Richard "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, he 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

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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 The British Formula Ford Championship was an entry level single seater motor racing category, designed to give racing drivers their first step into car racing after karting. Drivers from around the world were attracted to the United Kingdom to ...

in 2011 with Jamun Racing. He had nineteen point-scoring finishes in 24 races and finally finished tenth.

Formula Three

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, Goddard graduated to the Rookie Class of the

British Formula 3 Championship The British Formula Three Championship was an international motor racing series that took place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe. It was a junior-level feeder formula that used small single seat ...

, 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 The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...

full-time in

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Toyota Racing Series

Goddard participated in the

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in early 2013 with M2 Competition.

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"http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sport/formula-one/spike-goddard-enjoys-first-f1-test-in-abu-dhabi-logs-solid-days-running-with-force-india/story-e6frf3zl-1227136752317 Spike Goddard enjoys first F1 test in Abu Dhabi, logs solid day's running with Force India. Fox Sport News. Retrieved 27 November 2014

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

( key) ^† Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goddard, Spike 1992 births Living people Australian racing drivers Formula Ford drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Toyota Racing Series drivers Porsche Supercup drivers T-Sport drivers M2 Competition drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Australia drivers