Ricky Collard

Ricky Collard is a former British racing driver. He is the son of BTCC racer Rob Collard and the grandson of Hot Rod racer Mick Collard.

Ricky Collard
Ricky Collard in 2015
NationalityBritish
Born (1996-07-30) July 30, 1996[1]
Frimley, United Kingdom
Related toRob Collard (father)[1]
BRDC British F3
TeamsCarlin Motorsport
Starts23
Wins5
Podiums9
Poles2
Fastest laps4
Best finish2nd in 2016

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]

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 Winward Motorsport
Ram Racing
2022 British Touring Car Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing UK 30 0 0 0 0 81 16th

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

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

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. "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. "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.
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