Dan Ticktum

Ticktum was born in London and began karting in 2007 at the age of eight. He won the Bamford Kart Club Winter Series and the Buckmore Park Kart Club Winter Series in 2009 in the Super 1 National Championship. In 2011, he completed what the corpus describes as a "Grand Slam" of British national cadet titles, winning the British Formula Kart Stars Championship, the National ABkC Super One Championship, the British Open Championship, and the British Grand Prix Championship. Rivals he defeated included Lando Norris, Enaam Ahmed, Jamie Caroline, and Billy Monger.

In 2013, Ticktum joined Ricky Flynn Motorsport and finished second in the European Championship, tying on points with winner Lando Norris. That year he also won the KFJ Andrea Margutti Trophy, ahead of Norris and Jehan Daruvala. Previous winners of that trophy included Giancarlo Fisichella, Robert Kubica, and Daniil Kvyat.

In 2015, Ticktum graduated to single-seater racing in MSA Formula with Fortec Motorsport. He took early victories at Donington and Snetterton. At the penultimate round at Silverstone, following a collision with Ricky Collard at the start, Ticktum intentionally overtook several cars under a safety car period to crash into Collard. The incident resulted in a two-year ban, with one year suspended, and disqualification from that round. Ticktum described himself as "a fool" and apologised to fellow drivers and marshals. He finished sixth in the championship.

Ticktum returned to racing in late 2016, competing at the final round of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship at Hockenheim with Carlin. He also took the second race win at the BRDC British Formula 3 Autumn Trophy with Double R Racing and made his debut at the Macau Grand Prix with the same team, finishing eighth in the qualifying race before retiring from the main event.

In January 2017, Ticktum was announced as a member of the Red Bull Junior Team. He competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup with Arden International, claiming a win at the Hungaroring and finishing seventh in the standings. He made his debut in the GP3 Series at Monza with DAMS, where he scored a podium at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Ticktum was also awarded the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award that year and drove the McLaren MP4-28 as his reward.

In November 2017, racing for Team Motopark, Ticktum qualified sixth at the Macau Grand Prix. After the leaders Ferdinand Habsburg and Sérgio Sette Câmara crashed in the final corner of the last lap, Ticktum claimed victory. He returned in 2018 and dominated the weekend, topping qualifying, winning the qualifying race, and leading lights-to-flag in the Grand Prix. He became the third driver to win the race in consecutive years.

Ticktum contested the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Team Motopark, alongside Sebastián Fernández, Fabio Scherer, Jonathan Aberdein, Marino Sato, and Jüri Vips. He won at the Hungaroring, Norisring, Spa, and Silverstone and led the championship by 36 points after the Misano round. However, Mick Schumacher scored five consecutive victories in the final three rounds to claim the title, finishing 52 points ahead. Ticktum and teammate Ralf Aron publicly questioned the sudden surge in form from Schumacher and Prema. Ticktum ended the season as runner-up and highest-placed rookie, with five pole positions and eight podiums.

Ticktum debuted in the Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen at Sportsland Sugo in mid-2018. He rejoined Mugen for 2019, partnering Tomoki Nojiri. After chassis damage at Autopolis and a pace deficit at Sportsland Sugo, he was dropped from the Red Bull programme and replaced by Patricio O'Ward. He was classified 20th in the final standings.

Ticktum joined DAMS for the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship alongside Sean Gelael. He scored his first Formula 2 win in the Silverstone sprint race and a second victory on the road at Monza, though the latter was stripped due to insufficient fuel after the finish line. He ended the season 11th with 96.5 points.

For 2021, Ticktum switched to Carlin alongside Daruvala. He claimed victory at Monaco after Liam Lawson was disqualified for an illegal throttle map, and won the Sochi sprint race in mixed conditions. Despite expressing post-race frustration that the Sochi win "didn't mean much" because reaching Formula 1 appeared unlikely, he built a streak of six consecutive rounds with at least one podium. He finished fourth in the championship with two wins and seven podiums.

Ticktum joined the Williams Driver Academy in December 2019 as a development driver and was retained for 2021. In August 2021, following public criticism of Williams driver Nicholas Latifi, he was released from his contract. Ticktum was unable to take part in a 2018 Red Bull in-season test due to insufficient superlicence points. It was speculated he would replace Brendon Hartley at Toro Rosso for 2019, but the seat went to Kvyat. He and Red Bull parted ways in mid-2019; Ticktum stated there was "no disrespect" towards academy boss Helmut Marko.

Ticktum joined NIO 333 alongside Oliver Turvey for the 2021–22 season. He scored his first Formula E point in Rome, benefiting from a post-race penalty for Oliver Askew. His season-best qualifying was 13th in Seoul; he finished 21st in the standings. In 2022–23 alongside new teammate Sérgio Sette Câmara, Ticktum achieved a personal-best qualifying of fourth in Diriyah. A sixth place in Cape Town was his points highlight. He finished ninth in the championship.

The team rebranded as ERT Formula E Team. Ticktum's campaign yielded only one points finish: fourth at the Misano ePrix, which was his career-best Formula E result at the time. He finished 19th in the drivers' standings with 12 points.

The team rebranded again to Cupra Kiro. Ticktum scored eighth in São Paulo, ninth in Jeddah, and seventh at the Miami and first Monaco races. At the Tokyo ePrix he made a last-lap pass on Edoardo Mortara for fifth in race 1, then reached the qualifying final for the first time and took his maiden Formula E podium with third in race 2.

At the Jakarta ePrix, his 60th Formula E start, Ticktum inherited the lead with six laps to go after a clash between Jake Dennis and Nyck de Vries and their subsequent car failures. He held off Mortara to claim his first victory. It was also Cupra Kiro's first win in its modern iteration and its first since the 2015 Moscow ePrix when the team raced as NEXTEV TCR. Later in London, Ticktum secured his maiden Formula E pole position, though a grid penalty meant he started sixth.

He finished 11th in the drivers' standings and contributed to Porsche winning the manufacturers' title.

Ticktum extended his stay with Cupra Kiro for the 2025–26 season. The opening three rounds in São Paulo, Mexico City, and Miami all resulted in retirements due to collisions and technical failures.

Ticktum maintains a presence on Twitch, where he plays Call of Duty for a following of over twelve thousand users (as of May 2025). He has been described as outspoken and blunt in interviews and team radio. During his 2024–25 Formula E season, observers noted a more composed character, attributed in part to work with mental optimisation coach Gerry Convy.

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