37 Facts About Nick Tandy

Nicholas Tandy was born on 5 November 1984 and is a professional British racing driver currently racing for Porsche Motorsport as a factory driver in the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Nick 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 Nurburgring 24 Hours in 2018; the Spa 24 Hours in 2020; and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2025.

Nick Tandy 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.

Nick Tandy would go two places better in 1999, as he claimed the Spedeworth points title.

Nick Tandy ended up third in the championship, won eventually by Kelly Rogers.

Nick Tandy moved into the main series for 2002, but struggled to find form and eventually languished down in tenth in the overall championship standings.

Nick Tandy competed in two more seasons in the main championship, amassing four wins in 2003.

Nick Tandy had an impressive first season in the championship, finishing as runner-up in the standings, with 365 points.

Nick 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.

Nick Tandy then proceeded to win the 2006 Formula Ford Festival on the road, before a 10-second penalty was added post-race for a safety car misdemeanour, dropping him to fifth.

Nick Tandy continued in the championship in 2007, but finished one place lower in the standings, finishing third overall.

Nick Tandy won six races throughout the season, and finished on the podium on ten other occasions.

Thanks to two wins, and a fourth, Nick Tandy won the Shootout and was part of the shortlist.

Nick Tandy steadily improved throughout the season, and recorded his first podium during the overseas round at Spa-Francorchamps, in support of the Spa 24 Hours.

Nick Tandy competed in the guest car in the Porsche Carrera Cup at Silverstone, winning the first race.

Nick Tandy continued in the series in 2009, and continued to use the Mygale chassis and Mercedes engines.

Eighteen days after his brother's death, Nick Tandy scored his and the team's first win with a dominating performance at Rockingham.

Nick Tandy is noted for his pace over a single lap, having recorded four fastest laps from the first eight races of the championship, and at one point, lay third in the standings.

Nick 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 2nd.

Nick Tandy was again on the podium with a 2nd place.

Nick 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 5th in the championship.

Nick Tandy won the 2011 championship winning three races and finishing on the podium seven times.

In 2012 Nick Tandy started in various sports car racing series such as the American Le Mans Series, the ADAC GT Masters and the International GT Open.

Nick Tandy won the Porsche Cup award for the best private Porsche racing driver.

Shortly after that, Nick Tandy has been signed as the tenth Porsche works driver.

Nick Tandy won the GTC class at American Le Mans Series race at Laguna Seca with NGT Motorsport.

Nick Tandy joined the Porsche factory team at the United SportsCar Championship for the 2014 season.

Nick Tandy shared a Core Porsche 911 RSR in the GTLM class with Richard Lietz.

Nick Tandy won the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona with Lietz and Patrick Pilet.

Nick Tandy claimed four wins and a third-place finish, helping his teammate to win the drivers championship, as well as the teams championship and overall win in 2015 Petit Le Mans with a Porsche 911 RSR of GTLM class.

Also in 2015, Nick Tandy joined the Porsche LMP1 factory team at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the French classic.

In 2016, Nick 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.

Nick Tandy earned two wins and ranked 7th in the GTLM class standings.

Nick Tandy got a win and two runner-ups, and was 6th in the GTE drivers ranking.

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

Nick Tandy 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 drove for his late brother's team, Joe Tandy Racing, from 2006 until his Euroseries deal in mid-2009.