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Will Hoy
Will Hoy 1995 BTCC Brands Hatch.jpg
Hoy at Brands Hatch in 1995
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1952-04-02)2 April 1952
Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England
Died 19 December 2002(2002-12-19) (aged 50)
Chelsea, London, England
BTCC record
Teams Ford, BMW,
Toyota, Renault,
Arena, VLR
Drivers'
championships
1
Wins 9 (1 in class)
Podium finishes
Poles 6
Fastest laps 10
Debut season 1987
First win 1991
Best championship position 1st (1991)
Final season (2000) position 15th (Class B)

William Ewing Hoy (2 April 1952 – 19 December 2002) was a British racing driver and the 1991 British Touring Car Champion, the highlight of a 20-year career in motor racing.

Biography

Born in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, Hoy did not begin racing until his late 20s and first raced at the international level in 1985, taking on the full World Sportscar Championship including Le Mans. Over the next few years, he raced in an assortment of championships and one-off races, the highlight undoubtedly being second overall in the 1988 All Japan Touring Car Championship. Hoy supplemented his racing career as a fully qualified chartered surveyor, employed first by Bernard Thorpe and latterly by DTZ. In late 2002, Hoy suffered an inoperable brain tumour and died shortly afterwards. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Racing career

In 1991 he concentrated on the BTCC, in the first season of Super Touring regulations. Although manufacturers including Vauxhall and Toyota had factory entries, the established BMWs were the cars to have initially. Hoy made full use of his opportunity in a car entered by Vic Lee, building a championship lead nobody was able to overhaul. He also won the Willhire 24 Hour at Snetterton in a BMW M3, partnering Ray Bellm and Kurt Luby. For 1992 he was signed by the Toyota team, went into the final round in a three-way tussle for the championship but was beaten by Tim Harvey's BMW. However, the car was not competitive in subsequent seasons, Toyota won once in 1993 with Julian Bailey at Knockhill. The closest Hoy came was at Silverstone in 1993, when he was punted off onto his roof by team-mate Julian Bailey, an incident remembered for Murray Walker's commentary line "the car upside down is a Toyota", a play on the company's advertising slogan of the time (The car in front is a Toyota). In 1994, Hoy drove a factory-prepared Toyota Celica in the RAC Rally, of the World Rally Championship, but famously crashed into a tree on stage 4 of the rally. He and his co-driver were unhurt in the accident.

Will Hoy 1996 BTCC
Hoy driving for Renault in the 1996 British Touring Car Championship.

Despite 2 largely result-free seasons, Hoy was still an established star, and Renault hired him alongside Alain Menu for 1995. The early part of the season was a disaster, with many mechanical failures and crashes, although in the latter part of the season, Hoy moved up to 4th with 3 race wins, in what was now the fastest car. Hopes of a title push for 1996 was erased by the entry of the 4-wheel drive Audi of Frank Biela. Although Menu was again championship runner-up, Hoy slipped back to 9th.

Will Hoy 1998 BTCC
Hoy driving for Ford in the 1998 British Touring Car Championship.

The BTCC of this era was dominated by high-investment manufacturer teams, largely made up of overseas former single-seater drivers. Like Tim Harvey and Robb Gravett, Hoy was struggling to remain in a competitive car or make use of it. He went to a fading Ford team for 1997 and 1998. 1997 was somewhat disappointing but 1998 was a much better performance, with Hoy finishing in the top 10 in the championship in one of the least competitive works cars and even picking up a race win at Round 4 at Silverstone. Hoy raced independently in the BTCC for part of 1999, outperforming the rest of the independents in a half-season campaign using the Arena Motorsport Renault Laguna before entering semi-retirement. He also competed with Chamberlain Motorsport for two rounds of 1999 FIA GT Championship. His last appearance came at Silverstone in 2000 in a Class B Vic Lee Racing Peugeot 306, securing pole position in class for both races, but retiring from both races with mechanical failures. Hoy was a commentator for the 2002 BTCC season alongside Ben Edwards in addition to being part of the works Honda BTCC team in a managerial role alongside driver, Andy Priaulx.

