Simon Buckmaster

Simon Buckmaster (born 15 January 1961) is a British former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He participated in 50 Grands Prix races between 1984 and 1992. His best season was in 1989 when he finished 12th in the Championship.

Career Buckmaster made his first Grand Prix appearance at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1983, but failed to qualify. He returned in 1984 and qualified for the race. Buckmaster became a Grand Prix regular in 1985. Riding a privateer Suzuki he made five starts but scored no championship points. In 1986, Buckmaster switched to Honda and competed in all of the races. His best finish was 15th place at the Dutch TT. Buckmaster continued to ride a Honda in 1987 season, starting in 12 races but failing to score any points.

Buckmaster had a career-best season in 1989, when he finished 12th in the Championship. He had a career-best race at the Nations Grand Prix at Misano which most of the top riders boycotted for safety reasons, allowing Buckmaster to score his highest finish with a second behind Pierfrancesco Chili. Buckmaster competed at the highest level of Grand Prix racing until 1992.

Buckmaster was severely injured at the 1993 Bol d'Or when he collided with rider Michel Graziano. The crash ended Buckmaster's racing career as his lower left leg had to be amputated.

After his riding career, Buckmaster became a team manager, currently with the PTR Triumph factory team in the Supersport World Championship.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Pts 1983 500cc Suzuki RSA FRA NAT GER SPA AUT YUG NED BEL GBRDNQ SWE RSM NC 0 1984 500cc Suzuki RSA NAT SPA AUT GER FRA YUG NED BEL GBR22 SWE RSM NC 0 1985 500cc Honda RSA SPA17 GERRet NAT AUT27 YUG NEDDNQ BEL FRA17 GBR26 SWE17 RSM NC 0 1986 500cc Honda SPA17 NATRet GER18 AUT19 YUGDNS NED15 BELRet FRA17 GBRRet SWE18 RSMRet NC 0 1987 500cc Honda JPN13 SPA15 GER20 NATDNS AUT17 YUG16 NED12 FRA13 GBRRet SWE17 CZE17 RSM18 POR14 BRA ARG NC 0 1988 500cc Honda JPN USA SPA EXP NAT GER AUT NED BEL YUG FRA GBR23 SWE23 CZERet BRA NC 0 1989 500cc Honda JPNRet AUS12 USA13 SPA13 NAT2 GER14 AUT13 YUG14 NED19 BEL15 FRA14 GBR15 SWE12 CZE21 BRA14 12th 43.5 1991 500cc Suzuki JPN AUS USA SPA ITA14 GER14 AUT EURRet NEDRet FRADNQ GBR RSM CZE15 VDM15 MAL 22nd 6 1992 500cc Harris-Yamaha JPNDNQ AUS21 MALRet SPARet ITA20 EURRet GER17 NED14 HUNDNS FRA GBR BRARet RSARet NC 0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1990 Honda SPA SPA GBR GBR HUN HUN GER GER CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPNRet JPN26 FRA FRA ITA ITA NC 0 Kawasaki MAL17 MAL19 AUS AUS NZL NZL 1991 Honda GBRDNQ GBRDNQ SPA SPA CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT SMR SMR SWE SWE JPN JPN MAL MAL GER GER FRA FRA ITA ITA AUS AUS NC 0

FIM Endurance World Championship Year Bike Rider 1993 Kawasaki ZXR-7 Simon Buckmaster Steve Manley 3rd