Tomas Kaiser

Tomas Kaiser (born 2 December 1956) is a Swedish former racing driver from Sälen.

Kaiser began his career racing Formula Fords. In 1979, he raced in the European Formula Three Championship and British Formula Three Championship. In 1980, he finished fourth in the Swedish Formula Three Championship and competed in one race each in the British, European, and German F3 series. In 1981, he finished third in Swedish F3 and maintained a similar part-time schedule in the other series. In 1982, he made two starts in the European Formula Two Championship. In 1983, he drove in eight of the 12 European F2 races but was only running at the finish in two of them. In 1984, he competed in nine European F2 races and finished 11th in points, finishing in the points in fourth in the season finale at Brands Hatch. In 1985 European F2 gave way to International Formula 3000 and Kaiser competed in seven races and finished fourth at Thruxton Circuit, good enough for 14th in points. In 1986, he competed in all 11 races for BS Automotive and finished 14th in points with a best finish of fourth at Pergusa. 1987 was his last season of professional racing as he competed in a full season of F3000 but failed to qualify for three races and didn't finish in the points in any races.

Alongside his driving career, Kaiser created Hello Sweden, a support and development program for emergent Swedish racing drivers. Prominent drivers such as Thomas Danielsson, Kenny Bräck, Björn Wirdheim and Sebastian Hohenthal were some of the recipients of this support.

In 1986 and early 1987, Kaiser had negotiations with Brabham and Arrows to become a Formula 1 driver in the 1987 season. He was very close to signing for Brabham to race alongside Riccardo Patrese but he was denied a Superlicence.

Kaiser was mentored by James Hunt throughout his Formula 3000 career.

As of 2022, Kaiser still acts as a tutor, manager and consultant for young racing drivers.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship 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 Pts Strandel Motorsport Toleman TG280 Hart SIL HOC THRNC NÜR MUGDNS VALDNQ PAU SPA NC 0 March 812 BMW HOC15 DONRet MANRet PER MIS Bertram Schäfer Racing Maurer MM82 BMW SILRet THRRet HOCRet NÜRRet VAL8 PAU9 JAR DONRet MIS PER ZOLRet MUG NC 0 BS Automotive March 842 BMW SILRet HOC9 THRRet VAL7 MUGRet PAU HOC MIS8 PER7 DON8 BRH4 11th 3

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)