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Timothy James Bridgman (born 24 May 1985) is a British race car driver from England.
Bridgman began karting in 2001, and shortly after gained his racing licence joining the Zip Formula Series in 2002. He would go on to win Zip Formula the championship in 2003, before joining Formula BMW UK. [3] Bridgman won the inaguaral championship of the one-make series with three wins and scoring a total of 230 points. [4] [5] He was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award and awarded a BRDC Rising Star in the same year. [3] Bridgman tested a British F3 car for Carlin, ultimately though he joined Hitech GP for the 2005 British F3 Championship. [6] [7] Bridgman finished 15th with 16 points overall. [8] [9] Bridgman was forced to miss the Mondello Park race due to injuries in a house fire. [10]
Bridgman left the UK and spent the 2006 season racing in the United States for Jensen Motorsport in Champ Car Formula Atlantic. [11] He would return to the UK for 2007 to race in Formula Palmer Audi. [12] Bridgman would go on to win the 2007 FPA title. [13] [14]
Bridgman joined the Porsche Carrera Cup GB in 2008, and would go on to win the 2009 title in a final-day three-way battle with James Sutton and Tim Harvey. [15] [16] He would move on to the Porsche Supercup series for 2010. [17]
Returning to Britain for 2011, Bridgman joined Trackspeed to race a Porsche 911 GT3 alongside Gregor Fisken for the 2011 British GT season. The pair would win one race at Brands Hatch. [18] [19] on their way to 16th overall in the championship. Trackspeed won the team title for the year despite Bridgman and Fisken finishing 16th in the overall championship. [20]
After a hiatus from racing, Bridgman returned to the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia series with HubAuto. He competed in two races at Shanghai and Zhejiang. [21] Bridgman would be drafted in to the opening round of the British LMP3 Championship for 360 Racing deputising for Jason Rishover. [22] Bridgman's most recent competitive race came in the 2020 British GT Championship where he joined Karl Leonard to race a GTC class Porsche for Team Parker Racing for the season finale at Silverstone. [23]
Bridgman was born in Harlow and educated at Felsted School. In 2005, he was injured in a house fire where he suffered 20 per cent burns to his abdomen. [24]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2002 | Zip Formula Great Britain | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 7th | |
2003 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 203 | 1st | ||
Formula Renault UK Winter Series | Motaworld | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10th | |
2004 | Formula BMW UK | 20 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 230 | 1st | |
2005 | British Formula 3 | Hitech GP | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15th |
Porsche Carrera Cup GB | Porsche Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC | |
2006 | Formula Atlantic | Jensen Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16th |
2007 | Formula Palmer Audi | MSV | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 360 | 1st |
Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 4th | ||
2008 | Porsche Carrera Cup GB | Team Parker Racing | 20 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 273 | 4th |
2009 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 87 | 1st | ||
2010 | Porsche Supercup | Schnabl Engineering Team Parker Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 15th |
2011 | British GT Championship | Trackspeed | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62.5 | 16th |
2017 | Blancpain GT Series Asia | HubAuto Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |
2020 | British GT Championship | Team Parker Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | NC |
(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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Points |
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2005 | Hitech GP | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 9 | SPA 1 C | SPA 2 C | CRO 1 Ret | CRO 2 Ret | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 Ret | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 15 | CAS 1 15 | CAS 2 Ret | MZA 1 Ret | MZA 2 DSQ | MZA 3 DSQ | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 8 | SIL 3 DNS | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 9 | MON 1 DNS | MON 2 DNS | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 10 | 15th | 16 |
(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 | Pos | Points |
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2006 | Jensen Motorsport | LBH 24 | HOU 19 | MTY 24 | POR 10 | CLE1 12 | CLE2 20 | TOR 19 | EDM 8 | SJO 4 | DEN 21 | MTL 17 | ROA 18 | 16th | 72 |
(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 | Pos | Points |
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2010 | Schnabl Engineering/Team Parker Racing | BHR 11 | BHR 8 | CAT 7 | MON 11 | VAL Ret | SIL 21† | HOC 13 | HUN 10 | SPA 11 | MZA Ret | 15th | 45 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
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2020 | Team Parker Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SIL Ret | NC | NC |
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