Richard Charles "Spike" Goddard (born 17 August 1992) is an Australian racing driver.
Career
Karting Goddard began his racing career in karting at the age of fourteen and raced in his native Australia.
Formula Ford In 2009, Goddard graduated to single–seaters into the Australian Formula Ford NSW Series, competing in the final three races. For the next year, Goddard also competed in Formula Ford Victoria series in Australia. He finished this championship on the third place.
Goddard decided to move in United Kingdom to contest in British Formula Ford Championship in 2011 with Jamun Racing. He had nineteen point-scoring finishes in 24 races and finally finished tenth.
Formula Three
In 2012, Goddard graduated to the Rookie Class of the British Formula 3 Championship, competing for ThreeBond with T-Sport. Fellow Australian racer Duvashen Padayachee was his only rival in this, because only Goddard and Padayachee raced the season full-time. The other four drivers competed in less than half the season. Goddard took the championship title with 49-point advantage on Padayachee.
Goddard will continue his collaboration for ThreeBond with T-Sport, competing in FIA European Formula Three Championship full-time in 2013.
Toyota Racing Series Goddard participated in the Toyota Racing Series in early 2013 with M2 Competition.
Formula One Goddard test drove the 2014 Force India F1 car on the second day of the post season test at Yas Marina Circuit, in Abu Dhabi. He had a "solid day's running"http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sport/formula-one/spike-goddard-enjoys-first-f1-test-in-abu-dhabi-logs-solid-days-running-with-force-india/story-e6frf3zl-1227136752317 Spike Goddard enjoys first F1 test in Abu Dhabi, logs solid day's running with Force India. Fox Sport News. Retrieved 27 November 2014
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position 2010 Formula Ford Victoria Anglo Australian Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? 3rd 2011 British Formula Ford Jamun Racing 23 0 0 0 0 246 10th Formula Ford EuroCup 11 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th 2012 British Formula 3 International Series - Rookie ThreeBond with T-Sport 28 12 11 14 23 427 1st FIA Formula 3 European Championship 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th 2013 Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 0 0 0 0 262 17th FIA Formula 3 European Championship ThreeBond with T-Sport 30 0 0 0 0 0 31st British Formula 3 International Series 3 0 0 0 1 14 12th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship ThreeBond with T-Sport 30 0 0 0 0 3 23rd Formula One Force India Test driver 2015 Porsche Supercup MRS GT-Racing 10 0 0 0 0 21 16th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A TECE MRS GT-Racing 17 0 0 0 0 22 17th Australian Carrera Cup Championship Spike Racing 4 0 0 0 0 44 27th 2017 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro FFF Racing Team by ACM 6 0 0 1 6 72 *2nd *Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - ProFFF Racing Team60002497thLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia - Pro-Am61104604th † Guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points 2012 ThreeBond with T-Sport Mugen-HondaHOC1HOC2 PAU1 PAU2BRH1BRH2RBR1RBR2NOR1NOR2SPA1SPA2NÜR2NÜR3ZAN1ZAN2VAL1VAL2HOC1HOC2 NC† 0† 2013 ThreeBond with T-Sport ThreeBond Nissan MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 31st 0 2014 ThreeBond with T-Sport NBE SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 23rd 3 † Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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 11 DC Points 2015 MRS GT-Racing ESP MON AUT GBR HUN BEL BEL ITA ITA USA USA 16th 21
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