Tom Blomqvist

Tom Blomqvist

Nation:	United Kingdom
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2015
Last race:	Hockenheim II 2017
Teams (manufacturers)
2015-2017 RBM ( BMW )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 54 1 3 2
Podiums:	5
Overall wins:	-
Points:	197

Tom Blomqvist (born November 30, 1993 in Cambridge , England ) is a Swedish - British racing driver . He competed in the European Formula 3 championship from 2012 to 2014 . He started in the DTM between 2015 and 2017 .

While Blomqvist initially started with a Swedish license, he has been participating in racing since August 2010 with a British license. His father is the world rally champion Stig Blomqvist .

Career

Blomqvist began his motorsport career in karting in 2003 and was active in this sport until 2008. In 2009 he switched to the single-seater racing and was with a win and five podium finishes third in the Swedish Formula Renault . He also came third in the NEZ Formula Renault. Then Blomqvist took part in the winter series of the British Formula Renault. He started two races for Fortec Motorsport , won both and set the fastest lap each time. He was seventh in the ranking. With his victories, at the age of 15, he became the youngest ever winner in the British Formula Renault.

In 2010 he competed for Fortec Motorsport in the British Formula Renault. Initially, Blomqvist started with a Swedish license. After the first half of the season, Blomqvist changed his license and started with a British license. His first championship victory followed a race weekend later. With three wins and a total of 12 podiums in 19 races, he won the championship with 465 to 459 points ahead of Lewis Williamson . At the age of 16 years and 313 days, Blomqvist became the youngest champion of the British Formula Renault to date. He also started as a guest starter in a Pacific Formula BMW race and finished in third place.

In 2011 Blomqvist switched to Performance Racing in the German Formula 3 Cup . In his debut race he achieved his first podium finish in second place. His first win followed later in the season. On the seventh race weekend he had a serious accident at the Lausitzring in which he broke his third lumbar vertebra. His season was ended prematurely. In the overall standings he was finally in sixth place. In 2012, Blomqvist was sponsored by McLaren . Blomqvist received a cockpit in the Formula 3 Euro Series at ma-con Motorsport 2012 and was also entitled to points in the European Formula 3 Championship . Blomqvist finished seventh in the Formula 3 Euro Series with two third places as the best results. In the European Formula 3 championship he also reached seventh place. Here a second place was his best result. In addition, Blomqvist was active for EuroInternational in the German Formula 3 Cup in 2012 and was used when his involvement in the Formula 3 Euro Series allowed it. Blomqvist won five races, making him the driver with the most wins, behind overall winner Jimmy Eriksson . In the overall standings, he was fifth.

Tom Blomqvist at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship

In 2013 , Blomqvist received a cockpit in the European Formula 3 championship at EuroInternational. He was also accepted into the Red Bull funding program. Blomqvist's best results were three third places. As in the previous year, he finished the season in seventh place in the overall standings. After the end of the season, Red Bull ended its promotion. In 2014 Blomqvist stayed in the European Formula 3 Championship and switched to Jagonya Ayam with Carlin . The team was mentored by Carlin and funded by his teammate Sean Gelael's family . In addition to his role as a driver, Blomqvist also acted as a mentor for his teammates Gelael and Antonio Giovinazzi . Blomqvist won six races and stood on the podium 15 times. As the best driver with a Volkswagen engine, he improved to second place in the drivers' standings. With 420 to 478 points he was defeated by the master Esteban Ocon .

In 2015 Blomqvist switched to the DTM . He received a BMW cockpit from Racing Bart Mampaey and chose 31 as his starting number. At the 14th race in Oschersleben he achieved his first DTM victory. He finished his debut season in 14th place overall. In 2016 Blomqvist stayed with Racing Bart Mampaey in the DTM. He finished second four times. In the overall standings, he improved to sixth place. He was the second-best BMW driver behind overall winner Marco Wittmann . Also in 2017 he stayed with Mampaey. Despite two pole positions, he did not get beyond 17th place overall with 25 points.

On December 16, 2017, it was announced that Blomqvist had switched to the FIA Formula E Championship for Team Andretti Autosport , which is closely associated with BMW, with immediate effect . This was also linked to his retirement as a driver from the DTM. After he was exchanged in favor of Kamui Kobayashi at the season opener , he made his debut in the Marrakech E-Prix in the racing series. After six races, however, the team replaced him with Stéphane Sarrazin . At the end of the season he finished 20th in the drivers' championship. For the new season he no longer received a contract as a regular driver.

