Nick Tandy | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | November 5, 1984 Bedford (England) |
Related to | Joe Tandy (brother) |
2012 Porsche Super Cup & Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland | |
Debut season | 2009 |
Current team | Konrad Motorsport |
Car no. | 2 & 22 |
Starts | 2011 - 7 |
Wins | 2011 - 1 |
Poles | 2011 - 1 |
Fastest laps | 2011 - 2 |
Best finish | 1st in 2011 |
Previous series | |
2008–09 2008 2007 2006–08 2005 2002–04 2001–02 1996–2000 |
British F3 Porsche Carrera Cup GB FPA Autumn Trophy Formula Ford UK BRDC Single Seater Mini Se7en Championship Mini Se7en Winter Series Short Oval Ministox |
Championship titles | |
2007 2007 2005 1996 |
Formula Palmer Audi Shootout Formula Ford Festival Duratec BRDC Single Seater Short Oval Ministox Midland |
Nick Tandy (born November 5, 1984 in Bedford, England) is a professional British racecar driver.
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Tandy followed brother Joe's route on the motor racing ladder, by starting out as an eleven-year-old in short oval Ministox machinery, in 1996.[1] Immediate success came to him, as he won the Midland region of Ministox. 1997 saw a shift to the East Anglian Ministox region, where Tandy ended as runner-up. 1998 saw Tandy finish as runner-up in the world championship, behind brother Joe and also finished third in the national championship. He would go two places better in 1999, as he claimed the Spedeworth points title. Tandy won four different championships in 2000. Winning the ORC Championship at RAF Bovingdon, he continued the success at Arlington, Eastbourne (Southern), and at Wimbledon Stadium (London), before retaining the Spedeworth points title.[2]
Continuing the Mini theme, Tandy moved into Mini Se7ens in time for the 2001 Winter Series. He ended up third in the championship, won eventually by Kelly Rogers.[3] Tandy moved into the main series for 2002, but struggled to find form and eventually languished down in tenth in the overall championship standings. A second Winter Series campaign followed, and improved his 2001 position by one by finishing runner-up. He competed in two more seasons in the main championship, amassing four wins in 2003.
After a year in the BRDC Single Seater Championship, which he dominated in 2005 (11 wins from 14 races) and earning a Scholarship from Silverstone, Tandy moved into the British Formula Ford Championship in 2006. Tandy had an impressive first season in the championship, finishing as runner-up in the standings, with 365 points. Although, he was over 150 points behind dominating champion Nathan Freke. Tandy had started out at the Raysport team but with his car lacking upgrades, decided to jump ship with four races to go and become the first driver for his brother's newly setup team. A win and a second place at both Thruxton[4] and Castle Combe[5] allowed Nick to overhaul Peter Dempsey, Christian Ebbesvik and James Nash to achieve that runner-up position behind Freke.[6] He then proceeded to win the 2006 Formula Ford Festival on the road, before a 10-second penalty was added post-race for a safety car misdemeanour, dropping him to fifth.[7] He continued in the championship in 2007, but finished one place lower in the standings, finishing third overall. Tandy and James Nash were involved in a titanic battle for the runner-up spot (as Callum MacLeod finishing some 130 points clear of the pair), which was eventually settled by just twelve points. Tandy won six races throughout the season, and finished on the podium on ten other occasions.[8] After his close call the previous year, Tandy won the Formula Ford Festival at the end of the season, but only after MacLeod was given a two-second penalty post-race.[9]
After his Formula Ford Festival win, Tandy signed a very late deal to compete in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, and in particular the Formula Palmer Audi Shootout.[10] The Shootout guarantees a place on the shortlist for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for the driver who scores the most points over the course of the three-race weekend at Snetterton.[11] Thanks to two wins, and a fourth (although the fourth was irrelevant due to best two scores), Tandy won the Shootout and was part of the shortlist.[12] However, he would lose out to Stefan Wilson.[13]
