Kris Simton

Kris Simton 	Kris Simton
 	
 	
Nationality 	British
Born 	25th November 1994 (Aged 28)
North Yorkshire (England)
British Touring Car Championship Career	British Touring Car Championship Career
Debut Season 	1991
Current Team 	Vauxhall
Car No. 	25
Former Teams 	Tech-Speed Motorsport, Vauxhall, Toyota, Alfa Romeo, Team Dynamics, Honda, egg:Sport
Starts 	367
Wins 	10
Poles 	0
Fastest Laps 	3
Best Finish 	4th in 1991, 1996, 1998 & 2001, 1st in Independents 1995
VW Vento Cup Career 	VW Vento Cup Career
Debut Season 	1992
Current Team 	
Car No. 	55
Starts 	10
Wins 	0
Fastest Laps 	0
Best Finish 	6th in 1992
Yugo Challenge Career 	Yugo Challenge Career
Debut Season 	1995
Current Team 	Razo Autosport
Car No. 	25
Starts 	10
Wins 	0
Fastest Laps 	0
Best Finish 	6th in 1995
Subaru Cup Career 	Subaru Cup Career
Debut Season 	1998
Current Team 	ArgoCorse
Car No. 	25
Starts 	10
Wins 	0
Fastest Laps 	0
Best Finish 	4th in 1998
Championship titles 	Championship titles
1995 	British Touring Car Championship (Independent Class)
Kris Simton (born 25 November 1994) is a British racing driver who races in the British Touring Car Championship for Honda.
==Early Life==
Simton was born on 25 November 1994 in North Yorkshire, England.
==Touring Cars==
===British Touring Car Championship===
 Simton was signed up to the Tech-Speed Motorsport team alongside the American David Todaro for the 1991 British Touring Car Championship. Results were very good for Simton including a win at Castle Combe (which he achieved on his 25th birthday, currently making Simton the only driver currently in BTCO history to win on their birth date.) as well as four other podium finishes and ten Independent championship class wins. Despite these results, Simton was beaten to the Independent drivers title by Mike Bell, perhaps owing to the fact Simton had missed the the 4th Round at Brands Hatch. However, his results helped the team win the Independent Teams title.
Simton left the Tech-Speed team at the end of the 1991 and Vauxhall Sport were impressed with his 4th place finish in the Overall Drivers championship and paired him with Italian BTCC race winner Lorenzo Turri who had joined from the departed Misubishi team. Simton would earn 3 podium finishes throughout the year, but couldn't match his team mates results and finished the season in 7th, but he managed to help Vauxhall win the Teams Championship.
For 1993, Simton joined Toyota to race the brand new Carina E ran by TOM's. Simton and Toyota got off to a great start with an impressive 2nd at the opening round at Silverstone. However, as the season progressed, Simton became unimpressed with the development of the new Carina and despite podiums at Oulton Park and Pembrey, the Carina fell down the performance pecking order. At the end of 1993, Simton finished 5th in the championship and despite an offer from Toyota to drive in 1994, he chose to team up with former teammate, Turri, at Alfa Corse. It would turn out to be a move that yielded little success. While Turri would go on to clinch his 3rd straight BTCO title, Simton could only manage a best result of 2nd following Turri home at Oulton Park (Island) for the one and only Alfa Romeo 1-2 of the season. He would finish 7th in the Championship, which left him frustrated after potientially being able to take 4th in the final round at Brands Hatch (GP).These chances were ruined after a disconnect happened in the final race of the season with 3 laps to go, with Simton looking set to pick up 4th in the standings. He would help however, along with Turri, get Alfa Romeo the Manufacturer's title for 1994.
For the 1995 season, Simton went back to his Independent roots, signing for Team Dynamics. A team that last saw success in 1993, picking up both Independent titles in the hands of Simton's friend Pekka Ylitalo. Simton picked up the record of most experienced driver in 1995, with 139 starts to his name currently. So far, he has missed only 1 round of the series to date at Brands Hatch (Indy) in 1991, due to life commitments. 1995, would also see Simton clinch the pair of Independents titles (Drivers and Teams) with 2 races remaining, this being his first drivers and Team Dynamics' second teams titles, after a titanic scrap with Michael Sneath that seemed to last the entire season with both cars seemingly inseparable on the track, however the 26 year old Devonian would eventually best his northern rival by 42 points.
