Ricky Collard

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Ricky Collard
MSA Formula - -11 Ricky Collard UK - BTCC 2015 - Brands Hatch (17019837416) (cropped).jpg
Collard driving at Brands Hatch in 2015
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1996-07-30) July 30, 1996 (age 27) [1]
Frimley, United Kingdom
Related to Rob Collard (father) [1]
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2018
Current team Toyota Gazoo Racing UK
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Former teams Team BMW
Starts71 (72 entries)
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish8th in 2023
Previous series
2018-2021
2020, 2017
2018
2017
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013 		GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Intercontinental GT Challenge
British GT
24H Series
ADAC GT Masters
BRDC British F3
MSA Formula
British Formula Ford
Ginetta Junior Championship

Ricky Collard is a British racing driver currently competing in the British GT Championship. He is the son of former BTCC driver Rob Collard and the grandson of Hot Rod racer Mick Collard.

Contents

Early career

Collard driving for Team BMW at Silverstone during the 2018 British Touring Car Championship season. Collard at Silverstone (44916435471).jpg
Collard driving for Team BMW at Silverstone during the 2018 British Touring Car Championship season.

Collard started his racing career in karts in 2006, finishing fourth in the British Cadet Championship in 2009, sixth in the Kartmasters British Grand Prix KF3 category in 2011, and eighth in the U18 Karting World Championship in 2012. That season he also made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship. [2]

Following a season in the British Formula Ford Championship, where he finished seventh overall with five podiums, Collard stepped into the MSA Formula Championship in 2015. [1] He took six wins and finished the year as runner-up to Lando Norris, subsequently progressing to the BRDC British F3 Championship in 2016 with Carlin Motorsport. [2] There, Collard managed to win five races on his way to finishing second in the standings.

Sportscar & touring car career

For the 2017 season, Collard switched to sportscar racing, competing in the opening three events of the ADAC GT Masters as a BMW junior driver. [3] He and factory driver Philipp Eng won during the first round at Oschersleben and scored a further podium at the Red Bull Ring, before Collard withdrew from the subsequent round in lieu of a BMW-organised viewing experience in the DTM. [4] [5]

Collard entered the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2018, driving for Rowe Racing. [6] The campaign proved to be disappointing, as he and the team were forced to retire from all four events he entered. During the same year, Collard made his British Touring Car Championship debut at Rockingham, substituting his father Rob who was ruled out on medical advice following concussion suffered at the previous round. He drove the BMW 125i M Sport for the remaining four rounds of the season, scoring his maiden podium at Silverstone with a third place finish. [7]

In 2019, the Briton entered the sprint-formatted GT World Challenge Europe together with Marvin Kirchhöfer, driving an Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 for R-Motorsport. [8] With points scored in the majority of races, Collard and Kirchhöfer ended up eighth in the standings, highlighted by a win at the Nürburgring. [9] Despite this success, 2020 proved to be a patchy season for Collard, who raced in individual events of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. The peak of his year came at the 24 Hours of Spa, where he helped Barwell Motorsport, in a lineup which included Sandy Mitchell, Leo Machitski, and Collard's father Rob, towards victory in the Pro-Am class. [10] [11] Collard continued without a full-time schedule in 2021, racing in two Endurance Cup events.

In 2022, the Briton returned to the BTCC, driving for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK. [12] After struggling early on, Collard's form improved in the second half of the year, as he scored a best result of fourth on his way to 16th in the championship. Following the season, Collard announced that he would be retiring from racing. [13] The Briton reversed his decision however, instead re-signing with the team for the 2023 season. [14] At Brands Hatch, Collard crossed the finish line first during race 3, but was penalised for a track-limit infringement on the final lap, demoting him to eighth. [15] He eventually scored his sole podium of the year at Knockhill, which helped him towards eighth place in the standings. [16] [17]

For the 2024 campaign, Collard partnered with his father Rob to race in the GT3 class of the British GT Championship. [18]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2012 Ginetta Junior Championship Tollbar Racing with WIRED200001017th
2014 British Formula Ford Championship Falcon Motorsport2900054367th
2015 MSA Formula Championship TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30602133712nd
2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 2354594662nd
2017 ADAC GT Masters BMW Team Schnitzer 611126114th
24H Series - SPX Schubert Motorsport 1000018NC†
Intercontinental GT Challenge Walkenhorst000000NC
2018 British Touring Car Championship Team BMW 1100014625th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 40000936th
British GT Championship - GT4 Century Motorsport 200023015th
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe R-Motorsport 10101139.58th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 100000NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 100000NC
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup Orange1 FFF Racing Team 10000924th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 100000NC
Barwell Motorsport10000
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 11011417th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 100000NC
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup Winward Motorsport 100000NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Ram Racing 10000336th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 100000NC
2022 British Touring Car Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 3000008116th
2023 British Touring Car Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 3000012178th
2024 British GT Championship - GT3 Barwell Motorsport4110168*2nd*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

† As Collard had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position. * Season still in progress.

Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2018 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
16		 OUL
2
15		 ROC
1 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SIL
1 		SPA
1 		BRH
1 		DON
1 		15th30
2024 Black Bull-Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 GT3 OUL
1
1		 OUL
2
5		 SIL
1
5		 DON
1
5		 SPA
1
SNE
1
SNE
2
DON
1
BRH
1
2nd*68*

* Season still in progress.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPoints
2018 Team BMW BMW 125i M Sport BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		ROC
1
17		 ROC
2
20		 ROC
3
DNS		 KNO
1
11		 KNO
2
12		 KNO
3
23		 SIL
1
3		 SIL
2
4		 SIL
3
10		 BRH
1
16		 BRH
2
18		 BRH
3
13		25th46
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
15		 BRH
1
26		 BRH
2
17		 BRH
3
20		 THR
1
16		 THR
2
17		 THR
3
19		 OUL
1
10		 OUL
2
10		 OUL
3
7		 CRO
1
24		 CRO
2
25		 CRO
3
18		 KNO
1
10		 KNO
2
11		 KNO
3
15		 SNE
1
11		 SNE
2
6		 SNE
3
4		 THR
1
22		 THR
2
15		 THR
3
13		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
Ret		 BRH
1
14		 BRH
2
16		 BRH
3
11		16th81
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport DON
1
6		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
14		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
9		 BRH
3
8*		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
13		 SNE
3
14		 THR
1
11		 THR
2
9		 THR
3
5		 OUL
1
4		 OUL
2
9		 OUL
3
9		 CRO
1
11		 CRO
2
8		 CRO
3
15		 KNO
1
3		 KNO
2
6		 KNO
3
5		 DON
1
4		 DON
2
6		 DON
3
4		 SIL
1
20		 SIL
2
14		 SIL
3
7		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
4		 BRH
3
6		8th217

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2019 R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Pro BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
5		 MIS
1
4		 MIS
2
13		 ZAN
1
7		 ZAN
2
18		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
1		 HUN
1
10		 HUN
2
19		8th39.5

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