After two years in Formula Ford, Tandy moved into the highly competitive British Formula Three Championship for the 2008 season. Driving for his brother's team and piloting the unfavourable Mygale chassis, Tandy started with three retirements. He steadily improved throughout the season, and recorded his first podium during the overseas round at Spa-Francorchamps, in support of the Spa 24 Hours. Two more podiums came towards the end of the season at Silverstone and Donington Park, as he ended up ninth overall, overtaking Max Chilton at the Donington finale. He also competed in the guest car in the Porsche Carrera Cup at Silverstone, winning the first race.[14]
Tandy continued in the series in 2009, and also continued to use the Mygale chassis and Mercedes engines. With Ultimate Motorsport pulling out of the series, JTR became the de facto lead team for Mygale, with Nick being touted as a championship contender. After a double podium at the Oulton Park opener, Tandy suffered a somewhat disappointing weekend at Silverstone with low points finishes. After his brother's death, the team vowed to carry on in both Formula Three and in Formula Ford.[15] Eighteen days after his brother's death, Tandy scored his and the team's first win with a dominating performance at Rockingham.[16] Having negotiated the first lap incident which took out rivals Daniel Ricciardo and Renger van der Zande, Tandy drove away from the field to win by 8.608 seconds from Henry Arundel and Adriano Buzaid.[16] Nick is also noted for his pace over a single lap, having recorded four fastest laps from the first eight races of the championship, and at one point, lay third in the standings.
After Carlo van Dam left Kolles & Heinz Union, Tandy was signed up to drive at the Norisring in the Formula Three Euroseries.[17] The following weekend, Tandy signed a deal to compete in the rest of the Euroseries campaign, but a clause in the contract meant that he did not compete again in the rest of the British championship.[18] Tandy left the team before the Dijon-Prenois rounds.
Tandy was then offered the opportunity to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany at the Dijon-Prenois rounds with Konrad Motorsport were on his debut with no testing, finished 2nd. Following this performance Tandy was given a drive with Konrad in Porsche Supercup at the Abu Dhabi round supporting Formula 1. He was again on the podium with a 2nd place. Having impressed in the 2009 season finale, Tandy now drives on a permanent basis for the German-based team in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup; he started the 2010 Porsche Supercup season with an excellent qualifying performance and was rewarded with a podium in the opening rounds, and Tandy swiftly went on to take his first Porsche Supercup win on July 11th 2010 at the British circuit, Silverstone GP, in superb fashion with a classic lights to flag victory. Tandy's full debut season ended with him putting in a strong challenge for the title, taking the fight with eventual winner René Rast, to the final race at the famous Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Tandy now looks to a second season in the prestigious series with ambitions to take the title.
Tandy lives on his family's farm in Pavenham, Bedfordshire and was educated at the local state schools: Pinchmill Lower School in Felmersham, Lincroft Middle School in Oakley and Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College in Sharnbrook. Nick's brother Joe died in a road traffic accident in Bromham, Bedfordshire on May 13, 2009.[19][20] Nick drove for his late brother's team, Joe Tandy Racing, from 2006 until his Euroseries deal in mid-2009.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Points |
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2009 | Konrad Motorsport | BHR1 |
BHR2 |
ESP1 |
MON |
TUR |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
ESP2 |
BEL |
ITA |
UAE1 2 |
UAE2 Ret |
NC† | 0† |
2010 | Konrad Motorsport | BHR1 4 |
BHR2 3 |
ESP1 5 |
MON 2 |
ESP2 8 |
GBR 1 |
GER Ret |
HUN 1 |
BEL 6 |
ITA 1 |
2nd | 146 | |||
2011 | Konrad Motorsport | TUR 2 |
ESP 2 |
MON 2 |
NÜR Ret |
GBR 2 |
GER DSQ |
HUN 9 |
BEL 3 |
ITA 5 |
ABU1 1 |
ABU2 Ret |
5th | 129 |
† As a guest driver Tandy was ineligible for championship points.
Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2011 | GTE Pro |
88 | M | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 |
Team Felbermayr-Proton | Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Bryce Miller |
169 | DNF | DNF |
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Richard Tannahill |
Formula Ford Festival Winner 2007 |
Succeeded by Wayne Boyd |