# Thomas ten Brinke

Thomas ten Brinke (born 23 February 2005) is a Dutch former racing driver who last competed in the 2021 Formula Regional Championship with ART Grand Prix. He previously competed in the Spanish F4 Championship with MP Motorsport.

## Career
### Karting

Thomas was inspired by his fathers ventures in Rallying and Racing and started Karting competitively in 2018. He became champion in the 2018 German Junior Kart Championship, finished second in both the WSK Euro Series and the Italian Championship in 2019 and also won the 2019 FIA Karting World Championship in the OKJ class, whilst finishing third in the FIA Karting European Championship - OKJ and the 2019 WSK Champions Cup - OK Junior respectively.

### Lower formulae

In 2020 ten Brinke made his single seater debut in the F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport. Despite not competing in the first six races, ten Brinke finished the season 3rd in the standings. He ended the year with one pole position, one win and an overall nine podium finishes. Ten Brinke ended his campaign on 187 points.

### Formula Regional European Championship

On the 20th of January Ten Brinke was announced as an ART Grand Prix driver for the upcoming Formula Regional European Championship. He had to withdraw from the first weekend at Imola after he tested positive for COVID-19.

### Retirement

Following his home race at Zandvoort, he made the decision to retire from racing with immediate effect, citing too much pressure to perform and a lack of enjoyment as his reasons.

## Racing record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 10th |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 24th |
| 2018 | German Karting Championship — Junior | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 1st |
| 2018 | WSK Final Cup — OKJ | | 10th |
| 2019 | Italian Championship — OKJ | | 2nd |
| 2019 | WSK Open Cup — OK | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 10th |
| 2019 | German Karting Championship — Senior | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 22nd |
| 2019 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 3rd |
| 2019 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 1st |
| 2019 | WSK Euro Series — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 2nd |
| 2019 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 3rd |
| 2019 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 4th |
| 2019 | South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 30th |
| 2020 | WSK Euro Series — OK | | 27th |
| 2020 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OK | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 13th |
| 2020 | South Garda Winter Cup — OK | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 16th |
| 2020 | WSK Super Master Series — OK | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 9th |
| 2020 | WSK Champions Cup — OK | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 14th |

### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2020 | F4 Spanish Championship | MP Motorsport | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 187 | 3rd |
| 2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | ART Grand Prix | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17th |
* Season still in progress.

### Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
| 2020 | MP Motorsport | NAV 1 | NAV 2 | NAV 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | JER 1 2 | JER 2 4 | JER 3 3 | CRT 1 3 | CRT 2 3 | CRT 3 17 | ARA 1 4 | ARA 2 2 | ARA 3 14† | JAR 1 4 | JAR 2 3 | JAR 3 2 | CAT 1 2 | CAT 2 4 | CAT 3 1 | 3rd | 187 |

### Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | ART Grand Prix | IMO 1 WD | IMO 2 WD | CAT 1 8 | CAT 2 6 | MCO 1 16 | MCO 2 7 | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 9 | ZAN 1 19 | ZAN 2 21 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 17th | 28 |