Tom Chilton
Thomas James "Tom" Chilton (born March 15, 1985 in Reigate ) is a British racing driver . He competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) from 2002 to 2011 . From 2012 to 2015 he competed in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). He is the older brother of the racing driver Max Chilton .
Career
Chilton began his motorsport career in the T Cars . He drove there in 2000 and 2001 and was third overall in both years. In 2002 he moved to the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) at Barwell Motorsport . He first drove a Vauxhall Astra Coupé . In his debut race, he achieved his first podium finish with a third place. He finished the season in 15th place overall.
In 2003 Chilton moved to Arena Motorsport , who drove as a Honda works team with a Honda Civic Type-R that season. While his teammate Matt Neal won five races and finished third, Chilton improved with a third place as the best place on the ninth championship course. In 2004 he won his first race and again finished the season in ninth place with a total of two wins. In 2005 , Chilton won four BTCC races. At the end of the season, the racing driver, who had not started the season opener and finals, finished fifth in the drivers' championship. He also took part in long-distance races for Zytek . He started in the Le Mans Endurance Series and won a race with Hayanari Shimoda . He was sixth in the LMP1 classification. In the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) he also won a race together with Shimoda.
After Arena Motorsport left BTCC, Chilton switched to VX Racing in 2006 and received another Vauxhall Astra. With a second place as the best result, he finished the season in seventh place. In 2007 he contested another season for VX Racing, who use a Vauxhall Vectra from this season . While his teammate Fabrizio Giovanardi won the championship title, Chilton finished ninth with a second place as the best result. In addition, he competed for Arena Motorsport in two races each of the ALMS and the Le Mans Series. In 2008 Chilton moved back to a Honda team and competed for Team Dynamics in a Honda Civic in the BTCC. With a win at the season finale, he finished tenth in the championship.
In 2009 Chilton returned to Arena Motorsport, who competed as Team Aon in the BTCC with a Ford Focus . After scoring only a few points in the first half of the season, three podium finishes followed at the end of the season. He was denied a victory, however. He was 13th in the championship. In 2010 , Chilton won three races for Arena Motorsport and finished fifth overall , one position behind his teammate Tom Onslow-Cole . In 2011 Chilton stayed with Arena Motorsport. He finished the season with two victories as the best driver of his team on the seventh championship place.
In 2012 Chilton competed for Team Aon in a Ford Focus in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). With a seventh place as the best result, he was 22nd in the drivers' championship. In 2013 Chilton moved to RML , the championship team from the previous year, and became a teammate of Yvan Muller . The team used a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T . He achieved his first victory in Sonoma . In Shanghai he won again. With a total of six podium finishes, he finished the season in fifth place, while Muller became world champion. With 213 points, Chilton had less than half of Muller's (431 points).
In 2014 , Chilton drove a ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze . He won a race on the Goldenport Circuit . With another podium finish, he was eighth at the end of the season. Internally, Chilton was defeated by Tom Coronel with 150 to 159 points. In 2015 , Chilton stayed with ROAL Motorsport in the World Touring Car Championship. With a third place as the best result, he reached eleventh place overall.
Others
Chilton's father, Grahame Chilton, is the vice chairman of the US company Aon Corporation . The company is sponsoring Tom Chilton.
statistics
Career stations
Individual results in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)
year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | Points | rank |
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2012 | Team Aon | ITA | ESP | MAR | SLK | HUN | AUT | POR | BRA | United States | JPN | CHN | MAC | 7th | 22nd | ||||||||||||
13 | 16 | 19th | 15th | 7th | 16 * | DNF | 10 | 15th | 14th | 16 | 11 | 16 | 15th | 18th | 16 * | 12 | 15th | 15th | 18th | 11 | 19th | 13 | DNF | ||||
2013 | RML | ITA | MAR | SLK | HUN | AUT | RUS | POR | ARG | United States | JPN | CHN | MAC | 213 | 5. | ||||||||||||
2 2 | 5 | DNF 5 | 3 | DNF 5 | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7 2 | NC | 9 | 6th | 2 2 | 9 | 3 2 | 12 | 1 1 | 11 | 4 3 | 6th | 1 2 | 10 | DNF | DNF | ||||
2014 | ROAL motorsport | MAR | FRA | HUN | SLK | AUT | RUS | BEL | ARG | CHN | CHN | JPN | MAC | 150 | 8th. | ||||||||||||
4 3 | 4th | 9 5 | 15th | 14th | 7th | 5 | C. | 6th | DNF | 5 5 | 6th | 10 | 10 | 6th | DNF | 1 1 | 8th | DNF | 7th | 2 4 | 10 | 12 | 7th | ||||
2015 | ROAL motorsport | ARG | MAR | HUN | GER | RUS | SLK | FRA | PRT | JPN | CHN | THA | QAT | 96 | 11. | ||||||||||||
8th | 8th | 14 5 | 4th | 7th | 3 | 9 | DNS | 6 5 | 9 | 7th | DNF | 5 5 | 8th | 14th | 13 | DNF | 6th | DNF | DNS | DNF | 4th | 13 | 13 |
- Legend
Legend | ||
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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 |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
- 1 : first in qualifying, 2 : second in qualifying, ...
Web links
- Official website of Tom Chilton (English)
- Career Stats Tom Chilton (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Ford Focus with a successful shakedown" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 4, 2012)
- ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Indeed: ROAL is switching to Chevrolet for 2014". Motorsport-Total.com, December 12, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
- ^ Tom Chilton continues with ROAL in the 2015 WTCC. touringcartimes.com, January 30, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 .
- ↑ “Grahame" Chily "Chilton” ( Memento from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (aon.com; accessed January 6, 2012)
- ↑ “Business Profile: 'Another £ 100m? It won't change my life '” (telegraph.co.uk on December 21, 2002)
- ^ Heath Aston: Business big shot: Grahame Chilton . In: The Times , News International , August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chilton, Tom |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chilton, Thomas James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1985 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reigate , United Kingdom |