Tom Blomqvist
| Tom Blomqvist | |
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Tom Blomqvist in 2014
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
30 November 1993 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Related to | Stig Blomqvist (father) |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career | |
| Debut season | 2015 |
| Current team | BMW Team RBM |
| Car no. | 31 |
| Starts | 36 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 6th in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
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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 | |
| 2010 | Formula Renault UK |
Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993) is a British racing driver who lives near Saffron Walden, Essex. He is the son of 1984 Swedish World Rally Champion, Stig Blomqvist, and raced under a Swedish racing license until March 2010. At Oscherschleben Tom took his first win in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
Tom 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. 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 Autosport 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.
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