William Buller (racing driver)
Introduction '''William Buller''' (born 17 September 1992) is a British racing driver.
Career ===T Cars===After successful spells in both karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007 T Cars championship; the series designed for aspiring racing drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. Driving for Calvin Motorsport, Buller finished as series runner-up behind Daniel Brown, winning five races, including a hat-trick at Brands Hatch and finished on the podium in a further five races.===Formula BMW===Despite being only fifteen, Buller moved up into the newly created Formula BMW Europe series for 2008, which had been formed from the merger of the British and German series. Driving for Fortec Motorsport, Buller took twelfth in the championship standings, taking the fastest lap at the final race at Monza. Buller also made a guest appearance in the Formula BMW Americas series, driving for Autotecnica at the -supporting rounds of the championship. He finished fourteenth and ninth in the two races, and also finished ninth in the World Final for EuroInternational.At the conclusion of the season, Buller competed in the Winter Series of both the British and Portuguese Formula Renault series, and also the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He finished fifth in both Formula Renault championships, and he finished in the top ten of the Toyota Racing Series, despite competing in only three of the six rounds.Buller returned to Formula BMW in 2009, again staying with Fortec. A first win proved elusive, although he did take a pole position at Silverstone, and also finished third at the Nürburgring, en route to tenth in the championship. Buller made a guest appearance for EuroInternational at the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific championship in Macau. He dominated the weekend, winning from pole position with fastest lap to boot, holding off team-mate Jim Pla to win the race.===Formula Three===Buller will move into the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2010 season, driving for Hitech Racing. Prior to the season beginning, he also won the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race in São Paulo for Hitech, his debut in a Formula Three car.In April 2012 it was confirmed that Buller would join Carlin for the newly christened European F3 Championship. The calendar will comprise eight F3 Euro Series rounds and a pair of events from the British championship.In 2013 Buller started the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Threebond by T-Sport driving a Nissan powered Dallara F312.During winter testing he proved to be quick, regularly topping the timing sheets. When results during the first part of the season did not match the expectations, the British driver decided to halt the campaign and focus on the British F3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport.===GP3 Series===Buller will also compete in the GP3 Series in 2012, again linking up with the Carlin squad. He had a fairly quiet season, apart from an incredible victory from the back of the grid at Silverstone in Race Two. However, despite tying with teammate António Félix da Costa for best victory of the season, Buller was not retained by the team for 2013.===Formula Renault 3.5===In 2013, Formula Renault 3.5 team Zeta Corse confirmed Buller to be their sixth driver in only four race weekends after Emmanuel Piget, Mihai Marinescu, Mathéo Tuscher, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nick Yelloly. Buller made his debut at Moscow Raceway in Russia, and in the first race finished a very strong fifth place. He followed that up with a fifth and sixth-place finishes at the Red Bull Ring in Austria alongside new teammate Riccardo Agostini.Buller stated his desire to continue his Formula Renault 3.5 campaign with Zeta after confirming his discontinuation of his European Formula Three campaign for 2013, and running alongside his British Formula 3 campaign.===Super Formula===In 2015, Buller sign to Kondo Racing for Japanese Super Formula series. Teammate is the British driver James Rossiter.=== SXS Racing ===In 2020, Buller took up highly competitive off-road Side by Side racing -  sxsracing.co.uk . Initially starting out in a 1000cc Yamaha YXZ, Buller placed 6th in the 1000 Experts class in 2021.The start of the 2022 season saw Buller switch to a more commonly used machine, the Polaris RS1.
Racing record ===Career summary===SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2007 T Cars Calvin Motorsport 16 5 2 2 10 134 '''2nd''' 2008 Formula BMW Europe Fortec Motorsport 16 0 0 1 0 87 12th Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series 2 0 0 0 1 18 5th Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series Fortec Competition 4 0 0 0 0 58 5th Formula BMW Americas Autotecnica 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Formula BMW World Final EuroInternational 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th 2008–09 Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 9 2 0 2 3 467 10th 2009 Formula BMW Europe Fortec Motorsport 16 0 1 0 1 113 10th Formula BMW Pacific EuroInternational 1 1 1 1 1 0 NC† 2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open  Hitech Racing Brazil 1 1 0 1 1N/A '''1st''' British Formula 3 International Series  Hitech Racing 30 0 0 1 5 111 8th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0N/A 11th Macau Grand Prix Fortec Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0N/A 15th 2011 British Formula 3 International Series Fortec Motorsport 30 3 3 4 9 197 4th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0N/A 6th 2012 GP3 Series Carlin 16 1 0 0 1 20 15th Formula 3 Euro Series 24 2 1 1 8 182.5 5th FIA Formula 3 European Championship 16 0 1 0 5 137 6th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0N/A 6th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0N/A 10th 2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship ThreeBond with T-Sport 12 0 0 0 0 39 16th Fortec Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 British Formula 3 International Series 12 1 6 0 7 134 '''3rd''' Formula Renault 3.5 Series Zeta Corse 10 0 0 0 0 46 11th 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Arden Motorsport 17 0 0 0 1 30 16th 2015 Super Formula Kondō Racing 8 0 0 0 0 0 19th 2016 Super Formula Kondō Racing 9 0 0 0 0 0 19th FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 3 0 0 0 0 0 24th Formula V8 3.5 Series RP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 7 16th===Complete Formula 3 Euroseries results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24  Points 2012 Carlin Volkswagen HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 '''RBR1''' RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 ''NOR2'' NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 5th 182.5===Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results===(key) Year Entrant Engine 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 Points 2012 Carlin Volkswagen HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 BRH1 BRH2 '''RBR1''' RBR2 NOR1 NOR2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 VAL1 VAL2 HOC1 HOC2 6th 137 2013 ThreeBond with T-Sport ThreeBond Nissan MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 16th 39 Fortec Motorsports Mercedes RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 2016 Carlin Volkswagen LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 24th 0===Complete GP3 Series results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2012 Carlin CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA  VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 15th 20===Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  Points 2013 Zeta Corse MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 11th 46 2014 Arden Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 JER1 JER2 16th 30 2016 RP Motorsport ALC1 ALC2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 16th 7===Complete Super Formula Results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2015 Kondō Racing SUZ OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 19th 0 2016 Kondō Racing SUZ OKA FUJ MOT OKA OKA SUG SUZ SUZ 19th 0
Personal life Buller's hobbies are water sports, training and playing football. His favourite drivers are Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, while his favourite circuits are Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Rockingham Motor Speedway.
References
External links * *