Ricky Collard
Ricky Collard is a British racing driver. He is the son of BTCC racer Rob Collard and the grandson of Hot Rod racer Mick Collard.Career
He started his racing career in karts in 2006, finishing fourth in the British Cadet Championship in 2009, sixth in the Kartmasters British Grand Prix KF3 category in 2011, and eighth in the U18 Karting World Championship in 2012. That season he also made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship. He competed in the 2015 MSA Formula Championship, having finished seventh in the 2014 British Formula Ford Championship the previous year. He took six wins and finished 2015 as runner up in the MSA Formula Championship to Lando Norris, graduating to the BRDC British F3 Championship in 2016 with Carlin Motorsport alongside Norris.
Ricky made his British Touring Car Championship debut at Rockingham 2018, substituting his father Rob Collard who was ruled out on medical advice following concussion suffered at the previous round at Snetterton, also bringing about concerns he had not fully recovered a heavy impact at Silverstone 2017. Ricky drove the West Surrey Racing BMW 1 series and finished his first race in 17th position.Racing record
Career summary
† As Collard had not competed in the required number of rounds, he was ineligible for a championship position.| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2018 | Century Motorsport | BMW M4 GT4 | GT4 | OUL
1
16 | OUL
2
15 | ROC
1 | SNE
1 | SNE
2 | SIL
1 | SPA
1 | BRH
1 | DON
1 | 15th | 30 |
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Pos | Pts |
| 2018 | Team BMW | BMW 125i M Sport | BRH
1 | BRH
2 | BRH
3 | DON
1 | DON
2 | DON
3 | THR
1 | THR
2 | THR
3 | OUL
1 | OUL
2 | OUL
3 | CRO
1 | CRO
2 | CRO
3 | SNE
1 | SNE
2 | SNE
3 | ROC
1
17 | ROC
2
20 | ROC
3
DNS | KNO
1
11 | KNO
2
12 | KNO
3
23 | SIL
1
3 | SIL
2
4 | SIL
3
10 | BRH
1
16 | BRH
2
18 | BRH
3
13 | 25th | 46 |
