Simon Belcher

Simon Alister Belcher (born 18 December 1973) is a British racing driver, who last competed in the British Touring Car Championship for Handy Motorsport. He is also a multiple time British, European and World Jet Ski Champion who competes in the World Series.

Career Born in Swindon, Belcher began racing jet-skis at the age of nineteen, winning four British championships and a European championship before his retirement in 2001 he then switched to car racing, competing in Legends Cars over the next decade. In 2011, he entered the Renault Clio Cup UK for the final race of the season with his own Handy Motorsport team ahead of full campaigns in 2012 and 2013. He finished 13th and 18th in the overall championships in these years, and won the Masters' Championship for older drivers on both occasions. Belcher driving the Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis at Donington Park during the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season. In 2014, Belcher moved up to the British Touring Car Championship, driving a Toyota Avensis run by the Speedworks team on behalf of Handy Motorsport. He crashed heavily at Thruxton due to a mechanical failure, heavily damaging the car and putting the rest of his season in jeopardy, but it was repaired in time for the next round of the championship.

After retirement from the British Touring Car Championship, Belcher returned to his roots of Jet Ski racing and in 2018 secured his first international title since his return by winning the European Championship. In 2023, he became World Champion in both Sport GP and slalom categories.

Racing record Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Pos Pts 2014 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 31st 0 2015 Handy Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 27th 1