Tom Kimber-Smith

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Tom Kimber-Smith
Tom Kimber-Smith Driver of Greaves Motorsport's Zytek Z11SN Nissan (8667953137) (cropped).jpg
Kimber-Smith at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 41)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season 2012
Current team Greaves Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number41
Starts7
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th in 2012
Previous series
2006-07
2006, 08
2005
2004
2002-03
2001
2000
Le Mans Series GT2
British GT
Formula Renault UK
Formula 3 Euro Series
Formula Ford UK
Slick 50 FF Championship
T Cars
Championship titles
2003 Formula Ford UK
Awards
5
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2006-2007, 2011-2014
Teams Team LNT, Greaves Motorsport, Starworks Motorsport
Best finish7th (2012)
Class wins3 (2006, 2011, 2012)

Thomas Kimber-Smith [1] (born 1 November 1984 in Ascot, Berkshire) is a British race car driver. He is currently driving the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class with Robert Alon.

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He has enjoyed success in sportscars, winning both the Le Mans 24 Hours and Le Mans Series LMP2 class for Greaves Motorsport in 2011. [2] He won the LMP2 class again in the 2012 race, driving for Starworks Motorsport with Ryan Dalziel and Enzo Potolicchio in Starworks Motorsport's HPD ARX-03b. He won the 2015 24 hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans in the PC class, nearly sweeping the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2015.

He is the son of Geoff Kimber-Smith, a former driver in the British Touring Car Championship.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2000 T Cars 20???10?1st
2001 Slick 50 Formula Ford Championship Infocus Racing60000031st
2002 British Formula Ford Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR1800122266th
Formula Ford Festival 10000N/ANC
2003 British Formula Ford Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR20511104211st
Formula Ford Festival 10001N/A3rd
Formula Renault UK Winter Series Team JLR400011415th
2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Kolles 200000220th
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A27th
2005 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Team JLR20001120612th
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands 200001525th
2006 British GT Championship Team LNT 1125?11712nd
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2110?1N/A1st
American Le Mans Series 100001435th
2007 Le Mans Series – LMGT2 Team LNT 40000519th
Le Mans Series – LMP210101819th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGT210000N/ANC
2008 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series – DP Cheever Racing 500007832nd
2011 Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 53114641st
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP211001N/A1st
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship Starworks Motorsport 200002119th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP210001N/A1st
European Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 30001485th
American Le Mans Series – LMP2100000NC
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 Greaves Motorsport 30000408th
European Le Mans Series – LMP2100001017th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP210000N/A11th
American Le Mans Series – GT CORE Autosport 500013217th
2014 European Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 30000329th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Caterham Racing 10000N/A11th
United SportsCar Championship – PC 8 Star Motorsports 4000110716th
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – GS Turner Motorsport 1200022437th
2015 United SportsCar Championship – PC PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 1041053132nd
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship – PC1130393552nd
2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype300007221st

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2004 Team KollesDallara F302/076Mercedes HOC
1

21
HOC
2

Ret
EST
1

7
EST
2

21
ADR
1

9
ADR
1

Ret
PAU
1

13
PAU
2

10
NOR
1

DSQ
NOR
1

21
MAG
1

Ret
MAG
2

Ret
NÜR
1

DSQ
NÜR
2

DSQ
ZAN
1

14
ZAN
2

Ret
BRN
1

18
BRN
2

23
HOC
1

22
HOC
2

Ret
20th2

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2006 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team LNT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lawrence Tomlinson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Dean
Panoz Esperante GT-LMGT232115th1st
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Team LNT Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Watts
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Milner
Panoz Esperante GT-LMGT260DNFDNF
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greaves Motorsport Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Karim Ojjeh
Flag of France.svg Olivier Lombard
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP23268th1st
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Starworks Motorsport Flag of Venezuela.svg Enzo Potolicchio
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel
HPD ARX-03b LMP23547th1st
2013 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greaves Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Lux
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP230723rd10th
2014 Flag of Malaysia.svg Caterham Racing Flag of the United States.svg Chris Dyson
Flag of the United States.svg Matt McMurry
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP232925th11th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2014 8Star Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
2
SEB
5
LGA
KAN
WGL
10
IMS
ELK
VIR
COA
PET
7
16th107
2015 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
1
SEB
1
LGA
7
DET
6
WGI
2
MOS
5
LRP
1
ELK
4
AUS
4
ATL
1
2nd313
2016 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY
2
SEB
2
LBH
6
LGA
1
DET
3
WGL
5
MOS
3
LIM
2
ELK
1
COA
2
PET
1
2nd355
2017 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports P Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
9
SEB
7
LBH
5
COA DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 21st72
Source: [3]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678RankPoints
2012 Starworks Motorsport LMP2 HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 SEB
SPA
LMS
7
SIL
SÃO
BHR
8
FUJ
SHA
19th21
2013 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
5
SPA
DNS
LMS
4
SÃO
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
8th40
Source: [3]

References

  1. "Thomas KIMBER-SMITH". Companies House. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. Weeks, James (16 December 2011). "Kimber-Smith sticks with Greaves but loses Le Mans berth". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Tom Kimber-Smith Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by T Cars Champion
2000
Succeeded by
Ben Reeves
Preceded by
Westley Barber
British Formula Ford
Champion

2003
Succeeded by
Preceded by Le Mans Series LMP2 Champion
2011 with:
Karim Ojjeh
Succeeded by
Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet
European Le mans Series