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Bobby Thompson

Biography

A graduate of Team HARD’s young driver initiative, Bobby Thompson was the first member of the programme to step up to the BTCC after winning the 2017 Volkswagen Racing Cup courtesy of six victories and two runner-up finishes. 

Joining the grid in a Team HARD with Trade Price Cars Volkswagen CC in 2018, Thompson showed a good turn-of-speed over the second half of the season, highlighted by a seventh-place finish at Rockingham. He returned for a second consecutive campaign with the outfit in 2019 under the ‘GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct’ banner, scoring points in ten of the 30 races with a best result of sixth in the Brands Hatch curtain-raiser. 

In 2020, Thompson switched to an Audi S3 fielded by GKR TradePriceCars.com, in which he secured a number of points finishes, before an incident at Croft ruled him out for the final six rounds. 

After a 12-month break from the BTCC, Thompson returned with Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero in 2021, piloting one of the squad’s Cupra Leons.

In 2022, Thompson bagged a hat-trick of points finishes during Donington Park’s opener, before securing a maiden podium during his local event at Brands Hatch. Notably, Thompson also took the Jack Sears Trophy with two rounds of the campaign still remaining, after a stellar 12 JST wins and 14 further rostrums.

In his bid for a maiden overall victory, Thompson is set to stick with Team HARD. Racing for the 2023 campaign.


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Season Results

EventSessionPosition
Donington Park NationalQualifying22nd
Race 116th
Race 210th
Race 36th
Brands Hatch IndyQualifying7th
Brands Hatch IndyTOP TEN SHOWDOWN6th
Race 16th
Race 211th
Race 32nd
SnettertonQualifying18th
Race 116th
Race 220th
Race 312th
ThruxtonQualifying13th
Race 110th
Race 2DNF
Race 3DNS

Driver Info

Nationality: British 
Date of Birth: 27 July 1996 
Place of Birth: Hornchurch, Essex 
Lives in: Essex 
Team: Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils
Car: Cupra Leon 
BTCC Debut: Brands Hatch 2018

 

BTCC Races: 121
BTCC Wins: 0
BTCC Podiums: 2
BTCC Poles: 0
BTCC Fastest Laps: 1
BTCC Points: 259

Driver Titles

2017 Volkswagen Racing Cup Champion

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