Tom Blomqvist
Blomqvist in 2022
Nationality	British
Born	(1993-11-30)30 November 1993 (age 31) Cambridge,Cambridgeshire, England
IndyCar Series career
8 races run over 2 years
Best finish	30th (2024)
First race	2023Honda Indy Toronto (Exhibition Place)
Last race	2024Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Formula E career
Debut season	2017–18
Car number	88
Former teams	MS&AD Andretti Formula E,Panasonic Jaguar Racing,NIO 333 FE Team
Starts	25
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in2017–18
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season	2015
Car number	31
Former teams	BMW Team RBM
Starts	54
Wins	1
Poles	3
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	6th in2016
Previous series
2012–2014 2012	European Formula 3 Championship Formula 3 Euro Series
Championship titles
2022 2010	IMSA SportsCar Championship Formula Renault UK

Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993) is a British-born Swedishracing driver. He competes in theIMSA SportsCar Championship withMeyer Shank Racing.^[1] Blomqvist also competes in theFIA World Endurance Championship withUnited Autosports in theLMP2 category. Blomqvist won the2022 and2023 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank and the2018 24 Hours of Spa withBMW Motorsport. He is the son of 1984 Swedish World Rally Champion,Stig Blomqvist.

Blomqvist began his racing career inkarting, in which he competed between 2003 and 2008, winning eight Championship titles in New Zealand. In 2009, at the age of fifteen, he left his home in New Zealand and moved to Europe to compete in theFormula Renault 2.0 Sweden. The driver 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 theFormula Renault UK Winter Series winning both of the races at theRockingham Motor Speedway.

In 2010, Blomqvist competed in the fullFormula Renault UK season racing forFortec Motorsport, taking twelve podiums on his way to becoming the youngest ever champion in the series' history at the age of 16, beating the record set byLewis Hamilton who won the Championship aged 18.

November 2010 saw Blomqvist compete in the iconicMacau Grand Prix. Driving forEurointernational he secured third place with fastest lap time in the Formula BMW Pacific race.

In December 2010, Blomqvist was aMcLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist as well as receiving theBritish Club Driver of the Year award. At theBritish Racing Drivers' Club awards he received theHenry 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 driverMark Blundell. Blomqvist was again aMcLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist at the end of 2011.

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

In the same month, Blomqvist was one of six finalists in a large selection process asPorsche looked for two new junior drivers who would also be contesting thePorsche 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 F3VW Factory Driver, he signed withma-con motorsport to contest theF3 Euroseries.

Because of his outstanding success at Macau in 2010, 2011 saw Blomqvist competing inGerman F3 withPerformance Racing. Despite competing against stronger teams, he was third in the Championship, when at the start of the race atEuroSpeedway 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 2012German F3 Championship, fitting the races around hisF3 Euroseries schedule. Despite competing in only five rounds due to his prior injury, Blomqvist was 5th in the Championship having achieved an impressive ten podiums, including five wins, and led by sixteen points for these rounds.

Blomqvist finished the season in seventh place for both theF3 Euroseries and theFIA 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 theRed Bull Junior Team and competed in the newly formedFIA European Formula 3 Championship this year — billed as "the most competitive young talent series on the planet" – where he joined his former teamEuroInternational as their lone driver for the 2013 season. Despite the team being new to Formula 3, Blomqvist finished the season in seventh place andEuroInternational 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.

In November 2013, Blomqvist entered theMacau 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 distractedHarry 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 fifteen laps later, Blomqvist came home in eighth place.

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

In November 2014, Blomqvist entered theMacau Grand Prix driving hisJagonya 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 third, Blomqvist was challenging for the lead which he took afterLucas 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, withYu Kanamaru getting launched first overJordan 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 restartedFelix Rosenqvist went on to become the 2014 winner.

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 ofJoey Hand. The announcement followed a selection test carried out by Blomqvist,Jack Harvey,Robin Frijns,Lucas Luhr,Richie Stanaway,Alex Lynn,Sam Bird andAlex Gurney at Jerez in December 2014. Blomqvist joined the RBM Team alongsideAugusto Farfus and finished the season in a respectable fourteenth place, having madeDTM history as the youngestBMW 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 driverTimo Glock as his stablemate.

Blomqvist participated in the2017–18 Formula E season with theMS&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 atMarrakesh ePrix, replacingKamui Kobayashi. His teammate wasAntónio Félix da Costa, who had raced in Formula E since the inaugural 2014–15 season (withTeam 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 withStéphane Sarrazin for the final four races of the season. Blomqvist returned to the Formula E paddock for the2019 Berlin ePrix, where he acted as a TV pundit, in place of the regularDario Franchitti, who was attending the2019 Indy 500.

Blomqvist returned to the race seat for the final two races of the2019–20 season-ending2020 Berlin ePrix, replacingJaguar'sJames Calado, who had other commitments.^[4]

Blomqvist was then given a full-time seat at theNIO 333 FE Team for the2020–21 Formula E World Championship, driving alongside fellow BritonOliver 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 the2021–22 season, Blomqvist opted to leave NIO and joinedEnvision Racing as a reserve driver.^[6]

In the2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, driving aBMW M6 GT3 for Team Walkenhorst Motorsport, Blomqvist, and teammatesPhilipp Eng and Christian Krognes won the2018 24 Hours of Spa.

