Tom Blomqvist

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Tom Blomqvist
2014 F3 HockenheimringII Tom Blomqvist by 2eight 8SC4323.jpg
Blomqvist in 2014
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Sweden Swedish
New Zealand New Zealander
via triple nationality
Born (1993-11-30) 30 November 1993 (age 28)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Related toStig Blomqvist (father)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season2015
Current teamBMW Team RBM
Car number31
Starts54
Wins1
Poles3
Fastest laps3
Best finish6th in 2016
Previous series
2012-14
2012
2011-12
2010
2009
2009
European Formula 3 Championship
Formula 3 Euro Series
German Formula Three
Formula Renault UK
Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden
Formula Renault NEZ
Championship titles
2010Formula Renault UK
Formula E career
Debut season2017–18
Car number88
Former teamsMS&AD Andretti Formula E, Panasonic Jaguar Racing, NIO 333 FE Team
Starts25
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish20th in 2017–18

Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993) is a New Zealand-based, Britain-born Swedish professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver, currently racing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship with Meyer Shank Racing.[1] Blomqvist won the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank. He is the son of 1984 Swedish World Rally Champion, Stig Blomqvist, and raced under a Swedish racing licence until March 2010.

He resides near Saffron Walden, Essex and at Christchurch, New Zealand.

Career[]

Junior career[]

Blomqvist began his racing career in karting, in which he competed between 2003 and 2008, winning eight Championship titles in New Zealand. In 2009, at the young age of 15, he left his home in New Zealand in order to make the move to motor racing in Europe, starting with Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden where he took five podium finishes and one victory from 14 races, finishing third in the standings. He also finished third in the Formula Renault NEZ Championship.[2] At the end of the season, having to first apply for special permission to race as he was still only 15 years old, he competed in two of the four races of the Formula Renault UK Winter Series winning both of the races at the Rockingham Motor Speedway.

In 2010 he competed in the full Formula Renault UK season racing for Fortec Motorsport, taking 12 podiums on his way to becoming the youngest ever champion in the series' history at the age of 16 (!), beating the record set by Lewis Hamilton who won the Championship aged 18.

November 2010 saw Blomqvist compete in the iconic Macau Grand Prix. Driving for Eurointernational he secured 3rd place with fastest lap time in the Formula BMW Pacific race.

In December 2010 Blomqvist was a McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist as well as receiving the British Club Driver of the Year award. At the British Racing Drivers' Club awards he received the Henry Surtees award for the most outstanding performance by a rising star.

On 30 November 2011 Blomqvist signed with MB Partners Ltd, owned by former F1 driver Mark Blundell. Blomqvist was again a McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist at the end of 2011.

In February 2012 Blomqvist joined the select group of young talent on the McLaren Driver Development Programme.[3]

In the same month, Blomqvist was one of six finalists in a large selection process as Porsche looked for two new junior drivers who would also be contesting the Porsche Carrera Cup. Despite the accolade of being chosen as one of the drivers, Blomqvist elected to stay in single-seaters and a few weeks later, having been selected as a European F3 VW Factory Driver, he signed with ma-con motorsport to contest the F3 Euroseries.

Formula 3[]

Because of his outstanding success at Macau in 2010, 2011 saw Blomqvist competing in German F3 with Performance Racing. Despite competing against stronger teams, he was 3rd in the Championship, when at the start of the race at EuroSpeedway Lausitz he was hit by another car and propelled into a wall, prematurely ending his season and breaking his back at the same time. It would require several months of recuperation before Blomqvist was fit to drive again.

Nonetheless, Eurointernational invited Blomqvist to compete in the 2012 German F3 Championship, fitting the races around his F3 Euroseries schedule. Despite competing in only five rounds due to his prior injury, Blomqvist was 5th in the Championship having achieved an impressive 10 podiums, including five wins, and led by 16 points for these rounds.

Blomqvist finished the season in 7th place for both the F3 Euroseries and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, having competed with a team new to Formula 3. He entered the Macau F3 street circuit race in November 2012 where he and his team, Eurointernational, used a brand new car, but with no time to test beforehand, the results were disappointing.

At the end of 2012 Blomqvist was selected to join the Red Bull Junior Team and competed in the newly formed FIA European Formula 3 Championship this year — billed as "the most competitive young talent series on the planet" - where he joined his former team EuroInternational as their lone driver for the 2013 season. Despite the team being new to Formula 3, Blomqvist finished the season in 7th place and EuroInternational finished 5th in the Team Championship. Quite an achievement considering all their points were harvested by just one driver, Blomqvist, whereas the teams that finished ahead each had several drivers.

