Global InformationWarren Hughes information
| Warren Hughes | |
|---|---|
 Hughes as a British GT driver in 2012. | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 19 January 1969 Sunderland, England |
| Related to | Mark Hughes (F1 Journalist) |
| British GT career | |
| Debut season | 2000 |
| Current team | Balfe Motorsport, W series |
| Racing licence |  FIA Bronze |
| Car number | TBA |
| Former teams | M-Sport Racing Team WFR LNT Ian Khan GruppeM Racing |
| Starts | 21 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2012 (GT4 class) |
| Previous series | |
| 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010–2011 2005, 2012 2004–2012 2004–2005 2004 2001–2012 2001–2003 2000 999 1996 1994 1993–1995 1992–1995 1992–1999 1991 1989–1991 1989–1990 | FIA WEC SPEED EuroSeries ILMC FLM FIA GT1 ALMS ELMS FIA GT Carrera Cup GB 24 Hours of Le Mans BTCC Italian Formula 3000 MGF Cup STW Formula Three Japan Macau GP Masters of Formula 3 British F3 Formula Vauxhall Lotus Formula Ford Festival British FF |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 2011 2005 1999 1990 | British GT4 SPEED EuroSeries 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 MGF Cup British Formula Ford Junior 1600 |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2001–2002, 2005–2008, 2010–2012 |
| Teams | MG Sport & Racing Ltd. RML Chamberlain Synergy Motorsport, Quifel ASM Team Embassy Racing |
| Best finish | 20th (2005, 2010) |
| Class wins | 1 (2005) |
Warren Hughes (born 19 January 1969) is a racing driver from Sunderland, England.
He has raced in a variety of different series, most notably the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Le Mans Series, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He won the LMP2 category of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005, driving for RML Group alongside Tommy Erdos and Mike Newton.
He also tested in F1 for the Lotus and Williams teams during his single seater career.
Having started his career in 1989 in the British Formula Ford Junior 1600 series, and winning the same series the following year, Hughes progressed through various junior single-seater formulae, such as the British Formula 3 Championship and the Formula Three Japan. Although he briefly switched to touring car racing in 1996, competing in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, and entered the MGF Cup in 1999, winning the series, he did not switch away from single-seater racing fully until 2001, when, having been signed by MG, he entered both the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the BTCC. He competed in both competitions the following year, and remained in the BTCC in 2003 before leaving MG at the end of that year, after they ended their motorsport programme. In 2004, he entered part of the British GT Championship, the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, the FIA GT Championship and the Le Mans Series, and entered various events of the latter series up until 2012. During that time, he also competed in events that were part of various other series, notably the American Le Mans Series (in 2005 and 2012) and the FIA GT1 World Championship (in 2010 and 2011). Having won the SPEED EuroSeries in 2011, he became a regular driver in the British GT Championship in 2012 (in addition to entering in events that were part of the FIA World Endurance Championship), and he won the GT4 category that season, driving with Jody Fannin in a Team WFR-entered Ginetta G50.
Hughes now focuses on race driver coaching but still occasionally races, having finished 3rd in a GT4 McLaren at the 2021 Gulf 12 Hours in Bahrain.
Coaching duties include W Series, working with triple champion Jamie Chadwick, Argenti Motorsport, Double R Racing and Balfe Motosport.
Hughes is also on the roster of McLaren coaches for their worldwide Pure McLaren track programme as well as coaching on the brand's GT Driver Development Programme.