still to be signed for 2015, and in addition, he was eyeing up Roberto Dinella who had done well in his two outings at the end of the 2014 RoLFS season, and brought with him generous backing from Lampre. Ultimately Jones took the money and the gamble, hired Dinella, and allowed Falik Arrows to sign Carlisle for the 2015 F3RWRS season.
F2RWRS and IFRC (2015-2017)
The closure and sale of the Falik Arrows Junior team gave Josh the chance to step up to F2RWRS with the Falik Arrows team.
FIA Formula 2 (2018-present)
Racing record
Career summary
Year | Series | Team | Position |
2012 | Dutch Formula Ford | 13th | |
2013 | Dutch Formula Ford | 5th | |
2014 | RoLFS | Jones Racing | 24th |
F3RWRS | Falik Arrows Juniors | 43rd | |
2015 | F2RWRS | Falik Arrows | 18th |
2016 | F2RWRS | Falik Arrows | 41st |
IFRC | The Crusaders | 18th | |
2016-17 | FRENCH | Yaname Nippon One Racing | 21st |
2017 | F2RWRS Pacific Rim Cup | RonDen Racing Engineering | 5th |
F2RWRS | RonDen Racing Engineering | 30th | |
Aeroracing Engineering | |||
2017-18 | SANDWICH | Tassie Racing | 28th |
2018 | FIA Formula 2 | Peak Aeroracing Engineering | 19th |
Complete RoLFS and IFRC results
(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2014 | Jones Racing | Scaven S11B | Judd V8 | BLA FEA 7 |
BLA SPR 5 |
SOU FEA 18 |
SOU SPR Ret |
FER FEA 14 |
FER SPR 16 |
KYO FEA 13 |
KYO SPR 11 |
WES FEA |
WES SPR |
AST FEA |
AST SPR |
24th | 0 | ||||||||||||
2016 | The Crusaders | Lola B06/51 | Vauxhall-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | AUS HEA |
AUS FEA |
MEX HEA 3 |
MEX FEA 7 |
FRA HEA 5 |
FRA FEA 9 |
GBR HEA 6 |
GBR FEA Ret |
ITA HEA 7 |
ITA FEA 14 |
USA HEA 13 |
USA FEA Ret |
GER HEA 11 |
GER FEA 11 |
NED HEA 19 |
NED FEA DNQ |
FIN HEA 16 |
FIN FEA DNQ |
BEL HEA 8 |
BEL FEA 8 |
CZE HEA 5 |
CZE FEA Ret |
JPN HEA 13 |
JPN FEA 9 |
18th | 32 |
Complete F3RWRS results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Falik Arrows Juniors | Suzuki PF-314 | Zytek ZT287 | AUS | USA | GBR | GER | BEL | CHN | SUR | 43rd | 0 | ||||||||||||
10 | 18 | 10 | 11 |
Complete F2RWRS and FIA Formula 2 results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | DC | Points |
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2015 | Falik Arrows | Lola F2-15 | BMW P87/15 | TAS 6 |
RSA 8 |
TUR 5 |
MON Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR 5 |
GER 10 |
NED 11 |
BEL 12 |
POR 14 |
ITA Ret |
SIN 10 |
JPN 11 |
USA Ret |
100 Ret |
18th | 12 | |||||||||||
2016 | Falik Arrows | Zytek | BMW P87/16 | AUS Ret |
PAC Ret |
GBR |
ITA |
AUT |
TUR |
USA |
GER |
SEA |
BEL |
MON |
MEX |
CHN |
JPN |
TR1 |
TR2 |
41st | 0 | ||||||||||
2017 | RonDen Racing Engineering | Lola B17/50 | Van Hool | AUS 11 |
MAL 22 |
GBR 17 |
ITA 19 |
AUT 27 |
30th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Aeroracing Engineering | Audi TFSI Hybrid | CAN 17 |
QUE 24 |
USA 17 |
NED 27 |
GER 20 |
NSE 23 |
RSA 20 |
BEL 14 |
MON 23 |
MOR 11 |
JPN 22 |
MAC 17 |
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2018 | Peak Aeroracing Engineering | Lola B17/50 | Judd VI | JPN 1 16 |
JPN 2 10 |
BAH 1 14 |
BAH 2 17 |
GER 1 8 |
GER 2 8 |
BEL 1 18 |
BEL 2 26 |
SIN 1 7 |
SIN 2 15 |
FIN 1 20 |
FIN 2 17 |
GBR 1 |
GBR 2 |
FRA 1 |
FRA 2 |
NED 1 |
NED 2 |
AUS 1 |
AUS 2 |
ABU 1 |
ABU 2 |
CHN 1 |
CHN 2 |
BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
19th* | 11* |
Complete F2RWRS Pacific Rim Cup results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | RonDen Racing Engineering | Lola B17/50 | Van Hool | PEN | SIN 1 |
SUZ Ret |
LAG 9 |
5th | 10 |
Complete FRENCH and SANDWICH results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-17 | Yaname Nippon One Racing | Swift | Nissan | AUT 18 |
OKA 13 |
SUZ Ret |
YEO 6 |
MOT Ret |
SUG 14 |
MOT Ret |
FUJ Ret |
21st | 15 | ||||||||||
2017-18 | Tassie Racing | Swift | Honda | FUJ 1 |
FUJ 2 |
SUG 1 |
SUG 2 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
MOT 1 |
MOT 2 |
YEO 1 |
YEO 2 |
OKA 1 20 |
OKA 2 16 |
SEN 1 10 |
SEN 2 16 |
AUT 1 Ret |
AUT 2 14 |
SUZ 1 19 |
SUZ 2 19 |
28th | 0 |
* Season still in progress.