Ryan had a lot to focus on and learn and an amount of inexperience at this level meant his tyres were being worked too hard and he lost pace at the end of both races. Losing places during the last section of the races was common for Ryan during this season and it was thought to be related to a general lack of fitness and mounting driver nerves towards the end of the race. However, the 4-second lead was lost in the last lap allowing Rayn to finish second. In the course of one of the two races Ryan appeared to have an invincible lead of four seconds in the race with one lap to go. The season started quite well, when he finished third and first at the first weekend (3rd in Race 1 after spinning at Turn 1 and dropping right to the back of the field), and then achieving two-second places at the following races in Valencia. Running in another competitive field (considered by some to be the most competitive Renault championship in the world) at a circuit new to him in the pouring rain, Ryan went on to win race 1 by 12 seconds and was on course to win the second until he made an error and damaged his car, failing to finish that race but performing well under the wet weather conditions.Ģ004 saw Ryan continue his relationship with the highly rated Jenzer Motorsport team, but moving up to the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. Ryan also took part in a round of the Italian Formula Renault championship at Spa, in Belgium. Ryan won both of the races and Hamilton finished 9th and 8th respectively. Accomplished British racer Lewis Hamilton came over to Germany during the season to race with the German Formula Renault grid. He was leading the second race, but a backmarker caused a red flag and on countback Ryan was classified third. The move paid off handsomely, and with a lot of work and input by Jenzer Motorsport, Ryan won the championship by 40 points, and performed well in the Formula Renault Masters event at Donington in October 2003 by winning the first of the 2 races, and finishing third in the second. Ironically, his consistency in finishing every race in the points dropped him to 6th due to the Formula Renault system of dropping your lowest score through the season – meaning Ryan had to drop points while those around him dropped a '0' they had scored during the season.įor 2003, Ryan moved out of the United Kingdom to race in Formula Renault in Germany with the Jenzer Motorsport team. Ryan's first season in Formula Renault was in the UK, with the John Village Automotive team. Ryan progressed well despite limited funding to compete, and in 2002 moved from Formula Ford to the Formula Renault Championship, a 'slicks and wings' series, as compared to Formula Ford which does not allow aerodynamic wings. Zwart funded Ryan's first season of car racing in Junior Formula Ford. After winning a number of local and national Karting events his talent was spotted by Dutch businessman Klass Zwart. He is currently the director of Hitech Racing. Ryan was also the 2003 German Formula Renault champion. 33 Aston Martin DBR9 – with ex-F1 Driver Karl Wendlinger as his teammate. He raced in the FIA GT Championship in 2007 with JetAlliance Racing in their lead No. Ryan Sharp (born 29 April 1979 in Newtonhill, Scotland) is a race car driver and team manager. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( February 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style. This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.
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