Tim Sugden

Timothy Philip Sugden
Timothy Philip Sugden
Born	April 26, 1964 (age 62); Bradford, England
Occupation(s)	Racing driver, Motorsport team principal
Known for	British Touring Car Championship, British GT Championship, FIA GT Championship

Timothy Philip Sugden (born 26 April 1964 in Bradford) is a British professional racing driver and the principal of Tim Sugden Motorsport.

Early career

Sugden launched his motorsport journey in karting, where he claimed the British championship title. He then advanced to Formula Ford 1600, capturing the Star of Mallory series crown in 1987. Operating under financial constraints, he nevertheless secured top results driving the factory Swift "Tredaire" vehicle for Frank Bradley. His racing portfolio also includes participation in the Honda CRX challenge and British Formula 3000. In 1990, Sugden achieved third place overall in the Formula Renault Championship, including one race victory.

BTCC

Making his entry into the British Touring Car Championship in 1990, Sugden competed selectively for Prodrive's Junior BMW Team within the 2.0-litre category. The following year, he earned a victory at Brands Hatch and finished tenth in the championship standings despite contesting only five rounds. This performance secured him a full season with the factory BMW squad in 1992, culminating in an eighth-place finish in the points tally. After Prodrive's BMW contract concluded, Sugden remained on board for an unsuccessful Mercedes project in 1993. During 1994 and 1995, he took part sporadically with Toyota’s factory team alongside champion Will Hoy and ex-Formula One driver Julian Bailey. The team struggled to be competitive, and 1995 marked the final BTCC campaign for both Toyota and Sugden. In 1996, he contributed as a test driver developing Vauxhall’s Vectra model.

GT Racing

Sugden transitioned to sports car competition in 1997 by joining the British GT Championship, where he clinched the GT2 championship alongside Steve O'Rourke piloting a Porsche 911 GT2. He followed this with GT1 championship victories in 1998 and 1999 behind the wheel of a McLaren F1 GTR and a Lister Storm GTL, respectively. After finishing fourth overall at the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans with EMKA McLaren, he committed to full-time international GT racing from 2000 within the FIA GT Championship, amassing nine wins and securing runner-up status in the GT2 category by 2005. That same year, Sugden was awarded the Porsche Cup—recognizing the world’s leading private Porsche driver—becoming only the second Briton to earn this distinction.

His career also includes campaigns in the American Le Mans Series, where he finished second in GT2 at Sebring’s 12 Hours; appearances at the Daytona 24 Hours, participation in the Le Mans Series; and multiple returns to British GT competition. Sugden claimed the Asian Porsche Carrera Cup title in 2007, achieved third place in 2008, and narrowly lost out on the championship by a single point in 2009. In 2011, driving a Porsche for Paul Miller Racing, he secured second place in GT at the Daytona 24 Hours.

BriSCA F2 Stock Cars

On 9 October 2010, Tim triumphed in his first F2 final at Skegness Stadium after working earlier that day at Brands Hatch, which led to an immediate upgrade to Yellow Top status. He participated selectively in F2 Stock Car events during 2010, including winning the Grand National final at Birmingham that November. In early 2011, he captured victories at both the Northampton GN final on 13 March and Birmingham final on 19 March, earning promotion to Blue Top. Despite limited appearances due to other commitments, Sugden achieved two overall wins plus two Grand National victories within his first six meetings. Additionally, he secured a heat win at Hednesford on 10 April.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Events shown in bold denote pole position – 1990 within class) (Events in italics represent fastest lap – 1990 within class)

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Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	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	Final Standing	Points	Class Standing
1990	BMW Team Finance	BMW M3	B	OUL	DON	THR	SIL overall:9 category:4	OUL overall:9 category:2	SIL	BRH overall:5 category:2	SNE overall:8 category:3	BRH	BIR	DON overall:8 category:2	THR	SIL													12th	67	6th
1991	BMW Team Finance	BMW M3		SIL	SNE Ret	DON	THR	SIL 12Template:Ref	BRH 1	SIL	DON 1	DON 2	OUL	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON 5	THR	SIL Ret											10th	32

