BIO:He has won both the Porsche Supercup international championship and the Porsche Carrera Cup in his native Great Britain. The Porsche Carrera Cup commenced in 2002, and Richard was immediately a front-runner. He won the 2004 title, and was runner-up in 2003 and 2005. His 2005 totals for victories and pole positions are both series records. Having done a few Supercup races in 2002, he returned in 2005, in rounds which did not clash with his UK commitments. He won the season opener in Bahrain and came 9th overall.




2006 was a big year however. He finished every Supercup race on the podium, wrapping up the title with 2 races to go, against drivers such as Uwe Alzen, Alessandro Zampedri and Patrick Huisman. He has also done several Carrera races at home, alternating the car with Danny Watts. Both won races in the #2 car, but after a run of strong drives from Watts, Danny kept the ride to the end of the season, finishing 3rd overall. In 2007. he won his second Porsche Supercup title in a row, with wins in Spain and Hungary, along with five other podium finishes. In 2008 drove a programme that included the FIA GT Championship, Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series. Only driver to win at least one race in all three categories. In 2009 he is driving for VICI Racing in the American Le Mans Series and for Prospeed in the FIA GT Championship. In his first ALMS Race this year he finished 4th at Long Beach sharing with Johannes Stuck. In the FIA GT Championship Westbrook won the GT2 class overall after victories at Silverstone (UK), Adria (Italy), Hungaroring (Hungary) and Zolder (Belgium) backed up by second places in Algarve (Portugal) and Paul Ricard (France).