Steve Sutcliffe (born in 1968) is a former British
motor racing
Motorsport, motorsports or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles. The terminology can also be used to describe forms of competition of two ...
driver who now works as a motoring journalist. His first serious racing took place in 1993 in the Caterham K Series Championship, where he finished the season second in points. In 1998 he raced in the
TVR Tuscan Challenge, finishing eighth. He finished fourth in the 1999 season, and sixth in 2000 with two poles and three race wins.
In 2001 he got a drive in the
British Touring Car Championship
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA
TOCA, formally trading as BARC (TOCA) Ltd, is an organiser of motorsport events in ...
, replacing Thomas Erdos for the final two races at
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently host ...
, in a
Lexus IS200 for ABG Motorsport/Total Motorsport.
In 2007, Sutcliffe set competitive times around the National Circuit at Silverstone in Honda's RA 107 Formula One car, and managed speeds of 178 mph along the back straight. He did it in 48.58 seconds compared to Honda F1 test driver James Rossiter 48.18 seconds.
After a long career with Autocar magazine, he has now gone freelance with work appearing in EVO magazine & Autocar's main rival, Auto Express amongst others.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(
key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded all races) (
* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap - 1 point awarded)
† Not eligible for points.
References
External links
BTCC Pages Profile
Living people
British Touring Car Championship drivers
English racing drivers
1968 births
Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers
Britcar 24-hour drivers
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