In 2018 , Blomqvist won the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race with Walkenhorst Motorsport, a BMW customer team .

Personal

Blomqvist's father, Stig, is a rally driver who won the World Rally Championship in 1984.

statistics

Career stations

2003-2008: karting 2009: Swedish Formula Renault (3rd place) 2009: NEZ Formula Renault (3rd place) 2009: British Formula Renault, winter series (7th place) 2010: British Formula Renault (champions)

2011 : German Formula 3 (6th place) 2012 : Formula 3 Euro Series (7th place) 2012 : European Formula 3 (7th place) 2012 : German Formula 3 (5th place) 2013 : European Formula 3 (7th place)

2014 : European Formula 3 (2nd place) 2015 : DTM (14th place) 2016 : DTM (6th place) 2017 : DTM (17th place) 2018 : Formula E (20th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2012	ma-con motorsport	Volkswagen	HO1		PAU		BRH		SPI		NOR		SPA		ONLY		ZAN		VAL		HO2															117	7th
			7th	11	13	21st	10	7th	5	7th	10	7th	10	2	9	5	5	DNF	3	5	4th	7th
2013	EuroInternational	Mercedes	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						151.5	7th
			13	3	10	10	5	14th	3	3	8th	6th	6th	5	17th	8th	DNF	5	7th	4th	13	12	22nd	9	8th	8th	12	12	14th	10	12	4th
2014	Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			420	2.
			1	4th	6th	4th	5	DNF	11	1	3	1	5	6th	4th	8th	6th	10	DNF	DNF	4th	3	7th	1	2	2	5	2	2	3	1	5	3	1	3

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	rank
2017/18	MS&AD Andretti	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC		4th	20th
				8th	11	15th	16	15th	DNF

( Legend )

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	Connor De Phillippi	Colton Herta	Rank 16

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2015	BMW team RBM	BMW	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2		59	14th
			DNF	17th	22nd	DNF	DNF	DSQ	7th	18th	17th	22 *	8th	12	7th	1	DNF	4th	7th	18th
2016	BMW Team RBM	BMW	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2		113	6th
			13	6th	2	6th	22nd	11	15th	2	16	10	22nd	2	2	8th	13	4th	9	7th
2017	BMW Team RBM	BMW	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		MOS		ZAN		ONLY		SPI		HO2		25th	17th
			16	12	17th	17th	15 *	13	6th	9	DNF	7th	DNF	13	16	10	16	13	15th	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Tom Blomqvist  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Tom Blomqvist (English)
• Career Stats Tom Blomqvist (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ “WHO IS” (tomblomqvist.com; accessed December 7, 2010)
2. ↑ “No. 10 - Tom Blomqvist ” (renaultsport.co.uk; accessed December 7, 2010)
3. ↑ “TOM BLOMQVIST BECOMES YOUNGEST EVER FORMULA RENAULT UK WINNER IN THRILLING FINALE” (europeanmotornews.com on October 11, 2010)
4. ^ "Formula 3 Cup - Blomqvist starts in the ATS Formula 3 Cup" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on March 29, 2011)
5. ↑ "Hockenheim: Stanaway wants complete success" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 26, 2011)
6. ^ "Formula 1 - Blomqvist is sponsored by McLaren" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 22, 2012)
7. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "New bull in the stable: Blomqvist from now on Red Bull Junior". Motorsport-Total.com, January 3, 2013, accessed March 3, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Q&A with Tom Blomqvist”. paddockscout.com, July 14, 2014, accessed December 28, 2014 . 
9. ↑ DTM - BMW: Blomqvist confirmed. Finally a factory driver. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 2, 2015, accessed February 2, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Marko Knab: Formula E: Blomqvist replaces Kobayashi at Andretti. Motorsport-Total.com, December 16, 2017, accessed December 19, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Official Site of Blancpain GT Series. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
12. ↑ “F1 Prospects talks to Formula Renault UK driver Tom Blomqvist about racing in Sweden, having a famous dad and being the youngest young gun in Formula Renault 2.0 UK”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (f1prospects.com am 17. June 2010)