Richard Bradley
Bradley in 2021
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991 (age 32)
Super Formula career
Debut season2013
Current teamKCMG
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number18
Previous series
2012
2011–12
2010		FIA European F3 Championship
All-Japan Formula Three
Formula BMW Pacific
Championship titles
2010Formula BMW Pacific

Richard Edward Bradley (born 17 August 1991) is a British racing driver. Bradley currently resides in Bangkok and races under a Singaporean racing license in Formula BMW Pacific and formerly in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship.[1] He currently competes in the European Le Mans Series with IDEC Sport.

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.[2]

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.[3]

Formula Three

In 2011, Bradley graduated to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship with Petronas Team TOM'S.[4] He finished fifth with two podiums.[5] During the season he also appeared in the Pau and Macau rounds of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy.[6][7]

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.[8] 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 made his debut in the Super Formula in 2013 with KCMG, finishing 21st in the standings.[9]

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 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Petronas Team TOM'S 14 0 0 0 2 36 5th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
FIA Formula 3 International Trophy 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Carlin 1 0 0 0 0
2012 Japanese Formula 3 Championship Petronas Team TOM'S 15 0 0 1 6 52 4th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 2 0 0 0 0 6 19th
2013 Super Formula KCMG 7 0 0 0 0 0 21st
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 40 5th
Craft Racing 1 0 0 0 1
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 KCMG 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2014 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 KCMG 8 3 1 0 6 130 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 KCMG 8 2 2 0 6 155 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 21st
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Manor 8 0 1 0 1 33 17th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 KCMG 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
IMSA SportsCar Championship - PC Starworks Motorsport 5 0 0 0 1 110 15th
2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Graff 6 2 0 1 2 86 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
Michelin Le Mans Cup - LMP3 1 0 0 0 0 5 31st
Win Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0
2017-18 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 WIN Motorsport 4 0 0 0 2 40 5th
2018 Super GT - GT300 Dijon Racing 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Engineering 6 0 0 0 1 45 9th
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 IDEC Sport 5 0 0 0 0 21 10th
2021 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 1 27.5 13th
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Duqueine Team 6 0 0 0 0 20 14th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 ARC Bratislava 1 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2023 Masters Endurance Legends - Prototypes DAMAX 2 0 0 0 2 10 28th
Endurance Racing Legends - LMP2B MacKellar 2 0 0 0 0 23 9th
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing

† – 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
Ret 		FUJ
7 		SHA
9 		BHR
10 		17th 33

† As Bradley was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
Switzerland Alexandre Imperatori 		Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 87 DNF DNF
2015 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
France Nicolas Lapierre 		Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 358 9th 1st
2016 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
Japan Tsugio Matsuda 		Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 116 DNF DNF
2017 France Graff Australia James Allen
France Franck Matelli 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 6th 5th
2020 France IDEC Sport France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Paul Lafargue 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 366 10th 6th
2022 France Duqueine Team France Reshad de Gerus
Mexico Memo Rojas 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 326 52nd 25th

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2015 Eurasia Motorsport LMP2 Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC
Ret 		EST 21st 0
2017 Graff LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
4 		MNZ
8 		RBR
4 		LEC
6 		SPA
1 		ALG
1 		3rd 86
2019 Duqueine Engineering LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
3 		MNZ
6 		CAT
4 		SIL
Ret 		SPA
5 		ALG
Ret 		9th 45
2020 IDEC Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
Ret 		SPA
7 		LEC
7 		MNZ
6 		ALG
10 		10th 21
2021 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
11 		RBR
8 		LEC
7 		MNZ
10 		SPA
Ret 		ALG
3 		13th 27.5
2022 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
12 		IMO
6 		MNZ
Ret 		CAT
6 		SPA
9 		ALG
9 		14th 20
2024 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2016 Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 V8 DAY SEB LBH LAG DET WGL
3 		MOS
7 		LIM ROA
9† 		COA
8 		PET
4 		15th 110

† Bradley did not complete sufficient laps in order to score points.

Complete Super GT 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 Pos. Pts
2018 Dijon Racing Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ
21 		SUZ
22 		CHA FUJ
18 		SUG AUT
28 		MOT
26 		NC 0

References

  1. ^ "Profile". richardbradleymotorsport.com. Richard Bradley. Archived from the original on 15 November 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  2. ^ "CIK-FIA European Championship – SKF & KF1 2009". drivedb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Formula BMW Pacific 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ^ 開幕ラウンド占有走行 [Travel round the opening possession]. All-Japan Formula Three Championship (in Japanese). Japanese Formula 3 Association. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship – Championship Class 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Cars admitted" (PDF). Grand Prix de Pau. Alkamel Systems. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix Provisional Entry List". macau.grandprix.gov.mo. Macau Grand Prix. 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Japanese Formula 3 Championship – Championship Class 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  9. ^ "KCMG unveils Richard Bradley as Super Formula driver for 2013". KCMG. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

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Sporting positions Preceded byRio Haryanto Formula BMW PacificChampion 2010 Succeeded byLucas Auer(JK Racing Asia Series)
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