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Thomas Strudwick

{{short description|British motorcycle racer}}

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{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| name = Thomas Strudwick

| image = Thomas Strudwick Snetterton 2017 1.jpg

| caption = Strudwick riding for the Moto Rapido Moto3 team at Snetterton in 2017

| image_size = 280px

| alt = Rider at a left bend on a red and white motorcycle in the middle distance with grass in front and behind track

| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|10|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = West Sussex, England

| Current team = Case Moto BMW F900R and TS Racing Triumph 765

| Bike number = 25

| website = [http://www.thomasstrudwick.com/ Official website]

| BSS Active years = 2019 British GP2 class

| BSS Manufacturers = FTR Moto2

| BSS Championships = 1

| BSS Race Starts = 23

| BSS Race Wins = 0

| BSS Podiums = 8

| BSS Poles = 0

| BSS Fastest laps = 0

| BSS Total Points = 243

}}

Thomas Strudwick (born 17 October 2001){{Cite web|url=http://thomasstrudwick.com/about|title=Thomas Strudwick Official Website|last=Strudwick|first=Thomas|website=thomasstrudwick.com|accessdate=11 January 2017}} is a British motorcycle road racer from West Sussex. During 2024, he raced in both the UK BMW F900 Cup national-level series winning the championship,[https://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/2024/oct/13/abk-beer-0-bmw-motorrad-f-900-r-cup-champion-strudwick-goes-out-on-a-high-with-main-race-win ABK Beer 0% BMW Motorrad F 900 R Cup: Champion Strudwick goes out on a high with Main Race win] britishsuperbike.com, 13 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024 and the inaugural National Sportbike Championship on a Triumph 765 where he finished third.[https://www.britishsuperbike.com/standings National Sportbike Championship final standings] britishsuperbike.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024

Racing history

In 2015, Strudwick competed in the KTM British Junior Cup for MTS Racing. He became the youngest-ever winner of a British championship motorcycle race at the age of 13 years and 247 days on 21 June 2015,{{Cite web|title=2015 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli|url=http://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/archive/2015/jul/schoolboy-rc-390-pilot-re-writes-record-books-at-snetterton.aspx|website=britishsuperbike.com|accessdate=11 January 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222150646/http://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/archive/2015/jul/schoolboy-rc-390-pilot-re-writes-record-books-at-snetterton.aspx|archivedate=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}} replacing the former accolade-holder Kyle Ryde.

Strudwick raced in the Moto3 Standard support class to the British Superbike Championship, where he achieved three wins finishing in third-place of the 2017 championship.{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/moto-rapido-launch-hel-performance-british-motostar-campaign-with-strudwick/|title=2017 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship in association with Pirelli|website=www.britishsuperbike.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105604/http://www.britishsuperbike.com/news/moto-rapido-launch-hel-performance-british-motostar-campaign-with-strudwick/|archivedate=21 February 2017|df=dmy-all}}

He was selected as one of 22 riders chosen to compete in the inaugural 2018 British Talent Cup, a controlled-formula series,{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishtalentcup.com/riders|title=BRITISH TALENT CUP|website=BRITISH TALENT CUP|access-date=2018-06-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2018/05/27/cook-becomes-third-different-winner-with-race-2-stunner/260188|title=Cook becomes third different winner with Race 2 stunner|last=Sports|first=Dorna|website=www.motogp.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-12}} and he also rode in the Motostar British Championship for superbike team Moto Rapido Moto3.

On 1 April 2018, Strudwick won the inaugural British Talent Cup race at Donington Park.{{Cite news|url=https://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/motogp/2018/march/btc-strudwick-takes-victory-in-opening-round/|title=BTC: Strudwick takes victory in opening round|work=Motorcycle News|access-date=2018-06-12|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2018/04/01/strudwick-storms-donington-for-first-british-talent-cup-win/253697|title=Strudwick storms Donington for first British Talent Cup win|last=Sports|first=Dorna|website=www.motogp.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-05}} The championship was conceived during 2017 by the MotoGP world championship organisers Dorna to promote young British riders.[https://www.autosport.com/motogp/news/128297/motogp-launches-british-talent-cup MotoGP launches British Talent Cup series and British Talent Team] Autosport, 28 February 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018

More recently in 2019, Strudwick competed in the British Supersport Championship in the GP2 class, alongside the Case FTR Moto team.{{Cite web|last=Stevens|first=Laura|title=Strudwick set for Dickies British Supersport Championship debut in GP2 class|url=http://www.britishsuperbike.com/30824.aspx|access-date=2019-03-21|website=British Superbike Championship|language=en}}

