Nick Tandy

Nicholas Tandy (born 5 November 1984) is a British racing driver who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship as a factory driver for Porsche. Tandy is the only person to have completed the Grand Slam of overall victories in major 24-hour races: winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015; the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2018; the Spa 24 Hours in 2020; and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2025.

Other major career milestones for Tandy include overall victory at the 2015 Petit Le Mans and the 2025 12 Hours of Sebring, which made him the first driver in history to win the "Big Six" endurance races. He also has class victories at the 2013, 2018 and 2020 Petit Le Mans; the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona; and the 2018, 2019 and 2020 12 Hours of Sebring.

Career

Ministox Born in Bedford, Tandy followed brother Joe's route on the motor racing ladder, by starting out as an eleven-year-old in short oval Ministox machinery, in 1996. Immediate success came to him, as he won the Midland region of Ministox. 1997 saw a shift to the East Anglian Ministox region, where Tandy ended as runner-up. 1998 saw Tandy finish as runner-up in the world championship, behind brother Joe and also finished third in the national championship. He would go two places better in 1999, as he claimed the Spedeworth points title. Tandy won four different championships in 2000. Winning the ORC Championship at RAF Bovingdon, he continued the success at Arlington, Eastbourne (Southern), and at Wimbledon Stadium (London), before retaining the Spedeworth points title.

Mini Se7ens Continuing the Mini theme, Tandy moved into Mini Se7ens in time for the 2001 Winter Series. He ended up third in the championship, won eventually by Kelly Rogers. Tandy moved into the main series for 2002, but struggled to find form and eventually languished down in tenth in the overall championship standings. A second Winter Series campaign followed, and improved his 2001 position by one by finishing runner-up. He competed in two more seasons in the main championship, amassing four wins in 2003.

Formula Ford After a year in the BRDC Single Seater Championship, which he dominated in 2005 (11 wins from 14 races) and earning a Scholarship from Silverstone, Tandy moved into the British Formula Ford Championship in 2006. Tandy had an impressive first season in the championship, finishing as runner-up in the standings, with 365 points. Although, he was over 150 points behind dominating champion Nathan Freke. Tandy had started out at the Raysport team but with his car lacking upgrades, decided to jump ship with four races to go and become the first driver for his brother's newly setup team. A win and a second place at both Thruxton and Castle Combe allowed Tandy to overhaul Peter Dempsey, Christian Ebbesvik and James Nash to achieve that runner-up position behind Freke. He then proceeded to win the 2006 Formula Ford Festival on the road, before a ten-second penalty was added post-race for a safety car misdemeanour, dropping him to fifth. He continued in the championship in 2007, but finished one place lower in the standings, finishing third overall. Tandy and Nash were involved in a titanic battle for the runner-up spot (as Callum MacLeod finishing some 130 points clear of the pair), which was eventually settled by just twelve points. Tandy won six races throughout the season, and finished on the podium on ten other occasions. After his close call the previous year, Tandy won the Formula Ford Festival at the end of the season, but only after MacLeod was given a two-second penalty post-race.

Formula Palmer Audi After his Formula Ford Festival win, Tandy signed a very late deal to compete in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, and in particular the Formula Palmer Audi Shootout. The Shootout guarantees a place on the shortlist for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for the driver who scores the most points over the course of the three-race weekend at Snetterton. Thanks to two wins, and a fourth (although the fourth was irrelevant due to best two scores), Tandy won the Shootout and was part of the shortlist. However, he would lose out to Stefan Wilson.

Formula Three After two years in Formula Ford, Tandy moved into the highly competitive British Formula 3 Championship for the 2008 season. Driving for his brother's team and piloting the unfavourable Mygale chassis, Tandy started with three retirements. He steadily improved throughout the season, and recorded his first podium during the overseas round at Spa-Francorchamps, in support of the Spa 24 Hours. Two more podiums came towards the end of the season at Silverstone and Donington Park, as he ended up ninth overall, overtaking Max Chilton at the Donington finale. He also competed in the guest car in the Porsche Carrera Cup at Silverstone, winning the first race.

