33 Facts About Tom Blomqvist

Thomas Leonard Blomqvist was born on 30 November 1993 and is a New Zealand-based, Britain-born Swedish professional racing driver.

Tom Blomqvist competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Meyer Shank Racing.

Tom Blomqvist competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with United Autosports in the LMP2 category.

Tom Blomqvist won the 2022 and 2023 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank and the 2018 24 Hours of Spa with BMW Motorsport.

Tom Blomqvist is the son of 1984 Swedish World Rally Champion, Stig Blomqvist, and raced under a Swedish racing licence until March 2010.

Tom Blomqvist began his racing career in karting, in which he competed between 2003 and 2008, winning eight Championship titles in New Zealand.

Tom Blomqvist finished third in the Formula Renault NEZ Championship.

November 2010 saw Tom Blomqvist compete in the iconic Macau Grand Prix.

In December 2010 Tom Blomqvist was a McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist as well as receiving the British Club Driver of the Year award.

On 30 November 2011 Tom Blomqvist signed with MB Partners Ltd, owned by former F1 driver Mark Blundell.

Tom Blomqvist was again a McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist at the end of 2011.

In February 2012 Tom Blomqvist joined the select group of young talent on the McLaren Driver Development Programme.

Nonetheless, Eurointernational invited Tom Blomqvist to compete in the 2012 German F3 Championship, fitting the races around his F3 Euroseries schedule.

Tom Blomqvist finished the season in 7th place for both the F3 Euroseries and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, having competed with a team new to Formula 3.

Tom Blomqvist entered the Macau F3 street circuit race in November 2012 where he and his team, Eurointernational, used a brand new car, but with no time to test beforehand, the results were disappointing.

In November 2013 Tom Blomqvist entered the Macau Grand Prix, this time driving for his former team, Fortec Motorsport.

However, in the dying minutes of the session Tom Blomqvist was unable to get another clear lap, losing pole position and ending up sixth.

Tom Blomqvist then went on to have a great race the following day.

Tom Blomqvist charged his way through the 28-car field, and when the checkered flag was shown 15 laps later, Blomqvist came home in eighth place.

For 2014 Tom Blomqvist again competed in the European Formula 3 Championship driving for Carlin, along with his teammates, Antonio Giovinazzi and Sean Gelael, driving under a new banner of Jagonya Ayam with Carlin in their Dallara-Volkswagens.

In November 2014 Tom Blomqvist entered the Macau Grand Prix driving his Jagonya Ayam with Carlin car.

On 2 February 2015 it was announced Tom Blomqvist had secured a BMW DTM drive for multiple seasons, replacing the spot left vacant by the departure of Joey Hand.

Tom Blomqvist concluded a successful 2016 DTM season in point-scoring fashion at the series' finale in Hockenheim, ending the season in sixth position in the Drivers' Championship, the youngest driver in the top ten of the season's final standings.

Tom Blomqvist made his debut at Marrakesh ePrix, replacing Kamui Kobayashi.

Tom Blomqvist returned to the Formula E paddock for the 2019 Berlin ePrix, where he acted as a TV pundit, in place of the regular Dario Franchitti, who was attending the 2019 Indy 500.

The car was one of the slowest on the grid, finishing in last place of the constructors, with Tom Blomqvist accumulating 6 points, and Turvey 13.

Tom Blomqvist served as the replacement for Alex Lynn, who moved to the Hypercar class with Chip Ganassi Racing.

Tom Blomqvist stated that a large part of his decision to take the drive was the presence of Jarvis, with whom he won the DPi class title in the IMSA SportsCar Championship the previous year.

Tom Blomqvist made his debut in the 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship at the wheel of a BMW M8 GTE, at Watkins Glen International, in a one-off race appearance, and finished in a respectable 8th in the GT Le Mans category.

Tom Blomqvist scored solid points all throughout the season, with his best finish coming in the season's finale at the 2019 Petit Le Mans, a third place podium.

Tom Blomqvist ended the year 9th in the GT Le Mans category, with 258 points.

Tom Blomqvist started the season with a win at the Rolex 24 and won again that season at Road Atlanta.

For 2023, Tom Blomqvist was retained by Meyer Shank Racing, this time driving the brand new Acura ARX-06 in the revived GTP class, being partnered by Colin Braun.