Tom Chilton

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Tom Chilton (2011)

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.

Tom Chilton in the 2006 BTCC in a Vauxhall Astra

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.

Tom Chilton in the 2010 BTCC in a Ford Focus

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

  • 2000: T Cars (3rd place)
  • 2001: T Cars (3rd place)
  • 2002 : BTCC (15th place)
  • 2003 : BTCC (9th place)
  • 2004 : BTCC (9th place)
  • 2005 : BTCC (5th place)
  • 2005 : LMS , LMP1 (6th place)
  • 2005: ALMS , LMP1 (12th place)
  • 2006 : BTCC (7th place)
  • 2007 : BTCC (9th place)
  • 2007 : Le Mans Series, LMP1 (12th place)
  • 2007: ALMS, LMP1 (13th place)
  • 2008 : BTCC (10th place)
  • 2009 : BTCC (13th place)
  • 2010 : BTCC (5th place)
  • 2011 : BTCC (7th place)
  • 2012 : WTCC (22nd place)
  • 2013 : WTCC (5th place)
  • 2014 : WTCC (8th place)
  • 2015 : WTCC (11th place)

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
2012 Team Aon ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP MoroccoMorocco MAR SlovakiaSlovakia SLK HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria AUT PortugalPortugal POR BrazilBrazil BRA United StatesUnited States United States JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN MacauMacau 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 ItalyItaly ITA MoroccoMorocco MAR SlovakiaSlovakia SLK HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria AUT RussiaRussia RUS PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG United StatesUnited States United States JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN MacauMacau 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 MoroccoMorocco MAR FranceFrance FRA HungaryHungary HUN SlovakiaSlovakia SLK AustriaAustria AUT RussiaRussia RUS BelgiumBelgium BEL ArgentinaArgentina ARG China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN JapanJapan JPN MacauMacau 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 ArgentinaArgentina ARG MoroccoMorocco MAR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER RussiaRussia RUS SlovakiaSlovakia SLK FranceFrance FRA PortugalPortugal PRT JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN ThailandThailand THA QatarQatar 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
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
  • 1 : first in qualifying, 2 : second in qualifying, ...

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Ford Focus with a successful shakedown" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 4, 2012)
  2. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "Indeed: ROAL is switching to Chevrolet for 2014". Motorsport-Total.com, December 12, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
  3. ^ Tom Chilton continues with ROAL in the 2015 WTCC. touringcartimes.com, January 30, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 .
  4. ↑ “Grahame" Chily "Chilton” ( Memento from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (aon.com; accessed January 6, 2012)
  5. ↑ “Business Profile: 'Another £ 100m? It won't change my life '” (telegraph.co.uk on December 21, 2002)
  6. ^ Heath Aston: Business big shot: Grahame Chilton . In: The Times , News International , August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2010. 
personal data
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