For the 1996 season, Simton left Team Dynamics after the team withdrew from the season citing a lack of competition in the Independent class. Instead, he took up the vacant seat left at Honda Team MSD alongside Emile Taylor. 3rd place finisher in 1995, Johannes Meles had left the team after the German had moved to Audi Sport for 1996. Simton cited that the move was made after he was impressed by the great results of Meles in 1995 with the then-new Accord, and new team-mate Taylor had shown vast improvement over the season as well. 1996 proved to be a great season for Simton as he would finish 4th in the standings matching his best efforts from 1991 and would take 3 wins at Thruxton, Knockhill, and Silverstone International after a long draught of wins since his first in 1991 at Castle Combe.
For 1997, Simton remained at Honda for a 2nd go with the Accord Mk5. He would pick up a dominant win in the second race at the first round at Donington Park, beating the main challengers for the title by 7 seconds. But would unfortunately, fail to find the same form in the other rounds of the season and would end up finishing 5th in the standings. At the final round at Silverstone International, Simton would participate in his 200th start in the series. A feat unmatched by anyone else to date. To celebrate this, his Honda team painted his Accord in a unique and special one-off Stealth Black livery forgoing his usual #25 for #200 making him the first and only driver to race with 2 different numbers in a season as well as the first and only driver to use a triple-digit number.
1998 was Simton's 3rd and final season with the Accord Mk5. After 1997 team-mate Daniel Bower left the series, the spare seat went to 1997 debutant Christian Tracey. The new pairing worked well together with Honda briefly taking the lead in the Teams standings early on in the season. But unfortunately the early form seemed to fizzle out with the only win of the season for Honda coming courtesy of Tracey at Croft Circuit. Both drivers would find themselves on the podium more often than not however and ultimately Honda would finish P3 in the Teams table.
Simton would finish 4th in the Drivers standings, matching his best championship result from 1991 and 1996, while embroiled in a season-long scrap with the Nissan duo of Tom Gill and Henry Williams.
1999 would see Simton staying at the Japanese giant Honda for a 4th successive season with the brand-new Accord Mk6. His 1998 team-mate Tracey would also stay on for another season, and were both joined by Peugeot refugee Jake Black. The season started strong with a win in Race 3 at the opening round of Donington Grand Prix for Simton. However, the season would again turn like 1998, where the Honda driver would not show the same form from Donington. Simton though, would claim 2 more wins at the penultimate round at Oulton Park, claiming his first double wins at a race event. And would also find the podium a further 5 times over the season. This, along with Black's multiple wins would clinch the teams title for Honda for the first time.
2000 was the last season of the Supertouring formula and after the highs of the championship winning season for the Honda team, they would have an all new line-up claiming themselves to be the 'Dream Team'. However, with Black retiring, Tracey also calling it a day during the 1999 season and Simton out of a ride, the Yorkshire-turned Devonian turned to a former team of his at Vauxhall running the venerable Vauxhall Vectra for it's 5th season, causing quite a stir in the paddock. The team had an inconsistent 1999 finishing 6th in the Teams Championship, and Simton saw this as a challenge to take them back to the glory days of 1992 where they won both titles with Simton and then drivers champion Lorenzo Turri. He would be joined at the British team by former team-mate David Todaro from 1991 at Tech-Speed Motorsport and 1999 race-winner Owen Potter.
