Simon Belcher (born 18 December 1973) is a British

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

, who last competed in the

British Touring Car Championship The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA TOCA, formally trading as BARC (TOCA) Ltd, is an organiser of motorsport events in ...

for Handy Motorsport. He is also a multiple time British and European Jet Ski Champion who competes in the World Series

Career

Born in

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, Belcher began racing Personal water craft, 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 car racing, Legends Cars over the next decade. In 2011 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season, 2011, he entered the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom, Renault Clio Cup UK for the final race of the season with his own Handy Motorsport team ahead of full campaigns in 2012 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season, 2012 and 2013 Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom season, 2013. He finished 13th and 18th in the overall championships in these years, and won the Masters' Championship for older drivers on both occasions. DSC 0191 (13253117443)

In 2014 British Touring Car Championship season, 2014, Belcher moved up to the

, driving a Toyota Avensis run by the Speedworks Motorsport, Speedworks team on behalf of Handy Motorsport. He crashed heavily at Thruxton Circuit, 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.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(:Template:Motorsport driver results legend, 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)

References

External links

Profile at btcc.netHandy Motorsport official website
1973 births Living people British Touring Car Championship drivers British racing drivers Renault UK Clio Cup drivers {{UK-autoracing-bio-stub