Sam Smelt is a racing driver who last raced in British GT Championship for Speedworks Motorsport. Smelt has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,490 ranks Smelt 9338th of 12,418 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | British GT Championship | Speedworks Motorsport | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P33 | +321 | 1,630 |
| 2019 | British GT Championship | RACE Performance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P69 | −41 | 1,309 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Daniel Vaughan | 2,675 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇬🇧 Patrick Kibble | 2,574 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇮🇪 Connor O'brien | 2,532 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇬🇧 Jamie Caroline | 2,474 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇬🇧 Gus Bowers | 2,367 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Matt Cowley | 1,999 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% |
| 🏳️ Chris Wesemael | 1,585 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Jordan Collard | 2,691 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇬🇧 Euan Hankey | 2,630 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇩🇰 Patrik Matthiesen | 2,614 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
Sam Smelt is a British racing driver whose career path took him through karting before moving into single-seaters and touring cars. He competed in the F4 British Championship and the VW Racing Cup in 2017, then progressed to the British Touring Car Championship, first with AmD Tuning in 2018 and later returning for a second spell with Toyota Gazoo Racing. Between those touring car commitments, Smelt also stepped into sportscar competition, appearing in British GT in 2019, a period that laid the groundwork for the Speedworks Motorsport entry recorded in his statistics.[1]
In British GT Championship machinery run by Speedworks Motorsport, Smelt's record now stands at 10 career starts, yielding a single podium finish and no outright wins across his time in the category. His most recent campaign saw him contest 9 rounds, again producing one podium finish but no victories, leaving him classified P33 in the standings. Across his career, Smelt has not claimed a championship title, and his Racer Rating of 1,490 places him 9338th among currently active drivers on the scale, reflecting a career now marked as retired within Racer DB's records.[2]