Richard Kent is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Star Mazda Championship for Team GDT. Kent has recorded 3 wins and 5 podiums from 15 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,969 ranks Kent 2812th of 17,494 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2010-03-26 | St. Petersburg | P8 | +31 |
| 2010-03-17 | Sebring | P23 | −183 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Team GDT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P19 | −151 | 4,189 |
| 2009 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Andersen Racing | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | P4 | +440 | 4,340 |
| 2008 | ▸Star Mazda Championship | Andersen Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P11 | +150 | 3,900 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Rusty Mitchell | 4,378 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 73% |
| 🇧🇷 Caio Lara | 4,139 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Conor DalyFIA GOLD | 5,858 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| 🇳🇴 Anders KrohnFIA BRONZE | 4,451 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57% |
| 🇻🇪 Jorge Goncalvez | 4,203 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71% |
| 🇨🇦 David OstellaFIA SILVER | 4,195 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64% |
| 🇨🇦 Michael Furfari | 3,879 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64% |
| 🇮🇪 Peter DempseyFIA BRONZE | 4,874 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Alex Ardoin | 4,323 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% |
| 🇺🇸 Joel MillerFIA GOLD | 3,569 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% |
| 🇫🇷 Tristan VautierFIA GOLD · 1× CHAMPION | 5,058 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇨🇦 Mikaël GrenierFIA GOLD | 4,987 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,802 | 🇺🇸 Tristan McKee | Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup presented by Michelin | 3,973 |
| 2,803 | 🇺🇸 Andrew Davis | Porsche Endurance Challenge North America | 3,972 |
| 2,804 | 🏳️ Jonny Cocker | British GT Championship | 3,972 |
| 2,805 | 🇬🇧 Jack Sherwood | GB3 | 3,971 |
| 2,806 | 🇫🇷 Marlon Hernandez | European Le Mans Series | 3,971 |
| 2,807 | 🇺🇸 Jamie Bach | Star Mazda Championship | 3,970 |
| 2,808 | 🇲🇦 Mehdi Bennani | Formula V8 3.5 | 3,970 |
| 2,809 | 🇯🇵 Rintaro Kubo | Super GT | 3,970 |
| 2,810 | 🏳️ Jake Drew | SKUSA SuperNationals | 3,969 |
| 2,811 | 🇳🇱 Jeroen Bleekemolen | Porsche Endurance Challenge North America | 3,969 |
| 2,812 | 🇬🇧 Richard Kent | Star Mazda Championship | 3,969 |
| 2,813 | 🇧🇪 Tom Cloet | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,969 |
| 2,814 | 🇬🇧 Georgi Dimitrov | British F4 | 3,968 |
| 2,815 | 🇦🇺 John Corbett Jr. | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,968 |
| 2,816 | 🇬🇧 Richard Singleton | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,968 |
| 2,817 | 🇳🇱 Thomas Hylkema | GP3 Series | 3,968 |
| 2,818 | 🇩🇰 Dennis Andersen | European Le Mans Series | 3,967 |
| 2,819 | 🇨🇿 Adam Kout | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,966 |
| 2,820 | 🇲🇾 Weng Sun Mok | WEC | 3,966 |
| 2,821 | 🇧🇪 Xavier Maassen | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,966 |
| 2,822 | 🇦🇺 Ricky Capo | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,965 |
Richard Kent is a semi-professional driver who competed in the Star Mazda Championship across three seasons from 2008 to 2010, accumulating 15 starts with 3 wins and 5 podiums for Team GDT and Andersen Racing. His Racer Rating of 3,969 places him among semi-professional competitors; drivers at this level win in pro-am and one-make classes and run consistently in the mid-pack among full professionals. Kent's average finishing position of P8.3 reflects this standing, with a majority of his results coming in the top ten.[1]
Kent's competitive record shows a pattern of beating mid-tier professional drivers consistently. He finished ahead of Rusty Mitchell (4,378) in 11 of 15 shared races, Jorge Goncalvez (4,203) in 10 of 14, and Caio Lara (4,139) in 10 of 15. More notably, he took wins against stronger opposition on occasion; he finished ahead of Conor Daly, the 2010 Star Mazda champion rated at 5,858, on six occasions despite a 6–8 head-to-head deficit over 14 races, and he beat Mikaël Grenier (4,987) twice and Peter Dempsey (4,874) five times. His record against Daly suggests Kent was competitive with the series' elite but lacked the consistency to challenge them regularly.
Kent's career wound down through 2010; he scored no wins and no podiums in his final two rounds, finishing nineteenth overall that season, and has since retired from racing. His three seasons in a single-seater series represent a semi-professional tenure at the competitive amateur level.