James Gornall (racing driver)

James began kart racing in 1995 in the Comer Cadet class. In 1996 he moved into Formula Junior TKM, finishing 3rd in the 1999 Super One National Championship. In 2000 James moved into the Formula TKM Championship and in 2001 James won the Super One National Championship. For 2002 James stepped up to the Intercontinental A class, finishing 6th in the Super One National Championship and he also took part in the European Championship.

During his time at Oxford Brookes University, James was part of the British University Karting Championship Team. The team, James included, won the 2003–2004, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 championships.

2003 was James's first season of car racing, stepping up to the BARC Formula Renault Championship with JA Motorsport in the Van Diemen RF98/99. James won the championship at his first attempt.

In 2004 James and the JA Motorsport team continued their relationship to enter the Formula Renault UK Championship which supported the British Touring Car Championship. Following the Croft race weekend James was forced to withdraw from the championship due to lack of funds.[4]

James's first foray in British GT was the final round of the 2007 Championship with Team Trimite Brookspeed in the Dodge Viper Competition Coupe, partnering Italian Michelangelo Segatori.[5]

For 2008 James continued with Team Trimite Brookspeed, once again in the Dodge Viper Competition Coupe, partnering Jon Barnes.[6] James and Jon won 4 races, stepping on the podium a total of 8 times on their way to winning the championship at the Brands Hatch event in July.[7]

James was invited during 2008 to race with Beechdean Motorsport in their Aston Martin N24 at the Silverstone 24hrs. James was joined by Andrew Howard, Neil Cunningham and Jamie Smythe. The team took 2nd place overall, winning class 2.

James competed in the BMW Compact cup from 2015–2017. He came 2nd in 2015 and won the title in 2016.

In April 2019 James made a guest appearance at Rockingham in the MINI Challenge JCW. James drove the Dunlop guest car run by XCELR8 Motorsport. This was James's debut in a front wheel drive racing car. James then obtained a MINI JCW race car of his own and competed in the Brands Hatch GP and Donington Park events.

For 2020 James competed in his family run JIG Racing team. James won the championship, taking 5 wins and a total of 13 podiums from 17 races.

For winning the 2019 MINI Challenge JCW championship James received a prize test at Snetterton in the Motorbase Ford Focus RS.

It was announced on 9 January 2020 at the Autosport international Show that James would be joining the BTCC with Trade Price Cars Racing in their Audi S3 Saloon.[8]

Gornall returned to the championship for a one off appearance at the Croft Circuit round of the 2022 season, filling in for Jack Butel at Bristol Street Motors with Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com.[1]

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)