Tom Fleming (racing driver)

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Tom Fleming
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
BornThomas Fleming
(2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)
Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England
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Thomas Fleming (born 20 September 2002) is a British racing driver who competes in the European Le Mans Series for GR Racing, the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Garage 59, and the Le Mans Cup for Nielsen Racing.

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Early career

Fleming started his professional karting career in 2018. Finishing third in the X30 Junior standings of the LGM Series in the same year for BMR, [1] Fleming joined Dan Holland Racing during 2020, with whom he stayed with throughout the rest of his karting career. With Dan Holland Racing, Fleming finished third in the 2021 British Karting Championship and the 2022 LGM Series in X30 Senior, [2] and also finished runner-up in the 2022 Kartmasters British GP to Kai Hunter in Rotax Senior. [3]

Stepping up to car racing in 2023, Fleming joined FF Corse to compete in Ferrari Challenge Europe. Finishing second to Eliseo Donno on debut at Valencia, [4] Fleming won both races at Misano, [5] but was disqualified from race two for failing post-race inspection. [6] After standing on the podium once in the following two rounds, Fleming won both races at Estoril to put himself 23 points behind Donno with two rounds left. [7] [8] In the final two rounds of the season, Fleming won twice at both Spa and Mugello to finish the season runner-up to Donno by 12 points. [9] [10] At the end of the year, Fleming took part in the Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali at Mugello, in which he was able to hold off Donno to take the Trofeo Pirelli title. [11]

GT3 career

In early 2024 it was announced that Fleming would pair up with Ferrari Challenge rival Eliseo Donno at AF Corse for the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. [12] [13] In the opening round of the season at Brands Hatch, the pair finished third among the Silvers in race one. [14] In race two, Donno earned his first class win by finishing 11th. [15] In the following round at Misano, Fleming suffered a massive crash in free practice, which meant neither he nor Donno would race in that weekend. [16] At the Hockenheimring, Fleming took his second class win of the season by finishing fourth overall in race one, while in race two he finished 21st after being given a penalty for exceeding track limits. [17] After scoring a third class win, at the penultimate round of the season, Fleming ended the season fourth in the Silver category and 13th overall in the Drivers' standings. [18]

Fleming remained in GT3 competition in 2025, racing in the European Le Mans Series in GR Racing's Ferrari 296 GT3, [19] and the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in Garage 59's McLaren 720S GT3 Evo. [20] During 2025, Fleming also made a one-off appearance in International GT Open, driving for Garage 59 at the Hockenheimring round alongside Marvin Kirchhöfer. [21] The duo won both races from pole. [22] [23]

Prototype career

Having tested LMP2 machinery for Nielsen Racing in the 2024 European Le Mans Series rookie tests at Algarve, Fleming joined the team for the following year, racing in the LMP3 class of the Michelin Le Mans Cup alongside Colin Noble in an ADESS AD25. [24]

Karting record

Karting career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2018IAME Euro Series – X30 SeniorBMR33rd
IAME International Final – X30 SeniorNC
LGM Series – X30 Junior3rd
2019British Kart Championship – X30 SeniorBMR44th
Kartmasters British GP – X30 Senior11th
IAME Euro Series – X30 SeniorXenon25th
IAME International Final – X30 SeniorNC
2020IAME Winter Cup – X30 SeniorBMRNC
IAME Euro Series – X30 Senior [a] 14th
IAME International Games – X30 SeniorDan Holland Racing6th
2021IAME Winter Cup – X30 SeniorDan Holland Racing11th
IAME Euro Series – X30 Senior25th
British Kart Championship – X30 Senior3rd
IAME Warriors Final – X30 Senior17th
IAME International Games – X30 Senior30th
2022IAME Winter Cup – X30 SeniorDan Holland Racing31st
Rotax Winter Cup – Rotax Senior12th
IAME Euro Series – X30 Senior32nd
British Kart Championship – X30 Senior5th
LGM Series – X30 Senior3rd
Kartmasters British GP – Rotax Senior2nd
Kartmasters British GP – X30 Senior26th
2023 British Universities Championship – Premier Reading A1st
Sources: [25] [26] [27]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2023 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli HR Owen – FF Corse 1354491602nd
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali – Trofeo Pirelli111111st
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver AF Corse 83224804th
Ferrari Challenge UK – Trofeo PirelliHR Owen [28] 22222355th
2025 European Le Mans Series – LMGT3 GR Racing 2000119*8th*
Le Mans Cup – LMP3 Nielsen Racing 500000*21th*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Garage 59200000*NC*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze 020117*7th*
International GT Open 2210230*8th*
Sources: [29] [25] [30]

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2024 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Silver BRH
1

10
BRH
2

11
MIS
1

WD
MIS
2

WD
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

21
MAG
1

17
MAG
2

8
CAT
1

14
CAT
2

24
4th80

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567Pos.Points
2025 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Bronze LEC
54
MNZ
17
SPA
6H

SPA
12H

SPA
24H

NÜR
BAR
17th*7*

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

YearEntrantClassChassis1234567RankPoints
2025 Nielsen Racing LMP3 ADESS AD25 CAT
11
LEC
Ret
LMS
1

20
LMS
2

15
SPA
13
SIL ALG 21th*0*

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456Pos.Points
2025 GR Racing LMGT3 Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari F163CE 3.0 L Turbo V6 CAT
8
LEC
3
IMO
SPA
SIL
ALG
8th*19*
Source:

* Season still in progress.

Complete International GT Open results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Pos.Points
2025 Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo Pro PRT
1
PRT
2
SPA HOC
1

1
HOC
2

1
HUN
1
HUN
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
MNZ 8th*30*

*Season still in progress.

Notes

  1. Fleming competed for BMR in Round 1 and ran as a Privateer in round 2.

References

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