Rob Smith is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in BTCC for Excelr8 Motorsport. Smith is a one-time champion (2013), with 2 wins and 5 podiums from 45 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,155 ranks Smith 7396th of 38,983 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.
| 2019-10-12 | Brands Hatch | P20 | +17 |
| 2019-10-12 | Brands Hatch | P20 | +17 |
| 2019-10-12 | Brands Hatch | P22 | −4 |
| 2019-09-28 | Silverstone | P22 | +5 |
| 2019-09-28 | Silverstone | P22 | +4 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +177 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2013 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +169 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2013 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +148 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2012 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +143 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2012 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P3 |
| +81 | Silverstone 2019 | BTCC | P14 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ▸BTCC | Excelr8 Motorsport | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P27 | ↑1,328−145 | 3,155 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +75 | 1,972 |
| 2014 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car Collection Motorsport Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P35 | −86 | 1,897 |
| 2013 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #201 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +246 | 1,983 |
| 2012 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #423 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P8 | +388 | 1,738 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | 5,683 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 17% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom IngramFIA Gold | 5,681 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 10% |
| 🇬🇧 Dan CammishFIA Gold | 4,972 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 3% |
| 🇬🇧 Colin TurkingtonFIA Gold | 4,679 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 3% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam MorganFIA Silver | 4,655 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 27% |
| 🇬🇧 Josh CookFIA Silver | 4,603 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 10% |
| 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | 4,602 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 13% |
| 🇬🇧 Rob Collard | 4,569 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 20% |
| 🇬🇧 Daniel Rowbottom | 4,543 | 30 | 12 | 18 | 40% |
| 🇬🇧 Senna Proctor | 4,528 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 37% |
| 🇬🇧 Jamie GreenHigher-rated, 1× champion | 5,281 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,386 | 🇳🇱 Ernie de Vos | Formula 1 | 3,155 |
| 7,387 | 🇩🇪 Erwin Bauer | Formula 1 | 3,155 |
| 7,388 | 🇮🇹 Giorgio Bassi | Formula 1 | 3,155 |
| 7,389 | 🇳🇿 Graham McRae | Formula 1 | 3,155 |
| 7,390 | 🇫🇷 Jean-Marie Clairet | World Touring Car Championship | 3,155 |
| 7,391 | 🇩🇪 Josef Peters | Formula 1 | 3,155 |
| 7,392 | 🇩🇪 Kurt Kuhnke | Formula 1 | 3,155 |
| 7,393 | 🇩🇰 Mads Kjelde Larsen | Prototype Cup Europe | 3,155 |
| 7,394 | 🇧🇷 Nicholas Monteiro | Indy NXT | 3,155 |
| 7,395 | 🇺🇸 Nikita Lastochkin | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 3,155 |
| 7,396 | 🇬🇧 Rob Smith | BTCC | 3,155 |
| 7,397 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Gifford | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,155 |
| 7,398 | 🇺🇸 Thomas Monarch | Formula 1 | 3,155 |
| 7,399 | 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram Hill | GB4 | 3,155 |
| 7,400 | 🇦🇷 Adolfo Cruz | Formula 1 | 3,154 |
| 7,401 | 🇿🇦 Alex Blignaut | Formula 1 | 3,154 |
| 7,402 | 🇬🇧 Arthur Owen | Formula 1 | 3,154 |
| 7,403 | 🇬🇧 Geoff Duke | Formula 1 | 3,154 |
| 7,404 | 🇺🇸 Jerry Unser | Formula 1 | 3,154 |
| 7,405 | 🇨🇦 Louis-Philippe Montour | 24H Series | 3,154 |
| 7,406 | 🇸🇰 Martin Ryba | 24H Series | 3,154 |
Rob Smith is a semi-professional racing driver with a Racer Rating of 3,279, placing him at the level of competitive drivers who win occasionally in pro-am and one-make classes and run mid-pack among full professionals. His career spans five seasons from 2012 to 2017 in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, where he took two wins and five podiums across 15 starts, including the 2013 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie SP 6 championship. He finished with an average position of P16.8 across all classified starts in his recorded career.[1]
Smith's most substantial racing came in touring cars, where he competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2019 with Excelr8 Motorsport. He contested 30 races without scoring a podium finish, racing consistently against established professionals. His head-to-head record against BTCC front-runners reflects his position in the field: he finished ahead of multiple Gold-graded champions including Tom Ingram three times, Ash Sutton four times, and Colin Turkington once, but was outpaced more often, finishing behind Ingram in 23 of 26 shared races, Turkington in 25 of 26, and Plato in all 26. This pattern typifies a mid-pack touring car driver racing against the series' strongest talent.[2]
Smith retired from full-time racing after 2019, though recent reports indicate he has undertaken occasional sportscar drives, including at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.