Steve Robertson (racing driver)

Stephen Robertson (born 4 July 1964) is a British former racing driver and race engineer.

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Steve Robertson
Nationality	British
Born	(1964-07-04) 4 July 1964 (age 60) Hackney, London, England
British Touring Car Championship
Years active	1996
Teams	Team Mondeo
Starts	23
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in 1996
Championship titles
1994	Indy Lights

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After spending three years in British Formula Three (which included a 3rd place championship finish in 1990) and competing in a full season of International Formula 3000 in 1992 in which he failed to score points, he won the 1993 Indy Lights Rookie of the Year award.^[1] This was followed by the 1994 Indy Lights championship (both with Tasman Motorsports). He captured 7 wins during his 2 years in the series. He is one of only three Indy Lights champions to never race in Champ Car/IndyCar, the others being 1996 champion David Empringham and 2010 champion Jean-Karl Vernay.

He later raced in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) in 1996, in a works Ford Mondeo. However, the car was not competitive and he finished 20th in the championship with only two points.^[2] In the first race of the season at Donington Park, he spun in front of his teammate Paul Radisich, and Radisich was unable to avoid colliding with him.^[3]

After racing, Robertson went on, along with his father Dave, to manage young drivers. After leading Jenson Button to Formula One, the pair took on Kimi Räikkönen. Räikkönen would later make a big jump, from Formula Renault in the UK through to F1 with the Sauber team, the following year. Robertson continued to manage Räikkönen throughout his career.^[4]

In November 2004, Räikkönen and Robertson formed a racing team for the British F3 International Series (as it is now called), Räikkönen Robertson Racing. In their second season with the help of Senna's F1 Engineer James Robinson (2006), "Double R" won the main Championship Class, with Brit Mike Conway.