Tom Gladdis

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Tom Gladdis
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1991-02-24) 24 February 1991 (age 32)
Isle of Wight, England
FIA Formula Two Championship career
Debut season 2009
Current team MotorSport Vision
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number24
Starts22
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish15th in 2010
Previous series
2008
2007
2007
2007
Star Mazda Championship
Formula BMW UK
Formula BMW Asia
Formula BMW ADAC

Tom Gladdis (born 24 February 1991 on the Isle of Wight) is a racing driver, currently competing in the FIA Formula Two Championship.

Contents

Career

Formula BMW

Gladdis made his circuit racing debut in the Formula BMW UK series in 2007, after being one of five drivers selected for a scholarship. [1] Competing for Nexa Racing, Gladdis ended up fourteenth in the championship, in its final season before being merged into Formula BMW Europe, with a solitary top ten finish at Snetterton. Gladdis also competed in two rounds of the Formula BMW ADAC series for Team Zinner at Hockenheim, amassing eight points to finish 32nd in the championship, and sixteenth out of all rookies. [2] He also competed in the pan-Asian series for Ao's Racing Team, as a team-mate to Sebastián Saavedra. To round off his season, he competed in the World Final in Valencia for Master Motorsport, finishing 23rd.

Star Mazda

After testing for Andersen Racing in late 2007, Gladdis signed for the team to contest the Star Mazda Championship for 2008. Gladdis finished sixth in the championship standings, amassing three fastest laps, two pole positions and a win at Portland International Raceway. He also finished second in the Portland double-header, and finished third at Mosport International Raceway.

Formula Two

2009 saw Gladdis move up to the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 24. [3] A sixth at Spa, and an eighth at Brno were Gladdis' only points-scoring races, eventually finishing 20th in the championship. Competing in only the two British and Czech rounds in the 2010, Gladdis achieved second place in the second Brands Hatch race; combined with a fifth place in the first race he scored 28 points, finishing 15th in the championship. [4]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2007 Formula BMW UK Nexa Racing17000026214th
Formula BMW ADAC Team Zinner20000832nd
Formula BMW Asia Ao's Racing Team400000NC†
2008 Star Mazda Championship Andersen Racing1021333346th
2009 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 160000420th
2010 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 600012815th
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 20000124th
2012-13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship MRF Racing 600001813th
2014 Radical European Masters 360700001413th

† As Gladdis was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Star Mazda Championship

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
2008 SEB
5
UTA
5
WGI POR
1
POR
2
ROA
5
TRR
8
MOS
3
NJ1
5
NJ2
13
ATL
8
LAG 6th334

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2009 VAL
1

19
VAL
2

18
BRN
1

8
BRN
2

10
SPA
1

6
SPA
2

Ret
BRH
1

13
BRH
2

13
DON
1

17
DON
2

Ret
OSC
1

16
OSC
2

17
IMO
1

16
IMO
2

13
CAT
1

14
CAT
2

15
20th4
2010 SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

Ret
MAR
1
MAR
2
MON
1
MON
2
ZOL
1
ZOL
2
ALG
1
ALG
2
BRH
1

5
BRH
2

2
BRN
1

12
BRN
2

12
OSC
1
OSC
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
15th28
2011 SIL
1

10
SIL
2

15
MAG
1
MAG
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
SPL
1
SPL
2
MON
1
MON
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
24th1

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References

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