Ricky Collard

Ricky Collard is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing UK.

He is the son of former BTCC driver Rob Collard and the grandson of Hot Rod racer Mick Collard.

He started his racing career in karts in 2006, finishing fourth in the British Cadet Championship in 2009, sixth in the Kartmasters British Grand Prix KF3 category in 2011, and eighth in the U18 Karting World Championship in 2012.

That season he also made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship.

He competed in the 2015 MSA Formula Championship (British Formula 4), having finished seventh in the 2014 British Formula Ford Championship the previous year.

He took six wins and finished 2015 as runner up in the MSA Formula Championship to Lando Norris, graduating to the BRDC British F3 Championship in 2016 with Carlin Motorsport alongside Norris.

Ricky drove the West Surrey Racing BMW 1 series and finished his first race in 17th position.

Following the 2022 season, where he drove for Toyota Gazoo Racing UK in the BTCC, Collard announced that he would be retiring from racing.

The Briton reversed his decision however, instead re-signing with the team for the 2023 season.

† As Collard had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

Ricky made his British Touring Car Championship debut at Rockingham 2018, substituting his father Rob Collard who was ruled out on medical advice following concussion suffered at the previous round at Snetterton, also bringing about concerns he had not fully recovered a heavy impact at Silverstone 2017.