Sam Osborne is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in BTCC for NAPA Racing UK. Osborne has recorded 1 win and 2 podiums from 211 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,156 ranks Osborne 2452th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P18 | −77 |
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P14 | −15 |
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P16 | −44 |
| 2026-04-18 | Donington National | P9 | +63 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸BTCC | NAPA Racing UK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −74 | 3,156 |
| 2025 | ▸BTCC | NAPA Racing UK | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | P17 | +281 | 3,230 |
| 2024 | ▸BTCC | NAPA Racing UK | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | P17 | +283 | 2,949 |
| 2023 | ▸BTCC | NAPA Racing UK | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P19 | +723 | 2,666 |
| 2022 | ▸BTCC | Apec Racing with Beavis Morgan | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −283 | 1,943 |
| 2021 | ▸BTCC | Racing with Wera & Photon Group | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +611 | 2,226 |
| 2020 | ▸BTCC | MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square | 27 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +51 | 1,774 |
| 2019 | ▸BTCC | Excelr8 Motorsport | 30 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | P27 | −1,236 | 1,660 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | 6,866 | 174 | 14 | 160 | 8% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram | 6,921 | 172 | 9 | 163 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Jake Hill | 6,457 | 165 | 15 | 150 | 9% |
| 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | 4,342 | 162 | 36 | 126 | 22% |
| 🇬🇧 Josh Cook | 5,197 | 160 | 12 | 148 | 8% |
| 🇬🇧 Tom Chilton | 4,007 | 157 | 37 | 120 | 24% |
| 🇬🇧 Adam Morgan | 4,862 | 156 | 21 | 135 | 13% |
| 🇬🇧 Dan Cammish | 5,698 | 145 | 17 | 128 | 12% |
| 🇬🇧 Daniel Rowbottom | 4,815 | 144 | 26 | 118 | 18% |
| 🇬🇧 Colin Turkington | 5,614 | 143 | 6 | 137 | 4% |
Sam Osborne is a British touring car driver competing in the British Touring Car Championship since 2019, driving for NAPA Racing UK. Across his eight seasons of racing, he has contested 211 starts primarily in that series and managed one victory, which came in September 2025. His average finishing position of P16.6 places him in the competitive middle order of a grid that regularly features multiple champions and FIA-graded professionals. The BTCC is a national-level championship at the top of the domestic racing ladder; Osborne's standing within it reflects that of a solid professional competitor without the elite pace of the series' leading names.[1]
The calibre of his regular rivals underscores this positioning. Osborne has raced repeatedly against drivers of substantially higher standing: four-time champion Ash Sutton, two-time champion Tom Ingram who holds FIA Gold status, and one-time champion Jake Hill with FIA Silver credentials. Against these three, Osborne's combined head-to-head record stands at 38 wins from 511 races; he finished ahead of Sutton 14 times out of 174 shared races, ahead of Ingram 9 times in 172, and ahead of Hill 15 times in 165. More competitive is his record against semi-championship-level drivers such as Aiden Moffat and Tom Chilton, where his win rates approach one-quarter to one-third of encounters. His sole BTCC victory represents a genuine achievement; fending off Josh Cook, a former champion and FIA Silver professional, demonstrated he could perform at the required level when circumstances aligned.[2]
Osborne remains active in the BTCC through the 2026 season. The recent headlines suggest an eventful period in mid-2026, with an appeal rejection and an off-track disciplinary matter following a clash at Brands Hatch in May, though his on-track form in the early rounds of that season did not produce further top-three finishes.