Introduction
Ricky Collardis a British racing driver. He is the son of BTCC racer Rob Collard and the grandson of Hot Rod racer Mick Collard.
Career
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. He competed in the 2015 MSA Formula Championship (British Formula 4), having finished seventh in the 2014 British Formula Ford Championship the previous year. 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.
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.
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 | BMW | 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 |
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 | OUL1 16 |
OUL2 15 |
ROC1 | SNE1 | SNE2 | SIL1 | SPA1 | BRH1 | DON1 | 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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Team BMW | BMW 125i M Sport | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | DON1 | DON2 | DON3 | THR1 | THR2 | THR3 | OUL1 | OUL2 | OUL3 | CRO1 | CRO2 | CRO3 | SNE1 | SNE2 | SNE3 | ROC1 17 |
ROC2 20 |
ROC3 DNS |
KNO1 11 |
KNO2 12 |
KNO3 23 |
SIL1 3 |
SIL2 4 |
SIL3 10 |
BRH1 16 |
BRH2 18 |
BRH3 13 |
25th | 46 |
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 | BRH1 7 |
BRH2 5 |
MIS1 4 |
MIS2 13 |
ZAN1 7 |
ZAN2 18 |
NÜR1 7 |
NÜR2 1 |
HUN1 10 |
HUN2 19 |
8th | 39.5 |