Tom Ferrier


Tom Ferrier is a British racing driver. He had a long running karting career, a milestone was winning the 1998 British Championship. He also won the Star Cup of the Formula Renault Championship the following year, before switching to more entertaining and less competitive saloon cars.
Ferrier captured two wins in the Renault Clio Winter series. In 2000 he was a competitor at the national Saloon Championship as well as some Class B BTCC races in an Alfa Romeo 156 prepared by Gary Ayles' team. For 2001 he was linked to Vauxhall for the main class, but chose to race in both the European Super Production Championship and the BTCC. In Europe ranked 12th of the field. Ferrier achieved number two ranking in the Under 25 Cup. In Britain he ranked 10th overall driving a JSM Alfa Romeo 147. At Donington Park Ferrier led the field, but succumbed to an engine failure in second place.
For the 2002 season Ferrier focused on the European Touring Car Championship, driving a DART Racing Alfa Romeo 156. His pit-support crew was from Alfa Romeo UK. In 2005 Ferrier was a frontrunner at SEAT Cupra Championship. Ferrier was nominated for a place in the 2004 BTCC by Carly Motors alongside countryman and driver James Hanson, but this was not to be. Ferrier participated in some Caterham races in 2004. Ferrier returned to the BTCC just two weeks before the final round of 2006, driving a SEAT Toledo bought by Motorbase Performance. Despite almost no time in the car before the weekend, he had two points finishes. Ferrier also made the British GT Championship races in 2006.
Beginning 2007 Ferrier drove in the British GT Championship, for Tech 9 sharing with Phil Quaife. Midseason he rejoined Motorbase for the BTCC. Heavy rain at that debut counted against him but he scored points at Snetterton. Involvement in the huge pile-up in race 1 at Brands Hatch eliminated him from the rest of that meeting, and the team opted to skip the next meeting at Knockhill to concentrate on the season finale at Thruxton. It was ultimately Paul O'Neill who was at the helm in that final competition of the season.
In 2009 he competed in rounds of the Time Attack series in a Subaru Impreza at the Time attack series hosted by Zen Performance.
Starting in 2011 Ferrier and former BTCC driver Danny Buxton formed Scuderia Vittoria. They entered teams in both the AirAsia Renault Clio Cup and the British GT. At the conclusion of 2011, their debut season, Ferrier and Buxton had achieved 14 wins overall in both classes,

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap
YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPts
2000Gary Ayles MotorsportAlfa Romeo 156BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
THR
1
THR
2
KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
DON
1
DON
2
BRH
1
13
BRH
2
14
OUL
1
Ret
OUL
2
Ret
SIL
1
Ret
SIL
2
DNS
8th18
2001JS MotorsportAlfa Romeo 147BRH
1
BRH
2
THR
1
Ret
THR
2
DNS
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
MON
1
MON
2
DON
1
DON
2
KNO
1
Ret
KNO
2
DNS
SNE
1
Ret
SNE
2
DNS
CRO
1
20
CRO
2
Ret
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
DON
1
12
DON
2
Ret*
BRH
1
Ret
BRH
2
4
10th20
2006Motorbase PerformanceSEAT Toledo CupraBRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
MON
1
MON
2
MON
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
SIL
1
12
SIL
2
7
SIL
3
8
19th7
2007Motorbase PerformanceSEAT Toledo CupraBRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
DON
1
Ret
DON
2
14
DON
3
12
SNE
1
9
SNE
2
Ret
SNE
3
12
BRH
1
Ret
BRH
2
DNS
BRH
3
DNS
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
22nd2

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
2002DART RacingAlfa Romeo 156 GTAMAG
1
Ret
MAG
2
14†
SIL
1
Ret
SIL
2
DNS
BRN
1
13
BRN
2
12
JAR
1
13
JAR
2
13†
AND
1
6
AND
2

10
OSC
1
Ret
OSC
2
DNS
SPA
1
DNS
SPA
2
8
PER
1
14
PER
2
14
DON
1
8
DON
2
Ret
EST
1
Ret
EST
2
7
18th1

† – Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.