==Motorsports career results==
===Complete British Touring Car Championship results===
Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
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 	31 	32 	33 	34 	35 	36 	37 	38 	39 	DC 	Pts
1991	Auto Trader Techspeed Team	BMW M3 	THR19 	THR28 	THR38 	SIL13 	SIL24 	SIL36 	DON14 	DON26 	BRH1 	BRH2 	OUL15 	OUL25 	OUL38 	BIR14 	BIR26 	KNO110	KNO25 	KNO36 	CAS16 	CAS21 	CAS32 	SIL16 	SIL24 	DON19 	DON29 	DON33 	THR13 	THR24	BRH14 	BRH24 	BRH36	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4th 	389
1992	Vauxhall Sport 	Vauxhal Cavalier GSi	SIL17 	SIL211	SIL33 	THR15 	THR26 	OUL17 	OUL2RET	OUL3RET	SNE17 	SNE26 	CAS12 	CAS22 	CAS34 	BRH18 	BRH27 	DON16 	DON2RET	DON34 	KNO15 	KNO25 	KNO36 	BRH1RET	BRH26 	BRH3C 	SIL15 	SIL2RET	SIL3RET	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7th 	220
1993	Team Securicor Toyota 	Toyota Carina E 	SIL14 	SIL25 	SIL32 	DON15 	DON24 	SNE1RET	SNE26 	SNE34 	OUL17 	OUL23 	OUL35 	BRH15 	BRH25 	BRH35 	PEM15 	PEM23 	PEM35 	KNO15 	KNO25 	BRH1RET	BRH18 	BRH24 	BRH36 	THR16 	THR26 	SIL110 	SIL26 	SIL36	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5th 	285
1994	Alfa Corse 	Alfa Romeo 155 TS 	THR18 	THR24 	THR34 	BRH14 	BRH24 	BRH38 	CAS1C 	CAS2C 	CAS3C 	SIL17 	SIL2RET	SNE16 	SNE26 	SNE37 	OUL19 	OUL26 	OUL36 	DON18 	DON27 	DON39 	KNO1RET	KNO29 	KNO36 	OUL16 	OUL22 	OUL37 	BRH16 	BRH26	BRH3RET	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7th 	226
1995	Team Dynamics 	Ford Mondeo Ghia 	BRH111	BRH210	BRH38 	DON16 	DON26 	DON36 	THR19 	THR210 	THR36 	SIL110	SIL28 	SIL39 	OUL111	OUL27 	OUL38 	SNE19 	SNE28 	SNE39 	KNO18 	KNO29 	KNO39 	OUL110 	OUL29 	OUL37 	SIL16 	SIL27 	SIL36 	BRH19	BRH27 	BRH312	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8th 	229
1996	Honda Team MSD 	Honda Accord Mk5 	DON18 	DON28 	DON37 	BRH18 	BRH24 	BRH38 	THR1RET	THR211 	THR31 	SIL15 	SIL26 	SIL38 	OUL15 	OUL29 	OUL3C 	SNE14 	SNE26 	SNE32 	BRH16 	BRH26 	BRH33 	KNO16 	KNO21 	KNO38 	SIL15 	SIL21 	SIL39 	OUL14	OUL26 	OUL35 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4th 	304
1997	Team Honda Sport 	Honda Accord Mk5 	DON18 	DON21 	DON311	SIL14 	SIL29 	SIL32 	THR110 	THR210 	THR32 	BRH16 	BRH25 	BRH36 	OUL19 	OUL27 	OUL315 	DON13 	DON27 	DON34 	CRO12 	CRO27 	CRO36 	KNO1 	KNO2 	KNO3 	SNE15 	SNE2RET	SNE38 	THR18	THR22 	THR38 	BRH15	BRH27	BRH36	SIL18 	SIL27 	SIL33 	 	 	 	5th 	389
1998	Team Honda Sport 	Honda Accord Mk5 	THR18 	THR22 	THR35 	SIL13 	SIL215	SIL33 	DON1C 	DON2C 	DON3C 	BRH13 	BRH26 	BRH34 	OUL114	OUL28 	OUL3RET	DON13 	DON210 	DON32 	CRO13 	CRO26 	CRO33 	SNE18 	SNE210	SNE34 	THR110	THR22 	THR39 	KNO14	KNO29 	KNO34 	BRH16	BRH24	BRH33	OUL113	OUL22 	OUL310	SIL18	SIL29	SIL37	4th 	432
1999	Team Honda Sport 	Honda Accord Mk6 	DON17 	DON214	DON31 	SIL112	SIL22 	SIL311 	THR114*	THR212 	THR39*	BRH110	BRH24 	BRH315 	OUL17*	OUL28 	OUL36 	DON12 	DON212 	DON32 	CRO16*	CRO2RET	CRO37 	SNE14 	SNE26 	SNE38 	THR17 	THR24 	THR36 	KNO17	KNO29 	KNO33 	BRH16	BRH28	BRH38	OUL11 	OUL212	OUL31 	SIL17	SIL22	SIL37	6th 	526
2000	Vauxhall Motorsport 	Vauxhall Vectra 	BRH18 	BRH28 	BRH32 	DON13 	DON25 	DON32 	THR110 	THR210 	THR311	KNO14 	KNO27 	KNO3RET	OUL15 	OUL26*	OUL39 	SIL15 	SIL23 	SIL34 	CRO16 	CRO26 	CRO32 	SNE15 	SNE23 	SNE3C 	DON13 	DON28 	DON34 	BRH19	BRH210 	BRH38 	OUL16	OUL24	OUL35	SIL18 	SIL22 	SIL37*	 	 	 	5th 	260
2001	egg:Sport 	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	BRH16 	BRH29 	THR18 	THR27 	OUL16 	OUL24 	SIL19 	SIL26 	MON15 	MON24 	DON15 	DON27 	KNO17 	KNO23 	SNE14 	SNE26 	CRO13 	CRO2RET	OUL13 	OUL25 	SIL14 	SIL26 	DON15 	DON24 	BRH18 	BRH25 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4th 	189
