Darren Richardson

Darren Richardson is a racing driver from the United Kingdom. He raced for Centurion-Koenig GP Racing for much of the first season of the Formula D World Championship and the first two races of the second season. His contract with the team expired at the end of the second season.

Early Career
Richardson moved up from karting to the Pro UK series of open-wheeled racing during his late teens. However, after middling results, he found himself in the V8 2k supercar series and Group D rally racing. He had greater success in these two series, taking home a second place trophy in his first season in Group D rally racing and a fourth in V8 2k. He continued to succeed in both series, though an accident in Group D put him out for nearly a month during his third season. Upon returning to the V8 2k series, he won his first championship during his fourth season.

Season 1
Following the formation of the Formula D World Championship, Centurion tapped Richardson to race on a one year contract with an option for renewal. Richardson struggled throughout the season, however, retiring six times in the first ten races. Though he attained podiums in the four races in which he didn't retire, Centurion opted to pull him from the car and replace him with test driver Cory Sylvester. However, they did choose to renew Richardson's contract for an extra year as test driver.

Season 2
When the decision was made to expand the grid to two cars per team, Richardson was placed in a car alongside Sylvester. The team made it clear early on that Richardson's main job was to support Sylvester and bring in consistent points for the Constructors Championship. However, Richardson's results were still middling, and a retirement in Malaysia prompted the team to pull him permanently from the car in favor of new test driver Christopher Michelle. At the end of the season, Centurion released Richardson from his contract.

Group D Rally Racing
Following the end of his career in Formula D, Richardson returned to Group D rally racing.

Complete Formula D Results
(Results in bold indicate pole position)