27 Facts About Tom Cave

Thomas Cave was born on 16 November 1991 and is a British rally driver.

Tom Cave is the son of club rally driver Peter Cave and his ambition is to become the next British champion in the FIA World Rally Championship.

Tom Cave is the UK's first minor international rally driver and achieved his international rally licence, issued in Latvia, at the age of 16.

Tom Cave first began driving at the age of eight, when he took to the wheel of a car on private ground.

Tom Cave continued his development at the Martin Rowe Ice Driving School in Norway.

Tom Cave spent 2007 competing in the Latvian RallySprint Championship at the wheel of an MG ZR.

Tom Cave contested the Latvian Rally Championship that year but as the focus of his year was on his GCSE exams, was forced to miss several events.

Tom Cave carried out live radio interviews with Radio 1,2,3,4 and 5 Live as he tore up his 'L' plates.

Tom Cave was challenged to go head to head with presenter Vicki Butler-Henderson in a Subaru Impreza WRX around a Rallycross circuit to see who was faster.

Tom Cave beat the presenter, who removed the car's rear bumper on camera.

Tom Cave then contested his first two asphalt events, beginning with the RDP Welsh International.

Tom Cave finished this fourth in class, a result he was pleased with considering it was his debut on the surface.

Tom Cave followed that up with sixth in class and third Fiesta on the famous Jim Clark Rally, a round of the British Rally Championship.

Tom Cave was chasing the first Fiesta spot during the event and looked to be taking the position before a small error cost him time and demoted him to third.

Tom Cave dominated the N3 class, including the international Fiesta one-make series on the first day but a head gasket failure on the second day meant that he eventually finished the rally sixth in class, 16 minutes behind the winner but with 25 minutes of 'SupeRally' penalties.

Tom Cave was then invited to take part in the Richard Burns Memorial Rally by Neil Cole, presenter of the WRC on digital TV channel Dave.

Tom Cave eventually finished the event 27th overall and 8th in the IRC 2WD Cup, gaining his first international driver's championship point.

Tom Cave contested several other events in the Proton and while setting impressive stage times, ultimately car failure would end each event.

Tom Cave began the year targeting the British Rally Championship with the JRM team running him in a Mitsubishi Lancer EvolutionX Group N car.

Tom Cave was second on the season opener, the Sunseeker Rally but an accident on the Bulldog followed by car failure on the Jim Clark meant that realistically, he was out of the running.

Tom Cave's focus switched to the BTRDA Series, which he had been competing in using his Subaru and by the midpoint of the season, was leading the Production Cup class of the series.

Tom Cave went on to clinch the Production Cup championship with one round to go, so entered the Cambrian Rally in an MML Sports Mitsubishi Lancer World Rally Car and finished the event second on his WRC debut.

Tom Cave targeted the BRC in 2012, having decided to run his own Citroen DS3 R3 car.

Tom Cave then won the Bulldog Rally, the second round, outright using a rented Citroen after his car was damaged on a test following component failure.

Tom Cave was on top or close to the top of the BRC points table all season and despite another win on the final round, the International Rally of Yorkshire, was not able to overhaul double-BRC winner, Keith Cronin.

Tom Cave became runner-up in 2012 but won the Citroen Racing Junior Cup.

Tom Cave was selected by the Proton Motorsports factory team to represent it on two events: he won the Thailand Rally for Proton and on Wales Rally GB, the UK round of the FIA World Rally Championship, finished second in the S-WRC category, behind Craig Breen and ahead of Proton team-mate, PG Andersson.