2002	egg:Sport 	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	BRH19 	BRH29 	BRH311	OUL17 	OUL27 	OUL36 	THR112 	THR213 	THR35 	SIL110	SIL211 	SIL32* 	MON17 	MON29 	MON31 	CRO19 	CRO21 	CRO310 	SNE17 	SNE213 	SNE33* 	KNO14 	KNO24 	KNO310	BRH112	BRH27 	BRH39 	DON15	DON210 	DON34 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6th 	327
2003	VX Racing 	Vauxhall Astra Coupe	MON1 	MON2 	MON3 	BRH1 	BRH2 	BRH3 	THR1 	THR2 	THR3 	SIL1 	SIL2 	SIL3 	ROC1 	ROC2 	ROC3 	CRO1 	CRO2 	CRO3 	SNE1 	SNE2 	SNE3 	BRH1 	BRH2 	BRH3 	DON1 	DON2 	DON3 	OUL1 	OUL2 	OUL3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	0th*	-*
==Complete Touring Car World Cup results==
(Key) (results are overall/class and in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name 	Car 	Class	1 	2 	Points	Position
1991	Vauxhall Sport 	Vauxhall Cavalier GSi	 	BAR5 	BAR5 	32 	6th
1992	Vauxhall Sport 	Vauxhall Cavalier GSi	 	BAT4 	BATRET	20 	5th
1993	Graff Racing 	Alfa Romeo 155 TS 	 	MNZ11 	MNZ6 	25 	7th
1994	Top Run 	Alfa Romeo 155 TS 	 	DON4 	DONRET	20 	8th
1995	Tic Tac Turri Racing	Peugeot 405 Mi16 	B 	NORRET	NORDNS	0 	NC
1999	Vauxhall Motorsport 	Vauxhall Vectra 	 	BAT3 	BAT6 	- 	0th
===Complete VW Vento Cup results===
(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	Points	Position
1992	 	SIL9	THR9	OUL6	SNE10	CAS3	BRH6	SPA8	KNO5	BRH6	SIL9	23 	6th
===Complete Yugo Challenge results===
(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	Points	Position
1995	Razo Autosport	[BIR]10	[BRH]2	[DON]8	[THR]2	[SIL]7	[OUL]3	[SNE]5	[KNO]5	[OUL]RET	[SIL]7	41 	6th
===Complete Subaru Cup results===
(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	Points	Position
1998	ArgoCorse	SNE7	SIL3	DON4	BRH4	OUL8	DON8	CRO3	SNE5	THR10	KNO7	72 	4th
===Career summary===
Season	Series 	Team 	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1991 	British Touring Car Championship	Auto Trader Techspeed Team	29 	1 	0 	1 	4 	389 	4th
1991 	Touring Car World Cup 	Vauxhall Sport 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	32 	6th
1992 	British Touring Car Championship	Vauxhall Sport 	26 	0 	0 	0 	3 	220 	7th
1992 	Touring Car World Cup 	Vauxhall Sport 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	20 	5th
1992 	VW Vento Cup 	 	10 	0 	0 	0 	1 	23 	6th
1993 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Securicor Toyota 	28 	0 	0 	0 	3 	285 	5th
1993 	Touring Car World Cup 	Graff Racing 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	25 	7th
1994 	British Touring Car Championship	Alfa Corse 	26 	0 	0 	0 	1 	226 	7th
1994 	Touring Car World Cup 	Top Run 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	20 	8th
1995 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Dynamics 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0 	229 	8th
1995 	Touring Car World Cup 	Team Turri 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	NC
1995 	Yugo Challenge 	Razo Autosport 	10 	0 	0 	0 	3 	41 	6th
1996 	British Touring Car Championship	Honda Team MSD 	29 	3 	0 	0 	5 	304 	4th
1997 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Honda Sport 	33 	1 	0 	0 	7 	389 	5th
1998 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Honda Sport 	36 	0 	0 	1 	11 	432 	4th
1998 	Subaru Cup 	ArgoCorse 	10 	0 	0 	0 	2 	72 	4th
1999 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Honda Sport 	39 	3 	0 	3 	8 	526 	6th
1999 	Touring Car World Cup 	Vauxhall Motorsport 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	- 	N/A
2000 	British Touring Car Championship	Vauxhall Motorsport 	35 	0 	0 	0 	8 	260 	5th
2001 	British Touring Car Championship	egg:Sport 	26 	0 	0 	0 	3 	189 	4th
2002 	British Touring Car Championship	egg:Sport 	30 	2 	0 	0 	4 	327 	6th
2003 	British Touring Car Championship	VX Racing 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-* 	0th*
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