Spike Goddard

Spike Goddard
Nationality Australian
Born 17 August 1992
FIA European F3 Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team ThreeBond with T-Sport
Car no. 15
Starts 68
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 23rd 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

Spike Goddard in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

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]

Formula One

Goddard was handed a test drive of the 2014 Force India F1 car on the second day of the post season test at Yas Marina Circuit, in Abu Dhabi.

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
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship ThreeBond with T-Sport 30 0 0 0 0 3 23rd

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Richard "SPIKE" Goddard Career". spikegoddard.com. Spike Goddard. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. "Formula Ford Victoria 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. "Malvern joins Jamun and aims for title". British Formula Ford Championship (Max Communications). 23 February 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  4. "Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain 2011". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  5. Anderson, Ben (27 November 2011). "Richard 'Spike' Goddard graduates to British Formula 3 with T-Sport". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. 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.
  7. O'Leary, Jamie (1 February 2013). "Spike Goddard to race in 2013 Formula 3 European Championship". Autosport (Haymarket). Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  8. "Toyota Racing Series New Zealand 2013". Driver Database. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kotaro Sakurai
British Formula Three
Rookie Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Sun Zheng