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Richard Morris is a British racing driver and is currently a works driver for
Revolution Race Cars competing in the European Sports Prototype Cup. He is also
the creator of the Racing Pride movement to positively promote LGBTQ+ inclusion
through motorsport. Richard’s racing career began in 2004 in Junior TKM karting,
before progressing through Senior TKM from 2007, and in 2011 he moved into the
supremely fast 250-gearbox class, establishing himself as one of the leading
drivers at British Championship level. This culminated in him taking 2nd in the
English Championship and 3rd in the British Open Championship for 250-gearbox
karts in 2016. A former international fencer for England and Great Britain, and
a B.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. graduate of Cambridge University, Richard turned his
full sporting attention to motorsport when he stepped up into car racing in
2017. For the 2017 season Richard entered the competitive Formula Ford 1600
single-seater category at Castle Combe circuit, driving for the Swift Cooper
team in their 1992 Swift SC92 chassis and racing in Class B. Richard announced
himself immediately, qualifying on pole position for his very first car race. A
podium finish followed at his second meeting, and he took his first win at only
his third meeting, which was also the first time he had driven the car in wet
conditions. 8 pole positions and 4 wins from just 9 races followed in a
successful season. In 2018 Richard continued to rise, joining the BRSCC Formula
Ford 1600 National Championship with Swift Cooper. Richard took 2nd place in his
class in the National Championship, again with 4 wins. Richard first tested a
sports prototype car with Spire Sports Cars at Donington Park in November 2018.
After an impressive test, Richard was offered the opportunity to race the team’s
latest GT3s prototype in the RGB Sports 1000 Championship for the 2019 season.
Two highly successful seasons followed in which Richard racked up 15 podium
finishes from 22 races. In 2019 Richard was crowned Sports 1000 Vice Champion in
his debut year of prototype racing and in a part season (due to Covid) in 2020
he claimed wins at 3 out of the 4 race meetings he contested and set a new lap
record at Snetterton. In 2021 Richard raced the Praga R1T in the Britcar British
Endurance Championship with CWPerformance. The Championship enjoys a large
following, TV exposure, and features cars from many of motorsport’s most
prestigious brands such as Ferrari, Aston Martin, Porsche, and Lamborghini.
Richard and his teammate Christopher Wesemael won more races and had more podium
finishes than any other driver pairing, taking 3 wins and 6 podiums from 9
races. In January 2022 Richard signed as a works driver for Revolution Race
Cars. He will race in the 2022 Sports Prototype Cup, which will be contested
across 5 iconic Grand Prix circuits in 5 different countries, as well as
undertaking test, driver coaching, and demonstration work for Revolution.
