Sam Smelt
Sam Smelt's Ford Mustang GT4 at Brands Hatch
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996
Northampton
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2018
Current teamToyota Gazoo Racing UK
Car number23
Former teamsAmD Essex
Starts60
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2021
Previous series
2017F4 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

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

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 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

(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

  1. ↑ Paice, Simon (8 January 2018). "BTCC DEBUTANT SMELT JOINS JACKSON IN AMD AUDI'S". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. TheCheckeredFlag. Retrieved 21 January 2018.


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