TF Sport is an auto racing team founded by Tom Ferrier and headquartered in Slinfold, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom. It will compete in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship with a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, with support from Corvette Racing. The team was previously supported by Aston Martin Racing.

United Kingdom TF Sport
Founded2014
BaseSlinfold, West Sussex
Team principal(s)Tom Ferrier
Current seriesFIA World Endurance Championship
European Le Mans Series
Asian Le Mans Series
Current driversRepublic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood
Angola Rui Andrade
Belgium Tom van Rompuy
France Sébastien Baud
Spain Daniel Juncadella
Japan Hiroshi Koizumi
United States Michael Dinan
Turkey Salih Yoluç
United Kingdom Jonathan Adam
United Kingdom John Hartshorne
United Kingdom Ben Tuck
Switzerland Louis Delétraz
United Kingdom Jonny Edgar
Poland Robert Kubica
Australia Martin Berry
United Kingdom Lorcan Hanafin
Teams'
Championships
British GT Championship:
2016, 2017, 2018 (GT3), 2019 (GT4)
Le Mans Cup:
2017
Drivers'
Championships
British GT Championship:
2016: Jonathan Adam & Derek Johnston:
2019 (GT3): Jonathan Adam & Graham Davidson

2019 (GT4): Tom Canning & Ash Hand
Blancpain GT Series:
2017: Ahmad Al Harthy & Jonathan Adam

Overview

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Founded in 2014 by former British Touring Car and British GT driver, Tom Ferrier, TF Sport dovetailed a third British GT campaign with a strong European competition programme in the newly established GT3 Le Mans Cup and International GT Open.

Having successfully competed in 2015 in the Blancpain Series, the GT cup[1] and the International GT Open, TF Sport launched an additional campaign for the Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup title in the 2016 season.[2]

Championship titles at home and abroad turned 2016 into a breakthrough year for TF Sport, but 2017 was even more momentous, as the official Aston Martin Racing Partner Team stepped over to GTE-spec machinery for a dream assault on the European Le Mans Series and the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.[peacock prose][3]

TF Sport also provide racing team operations for a number of entries in different competitions, such as the 2023 Racing Team Turkey LMP2[4] entry to Le Mans and support for the Team TGM entry to the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona.[5]

On 28 June 2023, it was announced that TF Sport would be aiming to run 2 Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs in the WEC in 2024, competing in the new LMGT3 class.[6]

Racing record

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Entrant No. Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017   TF Sport 90 Aston Martin Vantage GTE   Rob Bell
  Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluç
LMGTE Am 329 35th 7th
2018   TF Sport 90 Aston Martin Vantage GTE   Charlie Eastwood
  Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluç
LMGTE Am 304 DNF DNF
2019   TF Sport 90 Aston Martin Vantage GTE   Charlie Eastwood
  Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluç
LMGTE Am 327 42nd 11th
2020   TF Sport 90 Aston Martin Vantage AMR   Jonathan Adam
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluç
LMGTE Am 339 24th 1st
2021   TF Sport 33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR   Felipe Fraga
  Ben Keating
  Dylan Pereira
LMGTE Am 339 26th 2nd
95   Ross Gunn
  Ollie Hancock
  John Hartshorne
332 35th 8th
  D'station Racing[7] 777   Tomonobu Fujii
  Satoshi Hoshino
  Andrew Watson
333 33rd 6th
2022   TF Sport 33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR   Henrique Chaves
  Ben Keating
  Marco Sørensen
LMGTE Am 343 34th 1st
  D'station Racing 777   Charlie Fagg
  Tomonobu Fujii
  Satoshi Hoshino
112 DNF DNF
2023   Racing Team Turkey 923 Oreca 07-Gibson   Tom Gamble
  Dries Vanthoor
  Salih Yoluç
LMP2 (Pro-Am) 87 DNF DNF
  ORT by TF 25 Aston Martin Vantage AMR   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Michael Dinan
  Charlie Eastwood
LMGTE Am 312 28th 2nd
  TF Sport 72   Valentin Hasse-Clot
  Arnold Robin
  Maxime Robin
58 DNF DNF
  D'station Racing 777   Tomonobu Fujii
  Satoshi Hoshino
  Casper Stevenson
163 DNF DNF
2024   AO by TF 14 Oreca 07-Gibson   Louis Delétraz
  P. J. Hyett
  Alex Quinn
LMP2 (Pro-Am) 295 20th 2nd
  TF Sport 81 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R   Rui Andrade
  Charlie Eastwood
  Tom van Rompuy
LMGT3 267 43rd 15th
82   Sébastien Baud
  Daniel Juncadella
  Hiroshi Koizumi
278 38th 11th

