Thomas Randle

Thomas Randle (born 7 April 1996) is an Australian racing driver. He currently races in the Dunlop Super2 Series with MW Motorsport in the No. 16 Nissan Altima. Randle has also won the 2014 Australian Formula Ford Series, 2017 Toyota Racing Series and 2020 Super2 Series. In 2018, he was awarded the Mike Kable Young Gun Award and in 2020, the The BRDC Innes Ireland Trophy.[1]

Thomas Randle
Nationality	Australian
Born	7 April 1996 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Super2 Series career
Debut season	2018
Current team	MW Motorsport
Car number	16
Former teams	Tickford Racing
Starts	30
Wins	3
Podiums	10
Poles	4
Best finish	1st in 2020
Previous series
2015–17 2016 2016 2015 2014–15 2013–14	Toyota Racing Series Formula V8 3.5 Series BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Australian Formula 4 Championship Australian Sports Sedan Championship Australian Formula Ford Series
Championship titles
2020 2017 2014	Dunlop Super2 Series Toyota Racing Series Australian Formula Ford Series

Career

Karting

Prior to his single-seater career, Randle enjoyed a successful period in karting in his native Australia. In 2012, he won Junior Clubman class of the Australian National Sprint Kart Championship and Rotax Junior class of the Australian Rotax Nationals.[2][3]

Formula Ford and Formula 4

Randle made his single-seater debut in 2013, racing in the Australian Formula Ford Championship for the Evans Motorsport Group. He finished seventh with two podiums and another thirteen point-scoring finishes.[4] He switched to Dream Motorsport in 2014. He clinched the championship title, winning five races with just four-point advantage to Jordan Lloyd.[5]

Randle continued his collaboration with Dream Motorsport into the new-for-2015 Australian Formula 4 Championship. He again battled with Lloyd for the championship, but this time he finished as runner-up and was outscored by 54 points and five wins.[6]

Formula 3

For 2016, Randle moved to Europe to compete in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, racing for Douglas Motorsport.[7] He won races at Rockingham and Spa and finished fourth in the drivers' standings.[8][9]

Formula V8 3.5

In 2016 Randle made his debut in Formula V8 3.5 in the Jerez round with Comtec Racing.[10]

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

In 2017 Randle switched to the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, partaking with AVF by Adrián Vallés.[11] He finished 9 of his 16 races in points (his best finish was the fourth place at Red Bull Ring).[12] He ended season fourteenth.

Super2 Series

In 2018 Randle moved to the Dunlop Super2 Series to race with Tickford Racing in a Ford FG X Falcon. Thomas Randle has joined illustrious company in being crowned champion of the 2020 Dunlop Super2 Series.[13]

Personal life

Randle was diagnosed with testicular cancer in January 2020.[14]

He has a business called Dream Simulation which helps drivers to hone their skills in Supercars racing.[15]

He plays volleyball in his pastimes.

He is a university student

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Australian Formula Ford Championship	Evans Motorsport Group	18	0	0	0	2	131	7th
	Victorian State Circuit Racing Formula Ford Fiesta Championship		10	1	2	2	5	184	7th
	Morgan Park Raceway Production Sports 1 Hour		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2014	Australian Formula Ford Series	Dream Motorsport	18	5	2	3	12	266	1st
	Victorian State Circuit Racing Formula Ford Fiesta Championship		10	3	1	3	3	100	10th
	New South Wales Formula Ford Fiesta Championship		3	2	1	2	2	63	12th
	Winton 400 Sports Sedan support event		3	0	1	2	1	39	14th
	Kerrick Sports Sedan Series		3	1	0	1	1	N/A	NC
2015	Australian Formula 4 Championship	Dream Motorsport	21	7	7	5	15	386	2nd
	Kerrick Sports Sedan Series		15	2	1	4	10	514	3rd
	Toyota Racing Series	ETEC Motorsport	16	0	0	1	2	518	10th
2016	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	Douglas Motorsport	23	2	1	0	7	424	4th
	Toyota Racing Series	Victory Motor Racing	3	0	0	0	0	93	20th
	Masters of Formula 3	Double R Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
	Formula V8 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	20th
2017	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	AVF by Adrián Vallés	15	0	0	0	0	39.5	14th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Toyota Racing Series	Victory Motor Racing	15	2	3	7	7	855	1st
2018	Super2 Series	Tickford Racing	14	0	1	0	2	915	11th
2019	Super2 Series	Tickford Racing	14	2	2	2	5	1396	3rd
	Supercars Championship		7	0	0	0	1	732	26th
	Australian Touring Car Masters	Skye Sands	3	1	0	2	2	76	9th
2020	Super2 Series	MW Motorsport	7	3	3	0	4	860	1st
	Supercars Championship	Brad Jones Racing	1	0	0	0	0	102	43rd

