Nick Tandy

Nick Tandy
Nationality	British
Born	November 5, 1984 (1984-11-05) (age 26) Bedford (England)
Related to	Joe Tandy (brother)
2011 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.

Career

Ministox

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]

Mini Se7ens

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.

Formula Ford

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]

Formula Palmer Audi

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]

Formula Three

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.

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany & Porsche Super Cup

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.

Personal life

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.

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(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
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	ITA					6th	79

^† As a guest driver Tandy was ineligible for championship points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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

References

1. ^ "Sponsorships". SDC Construction Group. http://www.sdc.co.uk/content/1/82/sponsorships.html. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
2. ^ "MILLENNIUM CHAMPIONS – Full Listing". Fortune City. http://members.fortunecity.com/rollingstart/champions/text.html. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
3. ^ "Kelly Rogers – Driver Profile". Kelly Rogers. http://www.kellyrogersracing.co.uk/driver_profile.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
4. ^ "Ebbesvik & Tandy on top at Thruxton". British Formula Ford Championship. 2006-10-01. http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/news/2006/011006.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 
5. ^ "Champion Freke & runner-up Tandy claim final wins". British Formula Ford Championship. 2006-10-08. http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/news/2006/081006.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 
6. ^ "British Formula Ford 2006". British Formula Ford Championship. http://www.britishformulaford.co.uk/archive/2006/champ-final.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
7. ^ "Formula Ford Festival Duratec Final 2006". TSL Timing. 2006-10-22. http://www.tsl-timing.com/?loc=club&season=2006&series=BRSCC&event=club&source=brscc2006&eventid=64231&table=64231finffd&tabletype=result. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
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10. ^ "Nick Tandy on the grid for FPA Shootout". MotorSport Vision. 2007-10-31. http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=3250. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
11. ^ "FPA prospects head for Snetterton". BBC Sport (BBC). 2008-10-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7699920.stm. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
12. ^ "Tandy wins FPA Shootout". MotorSport Vision. 2007-11-04. http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=3278. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
13. ^ "Wilson scoops McLaren Autosport BRDC award". MotorSport Vision. 2007-12-03. http://www.motorsportvision.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=3346. Retrieved 2009-06-26. 
14. ^ "Four drivers set for Carrera Cup GB debut at Silverstone". btccpages.com. 2008-08-22. http://www.btccpages.com/news/5/1151/Four-drivers-set-for-Carrera-Cup-GB-debut-at-Silverstone/. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 
15. ^ Beer, Matt (2009-05-14). "JTR to race on after founder's death". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75307. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 
16. ^ ^{a b} Anderson, Ben (2009-05-31). "Tandy takes emotional F3 victory". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75743. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
17. ^ English, Steven (2009-06-25). "Tandy replaces van Dam at Kolles". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76513. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
18. ^ Anderson, Ben; English, Steven (2009-07-04). "Tandy quits British F3 for Kolles drive". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76688. Retrieved 2009-07-04. 
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20. ^ "Racing team boss dies in collision". Bedford Today (Johnston Press Digital Publishing). 2009-05-14. http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/bed-news/Racing-team-boss-dies-in.5269091.jp. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 

External links

• Career statistics from Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Richard Tannahill	Formula Ford Festival Winner 2007	Succeeded by Wayne Boyd

Persondata
Name	Tandy, Nick
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Date of birth	November 5, 1984
Place of birth	Bedford (England)
Date of death
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