Racing record

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1985 United Kingdom Roy Baker Promotions C2 Tiga GC284 Ford BDT 1.7L Turbo I4 MUG MNZ
Ret
SIL
Ret
HOC
Ret
MOS SPA BRH
Ret
FUJ SHA NC 0
Tiga GC285 LMS
21
1986 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering C2 Tiga TS85 Hart 418T 1.8 L Turbo I4 MNZ
Ret
SIL
DNS
LMS NOR BRH
16
JER NÜR SPA
21
FUJ
Ret
NC 0
1987 Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche C2 Argo JM19B Zakspeed 1.9 L Turbo I4 JAR
Ret
JER
Ret
MNZ
11
SIL
DNS
LMS
Ret
NOR
12
BRH
11
NÜR
Ret
SPA
14
NC 0
Japan Auto Beaurex Motorsport C1 Tom's 86C Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1 L Turbo I4 FUJ
Ret
1988 Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche C2 Argo JM19C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 JER
11
JAR
17
MNZ
Ret
SIL
Ret
BRN BRH
10
NÜR SPA FUJ SAN 66th 6
Japan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. IMSA GTP Mazda 767 Mazda 13J 2.6 L 4-rotor LMS
19
1989 West Germany Dauer Racing C1 Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 SUZ DIJ JAR BRH
Ret
NÜR
Ret
DON
DNS
SPA MEX NC 0
1990 France Courage Compétition C1 Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 SUZ
14
NC 0
United Kingdom GP Motorsport Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 MNZ
Ret
SIL SPA DIJ NÜR
United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 DON
Ret
CGV MEX
1991 Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz C1 Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 SUZ MNZ SIL LMS
Ret
NÜR MAG MEX AUT NC 0
1992 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering FIA Cup Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 MNZ SIL
3
LMS DON
6
SUZ MAG 10th 18

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 1996 onwards in all races, 1987–1989 and 2000 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 1987–1989 in class) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded 1998 onwards)

Year Team Car Class 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 Overall
Pos
Overall
Pts
Class
Pos
1987 Chris Hodgetts Motor Sport Toyota Corolla GT D SIL OUL THR THR SIL SIL
14
BRH SNE DON OUL DON SIL NC† 0† NC†
1988 BMW Finance Racing BMW M3 B SIL OUL THR DON
Ret‡
THR SIL SIL BRH
9
SNE
10
BRH BIR DON SIL
8
19th 16 5th
1989 BMW Team Finance BMW M3 B OUL SIL THR DON
6‡
THR SIL SIL BRH 43rd 9 8th
Trakstar Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 A SNE
4
BRH BIR DON SIL 49th 3 19th
1991 BMW Team Listerine BMW M3 SIL
1
SNE
1
DON
Ret
THR
3
SIL
3
BRH
2
SIL
2
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

DNS
OUL
2
BRH
1
2
BRH
2
1
DON
3
THR
Ret
SIL
5
1st 155
1992 Team Securicor ICS Toyota Toyota Carina SIL
4
THR
4
OUL
2
SNE
1
BRH
Ret
DON
1

1
DON
2

2
SIL
2
KNO
1
5
KNO
2
Ret
PEM
5
BRH
1
2
BRH
2

2
DON
4
SIL
5
2nd 149
1993 Team Securicor Toyota Toyota Carina E SIL
4
DON
Ret
SNE
4
DON
6
OUL
Ret
BRH
1
3
BRH
2
14
PEM
2
SIL
Ret
KNO
1
10
KNO
2
3
OUL
Ret
BRH
4
THR
10
DON
1

16
DON
2

16
SIL
3
7th 79
1994 Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Carina E THR
5
BRH
1
9
BRH
2
9
SNE
12
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

