page_title: Dan Ticktum
section_title: Karting
hierarchical_section_title: Dan Ticktum / Career / Karting
caption_attribution_description: English: Dan Ticktum
context_page_description: Daniel Ticktum is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship with DAMS. He is also currently a member of the Williams Driver Academy. He won the Macau Grand Prix in 2017 and 2018, and finished second in the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Ticktum was awarded the BRDC McLaren Autosport Award in 2017, and was named Autosport National Driver of the Year in 2018.
  Ticktum was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team from 2017 to 2019. In 2019, he competed in the first three rounds of the Super Formula Championship in Japan.
  He is competing in the Formula 2 Championship in 2020 for the DAMS team alongside Indonesian Sean Gelael.
context_section_description: Born in London, Ticktum entered karting at the age of eight, competing in Honda Cadets with Project One Racing. He enjoyed early success, culminating in placing second in the National Super One Championship in 2010 before moving into Comer Cadet.
  In 2011, he completed the Grand Slam of British national cadet titles — winning the British FKS Championship, National ABkC Super One Championship, British Open Championship and British Grand Prix Championship. This has been achieved by only one other driver.
  A year later, Ticktum moved into the international scene, competing in the WSK Euro Series and WSK Masters Series, finishing both championships as the highest placed rookie.
  In 2013, Ticktum joined Ricky Flynn Motorsport, finishing second in the CIK FIA European Championship, tying on points with the Champion, and second in the National Super One Championship. The same year Ticktum was awarded the KFJ Andrea Margutti Trophy; previous winners include F1 stars Giancarlo Fisichella, Robert Kubica and most recently Daniil Kvyat.
  The following year, Ticktum finished second in the WSK Masters and during his first test with Lanan Racing, in BRDC Formula 4 Championship, he broke the lap record at the Brands Indy circuit.
caption: Dan Ticktum in 2015
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