# Tom Kimber-Smith

Thomas Kimber-Smith (born 1 November 1984 in Ascot, Berkshire) is a British race car driver. He is currently driving the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class with Robert Alon.
He has enjoyed success in sportscars, winning both the Le Mans 24 Hours and Le Mans Series LMP2 class for Greaves Motorsport in 2011. He won the LMP2 class again in the 2012 race, driving for Starworks Motorsport with Ryan Dalziel and Enzo Potolicchio in Starworks Motorsport's HPD ARX-03b. He won the 2015 24 hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans in the PC class, nearly sweeping the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2015.
He is the son of Geoff Kimber-Smith, a former driver in the British Touring Car Championship.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2000 | T Cars | | 20 | ? | ? | ? | 10 | ? | 1st |
| 2001 | Slick 50 Formula Ford Championship | Infocus Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
| 2002 | British Formula Ford | Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 6th |
| 2002 | Formula Ford Festival | Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 2003 | British Formula Ford | Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 421 | 1st |
| 2003 | Formula Ford Festival | Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2003 | Formula Renault UK Winter Series | Team JLR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 15th |
| 2004 | Formula 3 Euro Series | Team Kolles | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20th |
| 2004 | Masters of Formula 3 | Team Kolles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 27th |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 UK | Team JLR | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 206 | 12th |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands | Team JLR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25th |
| 2006 | British GT Championship | Team LNT | 11 | 2 | 5 | ? | 11 | 71 | 2nd |
| 2006 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2 | Team LNT | 1 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2006 | American Le Mans Series | Team LNT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35th |
| 2007 | Le Mans Series – LMGT2 | Team LNT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19th |
| 2007 | Le Mans Series – LMP2 | Team LNT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19th |
| 2007 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGT2 | Team LNT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC |
| 2008 | 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series – DP | Cheever Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 32nd |
| 2011 | Le Mans Series | Greaves Motorsport | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 64 | 1st |
| 2011 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Greaves Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2012 | FIA World Endurance Championship | Starworks Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19th |
| 2012 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Starworks Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2012 | European Le Mans Series | Greaves Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 5th |
| 2012 | American Le Mans Series – LMP2 | Greaves Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2013 | FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 | Greaves Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 8th |
| 2013 | European Le Mans Series – LMP2 | Greaves Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17th |
| 2013 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Greaves Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 11th |
| 2013 | American Le Mans Series – GT | CORE Autosport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 17th |
| 2014 | European Le Mans Series | Greaves Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9th |
| 2014 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Caterham Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 11th |
| 2014 | United SportsCar Championship – PC | 8 Star Motorsports | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 16th |
| 2014 | Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – GS | Turner Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 243 | 7th |
| 2015 | United SportsCar Championship – PC | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 2nd |
| 2016 | IMSA SportsCar Championship – PC | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 355 | 2nd |
| 2017 | IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 21st |

### Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2004 | Team Kolles | Dallara F302/076 | Mercedes | HOC 1 21 | HOC 2 Ret | EST 1 7 | EST 2 21 | ADR 1 9 | ADR 1 Ret | PAU 1 13 | PAU 2 10 | NOR 1 DSQ | NOR 1 21 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 Ret | NÜR 1 DSQ | NÜR 2 DSQ | ZAN 1 14 | ZAN 2 Ret | BRN 1 18 | BRN 2 23 | HOC 1 22 | HOC 2 Ret | 20th | 2 |

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2006 | Team LNT | Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | GT2 | 321 | 15th | 1st |
| 2007 | Team LNT | Danny Watts Tommy Milner | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | GT2 | 60 | DNF | DNF |
| 2011 | Greaves Motorsport | Karim Ojjeh Olivier Lombard | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 326 | 8th | 1st |
| 2012 | Starworks Motorsport | Enzo Potolicchio Ryan Dalziel | HPD ARX-03b | LMP2 | 354 | 7th | 1st |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport | Alexander Rossi Eric Lux | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 307 | 23rd | 10th |
| 2014 | Caterham Racing | Chris Dyson Matt McMurry | Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 329 | 25th | 11th |

### WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | 8Star Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 5 | LGA | KAN | WGL 10 | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 7 | | 16th | 107 |
| 2015 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 1 | LGA 7 | DET 6 | WGI 2 | MOS 5 | LRP 1 | ELK 4 | AUS 4 | ATL 1 | | 2nd | 313 |
| 2016 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | PC | Oreca FLM09 | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 2 | LBH 6 | LGA 1 | DET 3 | WGL 5 | MOS 3 | LIM 2 | ELK 1 | COA 2 | PET 1 | 2nd | 355 |
| 2017 | PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | P | Ligier JS P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 9 | SEB 7 | LBH 5 | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | | 21st | 72 |
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### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
| 2012 | Starworks Motorsport | LMP2 | HPD ARX-03b | Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 | SEB | SPA | LMS 7 | SIL | SÃO | BHR 8 | FUJ | SHA | 19th | 21 |
| 2013 | Greaves Motorsport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 5 | SPA DNS | LMS 4 | SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 8th | 40 |
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