Frank Bird (racing driver)

Frank "Frankie" Bird Jr. (born 20 August 1999) is a British racing driver.^[1] He is part of the Mercedes-AMG driver lineup, having been introduced to the programme as a junior driver in 2024.^[2][3][4]

Frank Bird
Bird in 2022
Nationality	British
Born	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 25) Nassington, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2020
Current team	2 Seas Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	60
Starts	12 (12 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th (Silver Cup) in 2021

Career

After starting out his career in 2015 racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship, Bird switched to single-seaters, competing in British F4 and the Formula Renault Eurocup without much success. He raced in the Eurocup until 2019 before moving into GT3 competition, having previously competed in several GT4 races and taken a Renault Clio Cup class win at the 2018 Dubai 24 Hour.^[5]

In 2020, Bird entered the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Team Parker Racing as part of Bentley's academy programme.^[6] The following year, Bird moved to the GTWC Sprint Cup, finishing second in class after taking two Silver Cup wins alongside Ryuichiro Tomita.^[7] Bird then entered the ADAC GT Masters in 2022 with Team Landgraf, though he would end up 21st in the overall standings. He returned to the Sprint Cup in 2023 and won three races in class, helping teammate Jordan Love to the Silver Cup title as Bird had missed two events due to the death of his father Paul Bird, a former rally driver who owned the Paul Bird Motorsport team.^[8][9] In addition, Bird won that year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the two-car SPX category, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT2.^[10]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Ginetta Junior Championship	R & J Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	69	22nd
	Ginetta Junior Winter Series		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	F4 British Championship	Fortec Motorsports[11][12]	30	0	0	0	0	3	19th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017	Formula Renault Eurocup	Fortec Motorsports[13][14]	23	0	0	0	0	0	32nd
	Formula Renault Northern European Cup		2	0	0	0	0	26	20th
2018	Formula Renault Eurocup	Tech 1 Racing[15][16]	20	0	0	0	0	6	18th
	Formula Renault Northern European Cup		12	0	0	0	0	52	10th
	24H TCE Series - Continents' - A2	Ciceley Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
	Gulf 12 Hours - GT4		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019	Formula Renault Eurocup	Arden[17]	20	0	0	0	0	14	18th
	24H GT Series - Continents' - GT4	Ciceley Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team Parker Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			0	0	0	0	23	17th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports	3	0	0	0	0	13	24th
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[18]	5	0	0	0	0	4	28th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			0	0	0	1	51	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	1	33.5	8th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver			2	0	0	5	85.5	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - GT3 Pro		1	0	0	0	1	26	NC†
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Garage 59[19]	4	0	0	0	1	29.5	7th
	ADAC GT Masters	Mann-Filter Team Landgraf[20]	13	0	0	0	0	52	21st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Haupt Racing Team[21][22]	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			0	0	0	0	19	18th
	International GT Open		1	0	0	0	0	24	14th
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Haupt Racing Team[23][24][25]	4	0	0	0	0	6	15th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		6	0	0	0	0	9	15th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver			3	1	2	5	80.5	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am			0	0	0	0	11	18th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	1	0	0	0	0	12	23rd
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2-FWD	SRS Team Sorg Rennsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - V4		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT3	Team Mathol Racing e.V.	2	2	2	2	2	0	NC†
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Haupt Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SPX	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
2024	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	2	0	0	0	0	*	*
		Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT[26]	2	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	2 Seas Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold			0	0	0	0	27*	8th*

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

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2015	R & J Motorsport	BHI 1 Ret	BHI 2 16	DON 1 21	DON 2 18	THR 1 17	THR 2 17	OUL 1 Ret	OUL 2 17	CRO 1 20	CRO 2 Ret	SNE 1 15	SNE 2 21	KNO 1 12	KNO 2 14	ROC 1 19	ROC 2 19	SIL 1 20	SIL 2 15	BHGP 1 16	BHGP 2 11	22nd	69

