Tom Boardman (racing driver)
Tom Boardman | ||
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03 2000 1999 WTCC | BTCC SEAT León Eurocup Copa de España Resistencia SEAT León Supercopa SEAT Cupra Championship BTCC – Production National Saloons T Cars | |
Championship titles | ||
2008 2005 1999 | SEAT León Supercopa SEAT Cupra Championship T Cars |
Tom Boardman (born 15 October 1983 in
Racing career
Early years
Boardman first started driving cars at a very young age on the farmland where his father's recovery business was based. After a chance visit to a local 1/4-mile
After these early successes he moved into the brand new T-Car Series for 1999 where he took seven wins from eight races to come out on top of a field of promising youngsters. A fast-pass to motorsport success seemed assured.
In 2000 he acquired a Peugeot 306 which, having waited patiently for his 16th birthday to comply with the rules, he entered in selected rounds of the National Saloons Championship. This was just one small step away from the British Touring Car Championship and his arrival on the scene at such a young age sparked many people to question whether or not he was too young.
British Touring Car Championship (2001–2002)
Boardman would become the youngest driver in the history of the BTCC when he joined the Production Class of the
The
Boardman has always looked to compete in a large variety of machinery and took to the rally stages towards the end of 2003, with some success, and this led to the formation of Special Tuning (UK) Ltd. He has also competed in the Renault Clio Winter Series with TCR and has tested a number of BTCC cars including the VLR Peugeot 307 and the Seat Leon.
SEAT Cupra and Triple R
A late deal saw him enter the 2004
2005 saw a rule change in the championship allowing independent teams to enter cars and the Boardman family, having enjoyed success on the rally stages, took the decision to reform the family team which had entered as Tom Boardman Racing back in 2001 and who had provided the infrastructure for the now defunct Team Varta operation. It was an impressive return to competition with Boardman taking the championship crown and a cheque for £100,000. The team would also run a second car for Jonathon Young for the second half of the season with Boardman taking on a 'mentor' role.
With the champion driver barred from returning to the championship, a strange situation engineered by Seat Sport UK, Boardman decided to concentrate on managing the team for 2006. Triple R would also enter a car in the Spanish series for Boardman himself to keep him 'match fit' and to give them experience of the new model that would not be used in the British championship until 2007. However, Boardman remained in the Spanish series for 2007.
For 2008, Boardman competed in the SEAT León Eurocup, and won the Spanish SEAT León Supercopa.
World Touring Car Championship (2008–2013)
SUNRED Engineering (2008–2010)
Boardman made his
He contested a full season in the WTCC for the
Special Tuning Racing (2012–2013)
Boardman returned to the WTCC in
Boardman stayed in the championship for the
Back to the BTCC (2010–2011)
Boardman returned to the BTCC in 2010, racing for the family-run Special Tuning UK team sponsored by Club SEAT. Boardman continued in the BTCC in 2011, with the rebranded Special Tuning Racing team and took his first victory at
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2001–2002 all races, 2003–present just for first race, 2001–2003 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races, 2001–2003 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given – 2001 just for feature race, 2010–present all races, 2001 for leading in class)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 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 | Pen. | Pos | Pts | Class |
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2001
|
Tom Boardman Racing | Peugeot 306 GTi | P | BRH 1 8 |
BRH 2 17 |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 10 |
OUL 1 10 |
OUL 2 8 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 17 |
MON 1 12 |
MON 2 Ret |
DON 1 18 |
DON 2 Ret |
KNO 1 DSQ |
KNO 2 Ret |
SNE 1 15 |
SNE 2 13 |
CRO 1 DNS |
CRO 2 DNS |
OUL 1 16 |
OUL 2 18 |
SIL 1 7 |
SIL 2 Ret* |
DON 1 16 |
