Nick Tandy | |
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 Tandy in 2014 | |
| Born | Nicholas Tandy (1984-11-05)5 November 1984 (age 41) Bedford, Bedfordshire, England |
| Relatives | Joe Tandy (brother) |
| Nationality |  British |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Porsche Penske Motorsport |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Car number | 7 |
| Former teams | Porsche NA,Porsche GT,Corvette |
| Starts | 102 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Podiums | 42 |
| Poles | 15 |
| Fastest laps | 16 |
| Best finish | 2nd in2019,2021(GTLM), 2024(GTP) |
| Statistics up to date as of 3 August 2025. | |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Years active | 2014–2015,2017,2022 |
| Teams | Manthey,KCMG,Porsche,Corvette |
| Starts | 25 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 15 |
| Poles | 5 |
| Fastest laps | 4 |
| Best finish | 4th in2017(LMP1) |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2011,2014–2025 |
| Teams | Felbermayr-Proton,Manthey,Porsche,Porsche GT,G-Drive,Corvette |
| Best finish | 1st(2015) |
| Class wins | 1(2015) |
| Previous series | |
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| Championship titles | |
Nicholas Tandy (born 5 November 1984) is a Britishracing driver who competes in theIMSA SportsCar Championship as afactory driver forPorsche. Tandy is the only person to have completed the Grand Slam of overall victories in major 24-hour races: winning the24 Hours of Le Mans in2015; theNürburgring 24 Hours in2018; theSpa 24 Hours in2020; and the24 Hours of Daytona in2025.[1]
Other major career milestones for Tandy include overall victory at the2015Petit Le Mans and the202512 Hours of Sebring, which made him the first driver in history to win the "Big Six" endurance races.[2][3] He also has class victories at the2013,2018 and2020 Petit Le Mans; the2014 24 Hours of Daytona; and the2018,2019 and2020 12 Hours of Sebring.
Born inBedford, Tandy followed brotherJoe's route on the motor racing ladder, by starting out as an eleven-year-old in short oval Ministox machinery, in 1996.[4] Immediate success came to him, as he won the Midland region of Ministox. 1997 saw a shift to the East Anglian Ministox region, where Tandy ended as runner-up. 1998 saw Tandy finish as runner-up in the world championship, behind brother Joe and also finished third in the national championship. He would go two places better in 1999, as he claimed the Spedeworth points title. Tandy won four different championships in 2000. Winning the ORC Championship atRAF Bovingdon, he continued the success atArlington, Eastbourne (Southern), and atWimbledon Stadium (London), before retaining the Spedeworth points title.[5]
Continuing the Mini theme, Tandy moved into Mini Se7ens in time for the 2001 Winter Series. He ended up third in the championship, won eventually by Kelly Rogers.[6] Tandy moved into the main series for 2002, but struggled to find form and eventually languished down in tenth in the overall championship standings. A second Winter Series campaign followed, and improved his 2001 position by one by finishing runner-up. He competed in two more seasons in the main championship, amassing four wins in 2003.
After a year in theBRDC Single Seater Championship, which he dominated in 2005 (11 wins from 14 races) and earning a Scholarship fromSilverstone, Tandy moved into theBritish Formula Ford Championship in 2006. Tandy had an impressive first season in the championship, finishing as runner-up in the standings, with 365 points. Although, he was over 150 points behind dominating championNathan Freke. Tandy had started out at the Raysport team but with his car lacking upgrades, decided to jump ship with four races to go and become the first driver for his brother's newly setup team. A win and a second place at bothThruxton[7] andCastle Combe[8] allowed Tandy to overhaulPeter Dempsey,Christian Ebbesvik andJames Nash to achieve that runner-up position behind Freke.[9] He then proceeded to win the 2006Formula Ford Festival on the road, before a 10-second penalty was added post-race for a safety car misdemeanour, dropping him to fifth.[10] He continued in the championship in 2007, but finished one place lower in the standings, finishing third overall. Tandy and James Nash were involved in a titanic battle for the runner-up spot (asCallum MacLeod finishing some 130 points clear of the pair), which was eventually settled by just twelve points. Tandy won six races throughout the season, and finished on the podium on ten other occasions.[11] After his close call the previous year, Tandy won the Formula Ford Festival at the end of the season, but only after MacLeod was given a two-second penalty post-race.[12]
After his Formula Ford Festival win, Tandy signed a very late deal to compete in theFormula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, and in particular the Formula Palmer Audi Shootout.[13] The Shootout guarantees a place on the shortlist for theMcLaren Autosport BRDC Award for the driver who scores the most points over the course of the three-race weekend atSnetterton.[14] Thanks to two wins, and a fourth (although the fourth was irrelevant due to best two scores), Tandy won the Shootout and was part of the shortlist.[15] However, he would lose out toStefan Wilson.[16]
After two years in Formula Ford, Tandy moved into the highly competitiveBritish Formula 3 Championship for the2008 season. Driving for his brother's team and piloting the unfavourableMygale chassis, Tandy started with three retirements. He steadily improved throughout the season, and recorded his first podium during the overseas round atSpa-Francorchamps, in support of theSpa 24 Hours. Two more podiums came towards the end of the season atSilverstone andDonington Park, as he ended up ninth overall, overtakingMax Chilton at the Donington finale. He also competed in the guest car in thePorsche Carrera Cup at Silverstone, winning the first race.[17]
Tandy continued in the series in2009, and also continued to use the Mygale chassis andMercedes engines. WithUltimate Motorsport pulling out of the series, JTR became thede facto lead team for Mygale, with Tandy being touted as a championship contender. After a double podium at theOulton Park opener, Tandy suffered a somewhat disappointing weekend at Silverstone with low points finishes. After his brother's death, the team vowed to carry on in both Formula Three and in Formula Ford.[18] Eighteen days after his brother's death, Tandy scored his and the team's first win with a dominating performance atRockingham.[19] Having negotiated the first lap incident which took out rivalsDaniel Ricciardo andRenger van der Zande, Tandy drove away from the field to win by 8.608 seconds fromHenry Arundel andAdriano Buzaid.[19] Tandy is also noted for his pace over a single lap, having recorded four fastest laps from the first eight races of the championship, and at one point, lay third in the standings.
