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🇬🇧 Matt Simpson

Racing driver from United Kingdom. BTCC, Simpson Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Matt Simpson
Born
29 August 1981(b. 1981)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Simpson Racing
Series
BTCC
Status
Retired
Career wins
1
Career podiums
2
Career starts
120
Career DNFs
31
Racer Rating
3,320
Matt Simpson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,320
Rank 6631 of 40,105 indexed, -20 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Matt Simpson is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in BTCC for Simpson Racing. Simpson has recorded 1 win and 2 podiums from 120 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,320 ranks Simpson 6631th of 40,105 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, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2019 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
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Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2019-10-12Brands HatchBTCCDNF−117
2019-10-12Brands HatchBTCCP27−78
2019-10-12Brands HatchBTCCDNF−62
2019-09-28SilverstoneBTCCP13+53
2019-09-28SilverstoneBTCCP10+78
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+165Oulton Park 2018BTCCP1
+139Brands Hatch 2018BTCCP7
+136Rockingham 2018BTCCP3
+130Brands Hatch 2018BTCCP7
+124Silverstone 2018BTCCP5
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Thruxton15 starts+32
Snetterton12 starts+25
Silverstone12 starts+2
Struggles
Donington12 starts-24
Oulton Park12 starts-17
Knockhill12 starts-10
Croft12 starts-6
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2019▸BTCCSimpson Racing30001000P24−3573,340
2018▸BTCCSimpson Racing3012620P14+3513,303
2017▸BTCCSimpson Racing3000600P26+3513,610
2016▸BTCCSpeedworks Motorsport3000900P25+1,9313,281
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Simpson finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Ash Sutton5,824120299124%
🇬🇧 Tom IngramFIA Gold5,673120219918%
🇬🇧 Adam MorganFIA Silver4,979120289223%
🇬🇧 Josh CookFIA Silver4,531120358529%
🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat4,061120417934%
🏳️ Matt NealFIA Silver3,973120269422%
🇬🇧 Ollie Jackson3,828120606050%
🇬🇧 Jack Goff3,549120388232%
🇬🇧 Colin TurkingtonFIA Gold4,679118219718%
🇬🇧 Andrew Jordan4,0161181810015%
🇬🇧 Dan CammishFIA Gold4,99160124820%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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6,626🇺🇸 Perry TrippNASCAR Xfinity3,322
6,627🇦🇹 Raphael RennhoferNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,322
6,628🇺🇸 Carter FartuchNASCAR Truck3,321
6,629🇺🇸 Danny BenderTrans-Am TA23,321
6,630🏳️ Capers ZentmeyerSCCA Majors3,320
6,631🇬🇧 Matt SimpsonBTCC3,320
6,632🇺🇸 Nathan ByrdNASCAR Xfinity3,320
6,633🇺🇸 Scott StenzelNASCAR Truck3,320
6,634🇺🇸 Toby Tobias Jr.NASCAR Xfinity3,320
6,635🇩🇪 Björn GroßmannNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,319
6,636🇺🇸 Brad TeagueNASCAR Xfinity3,319
6,637🇺🇸 Jett BowlingFormula Regional Americas3,319
6,638🇺🇸 Marc MillerGT4 America3,319
6,639🇫🇷 Philippe AuvrayFIA GT Championship3,319
6,640🇺🇸 Willie MullinsARCA Menards Series3,319
6,641🇬🇧 Aaron ScottWEC3,318
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Matt Simpson is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in BTCC for Simpson Racing. Simpson has recorded 1 win and 2 podiums from 120 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,320 ranks Simpson 6631th of 40,105 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, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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