6
OUL
Ret
DON
1

10
DON
2

7
BRH
1
Ret
BRH
2
17
SIL
9
KNO
1
9
KNO
2
8
OUL
11
BRH
1
12
BRH
2
DNS
SIL
1

7
SIL
2

7
DON
1

18
DON
2

7
13th 48
1995 Williams Renault Dealer Racing Renault Laguna DON
1

6
DON
2

5
BRH
1
9
BRH
2
7
THR
1
Ret
THR
2
Ret
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

15
OUL
1
Ret
OUL
2
18
BRH
1
4
BRH
2
4
DON
1

12
DON
2

8
SIL
2
KNO
1
Ret
KNO
2
Ret
BRH
1
1
BRH
2
2
SNE
1

12
SNE
2

1
OUL
1
2
OUL
2
Ret
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

1
4th 195
1996 Williams Renault Dealer Racing Renault Laguna DON
1

2
DON
2

2
BRH
1
17
BRH
2

DSQ
THR
1
5
THR
2
15
SIL
1

8
SIL
2

Ret
OUL
1
Ret
OUL
2
6
SNE
1

7
SNE
2

9
BRH
1
4
BRH
2
3
SIL
1

9
SIL
2

6
KNO
1
10
KNO
2
11
OUL
1
4
OUL
2
Ret
THR
1
Ret
THR
2
19
DON
1

5
DON
2

4
BRH
1
8
BRH
2
Ret
9th 92
1997 Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo DON
1

Ret
DON
2

DNS
SIL
1

12
SIL
2

7
THR
1
11
THR
2
12
BRH
1

DSQ
BRH
2
17
OUL
1
DNS
OUL
2
DNS
DON
1

13
DON
2

9
CRO
1
8
CRO
2
Ret
KNO
1
12
KNO
2
14
SNE
1

10
SNE
2

7
THR
1
5
THR
2
9
BRH
1
7
BRH
2
Ret
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

10
15th 27
1998 Ford Mondeo Racing Ford Mondeo THR
1
Ret
THR
2
15
SIL
1

9
SIL
2

1*
DON
1

8
DON
2

16
BRH
1
7
BRH
2
Ret
OUL
1
8
OUL
2
7
DON
1

3
DON
2

Ret
CRO
1
13
CRO
2
9*
SNE
1

8
SNE
2

8
THR
1
10
THR
2
12
KNO
1
6
KNO
2
Ret
BRH
1
Ret
BRH
2
Ret
OUL
1
8
OUL
2
6
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

8
10th 69
1999 Arena International Renault Laguna DON
1
DON
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
THR
1
THR
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
DON
1
DON
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
SNE
1

10
SNE
2

13
THR
1
10
THR
2
8
KNO
1
13
KNO
2
11
BRH
1
13
BRH
2
11
OUL
1
10
OUL
2
11
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

7
15th 15
2000 Touring Car V.I.P. Club Peugeot 306 GTi B BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
THR
1
THR
2
KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

Ret
CRO
1
CRO
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
DON
1
DON
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
2 15th
  1. – Race was stopped due to heavy rain. No points were awarded.

† Not eligible for points. ‡ Endurance driver.

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Pts Class
1988 Autotech Racing Team BMW M3 JTC-2 SUZ
4
NIS
2
SEN
5
TSU
5
SUG
8
FUJ
8
2nd 144 1st
1990 Team Taisan BMW M3 JTC-2 NIS
7
SUG
Ret
SUZ
9
TSU
9
19th 62 5th
BMW M3 Sport Evolution SEN
8
FUJ
Ret

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts
1988 United Kingdom BMW Finance Racing BMW M3 MNZ DON
3†
EST JAR DIJ VAL NÜR SPA ZOL SIL
13/Ret
NOG NC 0

† Not eligible for points.

Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 DC Points
1988 Japan Autotech Racing Team BMW M3 BAT WEL PUK FJI
8
NC 0

Complete Italian Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
1995 Williams Renault Dealer Racing Renault Laguna MIS
1
MIS
2
BIN
1
BIN
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
MAG
1
MAG
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
MIS
1
MIS
2
PER
1
PER
2
VAR
1
VAR
2
VAL
1
5‡
VAL
2
4‡
NC‡ 0‡

‡ Guest driver – not eligible for points

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Pts
1999 United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport Chrysler Viper GTS-R MNZ
Ret
SIL
Ret
HOC HUN ZOL OSC DON HOM GLN ZHU NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1985 United Kingdom Roy Baker Promotions United States Nick Nicholson
United Kingdom Paul Smith
Tiga GC285-Ford Cosworth C2 274 21st 4th
1987 Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche Norway Martin Schanche
United Kingdom Robin Smith
Argo JM19B-Zakspeed C2 5 DNF DNF
1988 Japan Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Belgium Hervé Regout
Japan Takashi Yorino
Mazda 767 GTP 305 19th 3rd
1989 Australia Team Schuppan France Jean Alesi
United States Dominic Dobson
Porsche 962C C1 69 DNF DNF
1991 Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz Sweden Eje Elgh
Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Porsche 962C C1 202 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1993 United Kingdom Toyota UK United Kingdom Julian Bailey
Belgium Eric van de Poele
Toyota Carina E Class 2 271 23rd 3rd
1994 United Kingdom Toyota Racing Belgium Pierre-Alain Thibaut
Belgium Renaud Verreydt
Toyota Carina E  ? DNF DNF

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
1994 Will Hoy Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185 MON POR KEN FRA GRC ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR
Ret
NC 0
1998 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Escort Kit Car MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR
53
NC 0
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