Calan Williams

He didn't manage to score any points throughout the campaign however and finished 31st in the standings, with a highest finish of 14th.

Despite a number of successful qualifying performances, such as qualifying fifth in Budapest, he ended up behind both of his teammates, Matteo Nannini and Federico Malvestiti.

Williams was retained by Jenzer Motorsport for the 2021 season, this time partnering Pierre-Louis Chovet and Filip Ugran.

After a tough first round of the season where he finished just outside the points in race 2, Williams broke through for his maiden FIA Formula 3 podium and points finish at Le Castellet.

Williams qualified on reverse pole for Race 1, where he finished third after trading places for the lead and podium spots throughout the race.

Williams followed it up with another points finish in race 2, finishing tenth.

Calan Williams (born 30 June 2000) is an Australian racing driver who is competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with BMW M Team WRT.

His karting career spanned from 2007 until 2014.

He qualified 10th for race 1 of the round, finishing 14th in the race and qualified 9th for race two in which he then finished in 11th place.

He finished race 1 in 10th position and race 2 in 8th after being relegated to the rear end of the field following the early incidents.

Williams finished the season in 11th position with 25 points.

In Race 3 he finished in his starting grid spot of 12th after the rain-affected race.

The Australian's next points finish came at the Red Bull Ring, where he ended up ninth in Sunday's race.

Having tested a Formula Ford car for the first time in December 2014, Williams debuted in formula racing the following year in Western Australian Formula Ford, where he scored a round win on debut at the Barbagallo Raceway, having finished on the podium in two of the three races.

A pole position in the final round followed, as Williams ended up tenth in the standings.

His first full season of racing came in 2016, where he returned to the Western Australian Formula Ford Championship with Fastlane Racing.

Round 1 began with a good qualifying performance, as the Australian lined up third for the first race despite experiencing clutch issues on his flying lap, however the round would not yield a podium finish.

Williams took pole for the next race at the Collie Motorplex, although he was penalized with a back-of-the-grid start following an overtake under red flag conditions.

He beat the track record in the first two races, but one podium was the maximum of his weekend.

The third round brought with it a second-place finish, despite a spin into the gravel in Race 1 setting him to the back of the starting grid for the following race, but it was during the next event that Williams would make use of his pace, missing out on victory by 0.08 seconds in the first pair of races, whilst finishing second again in Race 3.

Another second place followed in the penultimate round, but Williams finally managed to score his first win in car racing in the second race, which he followed up by taking another victory to cap off the weekend, which he finished as the round winner.

A triple of victories followed in the final round to end the season, which meant that Williams had finished second in the standings, missing out on the title by just eight points to Sam Dicker.

He is the champion of the 2017 Australian Formula 3 Premier Series.

Williams was a member of the Wanneroo-based Tiger Kart Club, and competed in karting championships across Western Australia, and in several race meetings around the country.

For the 2017 season, Williams progressed to slicks and wings, driving in the Australian Formula 3 Premier Series with Gilmour Racing.

Williams took eleven race wins and 16 podiums, which earned him the championship title with one round to go.

During the series, he set the outright lap record at Morgan Park Raceway for the circuit's K configuration, with a laptime of 1:07.948.

After having a meeting with Fortec Motorsport in July 2017, Williams tested with the team in December at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Williams would return to using the number 54 that he had raced with prior to 2017.

The Australian finished eighth in the drivers' championship with 183, having finished all but two races in the points.

He then signed with the team for the opening rounds of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship, and competed in the Euroformula Winter Series.

He completed testing at the Circuito de Jerez and Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and placed seventh and ninth in two races at Circuit Paul Ricard.

Williams made his debut in Euroformula Open at Estoril Circuit in round one of the 2018 Euroformula Series.

Williams had two impressive qualifying efforts at the Monza round of the 2018 season, qualifying 5th for Race 1 and 3rd for Race 2.

In the races he suffered early setbacks however, being taken out early in both races, but fought back to finish inside the top ten in both races.

In December 2018, it was announced that Williams would race in the 2019 season of the Toyota Racing Series, held in New Zealand in January and February with MTEC Motorsport.

Williams competed again in Euroformula Open in the 2019 season with Fortec Motorsport.

Williams had a season best results of 4th and 5th at the 6th round of the championship at the Red Bull Ring.

In October 2019, it was announced Williams had signed with Jenzer Motorsport for the 2020 season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship, which he stated was "a huge opportunity".

He previously competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident, having previously raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship during 2020 and 2021.