Carl Breeze


Carl Breeze is a British auto racing driver. He is not to be confused with Hyla Breese, an Australian driver also with British Touring Car Championship experience. His racing heroes include Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet and Valentino Rossi. Breeze currently competes in the Ginetta GT Supercup.

Career

Early years

Breeze won 3 major British karting titles before moving up to car racing. He began his car racing career in British Formula Ford with a best result of 2nd in his debut season in 1996. For 1998 Breeze competed in Formula Palmer Audi and competed in two races in the French GT Championship before moving into Formula Renault for 1999. In 2001 he was champion, with results which were stronger than Kimi Räikkönen's the previous year, although unlike Kimi he had experience of the championship and its circuits.

British Touring Car Championship

He made a move to tin-top racing in 2002, joining Vic Lee's team for rounds 4–10 of the BTCC in an independent Peugeot 406 Coupe. He signed for a full season in their self-developed Peugeot 307 in 2003, but moved to the GA team's Vauxhall Astra mid-season. He remained with the team for 2004 racing both the Astra and an Alfa Romeo, with an assortment of team-mates including Stefan Hodgetts, Kelvin Burt and Gavin Smith.

SEAT and Ginetta

For 2005 he moved to the SEAT Cupra Championship with the Barwell team, finishing 4th overall with one with and 10 podiums. For 2006 he raced for Edenbridge as team-mate to Tom Ferrier, and continued in the SEAT Cupra competition.
When SEAT ended the championship after the 2008 season, Breeze switched to the Ginetta G50 series in 2009 where he ended the year third in the driver standings – an impressive effort after sustaining a leg injury during an early-season race at Oulton Park. In 2010, he remained in Ginetta G50 and finished the season as Vice-Champion. Breeze also raced in one round of the GT4 European Cup in 2010 driving a Ginetta G50 GT4 with co-driver Frank Wrathall.
For 2011 the Ginetta G50 Cup became the Ginetta GT Supercup and Breeze challenged for the title again in the new Ginetta G55, but lost out by 5 points in the championship to Adam Morgan. He will continue to race in the Ginetta GT Supercup in 2012 racing for Tollbar Racing.
Breeze had a disastrous start to the 2012 season and the task looked near-impossible with a deficit of almost 120 points after just 3 rounds. With the title in mind Carl move back to his old TCR team and put together a sensational campaign charge. A run of 18 podiums out of a possible 19, which included 6 wins saw Breeze secure the Championship in the last race of the season at Brands Hatch. Long time sponsor Blue Chip Customer Engineering Ltd have put together a 2012 season highlights page
In 2013, a last-minute deal meant that Breeze was able to return to defend his 2012 championship, remaining with TCR. A season-opening win at Brands Hatch Indy circuit saw the campaign get off to a good start, followed by two more wins at Donington Park in rounds 4 and 5.
At the third meeting of the season at Thruxton on 4/5 May, Carl nearly scored maximum points by taking wins in rounds 7 and 8, and a 2nd-place finish in round 9, having lost the lead of that race to Tom Ingram on the penultimate lap.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap
YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPts
2002Team HalfordsPeugeot 406 CoupéBRH
1		BRH
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		THR
1		THR
2		SIL
1
DNS		SIL
2
16		MON
1
Ret		MON
2
18		CRO
1
8		CRO
2
12*		SNE
1
14		SNE
2
6		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
14		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
DNS		DON
1
13		DON
2
7		−517th8
2003Team HalfordsPeugeot 307MON
1
Ret		MON
2
10		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
10		THR
1
10		THR
2
Ret		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
DNS		ROC
1
Ret		ROC
2
9		13th22
2003GA MotorsportVauxhall Astra CoupéCRO
1
8		CRO
2
9		SNE
1
Ret		SNE
2
7		BRH
1
10		BRH
2
15*		DON
1
8		DON
2
8		OUL
1
15		OUL
2
11		13th22
2004Team Sureterm GA MotorsportsAlfa Romeo 156THR
1
Ret		THR
2
Ret		THR
3
11		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
DNS		BRH
3
DNS		SIL
1
7		SIL
2
16		SIL
3
5		OUL
1
Ret		OUL
2
13		OUL
3
Ret		MON
1
11		MON
2
Ret		MON
3
8		CRO
1
11		CRO
2
13		CRO
3
14		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
Ret		KNO
3
DNS		15th14
2004Team Sureterm GA MotorsportsVauxhall Astra CoupéBRH
1
13		BRH
2
12		BRH
3
10		SNE
1
14		SNE
2
Ret		SNE
3
Ret		DON
1		DON
2		DON
3		15th14

