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

Spike Goddard in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

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.[citation needed]

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"

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/lapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2010Formula Ford VictoriaAnglo Australian Motorsport??????3rd
2011British Formula FordJamun Racing23000024610th
Formula Ford EuroCup110000N/AN/A
Formula Ford Festival10000N/A15th
2012British Formula 3 International Series - RookieThreeBond with T-Sport28121114234271st
FIA Formula 3 European Championship800000NC†
Masters of Formula 310000N/A17th
2013Toyota Racing SeriesM2 Competition15000026217th
FIA Formula 3 European ChampionshipThreeBond with T-Sport300000031st
British Formula 3 International Series300011412th
Masters of Formula 310000N/A14th
2014FIA Formula 3 European ChampionshipThreeBond with T-Sport300000323rd
Formula OneForce IndiaTest driver
2015Porsche SupercupMRS GT-Racing1000002116th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class ATECE MRS GT-Racing1700002217th
Australian Carrera Cup ChampionshipSpike Racing400004427th
2017Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - ProFFF Racing Team by ACM6001672 *2nd *

† Guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233DCPoints
2012ThreeBond with T-SportMugen-HondaHOC 1HOC 2PAU 1 17PAU 2 20BRH 1BRH 2RBR 1RBR 2NOR 1 17NOR 2 17SPA 1 28SPA 2 24NÜR 2 17NÜR 3 11ZAN 1ZAN 2VAL 1VAL 2HOC 1HOC 2NC†0†
2013ThreeBond with T-SportThreeBond NissanMNZ 1 15MNZ 2 24MNZ 3 19SIL 1 23SIL 2 15SIL 3 RetHOC 1 27HOC 2 24HOC 3 RetBRH 1 15BRH 2 21BRH 3 18RBR 1 24RBR 2 18RBR 3 16NOR 1 19NOR 2 24NOR 3 16NÜR 1 21NÜR 2 21NÜR 3 RetZAN 1 18ZAN 2 18ZAN 3 16VAL 1 25VAL 2 17VAL 3 15HOC 1 22HOC 2 20HOC 3 2031st0
2014ThreeBond with T-SportNBESIL 1 14SIL 2 RetSIL 3 21HOC 1 10HOC 2 24HOC 3 12PAU 1 9PAU 2 RetPAU 3 RetHUN 1 16HUN 2 23HUN 3 22SPA 1 12SPA 2 15SPA 3 22NOR 1 17NOR 2 RetNOR 3 14MSC 1 WDMSC 2 WDMSC 3 WDRBR 1 21RBR 2 RetRBR 3 17NÜR 1 19NÜR 2 15NÜR 3 17IMO 1 15IMO 2 18IMO 3 19HOC 1 20HOC 2 21HOC 3 1223rd3

† Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011DCPoints
2015MRS GT-RacingESP 17MON 15AUT 15GBR 12HUN 15BEL 16BEL 24ITA 13ITA 15USA CUSA 1816th21

External links

  • career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions
Preceded byKotaro SakuraiBritish Formula 3 Rookie Champion 2012Succeeded bySun Zheng