– Event was halted due to severe rainfall. No points were allocated.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team Name	Co-Drivers	Vehicle Model	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Gulf Oil Team Davidoff Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall EMKA Racing	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Steve O'Rourke United States Bill Auberlen	McLaren F1 GTR	GT1	343	4th	4th
2003	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall DeWalt Racesports Salisbury	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Mike Jordan Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Michael Caine	TVR Tuscan T400R	GT	93	DNF	DNF
2004	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Thierry Perrier Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Perspective Racing	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Ian Khan Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Nigel Smith	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	283	23rd	10th
2006	Template:Country data RUS Template:Namespace detect showall Russian Age Racing Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Cirtek Motorsport	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Nigel Smith Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Christian Vann	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	124	DNF	DNF
2008	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Virgo Motorsport	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Rob Bell Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Tim Mullen	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	289	DNF	DNF
2009 24 Hours of Le Mans ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans)	(16px) JMW Motorsport	(16px) Rob Bell (16px) Andrew Kirkaldy	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	320	23rd	4th
(2010)	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Bryce Miller	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GT2	71	DNF	DNF
(2011)	JMW Motorsport	Rob Bell Xavier Maassen	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	290	24th	9th

Full Super GT Performance

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Championship Position	Points Earned
2010	ThunderAsia Racing	Mosler MT900M	GT300	'style=background:#FFFFFF;'SUZ' style=background:#EFCFFF;'OKA style=background:#EFCFFF;'FUJ style=background:#EFCFFF;'SEP style=background:#EFCFFF;'SUG style=background:#FFFFFF;'SUZ' style=background:#FFFFFF;'FUJ style=background:#FFFFFF;'MOT	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa Results

Year	Team	Drivers	Car Model	Class	Completed Laps	Overall Finish	Class Finish
1994	Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall Toyota Racing	Template:Country data BEL Template:Namespace detect showall Philip Verellen Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall François Chatriot	Toyota Carina E	ST	86 / Distribution Belt Failure	DNF	DNF
1999	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Foss-Tech Racing	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Mark Lemmer Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Stephen Day	Honda Integra Type R	SP	452	12th Overall	12th in Class
2001	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall EMKA Racing	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Steve O'Rourke	Porsche 996 GT3-R	N-GT	N/A	Did Not Start	Did Not Start
2003	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall EMKA Racing	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Emmanuel Collard Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Chris Goodwin	Porsche 996 GT3-R	N-GT	301 / Gearbox Failure	DNF	DNF
2004	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Gruppe M	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Jonathan Cocker Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Warren Hughes Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Tim Mullen	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	N-GT	268 / Gearbox Failure	DNF	DNF
2005	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Gruppe M	Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Emmanuel Collard Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stephane Ortelli	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	GT2	477 Laps Completed	19th Overall	4th in Class
2006	Template:Country data MON Template:Namespace detect showall JMB Racing	Template:Country data CH Template:Namespace detect showall Iradj Alexander Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Jean-Michel Martin Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stephane Daoudi	Ferrari F430 GTC	GT2	133 Laps Completed	DNF	DNF
2007	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Andrew Kirkaldy Canada Chris Niarchos	Ferrari F430 GTC	GT2	474 Laps	15th Overall	6th in Class
2008	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Trackspeed Racing	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Williams Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall David Ashburn Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Xavier Pompidou	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	382 / DNF	DNF	DNF
2009	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall Trackspeed Racing	Template:Country data GBR Template:Namespace detect showall David Ashburn Template:Country data FRA Template:Namespace detect showall Stephane Ortelli Germany Jorg Bergmeister	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	486 Laps Completed	18th Overall	7th in Class

External links

Official Website