Tomas Kaiser

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Tomas Kaiser (born 2 December 1956) is a Swedish former racing driver from Saelen.

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Kaiser began his career racing Formula Fords. In 1979 he raced in the European Formula Three Championship and British Formula Three Championship. In 1980 he finished fourth in the Swedish Formula Three Championship and competed in 1 race each in the British, European, and German F3 series. In 1981 he finished third in Swedish F3 and maintained a similar part-time schedule in the other series. In 1982 he made two starts in the European Formula Two Championship. In 1983 he drove in 8 of the 12 European F2 races but was only running at the finish in two of them. In 1984 he competed in 9 European F2 races and finished 11th in points, finishing in the points in fourth in the season finale at Brands Hatch. In 1985 European F2 gave way to International Formula 3000 and Kaiser competed in 7 races and finished 4th at Thruxton Circuit, good enough for 14th in points. In 1986 he competed in all 11 races for BS Automotive and finished 14th in points with a best finish of 4th at Pergusa. 1987 was his last season of professional racing as he competed in a full season of F3000 but failed to qualify for three races and didn't finish in the points in any races. [1]

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213Pos.Pts
1982 Strandel Motorsport Toleman TG280 Hart SIL HOC THR
NC
NÜR MUG
DNS
VAL
DNQ
PAU SPA NC0
March 812 BMW HOC
15
DON
Ret
MAN
Ret
PER MIS
1983 Bertram Schäfer Racing Maurer MM82 BMW SIL
Ret
THR
Ret
HOC
Ret
NÜR
Ret
VAL
8
PAU
9
JAR DON
Ret
MIS PER ZOL
Ret
MUG NC0
1984 BS Automotive March 842 BMW SIL
Ret
HOC
9
THR
Ret
VAL
7
MUG
Ret
PAU HOC MIS
8
PER
7
DON
8
BRH
4
11th3

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pos.Pts
1985 BS Automotive March 85B Cosworth SIL
10
THR
4
EST
DSQ
NÜR
C
VAL
8
PAU SPA DIJ PER
Ret
ÖST
11
ZAN
9
DON
8
14th3
1986 BS Automotive Lola T86/50 Cosworth SIL
5
VAL
18
PAU
Ret
SPA
12
IMO
Ret
MUG
11
PER
4
ÖST
Ret
BIR
9
BUG
13
JAR
10
14th4
1987 Eddie Jordan Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL
13
VAL
9
SPA
DNQ
PAU
Ret
DON
Ret
PER
DNQ
NC0
BS Automotive Lola T86/50 Cosworth BRH
22
BIR
DNQ
IMO
Ret
Lola T87/50 BUG
16
JAR
12

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References

  1. Tomas Kaiser - Career Detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2011-01-21