# Tommy Smith (racing driver)

Thomas Smith (born 6 June 2002) is an Australian racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2023 and 2024 with Van Amersfoort Racing. Prior, he raced with Douglas Motorsport in the 2022 GB3 Championship, having won one race & scoring two podium finishes.

## Career
### New Zealand Formula Ford

The first single-seater series in which Smith competed was the 2017–18 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. He had a best finish of third place at Teretonga Park.

### F3 Asian Championship

Smith's first year in the F3 Asian Championship was in 2019. Driving for Pinnacle Motorsport, Smith had a best finish of eighth place at the final race in Shanghai. This, along with five more points-scoring results, put him 12th in the championship. For the 2019–20 season, Smith joined Absolute Racing, teaming up with the inaugural W Series champion Jamie Chadwick and FIA F3 driver Devlin DeFrancesco. Smith ended the season in 10th place with 48 points, 218 points behind champion Joey Alders. His highest-scoring round came at the Chang International Circuit, where he placed sixth in Races 1 and 3 and ninth in Race 2.

### Formula Renault Eurocup

In 2020, it was announced that Smith would race in Formula Renault Eurocup for the Italian team JD Motorsport alongside Finnish driver William Alatalo. However, due to the impact of COVID-19, Smith was not able to compete.

### Formula Regional European Championship

In 2021, Smith contested the newly formed Formula Regional European Championship with JD Motorsport alongside Eduardo Barrichello. Both Smith and Barrichello failed to amass points throughout the 20-race-long campaign, with the Australian ending up 31st in the standings. Of note, a multi-car incident on the first lap of Race 2 at Monaco resulted in Smith flipping the car of Nicola Marinangeli.

### GB3 Championship
#### 2021

During the second half of 2021, Smith moved into the GB3 Championship, which he would contest with Douglas Motorsport. In the three rounds he contested, the Australian scored a best finish of twelfth, at Snetterton and Silverstone respectively, which meant a 22nd place in the drivers' standings.

#### 2022

He remained in the category for the 2022 season, once again driving for Douglas Motorsport alongside Max Esterson and Marcos Flack. At the first round of the campaign, held at Oulton, Smith took a second place in the reversed-grid Race 3, having defended against David Morales throughout the final laps.
Following three rounds that yielded two top-five results, Smith found himself finishing second again at Spa-Francorchamps, which, following the application of a red flag rule, which reinstated the results from the lap before the Race 3 had been abandoned, meant that the Australian was awarded with the victory. This would end up being the pinnacle of Smith's season, with him scoring only one top-ten finish in the final three events.

### FIA Formula 3
#### 2023

For 2023, Smith moved to the FIA Formula 3 Championship, driving for Van Amersfoort Racing. He finished 27th in the standings with no points, having a best finish of 12th in the Feature race at Melbourne, starting from 27th.

#### 2024

Smith remained at Van Amersfoort for the 2024 season. During the season, Smith regularly qualified outside of the top 20, with the only exception coming at Monaco where he qualified 19th. He also got involved in several incidents during the year, including a collision with Matías Zagazeta in the Sakhir sprint race, outbraking himself and spinning Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak at Melbourne, and spinning around Mari Boya at Imola. However, Smith also scored his first points in the category during the Silverstone feature race, correctly switching to dry tyres on a wet but drying track to rise to fourth once his competitors pitted for dry tyres during the race.

### Formula Regional Oceania Championship
#### 2024

Smith competed in three of the five Rounds in the 2024 Formula Regional Oceania Championship with MTEC Motorsports in preparation of his 2024 racing season. He scored two podiums, finishing 8th overall having missed six races, gaining two FIA Super Licence Points.

#### 2025

Smith is set to return to the Formula Regional Oceania Championship, competing in the first two rounds for Giles Motorsport.

### Indy NXT

For 2025, Smith would switch to Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports after spending two seasons in FIA Formula 3.

