Spike Goddard


Richard Charles "Spike" Goddard 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 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 [British Formula Ford season|2011] with Jamun Racing. He had nineteen point-scoring finishes in 24 races and finally finished tenth.

Formula Three

In 2012 [British Formula 3 season|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 [FIA European Formula 3 Championship season|2013].

Toyota Racing Series

Goddard participated in the Toyota Racing Series 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"

Racing record

Career summary

† Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233DCPoints
2012ThreeBond with T-SportMugen-HondaHOC
1		HOC
2		PAU
1
17		PAU
2
20		BRH
1		BRH
2		RBR
1		RBR
2		NOR
1
17		NOR
2
17		SPA
1
28		SPA
2
24		NÜR
2
17		NÜR
3
11		ZAN
1		ZAN
2		VAL
1		VAL
2		HOC
1		HOC
2		NC†0†
2013 [European Formula 3 season|2013]ThreeBond with T-SportThreeBond NissanMNZ
1
15		MNZ
2
24		MNZ
3
19		SIL
1
23		SIL
2
15		SIL
3
Ret		HOC
1
27		HOC
2
24		HOC
3
Ret		BRH
1
15		BRH
2
21		BRH
3
18		RBR
1
24		RBR
2
18		RBR
3
16		NOR
1
19		NOR
2
24		NOR
3
16		NÜR
1
21		NÜR
2
21		NÜR
3
Ret		ZAN
1
18		ZAN
2
18		ZAN
3
16		VAL
1
25		VAL
2
17		VAL
3
15		HOC
1
22		HOC
2
20		HOC
3
20		31st0
2014 FIA [European Formula 3 Championship season|2014]ThreeBond with T-SportNBESIL
1
14		SIL
2
Ret		SIL
3
21		HOC
1
10		HOC
2
24		HOC
3
12		PAU
1
9		PAU
2
Ret		PAU
3
Ret		HUN
1
16		HUN
2
23		HUN
3
22		SPA
1
12		SPA
2
15		SPA
3
22		NOR
1
17		NOR
2
Ret		NOR
3
14		MSC
1
WD		MSC
2
WD		MSC
3
WD		RBR
1
21		RBR
2
Ret		RBR
3
17		NÜR
1
19		NÜR
2
15		NÜR
3
17		IMO
1
15		IMO
2
18		IMO
3
19		HOC
1
20		HOC
2
21		HOC
3
12		23rd3

† Guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

YearTeam1234567891011DCPoints
2015MRS GT-RacingESP
17		MON
15		AUT
15		GBR
12		HUN
15		BEL
16		BEL
24		ITA
13		ITA
15		USA
C		USA
18		16th21