Tim Sugden

Tim Sugden at the drivers parade for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours

Tim Sugden (born April 26, 1964 in Bradford ) is a British racing car driver .

Career

Tim Sugden began his racing career in 1986 in the British Formula Ford Championship . When he tried to gain a foothold in the Formula Renault championship in Great Britain in 1990 , he had already spent four seasons in Formula Ford and failed to make a breakthrough in monoposto racing. He therefore switched to touring car racing . In 1990 he entered the British touring car championship and celebrated his first race win in his second season.

After two seasons with little sporting success as a Toyota works driver, Sudgen's career seemed to be over in 1995 and from 1996 he initially only drove car races in one-make cups. His career took off when he switched to sports car racing in 1997 and immediately won the GT2 championship in the British GT championship . He already surpassed this success in 1998 when he secured the GT1 championship title at the end of the year in a McLaren F1 from Gulf Team Davidoff. In the same year he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , which he finished with a surprising fourth place in the overall standings.

Sugden has been one of the busiest sports car drivers since the early 2000s. He drove and drives in almost all sports car racing series in the world. In addition to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he also took part in the Le Mans Series , the American Le Mans Series and the FIA GT Championship . In recent years he has also competed in races in the US Grand-Am Sports Car Series and in the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1998	Gulf Team Davidoff	McLaren F1 GTR	Steve O'Rourke	Bill Auberlen	Rank 4
2003	Dewalt Racesports Salisbury	TVR Tuscan T400R	Mike Jordan	Michael Caine	failure	Power transmission
2004	Thierry Perrier	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Ian Khan	Nigel Smith	Rank 23
2006	Russian Age Racing	Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello	Christian Vann	Nigel Smith	failure	Engine failure
2008	Virgo Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GTC	Rob Bell	Tim Mullen	failure	Engine failure
2009	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari F430 GTC	Rob Bell	Andrew Kirkaldy	Rank 23
2010	JMW Motorsport	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	Rob Bell	Bryce Miller	failure	accident
2011	JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Rob Bell	Xavier Maassen	Rank 24

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	J-3 Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Justin Jackson	Brian Cunningham	Rank 14
2005	J3 Racing Inc.	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Niclas Jönsson		Rank 10
2006	J3 Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Wolf Henzler	Jim Matthews	failure	Power transmission
2008	Drayson-Barwell	Aston Martin DBR9	Paul Drayson	Jonny Cocker	failure	accident

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