Daniel Buxton


Danny Buxton is a British auto racing driver. In 1997 he won the Ford Fiesta championship, before finishing third in the National Championship the following year. In 2000, he was runner up in the Renault Clio Cup, winning the championship a year later in 2001 with the TSM Developments Team. He drove in the championship for a third year in 2002 for Mardi Gras Motorsport, finishing third with four race wins.
In 2003, Buxton got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship for the Vic Lee ran Team Halfords in a Touring Class Peugeot 307. He joined the season at the halfway point with his first race at round eleven at Croft. He replaced Carl Breeze who had gone to GA Motorsport. He finished fourth in the independents championship with two wins.
From 2011, Buxton and fellow former BTCC driver Tom Ferrier formed Scuderia Vittoria, and entered a team in both the AirAsia Renault Clio Cup and the British GT. At the conclusion of the 2011 season, the team had achieved 14 wins over both classes, in their debut season.
Buxton started working with McLaren Automotive in 2010, assisting on road car development. Then moved into the role as Head of the Professional Drive Team, before moving in October 2020 to Head of Customer Racing for McLaren Motorsport. His brother Will was also a racing driver, but today he works for F1TV.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314151617181920PosPts
2003Team HalfordsPeugeot 307MON
1		MON
2		BRH
1		BRH
2		THR
1		THR
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		ROC
1		ROC
2		CRO
1
ovr:12
cls:12		CRO
2
Ret		SNE
1
Ret		SNE
2
Ret		BRH
1
ovr:15
cls:15		BRH
2
ovr:14*
cls:14		DON
1
ovr:13
cls:13		DON
2
ovr:15
cls:15		OUL
1
ovr:14
cls:14		OUL
2
Ret		18th1