Nicholas Tandy

Tandy was born in Bedford and grew up in Pavenham, Bedfordshire; he now resides in the neighbouring village of Felmersham with his wife and two children. He was educated at Pinchmill Lower School in Felmersham, Lincroft Middle School in Oakley, and Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College in Sharnbrook. His brother Joe died in a road traffic accident in Bromham, Bedfordshire on 13 May 2009.

Tandy followed his brother Joe’s path into motorsport by starting in Ministox machinery at the age of eleven in 1996, immediately winning the Midland region. In 1997 he finished runner-up in the East Anglian region. In 1998 he was runner-up in the world championship behind brother Joe and third in the national championship. He claimed the Spedeworth points title in 1999. In 2000 he won four championships: the ORC Championship at RAF Bovingdon, and titles at Arlington, Eastbourne (Southern), and Wimbledon Stadium (London), also retaining the Spedeworth points title.

Tandy moved into Mini Se7ens for the 2001 Winter Series, finishing third. He competed in the main series in 2002, ending tenth. He improved to runner-up in the 2002 Winter Series, then accumulated four wins in 2003 across two more main-series seasons.

After dominating the 2005 BRDC Single Seater Championship (11 wins from 14 races) and earning a Silverstone Scholarship, Tandy entered the British Formula Ford Championship in 2006. He finished runner-up on 365 points, over 150 points behind champion Nathan Freke. With four races to go he moved to his brother’s newly formed team; wins and second places at Thruxton and Castle Combe gave him the runner-up spot over Peter Dempsey, Christian Ebbesvik, and James Nash. He won the 2006 Formula Ford Festival on the road but a ten-second post-race penalty for a safety car infringement dropped him to fifth.

In 2007 Tandy finished third in the British Formula Ford standings, separated from second-placed James Nash by just twelve points; Callum MacLeod won the title some 130 points clear. Tandy won six races and reached the podium ten more times. He won the 2007 Formula Ford Festival after MacLeod received a two-second post-race penalty.

After the Festival win, Tandy entered the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy and its associated Shootout, which places the winner on the shortlist for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. He won the Shootout with two wins and a fourth (only best two scores counted), but lost the Award to Stefan Wilson.

Tandy moved into the British Formula 3 Championship for 2008, driving for his brother’s team on the Mygale chassis. After three opening retirements he steadily improved, taking his first podium at Spa-Francorchamps and two more at Silverstone and Donington Park, finishing ninth overall. He also won the opening race in a guest Porsche Carrera Cup appearance at Silverstone.

In 2009 Tandy continued in British Formula 3. Eighteen days after Joe’s death, with the team vowing to carry on, Tandy won at Rockingham by 8.608 seconds from Henry Arundel and Adriano Buzaid, having negotiated a first-lap incident that eliminated Daniel Ricciardo and Renger van der Zande. He recorded four fastest laps from the first eight races. He later signed to drive in the Formula Three Euroseries for the rest of the season at Kolles & Heinz Union, starting at the Norisring, but left the team before the Dijon-Prenois rounds.

Tandy was offered a Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drive at Dijon-Prenois with Konrad Motorsport, finishing second on debut with no prior testing. He then drove for Konrad in Porsche Supercup at Abu Dhabi, again finishing second.

He joined Konrad on a permanent basis for the 2010 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, winning his first Supercup race at Silverstone on 11 July 2010 in a lights-to-flag victory. He challenged eventual champion René Rast until the final round at Monza, finishing second overall. In 2011 he won at Abu Dhabi but finished fifth in the championship. In the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany he nearly won the 2010 title (five wins, but two results outside the top fifteen and a retirement at the finale). He won the 2011 Carrera Cup Germany championship with three wins and seven podiums.

In 2012 Tandy competed across the American Le Mans Series, ADAC GT Masters, and the International GT Open, finishing runner-up in the International GT Open with Marco Holzer at Manthey Racing. He won the Porsche Cup award for best private Porsche driver and was signed as the tenth Porsche works driver. His first official race as a works driver was the 2013 24 Hours of Daytona. He won the GT class at the 2013 Petit Le Mans for Team Falken Tire with Wolf Henzler and Bryan Sellers, placed third at the 12 Hours of Sebring, won the GTC class at Laguna Seca with NGT Motorsport, and won two rounds of the European Le Mans Series in the GTE class, ending third in the standings.

For the 2014 United SportsCar Championship, Tandy shared a Core Porsche 911 RSR in GTLM with Richard Lietz, winning the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona alongside Lietz and Patrick Pilet.

In 2015 Tandy partnered Pilet in the United SportsCar Championship, claiming four wins and a third-place finish; this helped Pilet win the drivers championship and also clinched the teams title. Tandy and Pilet achieved overall victory at the 2015 Petit Le Mans in a Porsche 911 RSR. Also in 2015, Tandy joined the Porsche LMP1 factory team at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning the Le Mans 24-hour race alongside Earl Bamber and Nico Hülkenberg. He also drove a KCMG Oreca Nissan at five WEC rounds, helping the team finish runner-up in the LMP2 standings.

In 2016, Tandy and Pilet continued in the Porsche 911 RSR at the GT Le Mans class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, scoring a class win at Long Beach and second at Austin. Tandy returned to Porsche’s LMP1 team for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, scoring multiple podiums.

After Porsche exited sports prototype racing, Tandy returned to the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2018 sharing the No. 911 car with Pilet, earning two wins and finishing seventh in GTLM. In 2019 he was runner-up with three wins, and finished third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Earl Bamber as third driver. In 2020 he partnered Frédéric Makowiecki in the No. 911, taking two wins and fifth in points; he also scored a DNF at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Aurus LMP2.

Corvette Racing signed Tandy for the 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship; with Tommy Milner he claimed four wins and finished runner-up in GTLM behind their own teammates. In 2022 Tandy and Milner drove a factory Corvette in the FIA World Endurance Championship, taking one win and two runner-ups for sixth in the GTE drivers ranking. Tandy returned to Porsche for 2023 to drive a Porsche 963 prototype.

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