Thomas Randle

Thomas Randle
Thomas Randle
Nationality	Australian
Born	7 April 1996 (age 22); Melbourne, Victoria
Super2 Series career
Debut season	2018
Current team	Tickford Racing
Car no.	5
Starts	13
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	1
Best finish	11th in 2018
Previous series
2015-17 ; 2016 ; 2016 ; 2015 ; 2014-15 ; 2013-14	Toyota Racing Series ; Formula V8 3.5 Series ; BRDC British Formula 3 Championship ; Australian Formula 4 Championship ; Australian Sports Sedan Championship ; Australian Formula Ford Series
Championship titles
2017 ; 2014	Toyota Racing Series ; Australian Formula Ford Series

Last updated March 07, 2019

Thomas Randle (born 7 April 1996) is an Australian racing driver. He currently races in the Dunlop Super2 Series with Tickford Racing in the No. 5 Ford FG X Falcon. Randle has also won the 2017 Toyota Racing Series. In 2018, he was awarded the Mike Kable Young Gun Award.

Tickford Racing is an Australian motor racing team which competes in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. The team currently campaigns three Ford Mustangs, driven by Lee Holdsworth, Cameron Waters and Chaz Mostert. Mark Winterbottom won the 2015 championship driving for the team. Tickford Racing also competes in the Dunlop Super2 Series with Thomas Randle.

The 2017 Castrol Toyota Racing Series was the thirteenth running of the Toyota Racing Series, the premier open-wheel motorsport category held in New Zealand. The series consisted of fifteen races at five meetings. It began on 14 January at Ruapuna Park in Christchurch, and concluded on 12 February with the 62nd running of the New Zealand Grand Prix, at Circuit Chris Amon in Feilding. Lando Norris was the defending drivers' champion but decided not to compete, concentrating on his European Formula Three campaign, whilst M2 Competition were the defending teams champions.

The Mike Kable 'Young Gun' Award, formally known as the Mike Kable Rookie of the Year Award, is an Australian award for the best young driver in Supercars. The award is dedicated to the memory of the widely respected motoring journalist, Mike Kable.

Career

Karting

Prior to his single-seater career, Randle enjoyed a successful period in karting in his native Australia. In 2012, he won Junior Clubman class of the Australian National Sprint Kart Championship and Rotax Junior class of the Australian Rotax Nationals.^[1]^[2]

Formula Ford and Formula 4

Randle made his single-seater debut in 2013, racing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship for the Evans Motorsport Group. He finished seventh with two podiums and another thirteen point-scoring finishes.^[3] He switched to Dream Motorsport in 2014. He clinched the championship title, winning five races with just four-point advantage to Jordan Lloyd.^[4]

The 2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title for drivers of Formula Ford racing cars. It was the 44 national series for Formula Fords to be held in Australia and the 21 to carry the Australian Formula Ford Championship name. CAMS filled the role of Category Manager for the championship. The championship was contested over a seven round series which began on 5 April at the Symmons Plains International Raceway and ended on 8 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. It was won by Anton de Pasquale, driving a Mygale SJ13a.

Randle continued his collaboration with Dream Motorsport into the new-for-2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship. He again battled with Lloyd for the championship, but this time he finished as runner-up and was outscored by 54 points and five wins.^[5]

The 2015 CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Formula 4 cars. It was the inaugural Australian F4 Championship. It commenced on 10 July at the Townsville Street Circuit and ended on 6 December at the Homebush Street Circuit after seven events comprising three races each.

Formula 3

For 2016, Randle moved to Europe to compete in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, racing for Douglas Motorsport.^[6] He won races at Rockingham and Spa and finished fourth in the drivers' standings.^[7]^[8]

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.

The 2016 BRDC British F3 Championship is a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England and, for the first time, Belgium. The 2016 season will be the first one under the BRDC British F3 denomination. The championship features professional motor racing teams, and will also feature the debut of the new 2-litre 230-bhp Tatuus-Cosworth single seat race car in the main series, a car that was first used in the 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy. The season will begin at Snetterton 300 on 27 March and will end on 11 September at Donington Park, after eight triple header events for a total of twenty-four races.

Rockingham Motor Speedway is a former motorsport venue in the United Kingdom, that hosted corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing and exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motor racing. It claims to be Europe's fastest racing circuit, and was the first banked oval constructed in Britain since the closure of Brooklands in 1939. The venue hosted its last day of racing in November 2018 after being sold by its owners and will be redeveloped to become a logistics hub for the car industry.

