Carl Breeze (born 7 July 1979 in Kings Lynn) is a British auto racing driver. He is not to be confused with Hyla Breese, an Australian driver also with British Touring Car Championship experience. His racing heroes include Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet and Valentino Rossi. Breeze currently competes in the Ginetta GT Supercup.

Career

Early years Breeze won three major British karting titles before moving up to car racing. He began his car racing career in British Formula Ford with a best result of second in his debut season in 1996. For 1998, Breeze competed in Formula Palmer Audi1998 Championship Standings , Formula Palmer Audi. and competed in two races in the French GT Championship before moving into Formula Renault for 1999. In 2001, he was champion, with results which were stronger than Kimi Räikkönen's the previous year, although unlike Räikkönen, he had experience of the championship and its circuits.

British Touring Car Championship

Breeze made a move to tin-top racing in 2002, joining Vic Lee's team for rounds 4–10 of the BTCC in an independent Peugeot 406 Coupe. He signed for a full season in their self-developed Peugeot 307 in 2003, but moved to the GA team's Vauxhall Astra mid-season. He remained with the team for 2004 racing both the Astra and an Alfa Romeo, with an assortment of team-mates including Stefan Hodgetts, Kelvin Burt and Gavin Smith.

SEAT and Ginetta For 2005, Breeze moved to the SEAT Cupra Championship with the Barwell team, finishing fourth overall with one with and ten podiums. For 2006, he raced for Edenbridge as team-mate to Tom Ferrier, and continued in the SEAT Cupra competition.

When SEAT ended the championship after the 2008 season, Breeze switched to the Ginetta G50 series in 2009 where he ended the year third in the driver standings – an impressive effort after sustaining a leg injury during an early-season race at Oulton Park. In 2010, he remained in Ginetta G50 and finished the season as Vice-Champion. Breeze also raced in one round of the GT4 European Cup in 2010 driving a Ginetta G50 GT4 with co-driver Frank Wrathall.What a GT4 weekend! Double win in the Eifel for IMS Ginetta and Matt Nicoll-Jones , GT4 European Cup.

For 2011, the Ginetta G50 Cup became the Ginetta GT SupercupNEW GINETTA GT SUPERCUP FOR 2011 , Ginetta Cars. and Breeze challenged for the title again in the new Ginetta G55, but lost out by five points in the championship to Adam Morgan. He will continue to race in the Ginetta GT Supercup in 2012 racing for Tollbar Racing., Ginetta Cars.

Breeze had a disastrous start to the 2012 season and the task looked near-impossible with a deficit of almost 120 points after just three rounds. With the title in mind, Breeze moved back to his old TCR team and put together a sensational campaign charge. A run of 18 podiums out of a possible 19, which included six wins saw Breeze secure the Championship in the last race of the season at Brands Hatch. Long time sponsor Blue Chip Customer Engineering Ltd have put together a 2012 season highlights page GINETTA TITLE WINNING SEASON VIDEO & PICTURES

In 2013, a last-minute deal meant that Breeze was able to return to defend his 2012 championship,CARL BREEZE SET FOR MICHELIN GINETTA GT SUPERCUP RETURN , Ginetta Cars remaining with TCR. A season-opening win at Brands Hatch Indy circuit saw the campaign get off to a good start, followed by two more wins at Donington Park in rounds 4 and 5.

At the third meeting of the season at Thruxton on 4/5 May, Breeze nearly scored maximum points by taking wins in rounds 7 and 8, and a second-place finish in round 9, having lost the lead of that race to Tom Ingram on the penultimate lap.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002 all races, 2003–2004 just for first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given – 2002 just in feature race, 2003–2004 all races)