In 2020, Strudwick raced in the Open600 class of the Campeonato de España de Superbike (ESBK){{Cite web|title=Real Federación Motociclista Española Home|url=http://www.rfme.com/web/campeonatos/calendario/5799/123|access-date=2020-11-10|website=www.rfme.com}} for the Team Edge RST Racing Team.{{Cite web|title=History, Thomas Strudwick Official Website|url=https://thomasstrudwick.com/history/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=Thomas Strudwick|language=en-US}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable"
YearClassBike

!Races

!Pod

!Pole

!FLap

!Pts

Position
2020

|ESBK Open600

|Yamaha R6

|6

|5

| -

| -

|84

|8th{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=ESBK_Clasificaciones_FINALES|url=https://fedemoto.info/ImgPrueba/0/2020/11/ESBK_Clasificaciones_FINALES.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}

2019

|British Supersport Championship

|FTR Moto2

| 23

| 8

| -

| -

| 243

| 5th{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=BSB 2019 GP2 Points chart|url=https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BSB/2019/194204ptsspt.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}

2018

|British Talent Cup

|Honda NSF250R Moto3

|10

|8

|2

|2

|168

|1{{Cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2018/04/02/second-british-talent-cup-race-cancelled/253699|title=Second British Talent Cup race cancelled|last=Sports|first=Dorna|website=www.motogp.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-05}}

2017Hel Performance Motostar British Standard class[http://www.britishsuperbike.com/support/2017/hel-performance-motostar-british-championship/], Thomas Strudwick in entry list for Hel Performance Motostar British Championship 2016.Honda Moto3

|23

|15

|4

|0

|339

3rd{{Cite web|url=http://tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BSB/2017/174104ptsmot.pdf|title=BSB 2017 Points|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}
2016Hel Performance Motostar British Standard class[http://www.britishsuperbike.com/support/2016/hel-performance-motostar-british-championship/], Thomas Strudwick in entry list for Hel Performance Motostar British Championship 2016.Honda Moto3

|19

|3

|0

|1

|219

6th[http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BSB/2016/164104ptsmot.pdf], Position in the Motostar British Championship 2016
2015Santander Consumer Finance KTM British Junior Cup[http://www.britishsuperbike.com/support/2015/santander-consumer-finance-ktm-british-junior-cup.aspx], Thomas Strudwick in entry list for KTM British Junior Cup 2015KTM RC390 Cup Bike

|13

|9

|2

|1

|219

4th[http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BSB/2015/154004ptsktm.pdf], Position in the KTM British Junior Cup 2015
2014FAB-Racing British MiniGP70 ChampionshipMetrakit MiniGP70

|23

|21

| -

| -

|444

1st[http://www.fab-racing.co.uk/ALL%20CHAMPIONSHIPS%20Posns@%20Rd.8%202014.pdf], FAB Racing British Championship Final Points Table 2014
2013FAB-Racing British MiniGP70 ChampionshipMetrakit MiniGP70

|24

|21

| -

| -

|483

2nd[http://www.fab-racing.co.uk/ALL%20Overall%20Championships%20@%20Rd.8_2013.pdf], FAB Racing British Championship Final Points Table 2013
2012FAB-Racing British MiniGP50 ChampionshipMetrakit MiniGP50

|18

|9

| -

| -

|288

5th[http://www.fab-racing.co.uk/All%20Races,%20Overall%20&%20Champ%20Positions%20MiniGP50%20&%20Moto4%20Rd.8.pdf], FAB Racing British Championship Final Points Table 2012
2011FAB-Racing Junior 4.2 Minimoto British ChampionshipPolini 4.2 MiniMoto

|18

|1

| -

| -

|185

5th[http://www.fab-racing.co.uk/2011%20Jnr.4.2%20Final%20Championship%20Positions.pdf], FAB Racing British Championship Final Points Table 2011
2009Ringwood Motocross Club Schoolboy JuniorKTM 50cc

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

14th
2008Ringwood Motocross Club Schoolboy JuniorKTM 50cc

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

21st
2007Ringwood Motocross Club Schoolboy RookieKTM 50cc

| -

| -

| -

| -

| -

-
Total

|

|

|138

|79

|6

|2

|2177

|

References

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • {{Official website|http://www.thomasstrudwick.com}}
  • [https://www.britishsuperbike.com/support/ British Supersport Championship]

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{{s-ach|rec}}

{{succession box| title = Youngest rider to win
a British Championship Race | years = 13 years, 247 days
(2015 British Superbike Championship season) | before = Kyle Ryde
13 years, 332 days
(2011 British 125 Championship season) | after = Storm Stacey}}{{succession box| title = Youngest novice rider to win
a British Championship Race | years = 13 years, 247 days
(2015 British Superbike Championship season) | before = Kyle Ryde
13 years, 332 days
(2011 British 125 Championship season) | after = Incumbent}}

{{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strudwick, Thomas}}

Category:2001 births

Category:Living people

Category:English motorcycle racers

Category:Sportspeople from West Sussex

Category:21st-century English sportsmen