Formula V8 3.5

In 2016 Randle made his debut in Formula V8 3.5 in the Jerez round with Comtec Racing.^[9]

The 2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in Formula V8 3.5 formula race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2016 season is the first Formula V8 3.5 season organised independently by RPM Racing, after it was announced that Renault Sport would withdraw its backing of the championship at the end of the previous season.

Comtec Racing is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It competes in three championships — Formula Renault, World Series by Renault and the Auto GP World Series.

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

In 2017 Randle switched to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, partaking with AVF by Adrián Vallés.^[10] He finished 9 of his 16 races in points (his best finish was the fourth place at Red Bull Ring).^[11] He ended season fourteenth.

Super2 Series

In 2018 Randle moved to the Dunlop Super2 Series to race with Tickford Racing in a Ford FG X Falcon.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Australian Formula Ford Championship	Evans Motorsport Group	18	0	0	0	2	131	7th
	Victorian State Circuit Racing Formula Ford Fiesta Championship	Evans Motorsport Group	10	1	2	2	5	184	7th
	Morgan Park Raceway Production Sports 1 Hour		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2014	Australian Formula Ford Series	Dream Motorsport	18	5	2	3	12	266	1st
	Victorian State Circuit Racing Formula Ford Fiesta Championship		10	3	1	3	3	100	10th
	New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship		3	2	1	2	2	63	12th
	Winton 400 Sports Sedan support event		3	0	1	2	1	39	14th
	Kerrick Sports Sedan Series		3	1	0	1	1	N/A	NC
2015	Australian Formula 4 Championship	Dream Motorsport	21	7	7	5	15	386	2nd
	Kerrick Sports Sedan Series	Dream Motorsport	15	2	1	4	10	514	3rd
	Toyota Racing Series	ETEC Motorsport	16	0	0	1	2	518	10th
2016	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	Douglas Motorsport	23	2	1	0	7	424	4th
	Toyota Racing Series	Victory Motor Racing	3	0	0	0	0	93	20th
	Masters of Formula 3	Double R Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	Formula V8 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	20th
2017	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	AVF by Adrián Vallés	15	0	0	0	0	39.5	14th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	AVF by Adrián Vallés	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Toyota Racing Series	Victory Motor Racing	15	2	3	7	7	855	1st
2018	Super2 Series	Tickford Racing	14	0	1	0	2	915	11th

^† As Randle was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series 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	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Points
2016	Comtec Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	JER 1 Ret	JER 2 13	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 11	20th	0

Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Position	Points
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE Ret	SYM 9	BAR 3	TOW 8	SAN 4	BAT 8	NEW 21	11th	915

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References

↑ "Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — Junior Clubman 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "Australian Rotax Nationals — Rotax Junior 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "Australian Formula Ford Championship 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "Australian Formula Ford Series 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ Allen, Peter (19 February 2016). "Thomas Randle heads to BRDC F4 with Douglas Motorsport". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ Chokhani, Darshan (1 May 2016). "Rockingham BF3: Randle secures maiden win as Bortoleto rolls". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ Allen, Peter (9 July 2016). "Randle storms to Spa BRDC British F3 race two win, Norris gets race three". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "Comtec in line for V8 3.5 return at Jerez". GPUpdate.net. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "THREE RACES IN BUDAPEST TO INCREASE THE TENSION". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
↑ Allen, Peter (22 July 2017). "Fewtrell wins, Fenestraz gets Eurocup lead as rivals clash". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

External links

Official website
Thomas Randle career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Anton de Pasquale	Australian Formula Ford Champion 2014	Succeeded by Cameron Hill
Preceded by Lando Norris	Toyota Racing Series Champion 2017	Succeeded by Robert Shwartzman
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Will Brown	Mike Kable Young Gun Award 2018	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] "Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — Junior Clubman 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[2] "Australian Rotax Nationals — Rotax Junior 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[3] "Australian Formula Ford Championship 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[4] "Australian Formula Ford Series 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[5] "CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[6] Allen, Peter (19 February 2016). "Thomas Randle heads to BRDC F4 with Douglas Motorsport". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[7] Chokhani, Darshan (1 May 2016). "Rockingham BF3: Randle secures maiden win as Bortoleto rolls". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[8] Allen, Peter (9 July 2016). "Randle storms to Spa BRDC British F3 race two win, Norris gets race three". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[9] "Comtec in line for V8 3.5 return at Jerez". GPUpdate.net. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[10] "THREE RACES IN BUDAPEST TO INCREASE THE TENSION". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[11] Allen, Peter (22 July 2017). "Fewtrell wins, Fenestraz gets Eurocup lead as rivals clash". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.