Tom Bridger

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Thomas Bridger (24 June 1934 – 30 July 1991) was a British racing driver from England. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 19 October 1958, scoring no championship points. His greatest success came in Formula Three, where he won 15 races.<ref name=Watn>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Born in Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire, Bridger started racing in Formula Three in 1953,<ref name="TB Espn">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> initially competing minor events in a Kieft-Norton before moving to a Cooper to compete full-time in Formula Three in 1957.<ref name="TB stats">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He achieved some success racing with Jim Russell, one of the more successful drivers in the category.<ref name="TB stats" /><ref name="TB profile">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He moved up to Formula Two in 1958, finishing second in the Crystal Palace Trophy race, and eighth in the Coupe de Vitesse at Reims.<ref name="TB stats" />

Bridger raced in the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix with British Racing Partnership, driving a Formula Two-class Cooper T45.<ref name="TB profile" /> He qualified in 22nd place, and Bridger got up to 14th before his race was ended by a collision on lap 30.<ref name="TB Espn" /> The crash involved three vehicles, but Bridger emerged unharmed.<ref name="TB stats" />

He returned to Formula Three in 1959 with the Cooper-Norton car, winning four races throughout the year.<ref name="TB Espn" /> In 1960, he raced in Formula Junior, competing in a works Lotus at the British Grand Prix.<ref name="TB stats" />

Bridger died at Logie Coldstone, Aberdeenshire in 1991 at the age of 57 years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1958	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T45 (F2)	Climax Straight-4	ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR Template:Small	NC	0

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts	Class
1958	Metcalfe & Munday	Borgward Isabella TS	Template:Tooltip	BRH	BRH 1‡	MAL 6†	BRH ?†	BRH 4†	CRY	BRH	BRH	BRH	NC	0	NC
1959	Tom Bridger	Borgward Isabella TS	Template:Tooltip	GOO	AIN	SIL	CRY	SNE Ret	BRH	BRH			NC	0	NC
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Event with 3 races staged for the different classes.