Thomas Kimber-Smith[1] (born 1 November 1984 in Ascot, Berkshire) is a British race car driver. He is currently driving the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class with Robert Alon.
| Tom Kimber-Smith | |||||||||||
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_(cropped).jpg) Kimber-Smith at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  British | ||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 1984 Ascot, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||
| European Le Mans Series career | |||||||||||
| Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
| Current team | Greaves Motorsport | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold | ||||||||||
| Car number | 41 | ||||||||||
| Starts | 7 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
| Best finish | 13th in 2012 | ||||||||||
| Previous series | |||||||||||
| 2006-07 2006, 08 2005 2004 2002-03 2001 2000 | Le Mans Series GT2 British GT Formula Renault UK Formula 3 Euro Series Formula Ford UK Slick 50 FF Championship T Cars | ||||||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Formula Ford UK | ||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||
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He has enjoyed success in sportscars, winning both the Le Mans 24 Hours and Le Mans Series LMP2 class for Greaves Motorsport in 2011.[2] He won the LMP2 class again in the 2012 race, driving for Starworks Motorsport with Ryan Dalziel and Enzo Potolicchio in Starworks Motorsport's HPD ARX-03b. He won the 2015 24 hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans in the PC class, nearly sweeping the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2015.
He is the son of Geoff Kimber-Smith, a former driver in the British Touring Car Championship.
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | T Cars | 20 | ? | ? | ? | 10 | ? | 1st | |
| 2001 | Slick 50 Formula Ford Championship | Infocus Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
| 2002 | British Formula Ford | Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 6th |
| Formula Ford Festival | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2003 | British Formula Ford | Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 421 | 1st |
| Formula Ford Festival | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | ||
| Formula Renault UK Winter Series | Team JLR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15th | |
| 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Team Kolles | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20th |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 27th | ||
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK | Team JLR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 206 | 12th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25th | ||
| 2006 | British GT Championship | Team LNT | 11 | 2 | 5 | ? | 11 | 71 | 2nd |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
| American Le Mans Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35th | ||
| 2007 | Le Mans Series – LMGT2 | Team LNT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th |
| Le Mans Series – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19th | ||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGT2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2008 | 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series – DP | Cheever Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 32nd |
| 2011 | Le Mans Series | Greaves Motorsport | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 1st |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
| 2012 | FIA World Endurance Championship | Starworks Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19th |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
| European Le Mans Series | Greaves Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 5th | |
| American Le Mans Series – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2013 | FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 | Greaves Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 8th |
| European Le Mans Series – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17th | ||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 11th | ||
| American Le Mans Series – GT | CORE Autosport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 17th | |
| 2014 | European Le Mans Series | Greaves Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9th |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Caterham Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 11th | |
| United SportsCar Championship – PC | 8 Star Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 16th | |
| Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – GS | Turner Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 243 | 7th | |
| 2015 | United SportsCar Championship – PC | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 2nd |
| 2016 | IMSA SportsCar Championship – PC | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 355 | 2nd | |
| 2017 | IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 21st |
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2004 | Team Kolles | Dallara F302/076 | Mercedes | HOC 1 21 |
HOC 2 Ret |
EST 1 7 |
EST 2 21 |
ADR 1 9 |
ADR 1 Ret |
PAU 1 13 |
PAU 2 10 |
NOR 1 DSQ |
NOR 1 21 |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 DSQ |
NÜR 2 DSQ |
ZAN 1 14 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
BRN 1 18 |
BRN 2 23 |
HOC 1 22 |
HOC 2 Ret |
20th | 2 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |  Team LNT
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Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean
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Panoz Esperante GT-LM | GT2 | 321 | 15th | 1st |
| 2007 | Team LNT
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Danny Watts Tommy Milner
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Panoz Esperante GT-LM | GT2 | 60 | DNF | DNF |
| 2011 | Greaves Motorsport
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 Karim Ojjeh Olivier Lombard
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Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 326 | 8th | 1st |
| 2012 | Starworks Motorsport
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 Enzo Potolicchio Ryan Dalziel
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HPD ARX-03b | LMP2 | 354 | 7th | 1st |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport
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Alexander Rossi Eric Lux
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Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 307 | 23rd | 10th |
| 2014 |  Caterham Racing
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Chris Dyson Matt McMurry
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Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 329 | 25th | 11th |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
edit| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8Star Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 2 |
SEB 5 |
LGA |
KAN |
WGL 10 |
IMS |
ELK |
VIR |
COA |
PET 7 |
16th | 107 | |
| 2015 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 1 |
SEB 1 |
LGA 7 |
DET 6 |
WGI 2 |
MOS 5 |
LRP 1 |
ELK 4 |
AUS 4 |
ATL 1 |
2nd | 313 | |
| 2016 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 2 |
SEB 2 |
LBH 6 |
LGA 1 |
DET 3 |
WGL 5 |
MOS 3 |
LIM 2 |
ELK 1 |
COA 2 |
PET 1 |
2nd | 355 |
| 2017 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | P | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 9 |
SEB 7 |
LBH 5 |
COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 21st | 72 | |
| Source:[3] | |||||||||||||||||
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
edit| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Starworks Motorsport | LMP2 | HPD ARX-03b | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | SEB |
SPA |
LMS 7 |
SIL |
SÃO |
BHR 8 |
FUJ |
SHA |
19th | 21 |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 5 |
SPA DNS |
LMS 4 |
SÃO |
COA |
FUJ |
SHA |
BHR |
8th | 40 |
| Source:[3] | ||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Thomas KIMBER-SMITH". Companies House. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Weeks, James (16 December 2011). "Kimber-Smith sticks with Greaves but loses Le Mans berth". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ a b "Tom Kimber-Smith Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
External links
edit- Official website
- Tom Kimber-Smith career summary at DriverDB.com