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Charlie Robertson
Robertson in 2018
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 28)
Caterham, United Kingdom
Racing licence FIA Silver (until 2019)
FIA Gold (2020–)[1]
Championship titles
2015
2014
2012		European Le Mans Series – LMP3
Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Ginetta Junior Championship

Charles Cameron Robertson (born 1 January 1997 in Caterham[2]) is a British racing driver competing for Century Motorsport in the British GT Championship.

A former Ginetta factory driver, Robertson has won titles in the Ginetta Junior Championship, the Ginetta GT4 Supercup and the European Le Mans Series' LMP3 class.[3] He also raced in LMP1 in the FIA World Endurance Championship, notably taking the fastest lap at the 2019 4 Hours of Shanghai.[4]

Early career

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Robertson began karting at the age of eight, winning the Scottish Open in the Cadet class in 2006 and the Scottish S-plate Championship in 2007.[5] Following two years in the Ginetta Junior Championship where he won the 2012 title,[6] Robertson switched to the BRDC Formula 4 Championship.[7]

In his only season in single-seater competition, Robertson scored his first win at Brands Hatch and took two more wins in the final round at Donington Park to finish third in the standings.[8][9][10] At the end of the season, Robertson switched to Ginetta GT4 Supercup,[11] winning the title at season's end with a race to spare.[12]

Endurance career

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In 2015, Robertson joined Team LNT to compete in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series alongside Chris Hoy.[13] Robertson won on his series debut at Silverstone,[14] and then took wins at the Red Bull Ring and Le Castellet to take the LMP3 title with a race to spare.[15][16]

After testing LMP2 machinery at the end of 2015,[17] Robertson stayed in the LMP3 class for 2016, competing in both the Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup and the Asian Le Mans Series for PRT Racing.[18][19] Winning one race and finishing runner-up in the standings in the former,[20] Robertson only managed a best result of fourth in the latter and finished 11th in points.[21]

In early 2018 it was announced that Robertson would join CEFC TRSM Racing to make his debut in LMP1 machinery in the FIA World Endurance Championship's "super season".[22] After both Ginettas were withdrawn from the season-opener at Spa due to late payments from the team,[23] Robertson raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and scored the team's sole point of the season despite being the last classified finisher.[24][25] With Manor pulling out from Ginetta's LMP1 programme shortly after, Robertson's season effectively came to an end with as disagreements between Ginetta and the ACO meant none of the cars competed in the remaining six races.[26]

Robertson returned to the FIA World Endurance Championship the following year, remaining in LMP1 but joining Team LNT alongside Ben Hanley and Egor Orudzhev.[27] In the opening race of the season, Robertson finished fourth but was classified third points-wise as Rebellion's #3 car was entered on a race-by-race basis and thus wasn't eligible for championship points.[28] Robertson finished fifth and took the fastest lap in Shanghai, but after the 8 Hours of Bahrain, both Team LNT's cars withdrew from the 2020 Lone Star Le Mans and subsequently pulled out from the rest of the season.[29]

GT career

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In 2017, Robertson joined Century Motorsport alongside Parker Chase to compete in the British GT Championship.[30] Racing just a handful of times in the series, Robertson scored a lone points finish at Silverstone,[31] just after winning both races at Brands Hatch in the GT4 European Series Northern Cup.[32][33]

In 2021, Robertson returned to the British GT Championship, racing in the GT4 class for Assetto Motorsport alongside Mark Sansom.[34] Robertson scored a best result of fourth at the season-opening round at Brands Hatch and finished tenth in the GT4 standings.[35]

After taking a class win at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi for Century Motorsport in late 2023, Robertson stayed with them to compete in the 2024 British GT Championship in the GT4 class alongside Ravi Ramyead.[36] The Briton won race one at the Snetterton round and also won at Donington Park to finish sixth in the points at the end of the season.[37][38]