AfterCarlo van Dam leftKolles & Heinz Union, Tandy was signed up to drive at theNorisring in theFormula Three Euroseries.[20] The following weekend, Tandy signed a deal to compete in the rest of the Euroseries campaign, but a clause in the contract meant that he did not compete again in the rest of the British championship.[21] Tandy left the team before theDijon-Prenois rounds.
Tandy was then offered the opportunity to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany at theDijon-Prenois rounds with Konrad Motorsport where on his debut with no testing, he finished 2nd.Following this performance Tandy was given a drive with Konrad in Porsche Supercup at the Abu Dhabi round supporting Formula 1. He was again on the podium with a 2nd place.Having impressed in the 2009 season finale, Tandy drove on a permanent basis for the German-based team in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup; he started the2010 Porsche Supercup season with an excellent qualifying performance and was rewarded with a podium in the opening rounds, and Tandy swiftly went on to take his first Porsche Supercup win on 11 July 2010 at the British circuit, Silverstone GP, in superb fashion with a classic lights to flag victory. Tandy's full debut season ended with him putting in a strong challenge for the title, taking the fight with eventual winnerRené Rast, to the final race at the famousAutodromo Nazionale Monza. Tandy returned for a second season in2011 but he failed to achieve his ambition of winning the title after only winning one race atAbu Dhabi and finishing 5th in the championship.In theGerman Cup he came close to winning the championship in2010 after winning five races but also finished two races outside the top fifteen and retired at the final round. He won the2011 championship winning three races and finishing on the podium seven times.
In 2012 Tandy started in varioussports car racing series such as theAmerican Le Mans Series, theADAC GT Masters and theInternational GT Open. Together withMarco Holzer, his teammate atManthey Racing, he became runner-up of the2012 International GT Open season. He won thePorsche Cup award for the best private Porsche racing driver.
Shortly after that, Tandy has been signed as the tenth Porsche works driver. His first official race was the2013 24 Hours of Daytona[22] Tandy won the GT class of the2013 Petit Le Mans and resulted third at the12 Hours of Sebring, driving forTeam Falken Tire alongsideWolf Henzler andBryan Sellers. He also won the GTC class atAmerican Le Mans Series race atLaguna Seca with NGT Motorsport. Also, he won two races at theEuropean Le Mans Series in the GTE class, ending third in the standings.
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Tandy joined the Porsche factory team at theUnited SportsCar Championship for the 2014 season. He shared a Core Porsche 911 RSR in the GTLM class withRichard Lietz. He won the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona with Lietz and Patrick Pilet.
In 2015 he partneredPatrick Pilet in the United SportsCar Championship. He claimed four wins and a third-place finish, helping his teammate to win the drivers championship, as well as the teams championship and also overall win in2015 Petit Le Mans with a Porsche 911 RSR of GTLM class.
Also in 2015, Tandy joined the Porsche LMP1 factory team at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the French classic. The Brit also drove a KCMG Oreca Nissan at five rounds of the World Endurance Championship, helping the team to finish runner-up in the LMP2 standings.
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In 2016, Tandy continued sharing a factory Porsche 911 with Pilet at the GT Le Mans class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, scoring a class win at Long Beach and a second place at Austin.
The Brit returned to Porsche's LMP1 factory team for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, where he scored multiple podiums but no wins.
