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Thomas Strudwick | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | West Sussex, England | 17 October 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Case Moto BMW F900 and TS Racing Triumph 765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Strudwick (born 17 October 2001) [1] is a British motorcycle road racer from West Sussex. During 2024, he raced in both the UK BMW F900 Cup national-level series winning the championship, [2] and the inaugural National Sportbike Championship on a Triumph 765 were he finished third. [3]
In 2015, Strudwick competed in the KTM British Junior Cup for MTS Racing. He became the youngest-ever winner of a British championship motorcycle race at the age of 13 years and 247 days on 21 June 2015, [4] replacing the former accolade-holder Kyle Ryde.
Strudwick raced in the Moto3 Standard support class to the British Superbike Championship, where he achieved three wins finishing in third-place of the 2017 championship. [5]
He was selected as one of 22 riders chosen to compete in the inaugural 2018 British Talent Cup, a controlled-formula series, [6] [7] and he also rode in the Motostar British Championship for superbike team Moto Rapido Moto3.
On 1 April 2018, Strudwick won the inaugural British Talent Cup race at Donington Park. [8] [9] The championship was conceived during 2017 by the MotoGP world championship organisers Dorna to promote young British riders. [10]
More recently in 2019, Strudwick competed in the British Supersport Championship in the GP2 class, alongside the Case FTR Moto team. [11]
In 2020, Strudwick raced in the Open600 class of the Campeonato de España de Superbike (ESBK) [12] for the Team Edge RST Racing Team. [13]
Year | Class | Bike | Races | Pod | Pole | FLap | Pts | Position |
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2020 | ESBK Open600 | Yamaha R6 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 84 | 8th [14] |
2019 | British Supersport Championship | FTR Moto2 | 23 | 8 | - | - | 243 | 5th [15] |
2018 | British Talent Cup | Honda NSF250R Moto3 [10] | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 168 | 1 [16] |
2017 | Hel Performance Motostar British Standard class [17] | Honda Moto3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 339 | 3rd [18] |
2016 | Hel Performance Motostar British Standard class [19] | Honda Moto3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 219 | 6th [20] |
2015 | Santander Consumer Finance KTM British Junior Cup [21] | KTM RC390 Cup Bike | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 4th [22] |
2014 | FAB-Racing British MiniGP70 Championship | Metrakit MiniGP70 | 23 | 21 | - | - | 444 | 1st [23] |
2013 | FAB-Racing British MiniGP70 Championship | Metrakit MiniGP70 | 24 | 21 | - | - | 483 | 2nd [24] |
2012 | FAB-Racing British MiniGP50 Championship | Metrakit MiniGP50 | 18 | 9 | - | - | 288 | 5th [25] |
2011 | FAB-Racing Junior 4.2 Minimoto British Championship | Polini 4.2 MiniMoto | 18 | 1 | - | - | 185 | 5th [26] |
2009 | Ringwood Motocross Club Schoolboy Junior | KTM 50cc | - | - | - | - | - | 14th |
2008 | Ringwood Motocross Club Schoolboy Junior | KTM 50cc | - | - | - | - | - | 21st |
2007 | Ringwood Motocross Club Schoolboy Rookie | KTM 50cc | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 138 | 79 | 6 | 2 | 2177 |
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