Blomqvist in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

In November 2013 Blomqvist entered the Macau Grand Prix, this time driving for his former team, Fortec Motorsport. The Red Bull Junior driver was back on pace and looking at starting on pole. However, in the dying minutes of the session Blomqvist was unable to get another clear lap, losing pole position and ending up sixth. During the qualifying race, the unfamiliar starting procedure of the Fortec car caused him to stall at the start. While waiting to be restarted, a distracted Harry Tincknell, who had also momentarily stalled, drove straight into the back of him, ending Blomqvist's day and causing him to start at the back of the grid for the final race. Blomqvist then went on to have a great race the following day. He charged his way through the 28-car field, and when the checkered flag was shown 15 laps later, Blomqvist came home in eighth place.

For 2014 Blomqvist again competed in the European Formula 3 Championship driving for Carlin, along with his teammates, Antonio Giovinazzi and Sean Gelael, driving under a new banner of Jagonya Ayam with Carlin in their Dallara-Volkswagens. After a thrilling season racing with the cream of junior motorsport's talent, Blomqvist managed to finish 2nd in the championship, despite incurring engine change penalties.

In November 2014 Blomqvist entered the Macau Grand Prix driving his Jagonya Ayam with Carlin car. Despite being one of the quickest drivers on the track in practice and qualifying, Blomqvist's luck ran out within the first lap of the Grand Prix. After making a great start from 3rd, Blomqvist was challenging for the lead which he took after Lucas Auer made a mistake a few corners in. As Blomqvist took the corner, Esteban Ocon made an over optimistic move from behind, and the two collided. Although Ocon had damaged his suspension at San Francisco Bend, he managed to go on, but a powerless Blomqvist was driven into the barriers, ending his race. Due to the narrow track there was a multiple car pile-up behind, with Yu Kanamaru getting launched first over Jordan King and then Blomqvist, before landing on a wall at the side of the track. No one was hurt in the chaos, and after the race was restarted Felix Rosenqvist went on to become the 2014 winner.

DTM[]

On 2 February 2015 it was announced Blomqvist had secured a BMW DTM drive for multiple seasons, replacing the spot left vacant by the departure of Joey Hand. The announcement followed a selection test carried out by Blomqvist, Jack Harvey, Robin Frijns, Lucas Luhr, Richie Stanaway, Alex Lynn, Sam Bird and Alex Gurney at Jerez in December 2014. Blomqvist joined the RBM Team alongside Augusto Farfus and finished the season in a respectable 14th place, having made DTM history as the youngest BMW driver to win a race in his first season, at Oschersleben, and the second youngest race winner with any manufacturer.

For the 2016 season Blomqvist remained with the RBM Team but with a new teammate, Maxime Martin. He concluded a successful 2016 DTM season in point-scoring fashion at the series’ finale in Hockenheim, ending the season in sixth position in the Drivers' Championship, the youngest driver in the top ten of the season's final standings.

2017 saw Blomqvist remain with BMW and Team RBM, but in the newly formed Team RBR, with ex Formula One driver Timo Glock as his stablemate.

Formula E[]

He participated in the 2017–18 Formula E season with the MS&AD Andretti Formula E team. This caused some confusion as he was confirmed by the official FIA entry list, rather than an announcement by the team. He made his debut at Marrakesh ePrix, replacing Kamui Kobayashi. His teammate was António Félix da Costa, who had raced in Formula E since the inaugural 2014–15 season (with Team Aguri for 2014–15). Despite a strong debut in Marrakesh, finishing in 8th position, his results were not considered good enough by the team & he was replaced with Stéphane Sarrazin for the final four races of the season. Blomqvist returned to the Formula E paddock for the 2019 Berlin ePrix, where he acted as a TV pundit, in place of the regular Dario Franchitti, who was attending the 2019 Indy 500.

Blomqvist returned to the race seat for the final two races of the 2019–20 season-ending 2020 Berlin ePrix, replacing Jaguar's James Calado, who had other commitments.[4] Blomqvist was then given a full-time seat at the NIO 333 FE Team for the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship, driving alongside fellow Briton Oliver Turvey.[5] The car was one of the slowest on the grid, finishing in last place of the constructors, with Blomqvist accumulating 6 points, and Turvey 13.

