{{short description|British racing driver (born 1968)}} {{About|the racing driver|the market trader|Nick Leeson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Nick Leason | image = | imagesize = 200px | caption = | nationality = {{flag|GBR|name=British}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|08|23}} | birth_place = Purley, London, England | relatives = | current_series = | first_year = | current_team = | car_number = | former_teams = | starts = | wins = | poles = | fastest_laps = | best_finish = | year = | prev_series = Porsche Carrera Cup GB<br />BTCC<br />SEAT Cupra Championship | prev_series_years = 2007<br />2006–07, 2009<br />2005–06 | titles = | title_years = | awards = | award_years = }} [[File:NickLeason.jpg|thumb|Leason driving at Silverstone in 2006.]] '''Nick Leason''' (born 23 August 1968 in Purley, London) is a British racing driver.

==Career==

===British Touring Car Championship===

Leason was registered as an entry in the Production Class for the 2003 Season, driving a ex-GR Motorsport Ford Focus for CMS Motorsport with support from MacMillan Cancer but this entry was delayed and ultimately never happened, he was also the test driver for a failed Super 2000 Ford Focus BTCC project in 2004.

Leason finally made his BTCC debut in 2006. He entered the last two meetings in a Vauxhall Astra Coupe run by Daniels Motorsport and previously driven by Andy Neate in the final meeting of the 2005 Season. He notably lost a wheel on his way to the grid at Silverstone.

For the 2007 Season, Leason was confirmed as a driver for BTC Racing in a Lexus teamed with Chris Stockton. He did not race at Croft that year<ref>{{Cite web |last=BTCCPages.com |title=Leason misses Croft rounds - BTCC News - BTCCPages.com |url=http://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=878 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052741/http://www.btccpages.com/news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=878 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.btccpages.com |url-status=live }}</ref> and after persistent reliability troubles he decided to abort his full season campaign. Leason achieved a final championship position of 24th.

In 2008, Leason announced that he planned to join up with Rick Kerry and Team AFM Racing to race a pair of diesel fuelled BMW 120ds,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=829 |title=BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship |access-date=8 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070613/http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=829 |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> though the team missed the whole season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65647|title = Team AFM to miss season start}}</ref>

Leason did eventually race the diesel powered BMW 120d in the opening four rounds of the 2009 BTCC<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74132|title = Leason joins BTCC with Team AFM| date=April 2009 }}</ref> but withdrew due to lack of budget.

===SEAT Cupra Championship===

Leason contested the SEAT Cupra Cup UK in 2005.

==Race career== *2009 – AFM Motorsport. BMW 120D. No. 16 *2007 – BTC Racing. Lexus IS200. No. 19. *2006 – Final two BTCC meetings of the season. Team NJL Racing with Daniels Motorsport. Vauxhall Astra Coupe. No. 19 *2005 – Seat Cupra Championship *2004 – Test driver BTCC Ford Focus Project *2003 – Test driver *2002 – Lamborghini Supertrophy – 3rd in class points, 6th overall *2001 – Ford Fiesta Zetec Championship *2000 – Proton Coupe Cup *1999 – Proton Coupe Cup *1998 – Fiesta XR2 Challenge and Stock Hatch Championship *1997 – Stock Hatch Championship – 9th in points (Ford Fiesta XR2) *1996 – Fiesta XR2 Challenge *1995 – Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing *1994 – Ford Credit Fiesta Championship testing

==Racing record==

===Complete British Touring Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (<nowiki>*</nowiki> signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 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 ! Pts |- | 2006 ! nowrap| NJL Racing ! nowrap| Vauxhall Astra Coupé | BRH<br />1 | BRH<br />2 | BRH<br />3 | MON<br />1 | MON<br />2 | MON<br />3 | OUL<br />1 | OUL<br />2 | OUL<br />3 | THR<br />1 | THR<br />2 | THR<br />3 | CRO<br />1 | CRO<br />2 | CRO<br />3 | DON<br />1 | DON<br />2 | DON<br />3 | SNE<br />1 | SNE<br />2 | SNE<br />3 | KNO<br />1 | KNO<br />2 | KNO<br />3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH<br />1<br /><small>15</small> |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH<br />2<br /><small>DNS</small> |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH<br />3<br /><small>DNS</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br />1<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br />2<br /><small>15</small> |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SIL<br />3<br /><small>DNS</small> ! 28th ! 0 |- | 2007 ! nowrap| BTC Racing ! nowrap| Lexus IS200 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH<br />1<br /><small>15</small> |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH<br />2<br /><small>DNS</small> |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH<br />3<br /><small>DNS</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC<br />1<br /><small>18</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC<br />2<br /><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROC<br />3<br /><small>13</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR<br />1<br /><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| THR<br />2<br /><small>DNS</small> |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| THR<br />3<br /><small>DNS</small> | CRO<br />1 | CRO<br />2 | CRO<br />3 | OUL<br />1 | OUL<br />2 | OUL<br />3 | DON<br />1 | DON<br />2 | DON<br />3 | SNE<br />1 | SNE<br />2 | SNE<br />3 | BRH<br />1 | BRH<br />2 | BRH<br />3 | KNO<br />1 | KNO<br />2 | KNO<br />3 | THR<br />1 | THR<br />2 | THR<br />3 ! 32nd ! 0 |- | 2009 ! nowrap| Team AFM Racing ! nowrap| BMW 120d |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH<br />1<br /><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH<br />2<br /><small>17</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH<br />3<br /><small>15</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR<br />1<br /><small>NC</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR<br />2<br /><small>20</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR<br />3<br /><small>15</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON<br />1<br /><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON<br />2<br /><small>Ret</small> |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON<br />3<br /><small>18</small> | OUL<br />1 | OUL<br />2 | OUL<br />3 | CRO<br />1 | CRO<br />2 | CRO<br />3 | SNE<br />1 | SNE<br />2 | SNE<br />3 | KNO<br />1 | KNO<br />2 | KNO<br />3 | SIL<br />1 | SIL<br />2 | SIL<br />3 | ROC<br />1 | ROC<br />2 | ROC<br />3 | BRH<br />1 | BRH<br />2 | BRH<br />3 ! 28th ! 0 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.nickleason.co.uk/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305021911/http://www.nickleason.co.uk/ |date=5 March 2007 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929105136/http://www.btcc.net/html/driver_detail.php?id=101%2F BTCC Profile page]

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