Tom Kimber-Smith | |||||||||||
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![]() Kimber-Smith at the2013 6 Hours of Silverstone | |||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||
Born | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (age 40) Ascot, Berkshire,England | ||||||||||
European Le Mans Series career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
Current team | Greaves Motorsport | ||||||||||
Racing licence | ![]() | ||||||||||
Car number | 41 | ||||||||||
Starts | 7 | ||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
Best finish | 13th in2012 | ||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
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Thomas Kimber-Smith[1] (born 1 November 1984 inAscot,Berkshire) is a Britishrace car driver. He is currently driving the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen MotorsportsOreca FLM09 in theWeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class withRobert Alon.
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 the2012 race, driving forStarworks Motorsport withRyan Dalziel andEnzo 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 ofGeoff Kimber-Smith, a former driver in theBritish Touring Car Championship.
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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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2004 | Team Kolles | Dallara F302/076 | Mercedes | 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 | 20th | 2 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2006 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | GT2 | 321 | 15th | 1st |
2007 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | GT2 | 60 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 326 | 8th | 1st |
2012 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | HPD ARX-03b | LMP2 | 354 | 7th | 1st |
2013 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 307 | 23rd | 10th |
2014 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 329 | 25th | 11th |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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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 | 16th | 107 | |
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 | 2nd | 313 | |
2016 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 LV8 | DAY 2 | SEB 2 | LBH 6 | LGA 1 | DET 3 | WGL 5 | MOS 3 | LIM 2 | ELK 1 | COA 2 | PET 1 | 2nd | 355 |
2017 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | P | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 LV8 | DAY 9 | SEB 7 | LBH 5 | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 21st | 72 | |
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Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2012 | Starworks Motorsport | LMP2 | HPD ARX-03b | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | SEB | SPA | LMS 7 | SIL | SÃO | BHR 8 | FUJ | SHA | 19th | 21 |
2013 | Greaves Motorsport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 5 | SPA DNS | LMS 4 | SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 8th | 40 |
Source:[3] |
Sporting positions | ||
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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 |