Josh Carlisle

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Josh Carlisle
Nationality Template:GBR British
Born 6 April 1997
Cheltenham, England
Current Team Template:GBR Peak Aeroracing Engineering
Car Number 6
Former Teams Flag of Nigeria svg.png Falik Arrows
Template:BEL RonDen Racing Engineering
Races 46 (46 starts)
Championships 0
Victories 0
Podiums 0
Points 23
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
First Race 2015 F2RWRS Tasman Grand Prix
First Victory N/A
Last Victory N/A
Last Race 2018 FIA Formula 2 Finland Race 2
Best Finish 18th (2015)


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.

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
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
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
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.