Tom Ferrier

Biography

Tom Ferrier (born 14 November 1981) is a British racing driver. He had a long running karting career, a milestone was winning the 1998 British Championship. He also won the Star Cup of the Formula Renault Championship the following year, before switching to more entertaining and less competitive saloon cars. Ferrier captured two wins in the Renault Clio Winter series. In 2000 he was a competitor at the national Saloon Championship as well as some Class B BTCC races (the two series have closely related car classes) in an Alfa Romeo 156 prepared by Gary Ayles' team. For 2001, he originally signed to drive for Vauxhall in the Touring class, but he lost his seat to Phil Bennett who brought more funding and turned down a drive in a fourth Astra that would have been run by Tech-Speed Motorsport as a satellite team. He chose to race in both the European Super Production Championship and the BTCC. In Europe, he was ranked 12th of the field. Ferrier achieved number two ranking in the Under 25 Cup. In Britain he ranked tenth overall driving a JSM Alfa Romeo 147 in place of original signing Darren Malkin after the latter's sponsorship deal fell through prior to the start of the season. At Donington Park, Ferrier led the field, but succumbed to an engine failure while running in second place. For the 2002 season, Ferrier focused on the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC), driving a DART Racing Alfa Romeo 156. His pit-support crew was from Alfa Romeo UK. In 2005 Ferrier was a frontrunner at SEAT Cupra Championship. Ferrier was nominated for a place in the 2004 BTCC by Carly Motors alongside countryman and driver James Hanson, but this was not to be. Ferrier participated in some Caterham races in 2004. Ferrier returned to the BTCC just two weeks before the final round of 2006, driving a SEAT Toledo bought by Motorbase Performance. Despite almost no time in the car before the weekend, he had two points finishes. Ferrier also made the British GT Championship races in 2006. Beg

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