## Personal life

Tommy is the grandson of Peter Smith, founder of the Specialized Container Transport (SCT) Group. His father, Geoff Smith, is Peter's eldest son and currently the Managing Director of SCT Logistics.
Smith's uncle Jack is also a racing driver, who formerly competed in the Supercars Championship with Brad Jones Racing.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2017–18 | Formula Ford New Zealand South Island Series | N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | N/A |
| 2017–18 | NZ Formula 1600 Championship | N/A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 109 | N/A |
| 2018 | Australian Formula 4 Championship | Team BRM | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 8th |
| 2019 | Australian Formula 4 Championship | Team BRM | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 7th |
| 2019 | Toyota Racing Series | Giles Motorsport | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 14th |
| 2019 | F3 Asian Championship | Pinnacle Motorsport | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16th |
| 2019–20 | F3 Asian Championship | Absolute Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 10th |
| 2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | JD Motorsport | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
| 2021 | Australian S5000 Championship | Team BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12th |
| 2021 | GB3 Championship | Douglas Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 22nd |
| 2022 | GB3 Championship | Douglas Motorsport | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 136.5 | 19th |
| 2023 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| 2023 | Macau Grand Prix | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 14th |
| 2024 | Formula Regional Oceania Championship | mtec Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 144 | 8th |
| 2024 | FIA Formula 3 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20th |
| 2025 | Formula Regional Oceania Championship | Giles Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 16th |
| 2025 | Indy NXT | HMD Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15th* |
* Season still in progress.

### Complete Australian Formula 4 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 |
| 2018 | Team BRM | SYM 1 9 | SYM 2 8 | SYM 3 5 | PHI 1 11 | PHI 2 8 | PHI 3 7 | QLD 1 10 | QLD 2 9 | QLD 3 9 | WIN1 1 8 | WIN1 2 7 | WIN1 3 7 | WIN2 1 8 | WIN2 2 7 | WIN2 3 9 | SYD 1 6 | SYD 2 9 | SYD 3 8 | PUK 1 4 | PUK 2 6 | PUK 3 6 | 8th | 99 |
| 2019 | Team BRM | MEL 1 9 | MEL 2 4 | MEL 3 8 | SYD 1 4 | SYD 2 6 | SYD 3 7 | PHI1 1 | PHI1 2 | PHI1 3 | PHI2 1 | PHI2 2 | PHI2 3 | BEN1 1 6 | BEN1 2 6 | BEN1 3 4 | BEN2 1 4 | BEN2 2 5 | BEN2 3 4 | | | | 7th | 106 |

### Complete Toyota Racing Series 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 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | Giles Motorsport | HIG 1 15 | HIG 2 12 | HIG 3 12 | TER 1 14 | TER 2 C | TER 3 C | HMP 1 12 | HMP 2 11 | HMP 3 12 | HMP 4 9 | TAU 1 11 | TAU 2 14 | TAU 3 13 | TAU 4 13 | MAN 1 14 | MAN 2 8 | MAN 3 Ret | 14th | 101 |

### Complete F3 Asian 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 | DC | Points |
| 2019 | Pinnacle Motorsport | SEP 1 12 | SEP 2 13 | SEP 3 13 | CHA 1 Ret | CHA 2 DNS | CHA 3 10 | SUZ 1 15 | SUZ 2 Ret | SUZ 3 Ret | SIC1 1 9 | SIC1 2 10 | SIC1 3 10 | SIC2 1 Ret | SIC2 2 9 | SIC2 3 8 | 18th | 11 |
| 2019–20 | Absolute Racing | SEP1 1 10 | SEP1 2 11 | SEP1 3 10 | DUB 1 8 | DUB 2 12 | DUB 3 13 | ABU 1 12 | ABU 2 Ret | ABU 3 8 | SEP2 1 7 | SEP2 2 11† | SEP2 3 7 | CHA 1 6 | CHA 2 9 | CHA 3 6 | 10th | 48 |

