Thomas ten Brinke

Thomas ten Brinke
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(2005-02-23) 23 February 2005 (age 19) Zeddam, Netherlands
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	ART Grand Prix
Car number	23
Starts	6 (8 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	17th in 2021
Previous series
2020	F4 Spanish Championship

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.[1] 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.[2] He had to withdraw from the first weekend at Imola after he tested positive for COVID-19.[3]

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.[4]

Racing record

Karting career summary

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

References

1. Allen, Peter (16 September 2020). "World junior kart champion Thomas ten Brinke debuts in Spanish F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
2. Allen, Peter (20 January 2021). "Thomas ten Brinke moves up to Formula Regional with ART". Formula Scout. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
3. Hensby, Paul (16 April 2021). "Thomas ten Brinke out of FRECA opener at Imola after positive COVID-19 tests". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
4. Woollard, Craig (22 June 2021). "Thomas ten Brinke quits racing with immediate effect". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

• Thomas ten Brinke career summary at DriverDB.com