Will Stevens has driven single-seater cars and prototypes throughout his career and has been successful in both types of cars, so here’s everything you need to know about the British driver.
Stevens began climbing the ladder to Formula 1, racing in the multitude of series below F1, winning races and competing for championships.
He began in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, racing in all four races of the short championship, before moving through the Formula Renault ladder to Formula 1.
Stevens competed with the struggling Manor at the highest level in 2015 alongside Roberto Mehri before switching to the World Endurance Championship.
Will Stevens won the LMP2 class at Le Mans in 2022
Stevens began his career on the single-seater ladder and eventually reached Formula 1 in 2015 with Manor. Throughout the year, the struggling, underfunded team spent the season rooted in the back of the field.
The British driver’s stint at the highest level came to an abrupt end after the season as Manor opted for Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto for the following year.
Stevens found a new career in motorsport in 2016 after switching to endurance racing and the World Endurance Championship.
Throughout the year, he raced in a multitude of series, competing in both prototypes in WEC and the European Le Mans Series as well as GT3 cars in a range of championships.
Stevens was competitive from the outset despite a mixed start to the year at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps.
The British driver scored a podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing second in the LMP2 category alongside Rene Rast and Roman Rusinov for G-Drive Racing.
After experiencing the podium at Le Mans, the next few years came with varying levels of success. He won on his return to Le Mans the following season, taking victory in the LMGTE Am class.
The 2018 season saw a more challenging year with a slump to ninth place in the LMP2 category at Le Mans, although he returned to Formula 1 as McLaren’s development driver.
As he balanced racing in prototypes with commitments in Formula 1, Stevens didn’t clinch another title until the 2022 season.
The former Formula 1 driver teamed up with Antonio Felix da Costa and Mexican Roberto Gonzalez in a formidable lineup in LMP2 in 2022.
Throughout the six-round campaign, they were ultra-competitive and stood on the podium five times, enough to take the championship ahead of the WRT duo of Robin Frijns and Sean Gelael.
A tricky start at the 1000 Miles of Sebring saw Stevens and his teammates finish in sixth place before taking third place next time out at Spa-Francorchamps.
The No. 38 car proved to be formidable at Le Mans as WEC rolled into France for the showpiece event of the calendar, setting the third-quickest time in qualifying.
A superb performance over the 24-hour race followed this up, and they took the class victory and fifth place overall behind just four Hypercars.
Will Stevens raced in Formula 1 for Manor in 2015
Stevens had learned the tricks of the trade during his junior career while racing in a multitude of Formula Renault championships.
He failed to win a title but finished fourth in the Formula Renault 2.0 UK category battling against some esteemed company including Tom Blomqvist and Nick Yelloly.
The British driver kept improving and landed a role as a test driver for the Caterham F1 Team for the 2013 season, alongside an entire campaign in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series.
Another campaign in Formula Renault followed, taking two wins on his way to sixth place in the standings as Carlos Sainz won the title.
At the end of the season, the Caterham team in Abu Dhabi gave him his F1 debut alongside Kamui Kobayashi.
The underpowered, underdeveloped Caterham CT05 was wrestled to 17th place at the chequered flag as his teammate retired.
Formula 1’s final round of the year saw Stevens rooted to the back of the field, but his driving was good enough to earn him a seat at Manor for the entire 2015 season alongside Mehri.
During the early years of F1’s hybrid era, some cars were hopelessly unreliable and there was a sizeable gap in performance between the field.
Neither Manor driver turned a wheel at the season opener in Australia in 2015 after the team were marred by software issues in Melbourne.
Stevens didn’t start the second race of the year in Malaysia after fuel issues forced him to miss qualifying, before finally starting his first race of the year in China.
A lacklustre season began two races later than scheduled for the British driver who took P15 at the Shanghai International Circuit.
After finishing in 16th place under the lights in Bahrain, three consecutive 17th-place finishes followed in Spain, Monaco and Canada.
The Austrian Grand Prix weekend was disappointing, which ended before the chequered flag fell due to an oil leak in his Ferrari-powered car.
But, bouncing back from the disappointment, his best result of the year came at his home event at Silverstone as Stevens finished the British Grand Prix in 13th after a dry-wet race, narrowingly missing out on scoring points.
The second half of the season was very much the same as Stevens suffered just two retirements throughout the year.
Haryanto then replaced Stevens after paying Manor a reported £10 million to replace the British driver for 2016 as the team gained Mercedes engines, the best on the grid at the time.
So, with that in mind, here is everything you need to know about Stevens…
How old is Will Stevens? Where was he born?
Stevens is 33 years old, he was born on the 28th of June, 1991, in Essex, United Kingdom.
How tall is Will Stevens? What is his height in feet?
Stevens is 1.71m, which measures 5’7 feet.
Will Stevens’ WEC career stats
As of the end of the 2024 WEC season, Stevens had taken one title in the LMP2 class and claimed race victories across multiple classes including Hypercar.
WEC titles: 1 (2022 LMP2)
WEC race entries: 35
WEC Hypercar wins: 1
WEC LMP2 wins: 5
WEC LMGTE Am wins: 1
WEC Hypercar podiums: 2
WEC LMP2 podiums: 14
WEC LMGTE Am podiums: 1