Nick Tandy

Nicholas Tandy (born 5 November 1984) is a professional British racing driver currently racing for Porsche Motorsport as a factory driver in the IMSA Sportscar Championship.

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.

A second Winter Series campaign followed, and improved his 2001 position by one by finishing runner-up.

Tandy moved into the main series for 2002, but struggled to find form and eventually languished down in tenth in the overall championship standings.

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.

After his Formula Ford Festival win, Tandy signed a very late deal to compete in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, and in particular the Formula Palmer Audi Shootout.

The Shootout guarantees a place on the shortlist for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for the driver who scores the most points over the course of the three-race weekend at Snetterton.

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.

However, he would lose out to Stefan Wilson.

After two years in Formula Ford, Tandy moved into the highly competitive British Formula 3 Championship for the 2008 season.

Driving for his brother's team and piloting the unfavourable Mygale chassis, Tandy started with three retirements.

He steadily improved throughout the season, and recorded his first podium during the overseas round at Spa-Francorchamps, in support of the Spa 24 Hours.

Two more podiums came towards the end of the season at Silverstone and Donington Park, as he ended up ninth overall, overtaking Max Chilton at the Donington finale.

He also competed in the guest car in the Porsche Carrera Cup at Silverstone, winning the first race.

Tandy continued in the series in 2009, and also continued to use the Mygale chassis and Mercedes engines.

With Ultimate Motorsport pulling out of the series, JTR became the de facto lead team for Mygale, with Tandy being touted as a championship contender.

After a double podium at the Oulton 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.

Eighteen days after his brother's death, Tandy scored his and the team's first win with a dominating performance at Rockingham.

Having negotiated the first lap incident which took out rivals Daniel Ricciardo and Renger van der Zande, Tandy drove away from the field to win by 8.608 seconds from Henry Arundel and Adriano Buzaid.

He scored also class win at the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona and 2018, 2019, 2020 12 Hours of Sebring.

His major victories include the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 2015 Petit Le Mans, the 2018 24 Hours of Nürburgring and the 2020 24 Hours of Spa.