| William Buller | |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Scarva, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Racing Licence: | FIA Silver |
| Current Series: | Formula V8 3.5 Series |
| First Year: | 2013 |
| Current Team: | RP Motorsport |
| Car Number: | 21 |
| Former Teams: | Arden Motorsport, Zeta Corse |
| Starts: | 29 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 11th |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Prev Series: | FIA European F3 Championship GP3 Series British Formula 3 Formula BMW Pacific Toyota Racing Series Formula BMW Europe FR2.0 UK Winter Series FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series Formula BMW Americas T Cars |
| Prev Series Years: | 2012-13 2012 2010–12 2009 2008–09 2008–09 2008 2008 2008 2007 |
William Buller (born 17 September 1992)[1] is a former British racing driver.
After successful spells in both karting and mini stocks, Buller made his circuit racing debut in the 2007 T Cars championship; the series designed for aspiring racing drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. Driving for Calvin Motorsport, Buller finished as series runner-up behind Daniel Brown, winning five races, including a hat-trick at Brands Hatch[2] [3] [4] and finished on the podium in a further five races.
Despite being only fifteen, Buller moved up into the newly created Formula BMW Europe series for 2008, which had been formed from the merger of the British and German series.[5] Driving for Fortec Motorsport, Buller took twelfth in the championship standings, taking the fastest lap at the final race at Monza.[6] Buller also made a guest appearance in the Formula BMW Americas series, driving for Autotecnica at the -supporting rounds of the championship. He finished fourteenth and ninth in the two races, and also finished ninth in the World Final for EuroInternational.
At the conclusion of the season, Buller competed in the Winter Series of both the British and Portuguese Formula Renault series, and also the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. He finished fifth in both Formula Renault championships, and he finished in the top ten of the Toyota Racing Series, despite competing in only three of the six rounds.
Buller returned to Formula BMW in 2009, again staying with Fortec.[7] A first win proved elusive, although he did take a pole position at Silverstone,[8] and also finished third at the Nürburgring,[9] en route to tenth in the championship. Buller made a guest appearance for EuroInternational at the final round of the Formula BMW Pacific championship in Macau. He dominated the weekend, winning from pole position with fastest lap to boot, holding off team-mate Jim Pla to win the race.[10]
Buller will move into the British Formula 3 Championship for the 2010 season, driving for Hitech Racing.[11] Prior to the season beginning, he also won the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race in São Paulo for Hitech, his debut in a Formula Three car.[12]
In April 2012 it was confirmed that Buller would join Carlin for the newly christened European F3 Championship. The calendar will comprise eight F3 Euro Series rounds and a pair of events from the British championship.[13]
In 2013 Buller started the FIA European Formula Three Championship with Threebond by T-Sport driving a Nissan powered Dallara F312. During winter testing he proved to be quick,[14] regularly topping the timing sheets. When results during the first part of the season did not match the expectations, the British driver decided to halt the campaign and focus on the British F3 Championship with Fortec Motorsport.[15]
Buller will also compete in the GP3 Series in 2012, again linking up with the Carlin squad.[13] He had a fairly quiet season, apart from an incredible victory from the back of the grid at Silverstone in Race Two. However, despite tying with teammate António Félix da Costa for best victory of the season, Buller was not retained by the team for 2013.
In 2013, Formula Renault 3.5 team Zeta Corse confirmed Buller to be their sixth driver in only four race weekends after Emmanuel Piget, Mihai Marinescu, Mathéo Tuscher, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Nick Yelloly. Buller made his debut at Moscow Raceway in Russia, and in the first race finished a very strong fifth place. He followed that up with a fifth and sixth-place finishes at the Red Bull Ring in Austria alongside new teammate Riccardo Agostini.
Buller stated his desire to continue his Formula Renault 3.5 campaign with Zeta after confirming his discontinuation of his European Formula Three campaign for 2013, and running alongside his British Formula 3 campaign.
In 2015, Buller sign to Kondo Racing for Japanese Super Formula series. Teammate is the British driver James Rossiter.[16]
In 2020, Buller took up highly competitive off-road Side by Side racing - sxsracing.co.uk . Initially starting out in a 1000cc Yamaha YXZ, Buller placed 6th in the 1000 Experts class in 2021. The start of the 2022 season saw Buller switch to a more commonly used machine, the Polaris RS1.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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| Year | Entrant | Engine | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Carlin | Volkswagen | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 6th | 137 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | ThreeBond with T-Sport | ThreeBond Nissan | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | 16th | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fortec Motorsports | Mercedes | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Carlin | Volkswagen | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | PAU 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | 24th | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kondō Racing | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | MOT | AUT | SUG | SUZ | SUZ | 19th | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Kondō Racing | SUZ | OKA | FUJ | MOT | OKA | OKA | SUG | SUZ | SUZ | 19th | 0 |
Buller's hobbies are water sports, training and playing football.[17] His favourite drivers are Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen,[17] while his favourite circuits are Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Rockingham Motor Speedway.[17]