Paula Cook

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Paula Cook (born 2 November 1969) is a British motor racing driver. She is best known as an independent driver in the British Touring Car Championship competing for the family-run DC Cook Motorsports. She ran the family-owned DC Cook Direct dealership after her father's death in 2005 until its closure in 2009.

Racing career

Early career

Born in Rotherham,[1] Cook began her motor racing career in 1994, when she competed in both the Formula Vauxhall Junior and Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series championships, finishing second overall in the latter.[2] British Formula Renault (becoming the first female ever to achieve a pole position in an international race),[3] followed by three years in the British Formula 3 Championship between 1996 and 1998.[4] In 1997, she drove for the works Nissan team in the RAC Tourist Trophy.[5]

BTCC

Towards the end of 1998 British Touring Car Championship season, Cook entered the final four rounds for her father's DC Cook Motorsport Team in a Honda Accord.[6] She entered once more with DC Cook in 1999, planning to compete in the entire season, the first woman to do so.[7] However, despite a reasonable start to the year, the season for Cook was cut short after round 16, after her team pulled out of the series due to financial difficulties.[8]

In her 20 BTCC race starts, she scored 3 points and 2 Independents cup race victories.

Later career

After the BTCC she raced in the Lotus Elise Championship and the SEAT Cupra Championship.[4] In 2002, she entered a one-off ASCAR race at Rockingham.[9] In 2003, she competed in the SEAT Cupra Championship for the first time,[9] before later entering two races for the Morgan Works Race Team in the FIA GT Championship,[10] Most recently she has competed in the British GT Championship in 2004, driving the Chevrolet Corvette C5R of the Embassy Racing team.[11][12] following an outing in the Porsche Supercup.[13]

Personal life

Paula was born into a racing family - her father, Derek, was a racing driver in the 1970s.[14] Her brother David also competed in motorsports, and was most notable for winning the 1996 British Formula Renault series.[3] In addition to this, her nephew, Jake, entered the 2013 Formula Renault UK series, with Paula employed as his manager.[3] She helped run the family-owned DC Cook Direct dealership franchise, taking over the company following the death of her father in a car crash in 2005,[15] and remaining in charge until the company was liquidated in 2009.[16]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* Signifies that the driver led the feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos Pts
1998 DC Cook Motorsport Honda Accord THR
1 		THR
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		THR
1 		THR
2 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		OUL
1
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
2
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
1
16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
2
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		24th 0
1999 DC Cook Motorsport Honda Accord DON
1
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
2
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
2
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		THR
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		THR
2
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
1
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
2
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
2
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
1
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
2
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CRO
1
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CRO
2
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SNE
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SNE
2
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		THR
1 		THR
2 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		19th 3

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2003 Tolimit Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3 ITA1 ESP AUT MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER1 FRA GBR
24† 		GER2 HUN ITA2 USA1 USA2 NC‡ 0‡

† – Did not finish the race, but was classified as she completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ – Guest driver – Not eligible for points.

References

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