Tom Gamble (racing driver)

Tom Gamble (born 7 November 2001) is a British racing driver who currently races for United Autosports in European Le Mans Series. He is a Ginetta Junior champion, a BRDC British Formula 3 race winner, and has previously competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[1][2] He won the Autosport BRDC Award in 2018,^[3] for which he received a prize Formula One test with McLaren.^[4][5] Five years later, in 2023, Gamble joined McLaren as a factory driver.^[6]

Tom Gamble
Gamble in 2024
Nationality	British
Born	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 23) Epperstone, England
Related to	George Gamble (brother)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2020
Current team	United Autosports
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	22
Starts	17
Wins	5
Podiums	10
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st (LMP3) in 2020
Previous series
2021 2020–2022 2019 2018 2016–2017	FIA World Endurance Championship Asian Le Mans Series GT World Challenge Europe BRDC British F3 Championship Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2020 2017	European Le Mans Series - LMP3 Ginetta Junior Championship
Awards
2018	Autosport BRDC Award

He is the younger brother of George Gamble, also a racing driver in the British Touring Car Championship.

Racing record

Gamble on the ELMS podium at Barcelona in 2021.

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	Ginetta Junior Championship	HHC Motorsport[7]	14	0	0	0	0	160	15th
	Ginetta Junior Winter Series	JHR Developments	4	0	0	0	1	78	5th
2017	Ginetta Junior Championship	JHR Developments[7]	17	4	0	0	10	654	1st
		Elite Motorsport[8]	8	4	0	4	7
2018	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports[9][7]	23	2	3	7	7	346	5th
2019	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT[10]	10	0	0	0	0	4.5	21st
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe - Silver Cup		10	0	0	0	3	64	6th
	British GT Championship - GT3	Century Motorsport	2	0	1	0	0	2	22nd
	Le Mans Cup - GT3	TF Sport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2019–20	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	D'station Racing AMR[11]	1	0	0	0	0	0	18th
2020	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	United Autosports[12]	5	3	0	2	4	94	1st
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am	GR Racing[13]	6	0	0	0	0	23	15th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports[14][15]	6	1	0	0	4	86	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3		1	0	0	0	0	285	27th
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	D'station Racing	4	0	0	0	0	13	11th
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports[16]	6	1	0	0	2	73	4th
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	D'station Racing	4	0	0	0	0	5.5	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Heart of Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	409	43rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro		1	0	0	0	0	312	25th
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Garage 59	2	0	0	0	0	12	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Optimum Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	7	21st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup		1	1	1	1	1	43	9th
	British GT Championship - GT4	Paddock Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	9	19th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Racing Team Turkey	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Optimum Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	22	13th
2024	British GT Championship - GT3	Optimum Motorsport	9	0	0	2	3	86.5	5th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing	1	0	0	0	0	201	64th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	1	38.5	7th

^† As Gamble was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2018	Fortec Motorsports	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 67	OUL 3 2	ROC 1 1	ROC 2 56	ROC 3 DSQ	SNE 1 8	SNE 2 Ret	SNE 3 16	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 35	SIL 3 1	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 2	BRH 1 9	BRH 2 8	BRH 3 4	DON 1 12	DON 2 DSQ	DON 3 16	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 15	SIL 3 C	5th	346

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Silver	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 Ret	MIS 1 14	MIS 2 11	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 11	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 17	HUN 1 20	HUN 2 18	5th	75
2024	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 6	MIS 1 8	MIS 2 6	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 8	MAG 1 9	MAG 2 5	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 3	7th	38.5

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
2019	Century Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	SNE 1 11	SNE 2 9	SIL 1	DON 1	SPA 1	BRH 1	DON 1	22nd	2
2023	Paddock Motorsport	McLaren Artura GT4	GT4	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	ALG 1	BRH 1	DON 1 21	19th	9
2024	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 2	SIL 1 Ret	DON 1 2	SPA 1 7	SNE 1 8	SNE 2 3	DON 1 Ret	BRH 1 12	5th	86.5

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2020	United Autosports	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	LEC 1	SPA 1	LEC Ret	MNZ 3	ALG 1		1st	94
2021	United Autosports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 3	RBR 7	LEC 2	MNZ 2	SPA 8	ALG 1	2nd	86
2022	United Autosports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 7	IMO 2	MNZ 4	CAT 4	SPA 1	ALG Ret	4th	73

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	GR Racing	LMGTE Am	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SPA Ret	ALG 8	MNZ 8	LMS 9	FUJ 6	BHR 9	15th	23

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2021	United Autosports	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY	SEB	MDO	WGL	WGL	ELK	PET 6						16th	571
2022	Heart of Racing Team	GTD Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 9	SEB 15	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR		43rd	409
		GTD														PET 4	27th	285
2024	Inception Racing	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 13	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			64th	201

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	GR Racing	Ben Barker Michael Wainwright	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	322	43rd	14th
2023	Racing Team Turkey	Dries Vanthoor Salih Yoluç	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	87	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am

References

1. Leach, Tom (7 October 2019). "Career in Formula One still the dream for Nottinghamshire's Tom Gamble - in spite of setbacks". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
2. "Young F1 star Tom Gamble gives talk at Rainworth school". Mansfield Chad. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
3. Turner, Kevin (3 December 2018). "How Tom Gamble won the 2018 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award". Autosport. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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6. Lloyd, Daniel (13 March 2023). "McLaren Signs Gamble as Factory Driver". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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9. "Fortec Motorsports signs Ginetta Junior Champion Tom Gamble for 2018 BRDC British F3 Championship". MSV. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
10. Allen, Peter (22 March 2019). "Award winner Tom Gamble makes GT switch with WRT Audi team". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
11. Lloyd, Daniel (12 February 2020). "Gamble to Replace Gunn at Buriram due to WEC Clash". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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13. "Tom Gamble For Full FIA WEC With GR Racing". DailySportsCar.com. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
14. Watkins, Gary (20 January 2021). "ELMS LMP3 champion Tom Gamble graduates to LMP2 for 2021". Autosport. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
15. Thompson, Connor (14 April 2021). "United Autosports driver Tom Gamble lands in Barcelona ahead of LMP2 debut". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
16. Thompson, Connor (15 April 2022). "Lights out in France as Tom Gamble gets set for European Le Mans Series opener this weekend". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links

• Tom Gamble career summary at DriverDB.com

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dan Ticktum	Autosport BRDC Award winner 2018	Succeeded by Johnathan Hoggard