Complete British GT results

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British GT results
Year Car Class Drivers Wins Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2014 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4
GT4   Andrew Jarman
  Devon Modell
2 7 190 2nd 3rd
2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT3   Andrew Jarman
  Jody Fannin
0 2 60 7th 3rd
  Matt Bell
  Derek Johnston
1 3 107 5th
2016 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT3   Jonathan Adam
  Derek Johnston
2 2 106 1st 1st
  John Barnes
  Mark Farmer
1 1 79.5 5th
2017 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT3   Jonathan Adam
  Derek Johnston
2 4 142.5 3rd 1st
  John Barnes
  Mark Farmer
0 4 128.5 5th
2018 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT3   Marco Sorensen
  Derek Johnston
1 4 98 6th 1st
  Nicki Thiim
  Mark Farmer
2 6 148 3rd
2019 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
GT3   Jonathan Adam
  Graham Davidson
2 3 131 1st 2nd
  Nicki Thiim
  Mark Farmer
0 1 72.5 8th
2019 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4
GT4   Tom Canning
  Ash Hand
1 5 140 1st 1st
  Patrick Kibble
  Josh Price
0 1 44.5 12th
2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4
GT4   Connor O'Brien
  Patrick Kibble
2 6 158.5 3rd 1st
  Jamie Caroline
  Daniel Vaughan
1 6 170 1st
2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3
GT3   Tom Canning
  Giacomo Petrobelli
0 0 0 N/C N/C

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers Rounds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Pts
 
SPA
 
LMS
 
SIL
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
SEB
 
SPA
 
LMS
2018–19   TF Sport LMGTE Am 90 Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8   Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluç
  Euan Hankey
  Jonathan Adam
All
All
1-2, 7-8
3-6
22 (2nd) Ret 18 (2nd) 24 (2nd) 29 (8th) 25 (6th) 26 (2nd) 42 (6th) 3rd 99
 
SIL
 
FUJ
 
SHA
 
BHR
 
COA
 
SPA
 
LMS
 
BHR
Pos. Pts
2019–20   TF Sport LMGTE Am 90 Aston Martin Vantage AMR Mercedes-Benz M177 4.0 L Turbo V8   Jonathan Adam
  Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluç
All
All
All
24 (7th) 19 (1st) 19 (1st) Ret 19 (1st) 17 (3rd) 24 (1st) 21 (8th) 2nd 154
 
SPA
 
POR
 
MNZ
 
LMS
 
BHR
 
BHR
Pos. Pts
2021   TF Sport LMGTE Am 33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8   Felipe Fraga
  Ben Keating
  Dylan Pereira
All
All
All
21 (2nd) 25 (7th) 32 (12th) 26 (2nd) 17 (1st) Ret 2nd 90.5
  D'Station Racing 777   Tomonobu Fujii
  Satoshi Hoshino
  Andrew Watson
All
All
All
26 (7th) Ret 21 (3rd) 33 (5th) 28 (10th) 26 (7th) 9th 51
 
