Chris Williamson

Chris Williamson

Nationality	British
Year Joined	2010
First Race	2010 Australian Supercup Grand Prix
Series Entered	Superleague, Supercup, FC
Current Team(s)	Nijo Racing, RTS, Woods Racing
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Chris Williamson is an English sim-racer form Nantwich, England and is the founder of the Nijo Racing team. He joined GPVWC in 2010 and has since competed in the Superleague, Supercup and Formula Challenge competitions at various points in time. Chris was runner-up in the 2010 Supercup, narrowly losing out to Christoph Lichtenstein in the final round.

Before GPVWC

Having previous played racing games such as 'F1 World Grand Prix', 'TOCA 2' and 'Gran Tourismo', Chris entered the world of online racing during his time living in Japan. He started out in an amateur leagues such as 'GPROC' and 'ALT Challenge', which were organized at www.gpro.net and used the game 'F1 Challenge 99-02'. When these leagues switched to rFactor, Chris continued with them and also so-created a successful touring car league, 'TCC'.

Some members of these leagues, including Ben Warren, Tom Parker and Scott Bennett took part in the GPVWC Meganes series in 2009 and they subsequently introduced Chris to the GPVWC in early 2010.

2010

Supercup

Williamson's 2010 PB Racing Supercup Car.

Having been introduced to the league, he quickly secured a place at the newly formed PB Racing team where Chris remained during the entire 2010 Supercup season. Over the season he would be partnered by several different drivers including Scott Bennett, Tim-Oliver Wagner and David Jundt. Chris also took on the role as the team's livery designer and produced a car in the team's customary blue and gold colour scheme.

Williamson launched his GPVWC at the Australian Grand Prix where he scored a creditable third place. This was followed by his first and only GPVWC win at the Chinese Grand Prix, where he managed to keep a cool head when many of his rivals made crucial errors. A second win nearly followed in the Japanese Grand Prix as race leader Tommi Koivonen damaged his car in the closing laps, but held onto victory by the narrowest of margins ahead of Williamson. As the season went on Chris's consistent style earned him points in almost every race and meant that he remained a championship challenger right up to the final race in Singapore. Going into that race Williamson was just four points behind his season-long rival Christoph Lichtenstein. However, it wasn't to be as he got a bad start and suffered a disconnection part way into the race meaning he had to settle for 2nd place overall.

Superleague

Williamson's 2010 Nijo Racing Masters Car.

As a result of his connections with Tom Parker, Chris soon managed to secure a test seat at ST Racing in 2010. He had his first Superleague experience at the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix as he stood in for Mark Fuller and managed to bring the car home in 14th position. By the time the championship approached the halfway point, Williamson had become a regular second driver within the team and scored his first Superleague points at the 2010 Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril. The 2nd half of the season proved more fruitful as he was able to score points on several occasions and eventually finished 14th in the overall standings.

Masters

Williamson also took part in the 2010 Masters series, which he entered with his newly founded team Nijo Racing. It proved to be a rather lacklustre season for Williamson who never fully got to grips with the BMW cars and was largely overshadowed by his team mate David Jundt.

2011

Superleague

Nijo Racing's 2011 Superleague car.

Having opted for an aggressive expansion of his Nijo Racing team, Williamson managed to secure an entry for his team in the 2011 Superleague. Chris had signed a promising driver lineup and so elected to be the team's test driver for the season ahead. However driver availability issues meant that Chris had to step up and drive in several races during the season, where unfortunately he failed to recapture his previous form and failed to score any points for his fledgling team.

Supercup

Williamson battling against Mal McKee at the French Grand Prix.

Nijo Racing also joined the Supercup with Williamson taking the lead seat and teamed up once more with David Jundt. A significant increase in the level and quality of his competition has meant that Chris couldn't capure the same high finishes as he enjoyed in 2010, but finished 11th overall with 34 points.

Masters

Williamson raced in the 2011 Masters series alongside Ben Warren and Pavel Loknovski for Nijo Racing, scoring just one points finish in the season.

2012

Superleague

Williamson once again opted for a reserve role at Nijo Racing, with occasional drives when drivers were unavailable.

Supercup

With Nijo's withdraw from the Supercup, Chris joined the Tiger Express Motorsports team, partnering Martin Bulgin. After a disappointing opening half of the season, a decision was made and Williamson switched his focus to Formula Challenge instead.

Formula Challenge

A mid-season switch saw Williamson joining his own Nijo Racing team as lead driver. He enjoyed modest success, taking 33pts in 12 appearances.

Masters

Chris competed for Constant Racing in the 2012 Masters.

Other roles at GPVWC

As well as being a driver and team manager, Chris has several other roles within the GPVWC. He joined the staff in 2011 as part of the graphics and video making team. Chris's role has gradually increased, becoming part of the diciplinary committee and helping to develop the league's mod files. In 2013 he was promoted to Head of Competition at the GPVWC.

Complete GPVWC results

Superleague results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2010	ST Racing	-	Honda	AUS -	CHN 14	JAP -	UAE -	HUN Ret	MON -	GBR Ret	POR 10	BAH 12	TUR Ret	CAN -	MEX 9	BRA 11	ARG Ret	ESP 7	ITA 5	BEL 9	NED Ret	SIN 7		14th	24
2011	Nijo Racing	NR11B	Toyota	AUS Ret	UAE 16	JAP -	CHN -	RSA -	AUT 12	FRA -	MON -	GBR 11	BAH Ret	SMR 12	TUR Ret	MEX 14	CAN 11	BRA Ret	ITA -	ESP -	BEL 11	NED -	SIN -	NC	0
2012	Nijo Racing	NR-12	Cosworth	AUS -	CHN -	UAE -	HUN -	ESP -	MON Ret	CAN 20	KOR -	TUR -	GBR -	ITA 15	BEL -	NED 16	GER Ret	USA DNS	BRA -	JPN -	SIN -			NC	0

Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2010	PB Racing	-	Toyota	AUS 3	CHN 1	JAP 2	UAE 5	HUN 5	MON 2	GBR 5	POR 2	BAH 6	TUR 4	CAN 2	MEX 3	BRA 5	ARG 4	ESP 4	ITA 6	BEL Ret	NED 3	SIN Ret		2nd	141
2011	Nijo Racing	NR-GP2	Renault	AUS 8	UAE 6	JAP 8	CHN 9	RSA 9	AUT 9	FRA 8	MON 8	GBR 8	BAH 15	SMR Ret	TUR Ret	MEX Ret	CAN 9	BRA 10	ITA 13	ESP 6	BEL DNS	NED -	SIN -	11th	34
2012	TEM	SC-012	Mecachrome	AUS Ret	CHN 13	UAE 21	HUN Ret	ESP Ret	MON 16	CAN 19	KOR 17	TUR -	GBR 18	ITA -	BEL -	NED -	GER -	USA -	BRA 17	JPN 14	SIN -			NC	0

Formula Challenge results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Masters Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2010	Nijo Racing	BMW-E90	LAG FEA 10	LAG SPR 14	BIR FEA 10	BIR SPR 8	SNE FEA 9	SNE SPR 10	NOR FEA 6	CAD FEA Ret	CAD SPR 11	A1R FEA 7	A1R SPR 14	SIL FEA 14	SIL SPR 12		12th	40
2011	Nijo Racing	BMW-E90	NOR FEA 24	NOR SPR 34	GOL FEA 21	GOL SPR 31	ZOL FEA Ret	ZOL SPR 28	IST FEA 17	IST SPR 13	WAT FEA 26	WAT SPR 22	BAT FEA 24	BAT SPR 18	DON FEA 28	DON SPR 25	41st	3