Josh Cook

Josh Cook (born 15 June 1991) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship. He debuted in 2015, after being the runner-up in the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom in 2014.

Josh Cook
Cook in 2017.
NationalityBritish
Born (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991
Bath, Somerset, UK
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2015
Current teamBTC Racing
Car number66
Former teamsPower Maxed TAG Racing
Team Parker Racing with Maximum Motorsport
MG Triple Eight Racing
Starts176
Wins8
Poles2
Fastest laps11
Best finish4th in 2019
Previous series
2014
20122014
2011
2010
2009–2010
2007–2008
2003–2007
Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Production Touring Car Trophy
Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom
Stock Hatch Championship
SAXMAX Saloon Car Championship
Karting
Championship titles
2015Jack Sears Trophy

Racing career

Cook began his career in karting in 2003, before graduating to the SAXMAX Saloon Car Championship in 2007. He switched to the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom for 2012, taking a two victories on his way to finishing fifth overall, with 287 points,[1] and winning the Rookie Cup. He had previously done a partial season in 2010. He joined JHR Developments for the 2013 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season, ending the season fifth in the standings with five podiums. Cook went on to race for SV Racing in the 2014 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season, he ended the season second in the championship standings. In March 2015, it was announced that Cook would make his British Touring Car Championship debut with Power Maxed Racing driving a Chevrolet Cruze under the #RacingforHeroes banner[2] He took his best finish today of 7th in race two, at Donington Park.

For his second season of BTCC racing, Josh joined the works MG Triple Eight Racing squad alongside rookie Ashley Sutton in the MG 6 GT. A strong start to the season resulted in resulted in P2 in qualifying at Donington Park to create an MG 1 - 2, a bad start for both MG's allowed Matt Jackson to jump the pair but Josh managed to hold onto 2nd from the Toyota of Tom Ingram. After a slight mid season slum, Josh finished second in race 25 at Silverstone behind his teammate. However, after the race both MG's were disqualified for technical infringements. Josh bounced back at the final meeting of the season, by taking 3rd place on the last corner from Subaru's Jason Plato. Josh finished the season in 12th with 175 points.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 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 27 28 29 30 DC Pts
2015 #RacingforHeroes Chevrolet Cruze 4dr BRH
1

13
BRH
2

14
BRH
3

Ret
DON
1

13
DON
2

7
DON
3

7*
THR
1

9
THR
2

18
THR
3

9
OUL
1

12
OUL
2

26
OUL
3

13
CRO
1

12
CRO
2

Ret
CRO
3

15
SNE
1

15
SNE
2

17
SNE
3

16
KNO
1

16
KNO
2

15
KNO
3

13
ROC
1

13
ROC
2

3
ROC
3

10
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

12
SIL
3

16
BRH
1

9
BRH
2

16
BRH
3

15
15th 97
2016 MG Racing RCIB Insurance MG 6 GT BRH
1

5
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

14
DON
1

2
DON
2

7
DON
3

9
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

12
THR
3

4
OUL
1

7
OUL
2

6
OUL
3

5
CRO
1

17
CRO
2

14
CRO
3

6
SNE
1

26
SNE
2

13
SNE
3

9
KNO
1

18
KNO
2

16
KNO
3

Ret
ROC
1

4
ROC
2

Ret
ROC
3

15
SIL
1

DSQ
SIL
2

17
SIL
3

7
BRH
1

3
BRH
2

4
BRH
3

7
12th 175
2017 Team Parker Racing with Maximum Motorsport Ford Focus ST BRH
1

13
BRH
2

7
BRH
3

26
DON
1

10
DON
2

4
DON
3

7
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

30
THR
3

22
OUL
1

8
OUL
2

6
OUL
3

Ret
18th 75
MG Racing RCIB Insurance MG 6 GT CRO
1

7
CRO
2

23
CRO
3

23
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

28
SNE
3

Ret
KNO
1

12
KNO
2

Ret
KNO
3

29
ROC
1

4
ROC
2

Ret
ROC
3

Ret
SIL
1

EX
SIL
2

18
SIL
3

Ret
BRH
1

25
BRH
2

26
BRH
3

Ret
2018 Power Maxed TAG Racing Vauxhall Astra BRH
1

NC
BRH
2

15
BRH
3

10
DON
1

1*
DON
2

7
DON
3

2
THR
1

9
THR
2

1*
THR
3

6
OUL
1

17
OUL
2

27
OUL
3

11
CRO
1

7
CRO
2

Ret
CRO
3

18
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

2
SNE
3

7
ROC
1

Ret
ROC
2

12
ROC
3

12
KNO
1

5
KNO
2

2
KNO
3

6
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

12
SIL
3

4
BRH
1

22
BRH
2

10
BRH
3

2*
6th 246
2019 BTC Racing Honda Civic Type R (FK8) BRH
1

1*
BRH
2

7*
BRH
3

4
DON
1

24
DON
2

8
DON
3

3
THR
1

11
THR
2

10
THR
3

1*
CRO
1

9
CRO
2

8
CRO
3

2
OUL
1

17
OUL
2

10
OUL
3

6
SNE
1

20
SNE
2

15
SNE
3

2
THR
1

4
THR
2

1*
THR
3

6
KNO
1

13
KNO
2

9
KNO
3

2
SIL
1

4
SIL
2

5
SIL
3

NC*
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

13
BRH
3

5
4th 278
2020 BTC Racing Honda Civic Type R (FK8) DON
1

13
DON
2

10
DON
3

3
BRH
1

21
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

17
OUL
1

DSQ
OUL
2

21
OUL
3

11
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

Ret
KNO
3

15
THR
1

9
THR
2

8
THR
3

1*
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

6
SIL
3

7
CRO
1

1*
CRO
2

1*
CRO
3

8
SNE
1

8
SNE
2

7
SNE
3

7
BRH
1

8
BRH
2

9
BRH
3

7
9th 196

References

  1. "Josh Cook career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. "Josh Cook to make BTCC debut with Power Maxed Racing". Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.


Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dave Newsham
Jack Sears Trophy
Winner

2015
Succeeded by
Ashley Sutton
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