DRIVEN TO WIN!
RACING CAREER
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From Northern Ireland, Richard started his racing career at an early age with Karting.
In 1996 Richard moved into the the junior ranks of Formula Junior Vauxhall in Britain, winning the 1996 winter championship in his first season, 1997 finishing third and winning the prestigious young driver of the year award, in 98 & 99 proved to be even better years with Richard recording two consecutive second place championship finishes and also winning the young driver of the year for the second season in a row.
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In 2000 Lyons moved up and appeared in Formula Renault and was selected for British GT rounds. Due to the fact that he didn't have the financial backing to follow the normal path to F1, he then had a big decision to make whether to take an opportunity to drive with Porsche GT or head to Japan to continue to pursue his dream in F1. He took the opportunity with Japan in 2001, a chance to race in another of the world's motorsport meccas for the first time.
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In 2002, Richard won a driver shoot out for Honda, winning the championship with Honda, where he was scouted by Nissan Factory, and placed in their top team, Nismo. He remained with Nismo for the next 5 seasons, winning multiple championships, races and podiums.
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During this time, he was recruited to lead Team Docomo Dandelion, where he had multiple wins, podiums and driver's title.
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Winning the 2004 Drivers Super GT500 championship and Super Formula (Formula Nippon) in the same season placed him among the top drivers around the world with this feat only being achieved by a handful of people.
From 2008-2011, Richard was recruited by TRD as a factory driver for the Super GT 500 Series.
Racing for Ireland in the short lived international A1GP open wheeled series along side some of the best drivers from Indy Car and F-1 as well as taking his skills down under to win in Australia in their V8 supercars championship, winning at the Gold Coast 600.
Richard Lyons has been the lead driver for numerous GT 3 programmes from 2012 to present.
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COACHING, MANAGEMENT, AGENT
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In 2017, along side his professional career, Richard took on a role of a coach for Yoshiaki Katayama, and was able to help Yoshiaki perform his best finishes for the year.
In 2018, Team YTB invited Richard back, but this time as Team Director and Coach for their Japan F3 Team. That year, with the direction of Richard, Yoshiaki won his first Porsche Cup Race.
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2019, the team expanded to two cars, and Richard managed and guided both Yoshiaki and Charles Milesi, along with Christian Muth as a substitute driver.
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Also in 2019, Richard started his consultancy side of his business. He scouted and placed the talented driver, Sacha .... with Kondo Raching where he fought for the championship and eventually was offered a factory drive in Toyota the following year.
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In 2020, Richard spotted another young talent, Linus Lundqvist and placed him into the US Formula Regional Championship where he ended up dominating and winning the championship.
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Richard moved to the US in Spring of 2020, and took a role at the reputable Turn 3 Motorsport Team as head of driver development. Daniel Frost and Antoine were guided by Richard, where Daniel placed 3rd in championship, and Antoine got the most positions gained for the year.
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The future looks bright for 2021 with the following drivers under Richard's wing.
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Rodrigo Gutierrez- Coach / Mentor
Christian Weir- Coach / Mentor
Dylan Christie- Driver Development (Turn 3 Motorsport)
Josh Green- Driver Development (Turn 3 Motorsport)
James Roe- Driver Development (Turn 3 Motorsport)
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