Complete F4 British Championship results

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

Year	Team	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	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2016	Fortec Motorsports	BHI 1 18	BHI 2 Ret	BHI 3 17	DON 1 15	DON 2 11	DON 3 16	THR 1 14	THR 2 Ret	THR 3 15	OUL 1 15	OUL 2 14	OUL 3 Ret	CRO 1 10	CRO 2 Ret	CRO 3 15	SNE 1 13	SNE 2 10	SNE 3 14	KNO 1 12	KNO 2 10	KNO 3 14	ROC 1 14	ROC 2 NC	ROC 3 17	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 16	SIL 3 13	BHGP 1 12	BHGP 2 Ret	BHGP 3 16	19th	3

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Points
2016	Fortec Motorsports	ALC 1	ALC 2	ALC 3	MON 1	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 1	RBR 1	RBR 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	EST 1 15	EST 2 20									NC†	0
2017	Fortec Motorsports	MNZ 1 19	MNZ 2 17	SIL 1 17	SIL 2 22	PAU 1 20	PAU 2 17	MON 1 Ret	MON 2 Ret	HUN 1 23	HUN 2 22	HUN 3 27	NÜR 1 29	NÜR 2 24	RBR 1 25	RBR 2 23	LEC 1 22	LEC 2 25	SPA 1 32	SPA 2 27	SPA 3 20	CAT 1 24	CAT 2 Ret	CAT 3 20	32nd	0
2018	Tech 1 Racing	LEC 1 17	LEC 2 18	MNZ 1 13	MNZ 2 8	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 21	MON 1 22	MON 2 20	RBR 1 13	RBR 2 10	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 11	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 13	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 21	HOC 1 20	HOC 2 13	CAT 1 10	CAT 2 17				18th	6
2019	Arden	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 14	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 20	MON 1 13	MON 2 15	LEC 1 10	LEC 2 12	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 11	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 10	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 Ret	CAT 1 15	CAT 2 16	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 16	YMC 1 17	YMC 2 15				18th	14

^† As Bird was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete Formula Renault Northern European Cup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2017	Fortec Motorsport	MNZ 1 9	MNZ 2 7	ASS 1	ASS 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SPA 1 32	SPA 2 27	SPA 3 20	HOC 1	HOC 2		20th	26
2018	Fortec Motorsport	PAU 1 11	PAU 2 6	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 11	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 11	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 13	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 21	HOC 1 20	HOC 2 13	10th	52

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2020	Team Parker Racing	Bentley Continental GT3	Silver	IMO 37	NÜR 37	SPA 6H 37	SPA 12H 30	SPA 24H 28	LEC Ret		17th	23
2021	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	MNZ 8	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 37	SPA 12H 16	SPA 24H 24	NÜR 16	CAT 12	11th	51
2022	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Silver	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H 20	SPA 12H 12	SPA 24H Ret	HOC	CAT	18th	19
2023	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro-Am	MNZ	LEC	SPA 6H 50	SPA 12H 47	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	CAT	18th	11
2024	2 Seas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Gold	LEC	SPA 6H 20	SPA 12H 53	SPA 24H 42	NÜR	MNZ	JED	8th*	27*

^*Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	MAG 1 24	MAG 2 11	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 7	MIS 1 26	MIS 2 4	BRH 1 3	BRH 2 5	VAL 1 14	VAL 2 16	2nd	85.5
2023	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Silver	BRH 1 20	BRH 2 16	MIS 1 12	MIS 2 16	HOC 1	HOC 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 6	4th	80.5

Complete ADAC GT Masters 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	13	14	DC	Points
2022	Mann-Filter Team Landgraf	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	OSC 1 DNS	OSC 2 19	RBR 1 20	RBR 2 18	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 9	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 4	LAU 1 16	LAU 2 Ret	SAC 1 7	SAC 2 10	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 Ret	21st	52