Harry Tincknell
Encyclopedia
Harry Tincknell is a British
auto racing
driver.
kart circuit in Oxfordshire
. He continued at that level in 2004, winning a round at Larkhall
and finished in 27th place in the championship for Connaught Racing. Tincknell moved into the ICA Junior
Belgian Championship in 2005, and finished in fifth position in the championship, 65 points behind champion Laurens Vanthoor
.
Tincknell stayed at ICA Junior level for the 2006 season, competing in the WSK International Series. He finished fourteenth in the championship, despite earning a third place finish at La Conca, Italy
. Tincknell frequented in various series in 2007, competing in no less than eight different championships or trophy races during the season. His best result was fourth in the South Garda Winter Cup, finishing behind Yannick de Brabander, António Félix da Costa
and Robin Frijns
. 2008 was Tincknell's final season in karting, and he finished as runner-up in the Euro Rotax Max Challenge.
in 2008 and finished seventh with points-scoring finishes in each of the four races with CR Scuderia
. He also contested two races of the Fórmula Júnior Portugal Winter Series, finishing in sixth and eighth places during the two races in Estoril
. In 2009, Tincknell remained with the newly-renamed CRS Racing, to contest a full season of Formula Renault UK. He started well, setting the first pole position of the season at Brands Hatch
before finishing behind Oliver Webb
in the first race. Further podiums came at Thruxton
, Oulton Park
and Rockingham
as Tincknell finished fifth overall in the championship standings. His consistent finishing also earned him the Graduate Cup title, where first-year drivers battle for honours, with the best fifteen finishes for each drivers counting towards the championship. At the conclusion of the season, Tincknell dominated the Winter Series, finishing each of the four races on the podium and winning two of them. He also contested a round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup at Oschersleben
, finishing both races in seventeenth place.
Tincknell will continue in the series in 2010
, leading a four-car challenge from CRS Racing. Tincknell was also confirmed as one of ten drivers selected by the UK's motorsport governing body, the Motor Sports Association
, to take part in its driver development programme, Team UK. Considered to be the top 10 most promising young racing drivers in the UK, each member of the team will receive in-car performance, fitness and nutrition training as well as advanced sports psychology, care of the Brabham Performance Clinic, created by David Brabham
.
to race in the British Formula Three Championship
in 2011.
, rugby
, and chess
, as well as supporting Plymouth Argyle
, his local football club.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
auto racing
Auto racing
Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
driver.
Karting
Tincknell made his karting début in 2001, finishing in the top five of both the Dunkeswell Club Championship and the South West British Championship series. After competing in Cadets in 2002, Tincknell moved up to TKM karts in 2003, winning the Winter Series at the SheningtonShenington
Shenington is a village about west of Banbury. It was an exclave of Gloucestershire until the Counties Act 1844 transferred it to Oxfordshire. Shenington is on Oxfordshire's boundary with Warwickshire.-Manor:...
kart circuit in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
. He continued at that level in 2004, winning a round at Larkhall
Larkhall
Larkhall is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is around southeast of Glasgow. It is twinned with Seclin in northern France.Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the Avon Water to the West...
and finished in 27th place in the championship for Connaught Racing. Tincknell moved into the ICA Junior
KF3
KF3 is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 12 to 15 .This class used to be called Junior Intercontinental A and has changed since January 2007 when CIK-FIA decided to replace the 100 cc air-cooled two-stroke engines with 125 cc Touch-and-Go water-cooled two-stroke...
Belgian Championship in 2005, and finished in fifth position in the championship, 65 points behind champion Laurens Vanthoor
Laurens Vanthoor
Laurens Vanthoor ; born 8 May 1991 in Hasselt, Belgium) is a Belgian auto racing driver. He currently resides in Zolder.-Karting:Vanthoor began his kart racing career at an early age...
.
Tincknell stayed at ICA Junior level for the 2006 season, competing in the WSK International Series. He finished fourteenth in the championship, despite earning a third place finish at La Conca, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Tincknell frequented in various series in 2007, competing in no less than eight different championships or trophy races during the season. His best result was fourth in the South Garda Winter Cup, finishing behind Yannick de Brabander, António Félix da Costa
António Félix da Costa
António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa is a Portuguese auto racing driver. His elder brother Duarte is also a racing driver. He currently resides in Cascais.-Karting:...
and Robin Frijns
Robin Frijns
Robin Frijns is a Dutch auto racing driver, but lives in Belgium.-Karting:Frijns has been an active kart racer in Belgium and France...
. 2008 was Tincknell's final season in karting, and he finished as runner-up in the Euro Rotax Max Challenge.
Formula Renault
Tincknell moved into the Formula Renault UK Winter SeriesBritish Formula Renault Championship
The United Kingdom has two Formula Renault championships: Renault Sport UK's Formula Renault UK championship and the British Automobile Racing Club's BARC Formula Renault championship. Generally, the UK series is recognized as the British Formula Renault.-History:The "British Formula Renault...
in 2008 and finished seventh with points-scoring finishes in each of the four races with CR Scuderia
CRS Racing
CRS Racing is a British auto racing team founded by British driver Andrew Kirkaldy and Canadian-Greek entrepreneur and driver Chris Niarchos. The team was founded in 2007, but is based on the former team of Kirkaldy known as Team AKA which competed in the British Formula Renault Championship...
