Thomas Kimber-Smith (born 1 November 1984 in Ascot, Berkshire) is a British race car driver. He last drove the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Oreca FLM09 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship PC class with Robert Alon.

Kimber-Smith has enjoyed success in sportscars, winning both the Le Mans 24 Hours and Le Mans Series LMP2 class for Greaves Motorsport in 2011. He won the LMP2 class again in the race, driving for Starworks Motorsport with Ryan Dalziel and Enzo Potolicchio in Starworks Motorsport's HPD ARX-03b. He won the 2015 24 hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Petit Le Mans in the PC class, nearly sweeping the Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2015.

Kimber-Smith is the son of Geoff Kimber-Smith, a former driver in the British Touring Car Championship.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2000 T Cars 20 ? ? ? 10 ? 1st 2001 Slick 50 Formula Ford Championship Infocus Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 31st 2002 British Formula Ford Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR 18 0 0 1 2 226 6th Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2003 British Formula Ford Panasonic Batteries Racing Team JLR 20 5 1 1 10 421 1st Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd Formula Renault UK Winter Series Team JLR 4 0 0 0 1 14 15th 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Kolles 20 0 0 0 0 2 20th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 27th 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Team JLR 20 0 0 1 1 206 12th Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands 2 0 0 0 0 15 25th 2006 British GT Championship Team LNT 11 2 5 ? 11 71 2nd 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2 1 1 0 ? 1 N/A 1st American Le Mans Series 1 0 0 0 0 14 35th 2007 Le Mans Series – LMGT2 Team LNT 4 0 0 0 0 5 19th Le Mans Series – LMP2 1 0 1 0 1 8 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGT2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2008 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series – DP Cheever Racing 5 0 0 0 0 78 32nd 2011 Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 5 3 1 1 4 64 1st 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship Starworks Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 21 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 1st European Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 48 5th American Le Mans Series – LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 Greaves Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 40 8th European Le Mans Series – LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 10 17th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th American Le Mans Series – GT CORE Autosport 5 0 0 0 1 32 17th 2014 European Le Mans Series Greaves Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 32 9th 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 Caterham Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th United SportsCar Championship – PC 8 Star Motorsports 4 0 0 0 1 107 16th Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – GS Turner Motorsport 12 0 0 0 2 243 7th2015 United SportsCar Championship – PC PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports104105313 2nd2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship – PC113039355 2nd2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype300007221st

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2004 Team Kolles Dallara F302/076 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 EST1 EST2 ADR1 ADR1 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR1 MAG1 MAG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRN1 BRN2 HOC1 HOC2 20th 2

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 Team LNT Lawrence Tomlinson Richard Dean Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 321 15th 1st 2007 Team LNT Danny Watts Tommy Milner Panoz Esperante GT-LM GT2 60 DNF DNF 2011 Greaves Motorsport Karim Ojjeh Olivier Lombard Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 326 8th 1st 2012 Starworks Motorsport Enzo Potolicchio Ryan Dalziel HPD ARX-03b LMP2 354 7th 1st 2013 Greaves Motorsport Alexander Rossi Eric Lux Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 307 23rd 10th 2014 Caterham Racing Chris Dyson Matt McMurry Zytek Z11SN-Nissan LMP2 329 25th 11th

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2014 8Star Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LGA KAN WGL IMS ELK VIR COA PET 16th 107 2015 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LGA DET WGI MOS LRP ELK AUS ATL2nd313 2016 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS LIM ELK COA PET 2nd 355 2017 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports P Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH COA DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 21st 72Source:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2012 Starworks Motorsport LMP2 HPD ARX-03b Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 19th 21 2013 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 8th 40Source:

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