During the2021 FIA World Endurance Championship, Blomqvist, ex-teammate at Carlin in F3Sean Gelael, and ex-Formula 1 driverStoffel Vandoorne were driving anOreca 07 forJota Sport team, in theLe Mans Prototype2 class. They finished second in the class, collecting four podiums out of the five races, including a second place in the famous24 Hours of Le Mans.

Blomqvist would return to the2023 FIA World Endurance Championship withUnited Autosports in theLMP2 category alongsideOliver Jarvis andJosh Pierson.^[7] He served as the replacement forAlex Lynn, who moved to the Hypercar class withChip Ganassi Racing. Blomqvist stated that a large part of his decision to take the drive was the presence of Jarvis, with whom he won the DPi class title in the IMSA SportsCar Championship the previous year.^[8]

Blomqvist made his debut in the2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship at the wheel of a BMW M8 GTE, atWatkins Glen International, in a one-off race appearance, and finished in a respectable eighth in the GT Le Mans category. In 2019, he stuck around for a full season, driving the BMW of M8 GTE ofRahal Letterman Lanigan Racing once again. He scored solid points all throughout the season, with his best finish coming in the season's finale at the2019 Petit Le Mans, a third place podium. He ended the year ninth 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 forMeyer Shank Racing in the2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving theAcura ARX-05 along with teammateOliver Jarvis.^[1] He started the season with a win at theRolex 24 and won again that season atRoad Atlanta. This would secure him and Jarvis the title that season

For2023, Blomqvist was retained byMeyer Shank Racing, this time driving the brand newAcura ARX-06 in the revivedGTP class,^[9] being partnered byColin Braun.^[10] Blomqvist and Meyer Shank started the season in the same way as 2022, winning theRolex 24. The pair would also go on to win the Chevrolet Sports Car Grand Prix atCanadian Tire Motorsport Park in the 2023 season.

Despite Meyer Shank's departure from IMSA for the2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship and Blomqvist's becoming a full-time IndyCar driver, he signed on to compete in theMichelin Endurance Cup races in the No. 31Whelen EngineeringAction Express RacingCadillac V-Series.RLMDh alongsidePipo Derani andJack Aitken in2024.^[11]

Following his successful season inIMSA forMeyer Shank Racing, Blomqvist tested one of the team's cars in October 2022 in a private IndyCar driver evaluation test atSebring. He was fastest out of the 5 participants.^[12][13]

On 11 July 2023, Meyer Shank Racing announced Blomqvist would drive the #60 car at Toronto forSimon Pagenaud, who was not cleared to race following an accident atMid-Ohio. In his first Indycar race, Blomqvist qualified 20th out of 27 cars, but crashed out on the first lap as he was pushed into the wall byRyan Hunter-Reay andJack Harvey. On 11 August 2023, Meyer Shank Racing announced that Blomqvist will be a full-time driver on the Meyer Shank team for the2024 IndyCar Series, withHélio Castroneves moving to a part time role, including Castroneves's running in the2024 Indianapolis 500.^[14]

Blomqvist would start the2024 IndyCar Series partneringFelix Rosenqvist. He scored two top-twenty finishes during the opening rounds, though his season would end after a lap one crash at theIndianapolis 500 involving himself,Marcus Ericsson, andPietro Fittipaldi, which caused him to be replaced byHélio Castroneves for the next two races.^[15][16] He was replaced byDavid Malukas for the rest of the season.^[17]

Blomqvist resides inMonaco having grown up inAuckland, New Zealand, andSaffron Walden, United Kingdom. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom, as well as of New Zealand and Sweden.

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

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

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	HubAuto Racing	Morris Chen Marcos Gomes	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	273	DNF	DNF
2021	Jota Sport	Sean Gelael Stoffel Vandoorne	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	363	7th	2nd
2023	United Autosports	Oliver Jarvis Josh Pierson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	323	18th	8th
2025	CLX –Pure Rxcing	Alex Malykhin Tristan Vautier	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	358	32nd	14th
Sources:[18][26]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Meyer Shank Racing withCurb-Agajanian	Oliver Jarvis Hélio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-05	DPi	761	1st	1st
2023	Meyer Shank Racing withCurb-Agajanian	Colin Braun Hélio Castroneves Simon Pagenaud	Acura ARX-06	GTP	783	1st	1st
2024	Whelen Engineering Racing	Pipo Derani Jack Aitken	Cadillac V-Series.R	GTP	791	2nd	2nd
2025	Acura Meyer Shank Racing withCurb-Agajanian	Colin Braun Scott Dixon Felix Rosenqvist	Acura ARX-06	GTP	781	2nd	2nd
Source:[18][27]

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• "Stig's son joins McLaren".The Telegraph. 26 February 2012. Retrieved6 February 2018.

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