Timothy James Bridgman (born 24 May 1985) is a British racing driver from England.
Career
Bridgman began karting in 2001, and shortly after gained his racing licence joining the Zip Formula Series in 2002. He would go on to win Zip Formula the championship in 2003, before joining Formula BMW UK. Bridgman won the inaugural championship of the one-make series with three wins and scoring a total of 230 points. He was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award and awarded a BRDC Rising Star in the same year. Bridgman tested a British F3 car for Carlin, ultimately though he joined Hitech GP for the 2005 British F3 Championship. Bridgman finished 15th with 16 points overall. Bridgman was forced to miss the Mondello Park race due to injuries in a house fire.
Bridgman left the UK and spent the 2006 season racing in the United States for Jensen Motorsport in Champ Car Formula Atlantic. He would return to the UK for 2007 to race in Formula Palmer Audi. Bridgman would go on to win the 2007 FPA title.
Bridgman joined the Porsche Carrera Cup GB in 2008, and would go on to win the 2009 title in a final-day three-way battle with James Sutton and Tim Harvey. He would move on to the Porsche Supercup series for 2010.
Returning to Britain for 2011, Bridgman joined Trackspeed to race a Porsche 911 GT3 alongside Gregor Fisken for the 2011 British GT season. The pair would win one race at Brands Hatch. on their way to seventh overall in the championship. Trackspeed won the team title for the year despite Bridgman and Fisken finishing seventh in the overall championship.
After a hiatus from racing, Bridgman returned to the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Asia series with HubAuto. He competed in two races at Shanghai and Zhejiang. Bridgman would be drafted in to the opening round of the British LMP3 Championship for 360 Racing deputising for Jason Rishover. Bridgman's most recent competitive race came in the 2020 British GT Championship where he joined Karl Leonard to race a GTC class Porsche for Team Parker Racing for the season finale at Silverstone.
Personal life Bridgman was born in Harlow and educated at Felsted School. In 2005, he was injured in a house fire where he suffered 20 per cent burns to his abdomen.
Racing record Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2002Zip Formula Great Britain 6 0 0 0 2 76 7th2003 12 5 0 0 9 203 1stFormula Renault UK Winter Series Motaworld 4 0 0 0 1 28 10th2004Formula BMW UK 20 3 1 3 12 230 1st2005British Formula 3Hitech GP 18 0 0 0 0 16 15thPorsche Carrera Cup GBPorsche Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 NC NC2006Formula Atlantic Jensen Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 72 16th2007Formula Palmer Audi MSV 20 6 4 2 14 360 1stFormula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy 6 1 0 0 2 87 4th2008Porsche Carrera Cup GBTeam Parker Racing 20 7 8 4 13 273 4th2009 20 8 15 7 15 87 1st2010Porsche SupercupSchnabl Engineering Team Parker Racing 10 0 0 0 0 45 15th2011British GT ChampionshipTrackspeed 5 1 0 0 2 62.5 7th2017Blancpain GT Series AsiaHubAuto Racing 2 0 0 0 0 NC NC2020British GT ChampionshipTeam Parker Racing 1 0 0 0 0 NC NC
Complete British Formula Three 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 22 23 24 Pos Points 2005 Hitech GP DON1 DON2SPA1SPA2CRO1CRO2KNO1KNO2THR1THR2CAS1CAS2MZA1MZA2MZA3SIL1SIL2SIL3NÜR1NÜR2MON1MON2SIL1SIL2 15th 16
Complete Champ Car Atlantic Series Results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam123456789101112PosPoints 2006 Jensen MotorsportLBHHOUMTYPORCLE1CLE2TOREDMSJODENMTLROA16th72
Complete Porsche Supercup 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 Pos Points 2010 Schnabl Engineering/Team Parker Racing BHR BHR CAT MON VAL SIL HOC HUN SPA MZA 15th 45
Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Points 2020 Team Parker Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup GT3 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 BRH1 DON1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL NC NC
References
External links Tim Bridgman (official website) Tim Bridgman (Driver DB)