Nick Tandy
| Nick Tandy | |
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Tandy at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
5 November 1984 Bedford, England |
| Related to | Joe Tandy (brother) |
| World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | LMP2: KCMG LMP1: Porsche Team |
| Car no. | 47 (KCMG) 19 (Porsche) |
| Former teams | Porsche Team Manthey |
| Starts | 10 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 8th in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
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2012–2014 2009–2011 2009 2008, 11 2008–09 2007 2006–08 2005 2002–04 2001–02 1996–2000 |
British GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Formula 3 Euro Series Porsche Carrera Cup GB British F3 FPA Autumn Trophy Formula Ford UK BRDC Single Seater Mini Se7en Championship Mini Se7en Winter Series Short Oval Ministox |
| Championship titles | |
| 2007 2007 2005 1996 |
Formula Palmer Audi Shootout Formula Ford Festival Duratec BRDC Single Seater Short Oval Ministox Midland |
Nick Tandy (born 5 November 1984) is a professional British racing driver and winner of the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers Earl Bamber and Nico Hülkenberg.
Born in Bedford, Tandy followed brother Joe's route on the motor racing ladder, by starting out as an eleven-year-old in short oval Ministox machinery, in 1996. 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 at RAF Bovingdon, he continued the success at Arlington, Eastbourne (Southern), and at Wimbledon Stadium (London), before retaining the Spedeworth points title.
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. 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 the BRDC Single Seater Championship, which he dominated in 2005 (11 wins from 14 races) and earning a Scholarship from Silverstone, Tandy moved into the British 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 champion Nathan 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 both Thruxton and Castle Combe allowed Tandy to overhaul Peter Dempsey, Christian Ebbesvik and James Nash to achieve that runner-up position behind Freke. He then proceeded to win the 2006 Formula Ford Festival on the road, before a 10-second penalty was added post-race for a safety car misdemeanour, dropping him to fifth. 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 (as Callum 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. 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.
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