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.

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.

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.