Sam Smelt
| Sam Smelt | |
|---|---|
 Sam Smelt's Ford Mustang GT4 at Brands Hatch | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | 23 August 1996 Northampton |
| British Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2018 |
| Current team | Toyota Gazoo Racing UK |
| Car number | 23 |
| Former teams | AmD Essex |
| Starts | 60 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 24th in 2021 |
| Previous series | |
| 2017 | F4 British Championship VW Racing Cup |
Sam Smelt (born 23 August 1996) is a British racing driver, who competes in the British Touring Car Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing. This is his second spell in the championship having last competed in 2018 with AmD Tuning.[1] He previously raced in the VW Racing Cup and F4 British Championship both in 2017 and in karting before that season. He competed in British GT in 2019.
British GT Championship[edit]
Smelt drove with ex-BTCC driver Árón Taylor-Smith in a Ford Mustang GT4. They finished 22nd in the championship with only 4 points, scored at Snetterton.
Racing record[edit]
Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]
(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 led 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | AmD with Cobra Exhausts | Audi S3 Saloon | BRH 1 24 |
BRH 2 25 |
BRH 3 25 |
DON 1 28 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 24 |
THR 1 28 |
THR 2 24 |
THR 3 26 |
OUL 1 31 |
OUL 2 Ret |
OUL 3 17 |
CRO 1 25 |
CRO 2 24 |
CRO 3 26 |
SNE 1 22 |
SNE 2 20 |
SNE 3 18 |
ROC 1 Ret |
ROC 2 23 |
ROC 3 Ret |
KNO 1 22 |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 Ret |
SIL 1 22 |
SIL 2 26 |
SIL 3 23 |
BRH 1 25 |
BRH 2 19 |
BRH 3 26 |
34th | 0 |
| 2021 | Toyota Gazoo Racing UK | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | THR 1 23 |
THR 2 20 |
THR 3 14 |
SNE 1 29 |
SNE 2 26 |
SNE 3 Ret |
BRH 1 24 |
BRH 2 18 |
BRH 3 23 |
OUL 1 23 |
OUL 2 19 |
OUL 3 18 |
KNO 1 17 |
KNO 2 24 |
KNO 3 24 |
THR 1 26 |
THR 2 22 |
THR 3 Ret |
CRO 1 21 |
CRO 2 18 |
CRO 3 16 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 Ret |
SIL 3 20 |
DON 1 21 |
DON 2 22 |
DON 3 Ret |
BRH 1 20 |
BRH 2 13 |
BRH 3 21 |
24th | 5 |
Complete British GT Championship results[edit]
(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 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | RACE Performance | Ford Mustang GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 25 |
OUL 2 28 |
SNE 1 25 |
SNE 2 21 |
SIL 1 Ret |
DON 1 30 |
SPA 1 29 |
BRH 1 26 |
DON 1 Ret |
22nd | 4 |
| 2020 | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 17 |
OUL 2 Ret |
DON 1 15 |
DON 2 15 |
BRH 1 16 |
DON 1 19 |
SNE 1 23 |
SNE 2 23 |
SIL 1 27 |
8th | 99.5 |
References[edit]
- ^ Paice, Simon (8 January 2018). "BTCC DEBUTANT SMELT JOINS JACKSON IN AMD AUDI'S". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. TheCheckeredFlag. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
External links[edit]
- Sam Smelt career summary at DriverDB.com
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