. He also contested two races of the Fórmula Júnior Portugal Winter Series, finishing in sixth and eighth places during the two races in Estoril
Autódromo do Estoril
The Autódromo do Estoril is a race course in Portugal, owned by state-run holding management company Parpública. Its length is . It was the home of the Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix from 1984 to 1996....
. In 2009, Tincknell remained with the newly-renamed CRS Racing, to contest a full season of Formula Renault UK. He started well, setting the first pole position of the season at Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...
before finishing behind Oliver Webb
Oliver Webb
Oliver "Oli" Webb is a British auto racing driver.-Karting:Webb began his career in karting at the age of nine, progressing up through the ranks in the Greater Manchester karting scene with the help of management from British Touring Car Championship driver Michael Bentwood...
in the first race. Further podiums came at Thruxton
Thruxton Circuit
Thruxton Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near the village of Thruxton in Hampshire, England which is used to host a number of motorsport events including British Touring Cars and Formula 3 racing....
, Oulton Park
Oulton Park
Oulton Park Circuit is a motor racing track in the small village of Little Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is about from Winsford, from Chester city centre, from Northwich and from Warrington with a nearby rail connection along the Mid-Cheshire Line. It occupies much of the area which was...
and Rockingham
Rockingham Motor Speedway
Rockingham is the UK's most modern motorsport venue and Europe's fastest racing circuit, hosting corporate driving days, driver training, conferencing & exhibitions, vehicle manufacturing events, track days, testing, driving experiences and motorsport...
as Tincknell finished fifth overall in the championship standings. His consistent finishing also earned him the Graduate Cup title, where first-year drivers battle for honours, with the best fifteen finishes for each drivers counting towards the championship. At the conclusion of the season, Tincknell dominated the Winter Series, finishing each of the four races on the podium and winning two of them. He also contested a round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup at Oschersleben
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
The Motorsport Arena Oschersleben is long race track with a width of 11 – 13 meters and elevation changes of 23 metres. The circuit is located in Oschersleben, Börde , Northern Germany...
, finishing both races in seventeenth place.
Tincknell will continue in the series in 2010
2010 Formula Renault UK season
The 2010 Formula Renault UK season was the 22nd British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 3 April and ended on 10 October at Brands Hatch, after twenty rounds held in England, and for the first time since 2006, Scotland...
, leading a four-car challenge from CRS Racing. Tincknell was also confirmed as one of ten drivers selected by the UK's motorsport governing body, the Motor Sports Association
Motor Sports Association
The Motor Sports Association , is the official governing body of motorsport in the United Kingdom.-Responsibilities:...
, to take part in its driver development programme, Team UK. Considered to be the top 10 most promising young racing drivers in the UK, each member of the team will receive in-car performance, fitness and nutrition training as well as advanced sports psychology, care of the Brabham Performance Clinic, created by David Brabham
David Brabham
David Brabham is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have won the Le Mans 24 Hour sports car race, winning the event in...
.
Formula Three
Tincknell has signed with Fortec MotorsportFortec Motorsport
Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level...
to race in the British Formula Three Championship
British Formula Three Championship
The British Formula Three Championship is an international motor racing series that takes place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe. It is a junior-level feeder formula that uses small single seater Formula Three chassis. Its current official title is...
in 2011.
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series | CR Scuderia CRS Racing CRS Racing is a British auto racing team founded by British driver Andrew Kirkaldy and Canadian-Greek entrepreneur and driver Chris Niarchos. The team was founded in 2007, but is based on the former team of Kirkaldy known as Team AKA which competed in the British Formula Renault Championship... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7th |
| Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13th | ||
| 2009 | British Formula Renault 2.0 2009 Formula Renault UK season The 2009 Formula Renault UK season was the 21st British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Brands Hatch on April 5 and ended at the same venue on October 4, after twenty rounds held in England. Dean Smith won the title, despite missing the opening rounds of the series... |
CRS Racing CRS Racing CRS Racing is a British auto racing team founded by British driver Andrew Kirkaldy and Canadian-Greek entrepreneur and driver Chris Niarchos. The team was founded in 2007, but is based on the former team of Kirkaldy known as Team AKA which competed in the British Formula Renault Championship... |
19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 323 | 5th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33rd | ||
| British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 119 | 1st | ||
| 2010 | British Formula Renault 2.0 2010 Formula Renault UK season The 2010 Formula Renault UK season was the 22nd British Formula Renault Championship. The season began at Thruxton on 3 April and ended on 10 October at Brands Hatch, after twenty rounds held in England, and for the first time since 2006, Scotland... |
CRS Racing CRS Racing CRS Racing is a British auto racing team founded by British driver Andrew Kirkaldy and Canadian-Greek entrepreneur and driver Chris Niarchos. The team was founded in 2007, but is based on the former team of Kirkaldy known as Team AKA which competed in the British Formula Renault Championship... |
20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 375 | 5th |
| 2011 | British Formula Three 2011 British Formula Three season The 2011 Cooper Tires British Formula Three International Series is the 61st British Formula Three Championship season. The season began on 16 April at Monza in Italy and will end on 9 October at Silverstone after 30 races to be held at ten meetings... |
Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, the British Formula Three Championship, and several junior formulae categories at a British and pan-European level... |
15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 8th |
- * Season in progress.
Personal
Tincknell attended St. John's School in Sidmouth, Devon, until the age of 12. He then attended Exeter School, where he achieved 10 GCSEs: six As and four Bs. Away from the race track, Tincknell enjoys playing golfGolf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, and chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, as well as supporting Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
, his local football club.