^† As Randle was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series 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	Pos.	Points
2016	Comtec Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	JER 1 Ret	JER 2 13	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 11	20th	0

Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only), (2020 Race results only)

Super2 Series results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Position	Points
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE Ret	SYM 9	BAR 3	TOW 8	SAN 4	BAT 8	NEW 21	11th	915
2019	Tickford Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE 11	BAR 7	TOW 12	QLD 2	BAT 1	SAN 15	NEW 3	3rd	1396
2020	MW Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	ADE 2	ADE 2	ADE 1	SYD 2	SYD 1	BAT 2	BAT 1	1st	860

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
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	31	Position	Points
2019	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SYM R7 PO	SYM R8 PO	PHI R9	PHI R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13 PO	WIN R14 PO	HID R15	HID R16	TOW R17	TOW R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	BEN R21 17	BEN R22 17	PUK R23	PUK R24	BAT R25 9	SUR R26 6	SUR R27 6	SAN QR 5	SAN R28 3	NEW R29	NEW R30	26th	732
2020	Brad Jones Racing	Holden ZB Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	SMP1 R7	SMP1 R8	SMP1 R9	SMP2 R10	SMP2 R11	SMP2 R12	HID1 R13	HID1 R14	HID1 R15	HID2 R16	HID2 R17	HID2 R18	TOW1 R19	TOW1 R20	TOW1 R21	TOW2 R22	TOW2 R23	TOW2 R24	BEN1 R25	BEN1 R26	BEN1 R27	BEN2 R28	BEN2 R29	BEN2 R30	BAT R31 18	43rd	102

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2019	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang Mk.6	Lee Holdsworth	9th	161
2020	Brad Jones Racing	Holden Commodore ZB	Nick Percat	18th	133

References

1. "Randle receives prestigious trophy for courage and sportsmanship". MAT COCH. Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
2. "Australian National Sprint Kart Championship — Junior Clubman 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. "Australian Rotax Nationals — Rotax Junior 2012 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
4. "Australian Formula Ford Championship 2013 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
5. "Australian Formula Ford Series 2014 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
6. "CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship 2015 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
7. Allen, Peter (19 February 2016). "Thomas Randle heads to BRDC F4 with Douglas Motorsport". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
8. Chokhani, Darshan (1 May 2016). "Rockingham BF3: Randle secures maiden win as Bortoleto rolls". motorsport.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
9. Allen, Peter (9 July 2016). "Randle storms to Spa BRDC British F3 race two win, Norris gets race three". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
10. "Comtec in line for V8 3.5 return at Jerez". GPUpdate.net. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
11. "THREE RACES IN BUDAPEST TO INCREASE THE TENSION". renaultsport.com. Renault Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
12. Allen, Peter (22 July 2017). "Fewtrell wins, Fenestraz gets Eurocup lead as rivals clash". formulascout.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
13. "Randle declared Super2 winner". Supercars. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
14. "Randle reveals testicular cancer operation". Speedcafe. 16 January 2020.
15. "Randle launches sim racing hire and coaching business". Speedcafe. 22 April 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Thomas Randle career summary at DriverDB.com

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