Richard Bradley (racing driver)
Quick Facts
Biography
Richard Bradley (born 17 August 1991) is a British racing driver. Bradley currently resides at Bangkok and raced under Singaporean racing license in Formula BMW Pacific and in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship.
Career
Karting
Bradley began his racing career in karting at the age of eleven and raced in various international championships, progressing to KF1 category in 2008, finishing eighth in the CIK-FIA European Championship.
Formula BMW Pacific
In 2010, Bradley graduated to single–seaters into the Formula BMW Pacific series in Asia, joining Eurasia Motorsport and racing under a Singaporean racing licence. He dominated from the opening round at Sepang and achieved seven wins on his way to both championship and Rookie titles.
Formula Three
In 2011, Bradley graduated to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship with Petronas Team TOM'S. He finished fifth with two podiums. During the season he also appeared in the Pau and Macau rounds of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy.
For the next year Bradley continued in All-Japan Formula Three Championship with TOM'S. He scored six podiums and progressed to the fourth place in the championship standings. Also he contested in the Spa round of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. Bradley also contested the end of year Formula Nippon test for Petronas Team TOM'S.
Super Formula
Bradley will make his debut in the Super Formula in 2013 with KCMG.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Formula BMW Pacific | Eurasia Motorsport | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 217 | 1st |
| 2011 | All-Japan Formula Three | Petronas Team TOM'S | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 5th |
| Macau Grand Prix Formula Three | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | ||
| FIA Formula 3 International Trophy | Carlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| Petronas Team TOM'S | |||||||||
| 2012 | All-Japan Formula Three | Petronas Team TOM'S | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 4th |
| FIA European Formula 3 Championship | Carlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19th | |
| 2013 | Super Formula | KCMG | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Asian Le Mans Series | KCMG, Craft Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 5th |
† – As Bradley was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Super Formula Results
(Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | KCMG | SUZ 19 | AUT Ret | FUJ Ret | MOT 14 | SUG Ret | SUZ 13 | SUZ 18 | 21st | 0 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | KCMG | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ 6 | SHA | BHR | NC† | 0† | |
| 2014 | KCMG | LMP2 | Oreca 03 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 | SPA 2 | 3rd | 130 | |||||||
| Oreca 03R | LMS Ret | COA 1 | FUJ 2 | SHA Ret | BHR 1 | SÃO 1 | |||||||||
| 2015 | KCMG | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 | SPA 3 | LMS 1 | NÜR 1 | COA 2 | FUJ Ret | SHA 3 | BHR 2 | 2nd | 155 | |
| 2016 | Manor | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 6 | SPA 3 | LMS | NÜR Ret | MEX Ret | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 13th* | 23* |
† As Bradley was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  KCMG |  Matthew Howson Alexandre Imperatori | Oreca 03R-Nissan | LMP2 | 87 | DNF | DNF |
| 2015 | KCMG | Matthew Howson Nicolas Lapierre | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 | 358 | 9th | 1st |
| 2016 | KCMG | Matthew Howson Tsugio Matsuda | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 | 116 | DNF | DNF |