Luke Edward Davenport (born 29 May 1993) is a British former racing driver who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship for Motorbase Performance in 2017. He retired from racing after a big impact at Croft, in which he suffered life-threatening injuries.
Racing career
Early career
Davenport began his car racing career in 2011, competing in the Ginetta Challenge. Starting in the G20 class, he moved up to the G40 class in 2012 where he remained for the next two seasons culminating in him finishing fourth in the championship in 2013 with one win. In 2014, Davenport moved to the Ginetta GT4 Supercup on the TOCA BTCC support package. He competed for United Autosports with veteran Carl Breeze as his teammate. He finished the season sixth in points with two wins.
Davenport spent the next two seasons in the British GT driving for Tolman Motorsport.
British Touring Car Championship
For the 2017 season, Davenport was signed by Motorbase Performance to compete in the British Touring Car Championship. His teammates were Mat Jackson and Martin Depper. Davenport's stint in the BTCC concluded following a heavy crash in the rain at Croft in June, with Davenport suffering from multiple injuries including chest injuries, lung damage, broken right leg, broken pelvis, broken right arm and concussion.
Britcar Endurance Championship
Davenport is participating in the 2020 season of the Britcar Endurance Championship in a Ligier JS2 R for Reflex Racing with Marcus Vivian. Davenport and Vivian were announced in January 2021 to be again competing with each other in the Ligier for 2021.
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 2017 Team Shredded Wheat Racingwith Duo Ford Focus ST BRH119 BRH2Ret BRH320 DON1DSQ DON216 DON325 THR117 THR217 THR3Ret OUL118 OUL217 OUL310 CRO1WD CRO2WD CRO3WD SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 32nd 6
Complete Britcar results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points 2020 Reflex Racing Ligier JS2 R 4 CRO1 CRO2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 SIL1 SIL2 SNE1 SNE2 5th 1st 188 2021 Reflex Racing Ligier JS2 R 4 SIL1 SIL2 SNE1 SNE2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 BRH1 BRH1 DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH1 29th 16th 1
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