### Complete S5000 results

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | Team BRM | SYM R1 7 | SYM R2 Ret | SYM R3 DNS | PHI R4 | PHI R5 | PHI R6 | SAN R7 | SAN R8 | SAN R9 | SMP R10 | SMP R11 | SMP R12 | 12th | 18 |

### 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 | JD Motorsport | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 21 | CAT 1 22 | CAT 2 25 | MCO 1 DNQ | MCO 2 Ret | LEC 1 23 | LEC 2 17 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 29 | SPA 1 22 | SPA 2 Ret | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 26 | VAL 1 21 | VAL 2 21 | MUG 1 24 | MUG 2 27 | MNZ 1 28 | MNZ 2 18 | 31st | 0 |

### Complete GB3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | Douglas Motorsport | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | DON1 1 | DON1 2 | DON1 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | SNE 1 12 | SNE 2 15 | SNE 3 15 | SIL2 1 12 | SIL2 2 15 | SIL2 3 14 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | DON2 1 Ret | DON2 2 16 | DON2 3 18 | 22nd | 41 |
| 2022 | Douglas Motorsport | OUL 1 17 | OUL 2 17 | OUL 3 2 | SIL1 1 14 | SIL1 2 16 | SIL1 3 12 | DON1 1 13 | DON1 2 21 | DON1 3 5 | SNE 1 Ret | SNE 2 18 | SNE 3 4$^2$ | SPA 1 14 | SPA 2 19 | SPA 3 1$^1$ | SIL2 1 21 | SIL2 2 16 | SIL2 3 7 | BRH 1 13 | BRH 2 11 | BRH 3 17 | DON2 1 14 | DON2 2 Ret | DON2 3 17 | 19th | 136.5 |

### Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | Van Amersfoort Racing | BHR SPR 23 | BHR FEA 28† | MEL SPR Ret | MEL FEA 12 | MON SPR 21 | MON FEA 15 | CAT SPR 18 | CAT FEA 23 | RBR SPR 21 | RBR FEA 18 | SIL SPR 26 | SIL FEA 25 | HUN SPR 24 | HUN FEA 29 | SPA SPR 24 | SPA FEA 18 | MNZ SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 20 | | | 27th | 0 |
| 2024 | Van Amersfoort Racing | BHR SPR 28 | BHR FEA 22 | MEL SPR 27 | MEL FEA Ret | IMO SPR 24 | IMO FEA 27 | MON SPR 13 | MON FEA 12 | CAT SPR 18 | CAT FEA 25 | RBR SPR 21 | RBR FEA 22 | SIL SPR 21 | SIL FEA 4 | HUN SPR 25 | HUN FEA 24 | SPA SPR 25 | SPA FEA 16 | MNZ SPR 23 | MNZ FEA 15 | 20th | 12 |

### Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results

| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Main race |
| 2019 | Giles Motorsport | Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota | 15th | Ret |

### Complete Macau Grand Prix results

| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
| 2023 | Van Amersfoort Racing | Dallara F3 2019 | 26th | 23rd | 14th |

### Complete Formula Regional Oceania 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 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | mtec Motorsport | TAU 1 7 | TAU 2 6 | TAU 3 12 | MAN 1 6 | MAN 2 3 | MAN 3 4 | HMP 1 5 | HMP 2 9 | HMP 3 7 | RUA 1 | RUA 2 | RUA 3 | HIG 1 | HIG 2 | HIG 3 | 8th | 144 |
| 2025 | Giles Motorsport | TAU 1 | TAU 2 | TAU 3 | HMP 1 | HMP 2 | HMP 3 | MAN 1 4 | MAN 2 6 | MAN 3 7 | TER 1 9 | TER 2 11 | TER 3 9 | HIG 1 | HIG 2 | HIG 3 | 16th | 85 |

### Complete American open–wheel racing results
#### Indy NXT

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with $^L$ indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2025 | HMD Motorsports | STP 15 | BAR | IMS | IMS | DET | GMP | RDA | MDO | IOW | LAG | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH | 15th* | 15* |
* Season still in progress.