SEB
 
SPA
 
LMS
 
MNZ
 
FUJ
 
BHR
Pos. Pts
2022   TF Sport LMGTE Am 33 Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8   Ben Keating
  Marco Sørensen
  Florian Latorre
  Henrique Chaves
All
All
1
2-6
23 (2nd) 22 (2nd) 34 (1st) Ret 23 (1st) 26 (4th) 1st 141
  D'Station Racing 777   Tomonobu Fujii
  Satoshi Hoshino
  Charlie Fagg
All
All
All
27 (6th) 27 (7th) Ret 32 (11th) 25 (3rd) 32 (10th) 10th 35
 
SEB
 
POR
 
SPA
 
LMS
 
MNZ
 
FUJ
 
BHR
Pos. Pts
2023   ORT by TF LMGTE Am 25 Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Michael Dinan
  Charlie Eastwood
1-4
1-4
1-4
26 (9th) 28 (8th) 22 (3rd) 28 (2nd) 28 (7th) 35 (13th) N/C 5th 65
  D'Station Racing 777   Tomonobu Fujii
  Satoshi Hoshino
  Casper Stevenson
1-4
1-4
1-4
27 (10th) Ret 29 (10th) Ret Ret 32 (10th) 23 (2nd) 14th 31
 
LUS
 
IMO
 
SPA
 
LMS
 
INT
 
COA
 
FUJ
 
BHR
Pos. Pts
2024   TF Sport LMGT3 81 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6.R 5.5 L V8   Rui Andrade
  Charlie Eastwood
  Tom van Rompuy
82   Sébastien Baud
  Daniel Juncadella
  Hiroshi Koizumi
  • * Season still in progress.

European Le Mans Series results

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ELMS results
Year Car Class Drivers Wins Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2017 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE
LMGTE   Nicki Thiim
  Salih Yoluc
  Euan Hankey
1 5 102 2nd 2nd

Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup results

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Blancpain GT Series results
Year Car Class Drivers Wins Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2017 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
Pro-AM   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Jonathan Adam
2 6 116 1st 1st
2018 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
Silver   Charlie Eastwood
  Ahmad Al Harthy
  Euan McKay
0 0 47 7th 7th

Complete Michelin Le Mans Cup results

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Michelin Le Mans Cup results
Year Car Class Drivers Races Wins Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2016 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT3   Salih Yoluc
  Euan Hankey
6 2 5 107 2nd 1st
2017 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT3   Ahmad Al Harthy
  Tom Jackson
2 2 2 30 7th 6th

Complete International GT Open results

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International GT Open results
Year Car Class Drivers Wins Podiums Points D.C.
2014 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
Super GT   Darren Turner
  Jody Fannin
1 2 40 20th
2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
GT Am   Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluc
3 4 19 5th
2016 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
Pro-Am   Euan Hankey
  Salih Yoluc
2 3 102 5th
2016 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
Pro-Am (Guest)   Jon Barnes
  Mark Farmer
0 0 0 N/C
2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR
Pro   Charlie Eastwood
  Salih Yoluc
3 8 112 2nd[8]
2020 Aston Martin Vantage AMR
Pro-Am   Tom Canning
  Ahmad Al Harthy
0 1 11 17th
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References

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  1. ^ "GT CUP TITLE WITHIN PAUL BAILEY AND ANDY SCHULZ'S REACH AT DONINGTON PARK". 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ "TF Sport welcomes back Devon Modell and Andrew Jarman for 'Road to Le Mans'".
  3. ^ "ASTON MARTIN RACING SET FOR 24 HOURS OF LE MANS FIGHT".
  4. ^ "Vanthoor Completes Racing Team Turkey Lineup". at Le Mans
  5. ^ Dagys, John (16 November 2022). "TGM Joins Forces With TF Sport for Aston Martin Rolex 24 Effort – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  6. ^ "TF Sport To Race With Corvette In WEC LMGT3 | dailysportscar.com". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (19 January 2021). "D'station to Make GTE-Am Debut with TF Sport". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. ^ "2020 International GT Open Vice Champions".