DON 2 12 |
BRH 1 12 |
BRH 2 11 |
66 | 11th | ||||||
2002
|
Edenbridge Racing | BMW 320i
|
P | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 10 |
OUL 1 DNS |
OUL 2 DNS |
THR 1 16 |
THR 2 17 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 22 |
MON 1 16 |
MON 2 15 |
CRO 1 18 |
CRO 2 Ret |
SNE 1 19 |
SNE 2 13 |
KNO 1 20 |
KNO 2 22 |
BRH 1 16 |
BRH 2 Ret |
DON 1 17 |
DON 2 15 |
98 | 6th | ||||||||||||
2003
|
Team Varta | Peugeot 307 | P | MON 1 Ret |
MON 2 Ret |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 DNS |
THR 1 12 |
THR 2 12 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 15 |
ROC 1 13 |
ROC 2 DSQ |
CRO 1 14 |
CRO 2 Ret |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 13 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 16 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 DSQ |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 13 |
−60 | 57 | 5th | |||||||||||
2010
|
Special Tuning UK | SEAT León | THR 1 5 |
THR 2 16 |
THR 3 13 |
ROC 1 4 |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 10 |
BRH 1 9 |
BRH 2 6 |
BRH 3 8* |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 8 |
OUL 3 Ret* |
CRO 1 12 |
CRO 2 6 |
CRO 3 6 |
SNE 1 8 |
SNE 2 Ret |
SNE 3 11 |
SIL 1 12 |
SIL 2 12 |
SIL 3 Ret |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 14 |
KNO 3 Ret |
DON 1 7 |
DON 2 13 |
DON 3 Ret |
BRH 1 10 |
BRH 2 13 |
BRH 3 Ret |
13th | 48 | |||
2011
|
Special Tuning UK | SEAT León | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 10 |
DON 1 7 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 Ret |
THR 1 5 |
THR 2 9 |
THR 3 3 |
OUL 1 Ret |
OUL 2 NC |
OUL 3 5 |
CRO 1 10 |
CRO 2 Ret |
CRO 3 Ret |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 DNS |
SNE 3 DNS |
KNO 1 8 |
KNO 2 6 |
KNO 3 1* |
ROC 1 8 |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 10 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 11 |
BRH 3 9 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 6 |
SIL 3 3 |
11th | 76 | |||
2018 | AmD with AutoAid/RCIB Insurance Racing | MG 6 GT
|
BRH 1 18 |
BRH 2 4 |
BRH 3 18 |
DON 1 16 |
DON 2 17 |
DON 3 Ret |
THR 1 Ret |
THR 2 22 |
THR 3 18 |
OUL 1 24 |
OUL 2 25 |
OUL 3 15 |
CRO 1 26 |
CRO 2 Ret |
CRO 3 23 |
SNE
1 |
SNE
2 |
SNE
3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
KNO
1 |
KNO
2 |
KNO
3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
29th | 14 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
Complete TCR International Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 | DC | Points |
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2015
|
Proteam Racing | Ford Focus ST | SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
SHA 1 |
SHA 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
ALG
1 |
ALG
2 |
MNZ 1 10 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MRN 1 |
MRN 2 |
CHA
1 |
CHA
2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
42nd | 1 |
References
- Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- SEAT Sport. SEAT. Archived from the originalon 13 September 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Tom Boardman Confirmed for 2012 WTCC". LeonOC. Leon Owners Club. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ Meissner, Johan (8 March 2012). "No Tom Boardman at Monza WTCC premiere". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (23 March 2012). "Tom Boardman to run diesel engine in Spain". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ "New engine for Tom Boardman". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation Ltd. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ Mills, Peter (4 November 2012). "Yvan Muller stripped of podium after Menu collision". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (15 March 2013). "Full entry list for the first round of the 2013 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Abbott, Andrew (24 March 2013). "Muller takes first win of year". TouringCars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "STR plans for 2012 BTCC". Special Tuning Racing. Tom Boardman. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (6 February 2012). "Tom Boardman confirmed at STR for WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
External links
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