Simon Birch Kristensen (born 4 January 2007 in Ikast) is a Danish racing driver competing for Razoon – More than Racing in

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Career

Birch started karting in 2016 and mainly competed in Rotax Max Challenge Denmark until 2021. During his time in karts, Birch most notably won the 2019 Rotax Max Challenge Denmark in the Mini class. Stepping up to car racing in 2021, Birch competed in the Yokohama 1600 Challenge Denmark for Brian Madsen Sport. In his first season in cars, Birch won race one at the second round of the season at Padborg Park, and with a further win in the penultimate round at Jyllandsringen and seven more podiums, Birch finished runner-up in the standings to Mirel Lovic. Birch stepped up to the Yokohama SuperCup for 2022, joining GMB Motorsport. After not scoring points in the season-opening Padborg Park round, Birch then went on to win all but two of the remaining 15 races on his way to the title, 18 points ahead of Oliver Rømer. Returning to GMB Motorsport for 2023, Birch made his debut in Super GT Denmark and also made his GT3 debut, racing in the Le Mans Cup alongside Thomas Andersen. In Super GT, Birch won on his debut at Padborg Park and scored a further win at the third round of the season at Ring Djursland en route to fourth in points. In the latter, Birch won at

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on track, but was given a ten-second penalty after the race for not slowing down within the required time during a VSC period and thus dropped to eighth. In 2024, Birch was set to compete in both the

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and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cups for GMB Motorsport, but the team folded prior to the start of the season. With the collapse of GMB Motorsport, Birch joined Razoon – More than Racing for a dual campaign in the

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and

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. In the former, Birch took five podiums across the season, taking a best result of second three times, on his way to third in the Pro-Am standings. In ADAC GT4 Germany, Birch won the season finale at the

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and scored two more podiums to finish ninth in points. Birch returned to Razoon – More than Racing for 2025, stepping up to

, whilst also returning to the

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Birch, Simon 2007 births Living people Danish racing drivers Sportspeople from Ikast-Brande Municipality Le Mans Cup drivers GT2 European Series drivers GT4 European Series drivers 24H Series drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers