Belcher at Brands Hatch during the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.
Simon Belcher
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1973-12-18) 18 December 1973
Swindon, Wiltshire
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamHandy Motorsport
Car number11
Starts48
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish27th in 2015
Previous series
2011–2013
2001–2010		Renault Clio Cup UK
Legends Cars (various series)
Championship titles
2012, 2013Renault Clio Cup UK Masters' Trophy

Simon Belcher (born 18 December 1973) is a British racing driver, who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship for Handy Motorsport.[1] He is also a multiple time British, European and World Jet Ski Champion who competes in the World Series.

Career

Born in Swindon, Belcher began racing jet-skis at the age of nineteen, winning four British championships and a European championship before his retirement in 2001 he then switched to car racing, competing in Legends Cars over the next decade. In 2011, he entered the Renault Clio Cup UK for the final race of the season with his own Handy Motorsport team ahead of full campaigns in 2012 and 2013. He finished 13th and 18th in the overall championships in these years, and won the Masters' Championship for older drivers on both occasions.

Belcher driving the Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis at Donington Park during the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.

In 2014, Belcher moved up to the British Touring Car Championship, driving a Toyota Avensis run by the Speedworks team on behalf of Handy Motorsport. He crashed heavily at Thruxton due to a mechanical failure, heavily damaging the car and putting the rest of his season in jeopardy, but it was repaired in time for the next round of the championship.

After retirement from the British Touring Car Championship he returned to his roots of Jet Ski racing and in 2018 secured his first international title since his return by winning the European Championship. In 2023 he became World Champion in both Sport GP and slalom categories.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Pts
2014 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH
1
21		 BRH
2
23		 BRH
3
21		 DON
1
23		 DON
2
20		 DON
3
18		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
23		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
26		 OUL
2
23		 OUL
3
21		 CRO
1
26		 CRO
2
22		 CRO
3
18		 SNE
1
25		 SNE
2
21		 SNE
3
23		 KNO
1
21		 KNO
2
24		 KNO
3
23		 ROC
1
28		 ROC
2
20		 ROC
3
18		 SIL
1
25		 SIL
2
24		 SIL
3
22		 BRH
1
20		 BRH
2
21		 BRH
3
18		 31st 0
2015 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH
1
20		 BRH
2
19		 BRH
3
15		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
21		 DON
3
16		 THR
1
DNS		 THR
2
DNS		 THR
3
DNS		 OUL
1
23		 OUL
2
21		 OUL
3
21		 CRO
1
20		 CRO
2
21		 CRO
3
18		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
3		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 ROC
1		 ROC
2		 ROC
3		 SIL
1
26		 SIL
2
22		 SIL
3
19		 BRH
1
23		 BRH
2
23		 BRH
3
24		 27th 1

References

  1. ↑ "Simon Belcher to take sabbatical from BTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.


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