Spike Goddard

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Spike Goddard
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1992-08-17) 17 August 1992
2014 FIA European F3 Championship
Debut season	2012
Current team	ThreeBond with T-Sport
Car no.	15
Starts	38
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	31st in 2013
Previous series
2013 2012 2011 2010	Toyota Racing Series British F3 Rookie Class British Formula Ford Championship Formula Ford Victoria
Championship titles
2012	British F3 Rookie Class

Richard "Spike" Goddard (born 17 August 1992) is an Australian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Goddard began his racing career in karting at the age of fourteen and raced in his native Australia.^[1]

Formula Ford

In 2009 he graduated to single–seaters into the Australian Formula Ford NSW Series, competing in the final three races.^[1] For the next year, Goddard also competed in Formula Ford Victoria series in Australia. He finished this championship on the third place.^[2]

Goddard decided to move in United Kingdom to contest in British Formula Ford Championship in 2011 with Jamun Racing.^[3] He had nineteen point-scoring finishes in 24 races and finally finished tenth.^[4]

Formula Three

In 2012, Goddard graduated to the Rookie Class of the British Formula Three Championship, competing for ThreeBond with T-Sport.^[5] Fellow Australian racer Duvashen Padayachee was his only class rival, because only Goddard and Padayachee raced the season full-time. Goddard took the championship title with 49-point advantage on Padayachee.^[6]

Goddard will continue his collaboration for ThreeBond with T-Sport, competing in FIA European Formula Three Championship full-time in 2013.^[7]

Toyota Racing Series

Goddard participated in the Toyota Racing Series in early 2013 with M2 Competition, finishing seventeenth in the championship, the lowest-placed of the drivers to contest the whole season.^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Formula Ford Victoria		?	?	?	?	?	?	3rd
2011	British Formula Ford	Jamun Racing	23	0	0	0	0	246	10th
	Formula Ford EuroCup		11	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
	Formula Ford Festival		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2012	British Formula Three Rookie Class	ThreeBond with T-Sport	28	12	11	14	23	427	1st
	FIA European Formula 3 Championship		8	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	2012 Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
2013	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	0	0	0	0	262	17th
	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	ThreeBond with T-Sport	30	0	0	0	0	0	31st
	British Formula Three		3	0	0	0	1	14	12th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th

† – As Goddard was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Richard "SPIKE" Goddard Career". spikegoddard.com. Spike Goddard. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
↑ "Formula Ford Victoria 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
↑ "Malvern joins Jamun and aims for title". British Formula Ford Championship (Max Communications). 23 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
↑ "Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain 2011". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 8 March 2013.
↑ Anderson, Ben (27 November 2011). "Richard 'Spike' Goddard graduates to British Formula 3 with T-Sport". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 27 November 2011.
↑ Carter, Nick (30 September 2012). "Dramatic sprint race sets up F3 finale thriller". British Formula Three Championship (Stéphane Ratel Organisation). Retrieved 8 March 2013. "The National class went the way of Hywel Lloyd and CF Racing for the second race in succession, the Welshman finishing ahead of new National champion Spike Goddard by four-tenths of a second."
↑ O'Leary, Jamie (1 February 2013). "Spike Goddard to race in 2013 Formula 3 European Championship". Autosport (Haymarket). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
↑ "Toyota Racing Series New Zealand 2013". Driver Database. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

External links

Official website
Spike Goddard career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kotaro Sakurai	British Formula Three Rookie Champion 2012	Succeeded by Sun Zheng

Teams and drivers competing in the 2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship season

Prema Powerteam		Carlin		Mücke Motorsport		ma-con	URD Rennsport

1 Marciello 2 Lynn	24 Auer 25 Cheever III	3 Ticknell 4 King	26 Latifi 27 Mardenborough 51 Cassidy	5 Lewis 6 Rosenqvist	28 Gilbert 29 Nissany	7 Coletti 8 Rudersdorf	9 Wolf

Jo Zeller Racing	Fortec Motorsports		ThreeBond with T-Sport	Double R Racing		Van Amersfoort Racing	EuroInternational

10 Zeller	11 Serrallés 12 Derani	30 Bryant-Meisner	14 Korjus 15 Goddard	16 Calderón 17 Giovinazzi	32 Gelael	18 van de Laar 19 Müller	20 Blomqvist

Other drivers: Buller (ThreeBond with T-Sport, Fortec Motorsports); Cassidy (EuroInternational); Celis (Fortec Motorsports); Cerruti (Romeo Ferraris); Grenhagen (Van Amersfoort Racing); Hill (Fortec Motorsports); Jones (Fortec Motorsports); Kvyat (Carlin); Sims (ThreeBond with T-Sport); Suranovich (Fortec Motorsports); Müller (ma-con); Thompson (Romeo Ferraris); Wehrlein (Mücke Motorsport)

Teams and drivers competing in the 2013 British Formula Three Championship

Carlin	Fortec Motorsports	Double R Racing	Threebond with T-Sport	Team West-Tec F3	CF Racing

1 Latifi 2 King 21 Mardenborough	3 Buller 4 Guimarães 23 Celis	7 Gelael 8 Giovinazzi 16 Calderón	15 Goddard	53 Vlok 56 Barbosa	87 Sun Zheng

Other drivers: Bryant-Meisner (Performance Racing Europe), Cong Li (Carlin), Jaafar (Carlin), Jones (Team West-Tec F3), La Rocca (Team West-Tec F3), Oon (Team West-Tec F3), Powell (Mark Bailey Racing), Serrallés (Fortec Motorsports), Twynham (Team West-Tec F3), Venter (Team West-Tec F3), Walkinshaw (Team West-Tec F3), Zhu (Team West-Tec F3)

Persondata
Name	Goddard, Spike
Alternative names	Richard
Short description	Racing driver
Date of birth	17 August 1992
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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