52 Facts About Harry Tincknell

Harry Tincknell won the LMP2 class on his Le Mans 24 Hour race debut in 2014 and again in LMGTE Pro in 2020, the first driver in the race's history to win in both LMP2 and LMGTE Pro.

Harry Tincknell continued at that level in 2004, winning a round at Larkhall and finished in 27th place in the championship for Connaught Racing.

Harry Tincknell moved into the ICA Junior Belgian Championship in 2005, and finished in fifth position in the championship, 65 points behind champion Laurens Vanthoor.

Harry Tincknell stayed at ICA Junior level for the 2006 season, competing in the WSK International Series.

Harry Tincknell finished fourteenth in the championship, despite earning a third-place finish at La Conca, Italy.

Harry Tincknell frequented in various series in 2007, competing in no less than eight different championships or trophy races during the season.

Harry Tincknell moved into the Formula Renault UK Winter Series in 2008 and finished seventh with points-scoring finishes in each of the four races with CR Scuderia.

Harry Tincknell contested two races of the Formula Junior Portugal Winter Series, finishing in sixth and eighth places during the two races in Estoril.

In 2009, Harry Tincknell remained with the newly renamed CRS Racing, to contest a full season of Formula Renault UK.

Harry Tincknell started well, setting the first pole position of the season at Brands Hatch before finishing behind Oliver Webb in the first race.

Harry Tincknell's consistent finishing earned him the Graduate Cup title, where first-year drivers battle for honours, with the best fifteen finishes for each drivers counting towards the championship.

Harry Tincknell contested a round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup at Oschersleben, finishing both races in seventeenth place.

Harry Tincknell continued in the series in 2010, leading a four-car challenge from CRS Racing.

Harry Tincknell was confirmed as one of ten drivers selected by the UK's motorsport governing body, the Motor Sports Association, to take part in its driver development programme, Team UK.

Harry Tincknell started the 2010 season off well with 5 podiums and a 1 win in the first 8 races of the season at Thruxton, Rockingham, Brands Hatch and Oulton Park.

However, the final 4 rounds of the season proved a struggle for the team with the new Formula Renault car and Harry Tincknell managed one more podium and 3 top five places to eventually finish 5th overall in the championship.

At the start of 2010, Harry Tincknell was invited to become to part of the British Racing Drivers' Club Rising Stars programme.

Harry Tincknell was confirmed as one of ten drivers selected by the UK's motorsport governing body, the Motor Sports Association, to take part in its driver development programme, Team UK.

Harry Tincknell signed with Fortec Motorsport to race in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2011.

At the following round at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit, Harry Tincknell took his first win of his Formula Three career leading the race from pole position.

Harry Tincknell claimed his 4th podium of the season at the Nurburgring, Germany.

In 2012 Harry Tincknell returned to the British Formula 3 Championship and took his first podium at the first round of the year at Oulton Park.

Two DNFs followed at Monza and Pau before Harry Tincknell got his season back on track winning at Rockingham on the championships return to the UK.

Harry Tincknell then scored another 3rd place and fastest lap at Brands Hatch before the championship combined with the Formula Three Euroseries meeting at Norisring.

Harry Tincknell took 8th overall and 3rd place in British F3 in race one before scoring a lights to flag victory in race two, his first European win in car racing.

Harry Tincknell then scored another dominant win at the Snetterton Circuit and ended the year in good style with two third places at Silverstone and another win at Donington Park in the season Finale.

Harry Tincknell finished 5th overall in the Championship with 4 wins and 9 podiums.

Harry Tincknell contested the 2012 Historic Pau Grand Prix in a 1965 Lotus 20 in the Formula Junior category finishing 2nd in both races.

Harry Tincknell returned to his former F3 team, Fortec Motorsport for the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in November 2012.

On his debut at the notoriously difficult Guia Circuit, Harry Tincknell had an outstanding weekend, qualifying 7th overall and finishing 6th in the Qualification race in the 30 strong world class field.

Harry Tincknell had a great start in the final to move up to 4th position but after encountering a mechanical issue during the race, finished 9th.

At the beginning of 2013, Harry Tincknell extended his deal with multiple Championship winning team, Carlin Motorsport, for the 2013 season of the FIA European Formula Three Championship.

Harry Tincknell emerged from the first rounds of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship at the Autodromo di Monza in 3rd place in the points table after a dramatic opening weekend to the season with the final two races taking place in treacherous conditions.

Harry Tincknell then scored an emotional win at Silverstone from a double pole position.

Harry Tincknell then had a tough weekend in the third round of the series at Hockenheim, finishing the weekend with a strong fifth-place finish but slipping to fifth in the Championship.

Harry Tincknell was third on the road in the third and final race of the weekend, but was moved up to second place when race winner Raffaele Marciello was excluded for a technical infringement.

Harry Tincknell signed with JOTA Sport to race a Zytek Z11SN-Nissan in the European Le Mans Series and finished 2nd in the 2014 ELMS Driver's Championship with Simon Dolan and Filipe Albuquerque after 1 win, 3 podiums and three personal poles.

In 2015, Harry Tincknell re-signed with the British Jota Sport outfit in when the factory Nissan NISMO LM P1 team opted to delay its race programme.

Harry Tincknell subsequently finished 3rd in the ELMS Driver's Championship driving a Gibson 015S-Nissan with Dolan and Albuquerque again in the five-race series, after 1 win, 4 podiums, 2 personal poles, three front row starts and two fastest race laps.

Harry Tincknell won the ELMS Driver's Championship with 2 wins and 4 podiums, taking a dramatic victory at the Estoril circuit in Portugal to clinch the title by 7 points.

Harry Tincknell finished 2nd in the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and then won LM P2 on his Le Mans 24 Hour race debut finishing 5th overall in the Zytek Z11SN-Nissan.

In 2015, Harry Tincknell was announced as a factory Nissan NISMO LMP1 WEC race and development driver.

Harry Tincknell set the fastest lap time for Nissan in qualifying and again in the race itself.

In March 2016 Harry Tincknell was confirmed as one of the factory drivers to co-drive the all-new Ford GT LM GTE with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK in the FIA World Endurance Championship and for the Le Mans 24 Hours.

In 2017, Harry Tincknell returned to the FIA World Endurance Championship with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Team UK with Andy Priaulx MBE and new Ford signing Pipo Derani.

In 2017 Harry Tincknell tested for the NIO Formula E Team, going on to drive at the inaugural Formula E Rookie test in Marrakech and signed as their Simulation Development Driver in 2018.

Harry Tincknell signed with Mazda Team Joest for the 2018 and 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship seasons.

Harry Tincknell scored Mazda's first win in 7 years at the 2019 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and won again at Road America alongside teammate Jonathan Bomarito.

In 2020, Harry Tincknell signed a long-term deal with Multimatic which would keep him in IMSA with Mazda for at least the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Harry Tincknell attended St John's School in Sidmouth, Devon, until the age of 12.

Harry Tincknell then attended Exeter School, where he achieved 10 GCSEs: six As and four Bs.

Away from the race track, Harry Tincknell enjoys playing golf, darts, rugby, and chess, as well as supporting Plymouth Argyle, his local football club.