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🇬🇧 Chris Smiley
Racing driver from United Kingdom. BTCC, Restart Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Chris Smiley
Born
6 April 1992(b. 1992)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Restart Racing
Series
BTCC
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
7
Career starts
245
Career DNFs
32
Racer Rating
3,645
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,645Rank 5217 of 40,308 indexed, -118 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Chris Smiley is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in BTCC for Restart Racing. Smiley has recorded 1 win and 7 podiums from 245 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,645 ranks Smiley 5217th of 40,308 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2026-09-06 | Croft | P22 | −116 |
| 2026-09-06 | Croft | P14 | −19 |
| 2026-09-06 | Croft | P11 | −5 |
| 2026-08-23 | Donington GP | P16 | −62 |
| 2026-08-23 | Donington GP | P10 | +37 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +136 | Snetterton 2019 | BTCC | P3 |
| +136 | Donington 2018 | BTCC | P2 |
| +133 | Round 3 2026 | BTCC | P4 |
| +131 | Croft 2019 | BTCC | P2 |
| +126 | Rockingham 2018 | BTCC | P1 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Rockingham6 starts+41
Snetterton15 starts+24
Oulton Park Island9 starts+23
Knockhill23 starts+22
Struggles
Oulton Park18 starts-27
Brands Hatch27 starts-23
Croft27 starts-23
Silverstone9 starts-15
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸BTCC | Restart Racing | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −118 | 3,645 |
| 2025 | ▸BTCC | Restart Racing | 30 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +140 | 3,763 |
| 2024 | ▸BTCC | Restart Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | P17 | −534 | 3,623 |
| 2021 | ▸BTCC | Ginsters Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P15 | +226 | 4,157 |
| 2020 | ▸BTCC | Excelr8 Motorsport | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | P15 | +46 | 3,961 |
| 2019 | ▸BTCC | BTC Racing | 30 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | P14 | −209 | 3,940 |
| 2018 | ▸BTCC | BTC Norlin Racing | 30 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | P12 | +289 | 3,738 |
| 2017 | ▸BTCC | BTC Norlin Racing | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +715 | 3,921 |
| 2016 | ▸BTCC | TLC Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P25 | +1,934 | 3,284 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Smiley finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | 5,906 | 244 | 39 | 205 | 16% |
| 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | 4,205 | 244 | 119 | 125 | 49% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom IngramFIA Gold | 5,704 | 242 | 49 | 193 | 20% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam MorganFIA Silver | 4,781 | 241 | 79 | 162 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Josh CookFIA Silver | 4,697 | 236 | 77 | 159 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Chilton | 4,125 | 225 | 84 | 141 | 37% |
| 🇬🇧 Jake HillFIA Silver | 4,262 | 205 | 68 | 137 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Colin TurkingtonFIA Gold | 4,678 | 190 | 40 | 150 | 21% |
| 🇬🇧 Dan CammishFIA Gold | 4,860 | 173 | 32 | 141 | 18% |
| 🇬🇧 Senna Proctor | 4,581 | 168 | 68 | 100 | 40% |
| 🇬🇧 Ricky CollardFIA Gold, 1× champion | 4,909 | 33 | 12 | 21 | 36% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,308 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,207 | 🇺🇸 Eric Johnson, Jr. | ARCA Menards West | 3,647 |
| 5,208 | 🇩🇪 Jörn Schmidt-Staade | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 3,647 |
| 5,209 | 🇯🇵 Tojiro Azuma | Super GT | 3,647 |
| 5,210 | 🇷🇺 Viktor Shapovalov | World Touring Car Championship | 3,647 |
| 5,211 | 🇷🇺 Andrey Agafonow | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,646 |
| 5,212 | 🇺🇸 Ashish Patel | Asian Le Mans Series | 3,646 |
| 5,213 | 🇺🇸 Bobby Santos III | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,646 |
| 5,214 | 🇨🇿 Josef Zaruba | Formula Renault Eurocup | 3,646 |
| 5,215 | 🇫🇷 Olivier Porta | WEC | 3,646 |
| 5,216 | 🇨🇦 Antonio Serravalle | WEC | 3,645 |
| 5,217 | 🇬🇧 Chris Smiley | BTCC | 3,645 |
| 5,218 | 🇪🇸 Felipe Fernández | TCR World Tour | 3,645 |
| 5,219 | 🇨🇭 Felix Baumgartner | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,645 |
| 5,220 | 🇬🇧 Gavin Pickering | 24H Series | 3,645 |
| 5,221 | 🇺🇸 Jamie Mosley | NASCAR Truck | 3,645 |
| 5,222 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Weeda | WEC | 3,645 |
| 5,223 | 🇦🇺 Lockie Bloxsom | Porsche Sprint Challenge North America GT3 Cup | 3,645 |
| 5,224 | 🇫🇷 Patrick Caternet | FIA GT Championship | 3,645 |
| 5,225 | 🇧🇷 Vicente Orige | Stock Car Pro Series | 3,645 |
| 5,226 | 🇺🇸 Allen Patten | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,644 |
| 5,227 | 🇧🇷 Bruno Andrade | Indy NXT | 3,644 |
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