Tandy continued in the series in 2009, and also continued to use the Mygale chassis and Mercedes engines. With Ultimate Motorsport pulling out of the series, JTR became the de facto lead team for Mygale, with Tandy being touted as a championship contender. After a double podium at the Oulton Park opener, Tandy suffered a somewhat disappointing weekend at Silverstone with low points finishes. After his brother's death, the team vowed to carry on in both Formula Three and in Formula Ford. Eighteen days after his brother's death, Tandy scored his and the team's first win with a dominating performance at Rockingham. Having negotiated the first lap incident which took out rivals Daniel Ricciardo and Renger van der Zande, Tandy drove away from the field to win by 8.608 seconds from Henry Arundel and Adriano Buzaid. The following weekend, Tandy signed a deal to compete in the rest of the Euroseries campaign, but a clause in the contract meant that he did not compete again in the rest of the British championship. Tandy left the team before the Dijon-Prenois rounds.

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Supercup

Tandy was then offered the opportunity to compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany at the Dijon-Prenois rounds with Konrad Motorsport where on his debut with no testing, he finished second. Following this performance, Tandy was given a drive with Konrad in Porsche Supercup at the Abu Dhabi round supporting Formula 1. He was again on the podium with a second place. Having impressed in the 2009 season finale, Tandy drove on a permanent basis for the German-based team in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup; he started the 2010 Porsche Supercup season with an excellent qualifying performance and was rewarded with a podium in the opening rounds, and Tandy swiftly went on to take his first Porsche Supercup win on 11 July 2010 at the British circuit, Silverstone GP, in superb fashion with a classic lights to flag victory. Tandy's full debut season ended with him putting in a strong challenge for the title, taking the fight with eventual winner René Rast, to the final race at the famous Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Tandy returned for a second season in 2011 but he failed to achieve his ambition of winning the title after only winning one race at Abu Dhabi and finishing fifth in the championship. In the German Cup, he came close to winning the championship in 2010 after winning five races but also finished two races outside the top fifteen and retired at the final round. He won the 2011 championship winning three races and finishing on the podium seven times.

International sports car racing

In 2012, Tandy started in various sports car racing series such as the American Le Mans Series, the ADAC GT Masters and the International GT Open. Together with Marco Holzer, his teammate at Manthey Racing, he became runner-up of the 2012 International GT Open season. Nick Tandy won the , an annual award presented by Porsche AG to recognize the world's most successful privateer racing driver competing with Porsche machinery in a customer racing team, in 2012.

Shortly after that, Tandy has been signed as the tenth Porsche works driver. His first official race was the 2013 24 Hours of Daytona Tandy won the GT class of the 2013 Petit Le Mans and resulted third at the 12 Hours of Sebring, driving for Team Falken Tire alongside Wolf Henzler and Bryan Sellers. He also won the GTC class at American Le Mans Series race at Laguna Seca with NGT Motorsport. Also, he won two races at the European Le Mans Series in the GTE class, ending third in the standings.

Tandy joined the Porsche factory team at the United SportsCar Championship for the 2014 season. He shared a Core Porsche 911 RSR in the GTLM class with Richard Lietz. He won the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona with Lietz and Patrick Pilet.

In 2015, Tandy partnered Patrick Pilet in the United SportsCar Championship. He claimed four wins and a third-place finish, helping his teammate to win the drivers championship, as well as the teams championship and also overall win in 2015 Petit Le Mans with a Porsche 911 RSR of GTLM class.

Also in 2015, Tandy joined the Porsche LMP1 factory team at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the French classic. He also drove a KCMG Oreca Nissan at five rounds of the World Endurance Championship, helping the team to finish runner-up in the LMP2 standings.

In 2016, Tandy continued sharing a factory Porsche 911 with Pilet at the GT Le Mans class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, scoring a class win at Long Beach and a second place at Austin.

Tandy returned to Porsche's LMP1 factory team for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, where he scored multiple podiums but no wins.

As Porsche left sports prototype racing for 2018, Tandy returned to the IMSA SportsCar Championship, sharing the No. 911 car with Pilet. He earned two wins and ranked seventh in the GTLM class standings. In 2019, he was runner-up with three wins. Also in 2019, he finished third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with Earl Bamber as third driver.

Tandy continued the No. 911 GTLM car at the 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship, now partnering with Frédéric Makowiecki. The duo got two wins and finished fifth in points. He also scored a DNF at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with an Aurus LMP2.

Corvette Racing signed Tandy for the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Driving with Tommy Milner, he claimed four wins and finished runner-up in the GTLM class, behind their teammates.

In 2022, Tandy continued sharing a factory Corvette with Milner, but in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He got a win and two runner-ups, and was sixth in the GTE drivers ranking.