As Porsche left sports prototype racing for 2018, Tandy returned to the IMSA SportsCar Championship, sharing the #911 car with Pilet. He earned two wins and ranked 7th in the GTLM class standings. In 2019 he was runner-up with three wins. Also in 2019, he finished third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Earl Bamber as third driver.
Tandy continued the #911 GTLM car at the 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship, now partnering withFrédéric Makowiecki. The duo got two wins and finished 5th in points. Also he scored a DNF at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an Aurus LMP2.
Corvette Racing signed Tandy for the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Driving withTommy Milner, he claimed four wins and finished runner-up in the GTLM class, behind their teammates.
In 2022, the driver continued sharing a factory Corvette with Milner, but in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He got a win and two runner-ups, and was 6th in the GTE drivers ranking.
Tandy returned to the Porsche for the 2023 season to drive aPorsche 963 prototype.
Tandy fromPavenham,Bedfordshire now resides in neighbouring villageFelmersham with his wife and 2 children. He was educated at the localstate schools: Pinchmill Lower School in Felmersham,Lincroft Middle School inOakley andSharnbrook Upper School and Community College inSharnbrook. Nick's brotherJoe died in a road traffic accident inBromham, Bedfordshire on 13 May 2009.[23][24] Nick drove for his late brother's team, Joe Tandy Racing, from 2006 until his Euroseries deal in mid-2009.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2009 | Kolles & Heinz Union | Dallara F309/003 | Mercedes | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | NOR 1 20 | NOR 2 Ret | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 15 | OSC 1 18 | OSC 2 17 | NÜR 1 18 | NÜR 2 Ret | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 12 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 DNS | DIJ 1 | DIJ 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 28th | 0 |
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | BHR | ESP | MON | TUR | GBR | GER | HUN | ESP | BEL | ITA | UAE 2 | UAE Ret | NC‡ | 0‡ |
| 2010 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR 4 | BHR 3 | ESP 5 | MON 2 | ESP 8 | GBR 1 | GER Ret | HUN 1 | BEL 6 | ITA 1 | 2nd | 146 | |||
| 2011 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | TUR 2 | ESP 2 | MON 2 | NÜR Ret | GBR 2 | GER DSQ | HUN 9 | BEL 3 | ITA 5 | UAE 1 | UAE Ret | 5th | 129 | ||
‡ As a guest driver Tandy was ineligible for championship points.
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| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Motorbase Performance | Porsche 997 GT3-R | GT3 | OUL 1 11 | OUL 2 6 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 4 | ROC 1 | BRH 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SIL 1 | DON 1 | 21st | 20 |
| 2013 | Trackspeed | Porsche 997 GT3-R | GT3 | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 1 | ROC 1 Ret | SIL 1 Ret | SNE 1 23† | SNE 2 1 | BRH 1 DSQ | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 1 | DON 1 Ret | 6th | 93 |
| 2014 | Trackspeed | Porsche 997 GT3-R | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | ROC 1 | SIL 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | BRH 1 1 | DON 1 7 | 11th | 46.5 |
| Source:[25] | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | TRG | GTC | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Porsche 3.8 LFlat-6 | SEB | LBH | LAG 6 | LRP | MOS | MDO | ELK | BAL | VIR | NC | 0 | [27] | |
| Flying Lizard Motorsports | GT | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | PET 7 | 26th | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Team Falken Tire | GT | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | SEB 3 | LBH | LRP | MOS | ELK | BAL | COA | VIR | PET 1 | 14th | 41 | [28] | |
| NGT Motorsport | GTC | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | LAG 1 | 15th | 22 | |||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 LFlat-6 | SIL 1 | IMO | RBR 8 | HUN 1 | LEC 3 | 3rd | 70 |
| Source:[25] | |||||||||||
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| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 2 | SPA | LMS 11 | COA 4 | FUJ | FUJ | BHR | SÃO | 17th | 31 | |
| 2015 | KCMG | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 | NÜR 1 | COA | FUJ Ret | SHA 3 | BHR 2 | 6th | 71 | |||
| Porsche Team | LMP1 | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 | SPA 6 | LMS 1 | 8th | 70.5 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Porsche LMP Team | LMP1 | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid) | SIL 3 | SPA 4 | LMS Ret | NÜR 2 | MEX 2 | COA 2 | FUJ 3 | SHA 3 | BHR 3 | 4th | 129 |
| 2022 | Corvette Racing | LMGTE Pro | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | SEB 2 | SPA 4 | LMS Ret | MNZ 1 | FUJ 5 | BHR 2 | 6th | 102 | |||
| Sources:[25][29] | |||||||||||||||
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† Non-points event.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Formula Ford Festival Winner 2007 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Champion 2011 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2015 With:Earl Bamber &Nico Hülkenberg | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Michelin Endurance Cup GTLM Champion 2021 With:Tommy Milner | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Michelin Endurance Cup Champion 2025 With:Felipe Nasr | Succeeded by Incumbent |
