Kelvin Burt
Kelvin Burt (born 7 September 1967 in Birmingham) is a British auto racing driver. After attending the Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School in 1987 he turned to Formula Ford racing, battling hard against David Coulthard for the championship. He won his class in a British Touring Car Championship round at Oulton Park, before spending 1991 winning the Formula Vauxhall Lotus series, and being voted Autosport Club Driver of the Year. He moved up to British F3 in 1992, winning the title with Paul Stewart Racing in 1993 with 9 wins, a record for a British driver.
He did some Porsche Supercup races in 1994, becoming the only Brit to win a race in that form of the series. He also became the test driver for the Jordan Grand Prix Formula One team midseason,[1] and the Jordan team put a contract option to consider having him race in F1. However, while that did not come to light, he did surface again as a test driver for Arrows in 1996.[2]
For 1995 he had his first full BTCC season, replacing the retiring Andy Rouse in Rouse's Ford team. He took 8th overall, only 2 places behind experienced team-mate Paul Radisich. He then spent 2 years with Tom Walkinshaw's Volvo team, winning a further race. He briefly returned to the BTCC in the Production Class for GA Motorsport in 2002, winning both races he started. He also did two meetings for GA (then racing as Team Sureterm) in the main class in 2004, scoring 11 points, more than all their other drivers bar Carl Breeze put together.
For 1998 he went to Japan, racing successfully in both Touring Cars and GTs, coming 5th overall in the Touring Car series. He raced in Sweden in 2000 before dominating the British GT series' GTO Class in 2001, taking 8 wins for Parr Motorsport in a Porsche. He was ASCAR runner-up in 2002. In 2003 he raced in the FIA GT Championship for Team Maranello in a Ferrari, taking two third places. In 2006 he did the Porsche Supercup race at Silverstone,[2] but focused on the lower-level Porsche Cup,[3] whilst forging a punditry career as co-commentator to Martin Haven for British F3. He gained wider attention for a huge crash he has during the Porsche Carrera Cup race at Thruxton, in which his car barrel-rolled after contact with James Sutton and cleared a fence. Burt was not badly hurt, although a marshal was treated for shock. As the Carrera race was part of the BTCC meeting at the track, footage was screened by ITV in their coverage of the series.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 1996–2002 all races, 2004 just for first race, 1990 and 2002 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 1990, 2002 and 2004 all races, 1990 and 2002 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded all races – in 2004 only)
† Not eligible for points
‡ Endurance driver – not eligible for points
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 |  Veloqx Prodrive Racing |
Anthony Davidson Darren Turner |
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello | GTS | 176 | DNF | DNF |
Partial Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 2 points awarded 2008 onwards in all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | MRS-PC Service Team PZM | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | ITA1 | GER1 | ESP | MON | GBR 23† |
USA1 2 |
USA2 6 |
FRA | GER2 | HUN | ITA2 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Toyota Team TOM's | Toyota Chaser | FUJ 1 6 |
FUJ 2 4 |
MOT 5 |
SUG 1 4 |
SUG 2 1 |
SUZ 1 Ret |
SUZ 2 Ret |
MIN 1 9 |
MIN 2 4 |
AID 2 |
FUJ Ret |
5th | 86 |
References
- ↑ Motorsport Information – July 1994
- 1 2 RaceCam.de – Porsche Supercup magazine http://www.racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=fahrer&id=586&sid=13
- ↑ Porsche Club Great Britain – Motorsport Division
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Warren Hughes |
Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 1991 |
Succeeded by Oliver Gavin |
| Preceded by Tim Harvey |
Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Gabriele Tarquini |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Gil de Ferran |
British Formula 3 Champion 1993 |
Succeeded by Jan Magnussen |
| Preceded by Joachim Winkelhock |
Guia Race winner 1995 |
Succeeded by Frank Biela |