Ricky Collard
Collard driving at Brands Hatch in 2015
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1996-07-30) July 30, 1996 (age 27)[1]
Frimley, United Kingdom
Related toRob Collard (father)[1]
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2018
Current teamToyota Gazoo Racing UK
Racing licence FIA Silver
Former teamsTeam BMW
Starts71 (72 entries)
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish8th in 2023
Previous series
2018-2021
2020, 2017
2018
2017
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013		GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Intercontinental GT Challenge
British GT
24H Series
ADAC GT Masters
BRDC British F3
MSA Formula
British Formula Ford
Ginetta Junior Championship

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.

Career

Collard driving for Team BMW at Silverstone during the 2018 British Touring Car Championship season.

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.[2] He competed in the 2015 MSA Formula Championship (British Formula 4), having finished seventh in the 2014 British Formula Ford Championship the previous year.[1] 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.[2]

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. 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.[3] The Briton reversed his decision however, instead re-signing with the team for the 2023 season.[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Ginetta Junior Championship Tollbar Racing with WIRED 2 0 0 0 0 10 17th
2014 British Formula Ford Championship Falcon Motorsport 29 0 0 0 5 436 7th
2015 MSA Formula Championship TRS Arden Junior Racing Team 30 6 0 2 13 371 2nd
2016 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Carlin 23 5 4 5 9 466 2nd
2017 ADAC GT Masters BMW Team Schnitzer 6 1 1 1 2 61 14th
24H Series Schubert Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 18 NC†
Intercontinental GT Challenge Walkenhorst 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018 British Touring Car Championship Team BMW 11 0 0 0 1 46 25th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 4 0 0 0 0 9 36th
British GT Championship - GT4 Century Motorsport 2 0 0 0 2 30 15th
2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe R-Motorsport 10 1 0 1 1 39.5 8th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup Orange1 FFF Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 9 24th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Barwell Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 1 1 0 1 1 41 7th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup Winward Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 15 3rd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am Ram Racing 1 0 0 0 0 3 36th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 British Touring Car Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 30 0 0 0 0 81 16th
2023 British Touring Car Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 30 0 0 0 1 217 8th
2024 British GT Championship - GT3 Black Bull – Barwell Motorsport

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

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2018 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
16 		OUL
2
15 		ROC
1 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SIL
1 		SPA
1 		BRH
1 		DON
1 		15th 30

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(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)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Points
2018 Team BMW BMW 125i M Sport BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		ROC
1
17 		ROC
2
20 		ROC
3
DNS 		KNO
1
11 		KNO
2
12 		KNO
3
23 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
4 		SIL
3
10 		BRH
1
16 		BRH
2
18 		BRH
3
13 		25th 46
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
15 		BRH
1
26 		BRH
2
17 		BRH
3
20 		THR
1
16 		THR
2
17 		THR
3
19 		OUL
1
10 		OUL
2
10 		OUL
3
7 		CRO
1
24 		CRO
2
25 		CRO
3
18 		KNO
1
10 		KNO
2
11 		KNO
3
15 		SNE
1
11 		SNE
2
6 		SNE
3
4 		THR
1
22 		THR
2
15 		THR
3
13 		SIL
1
8 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
Ret 		BRH
1
14 		BRH
2
16 		BRH
3
11 		16th 81
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport DON
1
6 		DON
2
Ret 		DON
3
14 		BRH
1
9 		BRH
2
9 		BRH
3
8* 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
13 		SNE
3
14 		THR
1
11 		THR
2
9 		THR
3
5 		OUL
1
4 		OUL
2
9 		OUL
3
9 		CRO
1
11 		CRO
2
8 		CRO
3
15 		KNO
1
3 		KNO
2
6 		KNO
3
5 		DON
1
4 		DON
2
6 		DON
3
4 		SIL
1
20 		SIL
2
14 		SIL
3
7 		BRH
1
9 		BRH
2
4 		BRH
3
6 		8th 217

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2019 R-Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Pro BRH
1
7 		BRH
2
5 		MIS
1
4 		MIS
2
13 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
18 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
1 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
19 		8th 39.5

References

  1. ^ a b c "TRS Arden Junior Team sign Collard for 2015 MSA Season". Arden International. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Ricky Collard". BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ^ "BTCC racer Collard makes decision to retire at age 26". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. ^ "George Gamble joins expanded Speedworks line-up – TouringCarTimes". www.touringcartimes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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