Robertson returned to the British GT Championship and Century Motorsport for 2025.[39]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2007 British Kart Championship — Cadet 31st
2008 Super One Series — Comer Cadet 2nd
BRDC Stars of Tomorrow — Cadet 2nd
2009 British Open Championship — Mini Max 5th
Formula Kart Series — Mini Max 8th
Kartmasters British GP — Mini Max 20th
2010 Super One Series — KF3 8th
Formula Kart Series — KF3 2nd
FIA European Championship — KF3 Fusion Motorsport 34th
Kartmasters British GP — KF3 4th
Sources:[40][41]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 Ginetta Junior Winter Series HHC Motorsport 4 2 2 1 2 95 3rd
Ginetta Junior Championship 20 3 5 5 9 437 2nd
2012 Ginetta Junior Championship HHC Motorsport 20 6 12 7 13 507 1st
2013 BRDC Formula 4 Championship HHC Motorsport 24 3 0 7 9 396 3rd
2014 Ginetta GT4 Supercup HHC Motorsport 27 8 6 7 20 710 1st
Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V Team LNT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 Team LNT[42] 5 3 5 5 4 94 1st
Silverstone 24 Hours 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2016 Sepang 12 Hours – GT4 Simpson Motorsport 1 0 0 1 1 N/A 3rd
Challenge Endurance PFV V de V CWS Recycling 7 2 0 2 3 182.5 4th
Road to Le Mans – LMP3 Team LNT 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th
Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup - LMP3 PRT Racing 6 1 1 6 4 86 2nd
2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 PRT Racing 4 0 0 0 0 22 11th
2017 British GT Championship – GT3 Century Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 1.5 21st
GT4 European Series Northern Cup Ginetta Cars[43] 2 2 2 2 2 50 14th
Trans-Am Series – TA3 1 0 1 0 0 0 NC
V de V Endurance Series - PFV Simpson Motorsport[44]
Nova Race[45] 		3 1 2 2 2 89 6th
2018 24H Proto Series Championship of the Continents – P2 Simpson Motorsport[46] 2 1 0 2 2 36 3rd
24H Proto Series European Championship – P2 1 1 0 0 1 28 1st
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1 CEFC TRSM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 1 38th
2019 VLN Series – V4 KKrämer Racing[47] 2 0 0 0 0 3.13 129th
VLN Series – Cayman GT4 1 0 0 0 0 4.23 36th
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP10 KKrämer Racing powered by REWITEC[48] 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1 Team LNT 4 0 0 1 1 27 16th
2021 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 ARC Bratislava[49] 4 0 0 0 0 14 10th
British GT Championship – GT4 Assetto Motorsport 9 0 1 1 0 63 10th
2022 Championnat de France FFSA GT - Pro-Am Paradine Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
British GT Championship – GT4 Assetto Motorsport[50] 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2023–24 Middle East Trophy – GT4 Century Motorsport[51] 2 1 0 0 2 76 ??
2024 British GT Championship – GT4 Century Motorsport 8 2 0 0 2 72.5 6th
24H Series – GT4 Simpson Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 24 14th
2025 GT4 Winter Series – Invitational Century Motorsport[52] 0 NC
British GT Championship – GT4
Sources:[40]

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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(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 19 20 DC Points
2011 HHC Motorsport BHI
1
4 		BHI
2
5 		DON
1
2 		DON
2
DSQ 		THR
1
6 		THR
2
10 		OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
4 		CRO
1
2 		CRO
2
1 		SNE
1
2 		SNE
2
4 		KNO
1
5 		KNO
2
3 		ROC
1
8 		ROC
2
1 		BHGP
1
4 		BHGP
2
1 		SIL
1
6 		SIL
2
3 		2nd 437
2012 HHC Motorsport BHI
1
12 		BHI
2
1 		DON
1
2 		DON
2
Ret 		THR
1
1 		THR
2
1 		OUL
1
4 		OUL
2
7 		CRO
1
3 		CRO
2
2 		SNE
1
5 		SNE
2
1 		KNO
1
1 		KNO
2
1 		ROC
1
2 		ROC
2
2 		SIL
1
2 		SIL
2
Ret 		BHGP
1
4 		BHGP
2
2 		1st 507

Complete BRDC Formula 4 Championship results

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(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 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2013 HHC Motorsport SIL1
1
5 		SIL1
2
7 		SIL1
3
4 		BRH1
1
2 		BRH1
2
3 		BRH1
3
1 		SNE1
1
2 		SNE1
2
5 		SNE1
3
DSQ 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
14 		OUL
3
3 		BRH2
1
3 		BRH2
2
8 		BRH2
3
Ret 		SIL2
1
3 		SIL2
2
4 		SIL2
3
5 		SNE2
1
4 		SNE2
2
4 		SNE2
3
5 		DON
1
4 		DON
2
1 		DON
3
1 		3rd 396

Complete Ginetta GT4 Supercup results

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(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 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points
2014 HHC Motorsport BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
2 		BRH
3
11 		DON
1
1 		DON
2
2 		DON
3
9 		THR
1
5 		THR
2
5 		THR
3
10 		OUL
1
1 		OUL
2
1 		CRO
1
2 		CRO
2
2 		CRO
3
6 		SNE
1
1 		SNE
2
1 		SNE
3
9 		KNO
1
2 		KNO
2
2 		KNO
3
3 		ROC
1
1 		ROC
2
2 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
3 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
3 		BRH
3
1 		1st 710

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2015 Team LNT LMP3 Ginetta-Juno LMP3 Nissan VK50 5L V8 SIL
1 		IMO
Ret 		RBR
1 		LEC
1 		EST
3 		1st 93

24 Hours of Silverstone results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Car No. Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 United Kingdom Team LNT United Kingdom Lawrence Tomlinson
United Kingdom Chris Hoy
United Kingdom Mike Simpson
France Gaëtan Paletou 		Ginetta Juno LMP3 12 1 418 13th 2nd

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 Rank Pts
2016-17 PRT Racing Ginetta-Juno LMP3 LMP3 ZHU
Ret 		FUJ
5 		CHA
4 		SEP
Ret 		11th 22

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 CEFC TRSM Racing LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 Mecachrome V634P1 3.4 L Turbo V6 SPA
WD 		LMS
5 		SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 38th 1
2019–20 Team LNT LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL
3 		FUJ
9 		SHA
5 		BHR
Ret 		COA SPA LMS BHR 16th 27

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 China CEFC TRSM Racing France Léo Roussel
United Kingdom Michael Simpson 		Ginetta G60-LT-P1 LMP1 283 41st 5th

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