Year Team Car Class 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 Pos Pts 2002 Team Halfords Peugeot 406 Coupé BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 OUL2 THR1 THR2 SIL1DNS SIL2ovr:16cls:14 MON1Ret MON2ovr:18cls:12 CRO1ovr:8cls:8 CRO2ovr:12*cls:12 SNE1ovr:14cls:14 SNE2ovr:6cls:6 KNO1Ret KNO2ovr:14cls:13 BRH1Ret BRH2DNS DON1ovr:13cls:13 DON2ovr:7cls:7 −5 17th 8 2003 Team Halfords Peugeot 307 MON1Ret MON2ovr:10cls:10 BRH1Ret BRH2ovr:10cls:10 THR1ovr:10cls:10 THR2Ret SIL1Ret SIL2DNS ROC1Ret ROC2ovr:9cls:9 13th 22 GA Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupé CRO1ovr:8cls:8 CRO2ovr:9cls:9 SNE1Ret SNE2ovr:7cls:7 BRH1ovr:10cls:10 BRH2ovr:15*cls:15 DON1ovr:8cls:8 DON2ovr:8cls:8 OUL1ovr:15cls:15 OUL2ovr:11cls:11 2004 Team SuretermGA Motorsports Alfa Romeo 156 THR1 THR2 THR3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 MON1 MON2 MON3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 15th 14 Vauxhall Astra Coupé BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON1 DON2 DON3

Complete Ginetta G50/GT/GT4 Supercup 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;-

Year Team Class 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 Points 2009 Total Control Racing BRH11 BRH22 BRH31 THR11 THR23 THR31 DON14 DON22 DON32 OUL14 OUL2C CRO12 CRO2Ret CRO3DNS SNE11 SNE21 SNE31 KNO1Ret KNO24 KNO33 SIL14 SIL23 SIL316 ROC14 ROC2Ret ROC28 BHGP17 BHGP27 BHGP38 3rd 629 2010 Total Control Racing THR15 THR23 THR34 ROC12 ROC21 ROC32 BHGP11 BHGP21 BHGP313 OUL11 OUL21 CRO13 CRO23 CRO33 SNE11 SNE21 SNE32 SIL12 SIL26 KNO14 KNO210 KNO39 DON113 DON29 DON33 BRH11 BRH21 BRH33 2nd 717 2011 Total Control Racing G55 BHI13 BHI29 BHI32 DON12 DON2NC DON33 THR11 THR22 THR31 OUL12 OUL23 CRO14 CRO25 CRO32 SNE11 SNE22 SNE34 KNO13 KNO24 KNO3Ret ROC11 ROC214 BRH11 BRH21 BRH35 SIL13 SIL24 2nd 6892012 Tollbar Racing with WIREDG55 BHI14 BHI212 BHI3Ret DON12 DON22 DON34 THR13 THR29 THR33 1st 719 Total Control Racing OUL12 OUL32 CRO11 CRO22 CRO32 SNE14 SNE21 SNE33 KNO11 KNO21 KNO32 ROC12 ROC23 SIL12 SIL21 BHGP12 BHGP23 BHGP33 2013 Total Control Racing G55 BHI11 BHI26 BHGP3Ret DON11 DON21 DON3Ret THR11 THR21 THR32 OUL14 OUL24 CRO12 CRO23 CRO3Ret SNE12 SNE21 SNE34 KNO13 KNO23 KNO34 ROC18 ROC27 SIL17 SIL23 BHGP16 BHGP23 BHGP36 2nd 626 2014 United Autosports BHI14 BHI2Ret BHI3Ret DON14 DON24 DON35 THR12 THR22 THR35 OUL12 OUL26 CRO11 CRO21 CRO32 SNE13 SNE22 SNE34 KNO11 KNO21 KNO32 ROC13 ROC24 SIL14 SIL24 BHGP19 BHGP28 BHGP3Ret 3rd 615 2015 HHC Motorsport BHI12 BHI22 BHI32 DON13 DON21 DON35 THR11 THR21 THR33 OUL12 OUL21 CRO14 CRO22 CRO3Ret SNE1Ret SNE27 SNE33 KNO14 KNO29 KNO35 ROC11 ROC21 SIL13 SIL24 BHGP11 BHGP21 BHGP33 2nd 705

24 Hours of Silverstone results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2010 Strategic Racing / John Welch Motorsport Mark Pilatti Adam Christodoulou Luke Wright Aaron Williamson SEAT Leon Supercopa 45 3 523 10th 6th

References

External links Profile