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The British GP2 race-winner returning from five years in the wilderness

Instead of the platform for bigger things, winning the 2015 European Le Mans Series title turned into a dead-end for Britain's Jon Lancaster. Now he's back racing again and determined to make up for lost time in the category he conquered five years ago

Winning any championship is always a special moment for a driver, especially for one who has fought endlessly to even make it onto the grid.

For Jon Lancaster, winning the 2015 European Le Mans Series was the highlight of a career which had been plagued by the never-ending search for a budget and curtailed campaigns year after year. That title success was supposed to be his big break, reigniting a career which had begun to stall and allow him to move onto bigger and better things.

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Author Stefan Mackley

A proud Yorkshireman, Stefan Mackley is Autosport's National Deputy Editor. Having graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a degree in sports journalism he spent nearly four years working on local newspapers in Wiltshire - during which time he became an NQJ-qualified journalist and cut his teeth covering club racing at Castle Combe in his spare time.

Making the jump into motorsport journalism full-time, he joined the national desk for both Autosport magazine and Motorsport News in 2017 before becoming National Deputy Editor for the former in 2020.

His passion for motorsport stems from watching Formula 1 as a child with his father and is matched only by his love for Star Wars.

A better journalist than racing driver, he has so far competed in the Citroen C1 24 Hours and 116 Trophy with hopes of racing more machinery in 2021 and beyond.