Tandy returned to the Porsche for the 2023 season to drive a Porsche 963 prototype.

Personal life Tandy from Pavenham, Bedfordshire now resides in neighbouring village Felmersham with his wife and two children. He was educated at the local state schools: Pinchmill Lower School in Felmersham, Lincroft Middle School in Oakley and Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College in Sharnbrook. Nick's brother Joe died in a road traffic accident in Bromham, Bedfordshire on 13 May 2009. Nick drove for his late brother's team, Joe Tandy Racing, from 2006 until his Euroseries deal in mid-2009.

Racing record Racing career summary † Guest driver ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2009 Kolles & Heinz Union Dallara F309/003 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 DIJ1 DIJ2 HOC1 HOC2 28th 0

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Points 2009 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN ESP BEL ITA UAE UAE NC‡ 0‡ 2010 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP MON ESP GBR GER HUN BEL ITA 2nd 146 2011 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 TUR ESP MON NÜR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA UAE UAE 5th 129 As a guest driver Tandy was ineligible for championship points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2011 Team Felbermayr-Proton Abdulaziz Al-Faisal Bryce Miller Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 169 DNF DNF 2014 Porsche Team Manthey Patrick Pilet Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 309 36th 7th 2015 Porsche Team Nico Hülkenberg Earl Bamber Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 395 1st 1st 2016 Porsche Motorsport Kévin Estre Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 135 DNF DNF 2017 Porsche LMP Team Neel Jani André Lotterer Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 318 DNF DNF 2018 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 334 27th 10th 2019 Porsche GT Team Patrick Pilet Earl Bamber Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 342 22nd 3rd 2020 G-Drive Racing with Algarve Oliver Jarvis Ryan Cullen Aurus 01-Gibson LMP2 105 DNF DNF 2021 Corvette Racing Alexander Sims Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTEPro 313 44th 6th 2022 Corvette Racing Alexander Sims Tommy Milner Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTEPro 260 DNF DNF 2023 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr Porsche 963 Hypercar 84 DNF DNF 2024 Porsche Penske Motorsport Mathieu Jaminet Felipe Nasr Porsche 963 Hypercar 211 DNF DNF 2025 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 963 Hypercar 386 8th 8thSources:

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2011 Burtin Racing Nicolas Armindo Claudio Burtin Martin Ragginger Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 378 DNF DNF 2012 NGT Motorsport Henrique Cisneros Sean Edwards Carlos Kauffmann Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 688 29th 18th 2013 Konrad Motorsport/Orbit Racing Michael Christensen Christian Engelhart Lance Willsey Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 181 DNF DNF 2014 Porsche North America Richard Lietz Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR GTLM 679 6th 1st 2015 Porsche North America Michael Christensen Marc Lieb Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR GTLM 640 25th 5th 2016 Porsche North America Kévin Estre Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR GTLM 687 33rd 8th 2018 Porsche GT Team Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR-17 GTLM 753 20th 8th 2019 Porsche GT Team Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR-17 GTLM 569 14th 5th 2020 Porsche GT Team Matt Campbell Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTLM 786 15th 3rd 2021 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Alexander Sims Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTLM 770 12th 2nd 2022 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Marco Sørensen Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD GTDPro 626 45th 10th 2023 Porsche Penske Motorsport Dane Cameron Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 963 GTP 700 DNF DNF 2024 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre Mathieu Jaminet Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 GTP 791 4th 4th 2025 Porsche Penske Motorsport Felipe Nasr Laurens Vanthoor Porsche 963 GTP 781 1st 1st 2026 AO Racing Harry King Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) GTDPro 660 34th 9th

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2011 Sponsorcard: MSC Adenau e.V. Julian Moritz Dercks Florian Fricke Patrick Huisman Porsche 997 GT3 Cup SP7 53 DNF DNF 2012 Manthey Racing Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3 R SP9 107 DNF DNF 2013 Manthey Racing Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz Marco Holzer Porsche 997 GT3 R SP9 85 11th 10th 2016 Manthey Racing Earl Bamber Kévin Estre Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) SP9 1 DNF DNF 2018 Manthey Racing Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) SP9 135 1st 1st 2019 Manthey Racing Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) SP9 61 DNF DNF 2021 Frikadelli Racing Team Earl Bamber Matt Campbell Mathieu Jaminet Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) SP9 26 DNF DNF 2022 KCMG Earl Bamber Dennis Olsen Porsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) SP9Pro 149 DNF DNF

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Non-points event. Season still in progress.