Nick Yelloly


Nicholas Jon Yelloly is a British professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He is also currently a test and simulator driver for Racing Point F1 Team.

Career

Karting

Yelloly made his karting début in September 2005. After competing in Junior TKM Intermediate in 2006, Yelloly moved up to ICA in 2007, finishing 15th. Yelloly moved into the Super 1 National KF1 Championship in 2008, and finished in eighth position in the championship.

Formula Renault UK

Yelloly moved into the Formula Renault UK Winter Series in 2008 and finished fourteenth with points-scoring finishes in each of the four races with Fortec Competition. In 2009, Yelloly switched to the Hitech Junior Team, to contest a full season of Formula Renault UK. He had twelve point-scoring finishes on his way to nineteenth place in the championship and seventh in the Graduate Cup.
Yelloly remained in the series with the newly renamed Atech Grand Prix team. He improved to seventh place in the championship, with three podiums and a win at season finale in Brands Hatch.

GP3 Series

Yelloly continued his partnership with Atech CRS Grand Prix in 2011, stepping up to the GP3 Series alongside Marlon Stöckinger and Zoël Amberg. In a difficult season for the team, Yelloly finished 21st in the championship with seven points, courtesy of a strong showing at his home championship round held at Silverstone, but failing to score any points elsewhere. He was still the best-placed Atech CRS driver, as neither Stöckinger or Amberg registered a points finish all season.

Formula Renault 3.5

Yelloly made his Formula Renault 3.5 Series début at Silverstone for round seven of nine in the 2011 championship, driving for Pons Racing alongside Oliver Webb. After a difficult start, in which he was disqualified from his first race, he went on to secure three points finishes, including a podium in the final race at the Catalunya.
Yelloly signed for Comtec Racing for the 2012 season. He won the first race on the series calendar at Aragón, and picked up a second race win at the Nürburgring. He finished the season in fifth place overall, taking two further podium finishes at Spa-Francorchamps and Paul Ricard.

Return to GP3

In February 2013, Yelloly announced that he would return to the GP3 Series, racing for Carlin Motorsport for the upcoming season. In 2014, he switched to Status Grand Prix. Though he finished second in the sprint race at the Yas Marina Circuit, Yelloly converted it into his first race win after race winner Patric Niederhauser was excluded from the results due to a breach in technical regulations.

Switch to GT Racing with Porsche

In 2016 Yelloly made a switch to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany series with the Project 1 Motorsport team, finishing the year as vice-champion of the rookie class and sixth place in the overall championship. He would also take part in the British Grand Prix supporting Porsche Supercup race at Silverstone.
For 2017 he returned to the series with the same team, this time winning three races and ending the year as runner-up along with two appearances in the Porsche Supercup.
After showing good pace in the national series, Yelloly would make the full time move in to the Porsche Supercup for 2018 with the Fach Auto Tech team. A season long battle with Michael Ammermüller and Thomas Preining saw the Brit take second in the championship, securing wins at the Monaco Grand Prix and German Grand Prix supporting races.

BMW Motorsport works driver

On 24 February 2019, BMW announced that Yelloly would be joining them as a works driver, taking part in his first race for the manufacturer in the China GT series in March.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2011ATECH CRS GPIST
FEA
13		IST
SPR
11		CAT
FEA
25		CAT
SPR
18		VAL
FEA
9		VAL
SPR
12		SIL
FEA
3		SIL
SPR
6		NÜR
FEA
16		NÜR
SPR
9		HUN
FEA
21		HUN
SPR
Ret		SPA
FEA
Ret		SPA
SPR
13		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
Ret		21st7
2013CarlinCAT
FEA
4		CAT
SPR
Ret		VAL
FEA
12		VAL
SPR
9		SIL
FEA
6		SIL
SPR
2		NÜR
FEA
5		NÜR
SPR
3		HUN
FEA
15		HUN
SPR
13		SPA
FEA
6		SPA
SPR
4		MNZ
FEA
2		MNZ
SPR
Ret		YMC
FEA
3		YMC
SPR
6		7th107
2014Status Grand PrixCAT
FEA
9		CAT
SPR
7		RBR
FEA
7		RBR
SPR
5		SIL
FEA
5		SIL
SPR
2		HOC
FEA
4		HOC
SPR
5		HUN
FEA
2		HUN
SPR
11		SPA
FEA
3		SPA
SPR
5		MNZ
FEA
10		MNZ
SPR
5		SOC
FEA
9		SOC
SPR
6		YMC
FEA
8		YMC
SPR
1		6th127

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2011Pons RacingALC
1		ALC
2		SPA
1		SPA
2		MNZ
1		MNZ
2		MON
1		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		HUN
1		HUN
2		SIL
1
DSQ		SIL
2
14		LEC
1
Ret		LEC
2
5		CAT
1
6		CAT
2
2		14th36
2012Comtec RacingALC
1
1		ALC
2
18		MON
1
7		SPA
1
9		SPA
2
2		NÜR
1
Ret		NÜR
2
1		MSC
1
12		MSC
2
16		SIL
1
4		SIL
2
8		HUN
1
14		HUN
2
20		LEC
1
2		LEC
2
4		CAT
1
15		CAT
2
13		5th122
2013Zeta CorseMNZ
1		MNZ
2		ALC
1		ALC
2		MON
1
14		SPA
1		SPA
2		MSC
1		MSC
2		RBR
1		RBR
2		HUN
1		HUN
2		LEC
1		LEC
2		CAT
1		CAT
2		28th0
2015LotusALC
1		ALC
2		MON
1		SPA
1		SPA
2		HUN
1		HUN
2		RBR
1		RBR
2		SIL
1
14		SIL
2
7		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		BUG
1		BUG
2		JER
1		JER
2		20th6

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2015Hilmer MotorsportBHR
FEA		BHR
SPR		CAT
FEA
Ret		CAT
SPR
14		MON
FEA
10		MON
SPR
9		RBR
FEA
8		RBR
SPR
Ret		SIL
FEA
7		SIL
SPR
5		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
17		SPA
FEA
Ret		SPA
SPR
17		MNZ
FEA		MNZ
SPR		SOC
FEA		SOC
SPR		BHR
FEA		BHR
SPR		YMC
FEA		YMC
SPR		19th19

Complete Porsche Supercup results

YearTeam1234567891011DCPoints
2016Rookie Team Deutsche Post by Project 1CATMONRBRSIL
5		HUNHOCSPAMNZCOACOANC†0†
2017MOMO Megatron Team PARTRAXCATCATMONRBRSILHUNSPA
7		SPA
4		MNZMEXMEX18th23
2018Fach Auto TechCAT
5		MON
1		RBR
5		SIL
5		HOC
1		HUN
5		SPA
5		MNZ
4		MEX
4		MEX
2		2nd146

† As Yelloly was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.