For the 2021–22 season, Blomqvist opted to leave NIO and joined Envision Racing as a reserve driver.[6]

WEC[]

In the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, driving a BMW M6 GT3 for Team Walkenhorst Motorsport, Blomqvist, and teammates Philipp Eng and Christian Krognes won the 2018 24 Hours of Spa.

During the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, Blomqvist, ex-teammate at Carlin in F3 Sean Gelael, and ex-Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne were driving an Oreca 07 for Jota Sport team, in the Le Mans Prototype2 class. They finished second in the class, collecting four podiums out of the five races, including a second place in the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans.

IMSA[]

Blomqvist made his debut in the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship at the wheel of a BMW M8 GTE, at Watkins Glen International, in a one-off race appearance, and finished in a respectable 8th in the GT Le Mans category. In 2019, he stuck around for a full season, driving the BMW of M8 GTE of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing once again. He scored solid points all throughout the season, with his best finish coming in the season's finale at the 2019 Petit Le Mans, a third place podium. He ended the year 9th in the GT Le Mans category, with 258 points.

Following his Formula E campaign, Blomqvist was announced in November 2021, as one of the driver's for Meyer Shank Racing in the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving the Acura ARX-05 along with teammate Oliver Jarvis.[7]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden Trackstar Racing 14 1 0 0 5 66 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ 6 0 0 0 2 78 3rd
Formula Renault UK Winter Series Fortec Motorsport 2 2 0 2 2 68 7th
2010 Formula Renault UK Fortec Motorsport 20 3 4 7 12 465 1st
Formula BMW Pacific EuroInternational 1 0 0 1 1 0 NC†
2011 German Formula 3 Championship Performance Racing 14 1 2 2 4 59 6th
2012 German Formula 3 Championship EuroInternational 15 5 5 1 10 222 5th
Formula 3 Euro Series Ma-con Motorsport 24 0 0 0 2 157.5 7th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship 20 0 0 0 2 117 7th
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship EuroInternational 30 0 0 0 3 151.5 7th
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 33 6 6 9 15 420 2nd
2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RBM 18 1 0 1 1 59 14th
2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RBM 18 0 1 1 4 113 6th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Extreme Speed Motorsports 1 0 0 0 1 18 24th
2016–17 Asian Le Mans Series - GT FIST-Team AAI 3 0 0 0 0 20 10th
2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RBM 18 0 2 1 0 25 17th
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Rowe Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 19th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 3 0 0 0 0 5 31st
FIA GT World Cup 0 0 0 0 0 N/A DNS
Intercontinental GT Challenge BMW 1 0 0 0 0 1 16th
2017–18 Formula E MS&AD Andretti Formula E 6 0 0 0 0 4 20th
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 2 0 0 0 0 45 5th
Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW Team RLL 1 0 0 0 0 23 23rd
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 3 0 0 1 1 29 17th
2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW Team RLL 10 0 0 0 1 258 9th
2019–20 Formula E Panasonic Jaguar Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup HubAuto Corsa 1 0 0 0 0 33 10th
AF Corse 1 1 0 0 1
Intercontinental GT Challenge Ferrari 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2020–21 Formula E NIO 333 FE Team 15 0 0 0 0 6 24th
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jota Sport 6 0 2 1 5 131 2nd
Asian Le Mans Series 2 2 0 0 2 50 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2021–22 Formula E Envision Racing Reserve driver
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian

As Blomqvist was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results[]

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2012 Ma-con Motorsport Volkswagen HOC
1

7
HOC
2

11
HOC
3

11
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

9
BRH
3

7
RBR
1

5
RBR
2

3
RBR
3

7
NOR
1

10
NOR
2

6
NOR
3

7
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

6
NÜR
3

5
ZAN
1

5
ZAN
2

4
ZAN
3

Ret
VAL
1

3
VAL
2

4
VAL
3

5
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

6
HOC
3

7
7th 157.5

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2012 Ma-con Motorsport Volkswagen HOC
1

