About Ryan Briscoe
Ryan John Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian-American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and sports cars in Europe and America. In IndyCar, Briscoe collected eight wins and 28 podiums, finishing third in the 2009 season, fifth in 2008 and 2010, and sixth in 2011 and 2012. In sports car racing, he has won the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2020 Petit Le Mans, was runner-up at the 2007 American Le Mans Series LMP2 class, and won the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring LMP2 class, the 2008 and 2013 Petit Le Mans LMP2 class, the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona GTLM class, and finished third overall at the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona. Like many racing drivers, Briscoe started his career in karting, first racing in 1993. In 2002, Briscoe became test driver for the Toyota Formula One team which made its debut that season. He won the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2001 (winning five races) and finished fourth running a limited schedule in the Eurocup (with two wins in six races). He also won the Formula Three Euroseries in 2003 (winning eight races in the process).
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