Complete Ginetta G50 Cup results

(Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;-
YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829Points
2009Total Control RacingBRH
1
1		BRH
2
2		BRH
3
1		THR
1
1		THR
2
3		THR
3
1		DON
1
4		DON
2
2		DON
3
2		OUL
1
4		OUL
2
C		CRO
1
2		CRO
2
Ret		CRO
3
DNS		SNE
1
1		SNE
2
1		SNE
3
1		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
4		KNO
3
3		SIL
1
4		SIL
2
3		SIL
3
16		ROC
1
4		ROC
2
Ret		ROC
2
8		BHGP
1
7		BHGP
2
7		BHGP
3
8		3rd629
2010Total Control RacingTHR
1
5		THR
2
3		THR
3
4		ROC
1
2		ROC
2
1		ROC
3
2		BHGP
1
1		BHGP
2
1		BHGP
3
13		OUL
1
1		OUL
2
1		CRO
1
3		CRO
2
3		CRO
3
3		SNE
1
1		SNE
2
1		SNE
3
2		SIL
1
2		SIL
2
6		KNO
1
4		KNO
2
10		KNO
3
9		DON
1
13		DON
2
9		DON
3
3		BRH
1
1		BRH
2
1		BRH
3
3		2nd717

Complete Ginetta GT/GT4 Supercup results

(Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races;-
YearTeamClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627Points
2011Total Control RacingG55BHI
1
3		BHI
2
9		BHI
3
2		DON
1
2		DON
2
NC		DON
3
3		THR
1
1		THR
2
2		THR
3
1		OUL
1
2		OUL
2
3		CRO
1
4		CRO
2
5		CRO
3
2		SNE
1
1		SNE
2
2		SNE
3
4		KNO
1
3		KNO
2
4		KNO
3
Ret		ROC
1
1		ROC
2
14		BRH
1
1		BRH
2
1		BRH
3
5		SIL
1
3		SIL
2
4		2nd689
2012Tollbar Racing with WIREDG55BHI
1
4		BHI
2
12		BHI
3
Ret		DON
1
2		DON
2
2		DON
3
4		THR
1
3		THR
2
9		THR
3
3		1st719
2012Total Control RacingG55OUL
1
2		OUL
3
2		CRO
1
1		CRO
2
2		CRO
3
2		SNE
1
4		SNE
2
1		SNE
3
3		KNO
1
1		KNO
2
1		KNO
3
2		ROC
1
2		ROC
2
3		SIL
1
2		SIL
2
1		BHGP
1
2		BHGP
2
3		BHGP
3
3		1st719
2013Total Control RacingG55BHI
1
1		BHI
2
6		BHGP
3
Ret		DON
1
1		DON
2
1		DON
3
Ret		THR
1
1		THR
2
1		THR
3
2		OUL
1
4		OUL
2
4		CRO
1
2		CRO
2
3		CRO
3
Ret		SNE
1
2		SNE
2
1		SNE
3
4		KNO
1
3		KNO
2
3		KNO
3
4		ROC
1
8		ROC
2
7		SIL
1
7		SIL
2
3		BHGP
1
6		BHGP
2
3		BHGP
3
6		2nd626
2014United AutosportsBHI
1
4		BHI
2
Ret		BHI
3
Ret		DON
1
4		DON
2
4		DON
3
5		THR
1
2		THR
2
2		THR
3
5		OUL
1
2		OUL
2
6		CRO
1
1		CRO
2
1		CRO
3
2		SNE
1
3		SNE
2
2		SNE
3
4		KNO
1
1		KNO
2
1		KNO
3
2		ROC
1
3		ROC
2
4		SIL
1
4		SIL
2
4		BHGP
1
9		BHGP
2
8		BHGP
3
Ret		3rd615
2015HHC MotorsportBHI
1
2		BHI
2
2		BHI
3
2		DON
1
3		DON
2
1		DON
3
5		THR
1
1		THR
2
1		THR
3
3		OUL
1
2		OUL
2
1		CRO
1
4		CRO
2
2		CRO
3
Ret		SNE
1
Ret		SNE
2
7		SNE
3
3		KNO
1
4		KNO
2
9		KNO
3
5		ROC
1
1		ROC
2
1		SIL
1
3		SIL
2
4		BHGP
1
1		BHGP
2
1		BHGP
3
3		2nd705

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