7
HOC
2

11
PAU
1

13
PAU
2

21
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

7
RBR
1

5
RBR
2

7
NOR
1

10
NOR
2

7
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

2
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

5
ZAN
1

5
ZAN
2

Ret
VAL
1

3
VAL
2

5
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

7
7th 117
2013 EuroInternational Mercedes MNZ
1

13
MNZ
2

3
MNZ
3

10
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

5
SIL
3

14
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

3
HOC
3

8
BRH
1

6
BRH
2

6
BRH
3

5
RBR
1

17
RBR
2

8
RBR
3

Ret
NOR
1

5
NOR
2

7
NOR
3

4
NÜR
1

13
NÜR
2

12
NÜR
3

22
ZAN
1

9
ZAN
2

8
ZAN
3

8
VAL
1

12
VAL
2

12
VAL
3

14
HOC
1

10
HOC
2

12
HOC
3

4
7th 151.5
2014 Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1

1
SIL
2

4
SIL
3

6
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

5
HOC
3

Ret
PAU
1

11
PAU
2

1
PAU
3

3
HUN
1

1
HUN
2

5
HUN
3

6
SPA
1

4
SPA
2

8
SPA
3

6
NOR
1

10
NOR
2

Ret
NOR
3

Ret
MSC
1

4
MSC
2

3
MSC
3

7
RBR
1

1
RBR
2

2
RBR
3

2
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

2
NÜR
3

2
IMO
1

3
IMO
2

1
IMO
3

5
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

1
HOC
3

3
2nd 420

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points
2015 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

17
LAU
1

22
LAU
2

Ret
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

DSQ
ZAN
1

7
ZAN
2

18
SPL
1

17
SPL
2

Ret
MSC
1

8
MSC
2

12
OSC
1

7
OSC
2

1
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

4
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

17
14th 59
2016 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

13
HOC
2

6
SPL
1

2
SPL
2

6
LAU
1

22
LAU
2

11
NOR
1

15
NOR
2

2
ZAN
1

16
ZAN
2

10
MSC
1

22
MSC
2

2
NÜR
1

2
NÜR
2

8
HUN
1

22
HUN
2

4
HOC
1

9
HOC
2

7
6th 113
2017 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

16
HOC
2

12
LAU
1

17
LAU
2

17
HUN
1

15†
HUN
2

13
NOR
1

6
NOR
2

9
MSC
1

Ret
MSC
2

7
ZAN
1

Ret
ZAN
2

13
NÜR
1

16
NÜR
2

10
SPL
1

16
SPL
2

13
HOC
1

15
HOC
2

Ret
17th 25

Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 Extreme Speed Motorsports LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA
2
BHR 24th 18
2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA
5
LMS SIL FUJ
2
SHA
10
SEB SPA LMS 17th 29
2021 Jota Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
3
ALG
2
MNZ
5
LMS
2
BHR
2
BHR
3
2nd 131

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MIS
QR

16
MIS
CR

6
BRH
QR
BRH
CR
ZOL
QR
ZOL
CR
HUN
QR
HUN
CR
NÜR
QR
NÜR
CR
19th 8

Complete Formula E results[]

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

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points
2017–18 MS&AD Andretti Formula E Spark SRT01-e Andretti ATEC-03 HKG HKG MRK
8
SCL
11
MEX
15
PDE
16
RME
15
PAR
Ret
BER ZUR NYC NYC 20th 4
2019–20 Panasonic Jaguar Racing Spark SRT05e Jaguar I-Type 4 DIR DIR SCL MEX MRK BER BER BER BER BER
12
BER
17
26th 0
2020–21 NIO 333 FE Team Spark SRT05e NIO 333 001 DIR
18
DIR
18
RME
10
RME
8
VLC
NC
VLC
17
MCO
14
PUE
13
PUE
Ret
NYC
16
NYC
21
LDN
NC
LDN
19
BER
NC
BER
10
24th 6

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

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

Year Entrant No. Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2018 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH MDO WGL
8
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA PET 23rd 23
2019 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY SEB
7
LBH
7
MDO
4
WGL
7
MOS
4
LIM
7
ELK
5
VIR
7
LGA
5
PET
3
9th 258
2022 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian 60 DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
1

LBH
LGA
MDO
DET
WGL
CTM
ELK

1st* 378*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Taiwan Hub Auto Racing Taiwan Morris Chen
Brazil Marcos Gomes
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
273 DNF DNF
2021 United Kingdom Jota Sport Indonesia Sean Gelael
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 7th 2nd

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/blomqvist-returns-to-imsa-in-2022-with-meyer-shank/6791880/[dead link]
  2. ^ "Tom Blomqvist - Racing career profile". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Blomqvist joins McLaren's driver development programme". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ^ Kew, Matt (30 July 2020). "Jaguar's Calado set to miss final two Berlin FE races, Blomqvist likely to fill in". Autosport.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ Kew, Matt (24 November 2020). "Blomqvist beats Abt to second NIO Formula E seat". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Envision Racing on Twitter". Twitter. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. ^ https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/blomqvist-returns-to-imsa-in-2022-with-meyer-shank/6791880/[dead link]

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