Simon Birch (racing driver)
| Simon Birch | |
|---|---|
 Birch in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  Danish |
| Born | 4 January 2007 Ikast, Denmark |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
Simon Birch Kristensen (born 4 January 2007 in Ikast[1]) is a Danish racing driver competing for Razoon – More than Racing in ADAC GT Masters.
Career
[edit]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.[2]
Stepping up to car racing in 2021, Birch competed in the Yokohama 1600 Challenge Denmark for Brian Madsen Sport.[3] In his first season in cars, Birch won race one at the second round of the season at Padborg Park,[4] 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.[5]
Birch stepped up to the Yokohama SuperCup for 2022, joining GMB Motorsport.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8][9] 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.[10][11] In the latter, Birch won at Spa on track,[12] 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.[13]
In 2024, Birch was set to compete in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cups for GMB Motorsport,[14] but the team folded prior to the start of the season.[15] With the collapse of GMB Motorsport, Birch joined Razoon – More than Racing for a dual campaign in the GT2 European Series and ADAC GT4 Germany.[16][17] 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.[18][19] In ADAC GT4 Germany, Birch won the season finale at the Hockenheimring and scored two more podiums to finish ninth in points.[20]
Birch returned to Razoon – More than Racing for 2025, stepping up to ADAC GT Masters,[21] whilst also returning to the GT2 European Series.[22]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Rotax Max Challenge Denmark – Junior | 30th | |
| Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy – Mini Max | Mads R. Thomsen | 4th | |
| Rotax Challenge Grand Finals – Mini Max | 35th | ||
| 2020 | Rotax Max Challenge Denmark – Junior | 2nd | |
| BNL Karting Series Kick-Off – Junior Max | 12th | ||
| 2021 | Rotax Max Challenge Denmark – Junior | 11th | |
| Sources:[23][24][25] | |||
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Yokohama 1600 Challenge Denmark | Brian MaDSEN sPORT | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 294 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Yokohama SuperCup Denmark | GMB Motorsport | 16 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 369 | 1st |
| 2023 | Danish Super GT | GMB Motorsport | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 320 | 4th |
| Le Mans Cup – GT3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9th | ||
| 2024 | GT2 European Series – Pro-Am | Razoon – More than Racing[26][27] | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 3rd |
| ADAC GT4 Germany | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 7th | ||
| GT4 European Series – Silver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 24H Series – GTX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 5th | ||
| Selected Car Group Super GT Danmark | ST Competition[28] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 12th | |
| 2025 | Middle East Trophy – 992 | Razoon – More than Racing[29] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 6 Hour of Portimão | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
| GT Winter Series – GT3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 82* | 4th* | ||
| GT2 European Series – Pro-Am | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30* | 4th* | ||
| ADAC GT Masters | * | * | |||||||
| Sources:[25][30] | |||||||||
Complete Le Mans Cup results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | GMB Motorsport | GT3 | Honda NSX GT3 Evo22 | CAT 6 |
LMS 1 16 |
LMS 2 8 |
LEC 12 |
ARA 4 |
SPA 8 |
ALG 11 |
9th | 30 |
Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results
[edit](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 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Razoon – more than racing | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport | OSC 1 10 |
OSC 2 4 |
LAU 1 16 |
LAU 2 11 |
NOR 1 18 |
NOR 2 2 |
NÜR 1 20 |
NÜR 2 8 |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 12 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 1 |
7th | 101 |
Complete GT2 European Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Razoon – more than racing | KTM X-Bow GT2 | Pro-Am | LEC 1 5 |
LEC 2 3 |
MIS 1 6 |
MIS 2 3 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 2 |
HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 2 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 5 |
BAR 1 6 |
BAR 2 6 |
3rd | 140 |
| 2025 | Razoon – more than racing | KTM X-Bow GT2 | Pro-Am | LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 4 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
BAR 1 |
BAR 2 |
4th | 30 |
Complete GT4 European Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Razoon – more than racing | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport | Silver | LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
JED 1 Ret |
JED 2 12 |
NC | 0 |
Complete ADAC GT Masters results
[edit](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 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Razoon – more than racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | LAU 1 1 |
LAU 2 1 |
ZAN 1 8 |
ZAN 2 10 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
1st* | 64* |
* Season in progress.
References
[edit]- ^ "Simon Birch". adac-motorsport.de. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Rotax Challenge 2019". motorsporten.dk. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Super GT Weekend - Yokohama 1600 Challenge - Kvalifikation". motorsporten.dk. 5 June 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Padborg Sommerløb - Yokohama 1600 Challenge - Løb 1". motorsporten.dk. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "DM Finalen - Yokohama 1600 Challenge - Løb 1". motorsporten.dk. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Padborg Open - Yokohama SuperCup - Kvalifikation". motorsporten.dk. 7 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Mesterskabskamp til sidste heat i Yokohama SuperCup". supercup.dk. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Kan Simon Birch banke de erfarne kørere?". motorsporten.dk. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (6 January 2023). "Michelin Le Mans Cup Set To See New Blood In GT3". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Padborg Open - Super GT - Løb 1". motorsporten.dk. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "TCR/Super GT Weekend - Super GT Danmark - Løb 2". motorsporten.dk. 18 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "United Ligier Wins Chaotic Race At Spa (Updated)". dailysportscar.com. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Michelin Le Mans Cup: Revideret resultat koster dansk sejr". boxengasse.dk. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Familiar faces to drive international series for GMB Motorsport". Endurance-Info. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Glenthøj, Joachim (28 February 2024). "Dansk Le Mans-hold lukker". TV 2 (in Danish). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Razoon – more than racing setzt KTM X-BOW GT2 ein". gt-place.com. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Razoon – more than racing mit Großaufgebot in ADAC GT4 Germany". gt-place.com. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Wins For LP Racing & MZR At Spa". dailysportscar.com. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "MZR KTM Sweeps Hockenheim Weekend". dailysportscar.com. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "ADAC GT4 Germany: Finn Zulauf und Josef Knopp Meister". gt-place.com. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "ADAC GT Masters: Razoon – more than racing debütiert". gt-place.com. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "GT2 European Series: Razoon – more than racing weiterhin am Start". gt-place.com. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Kartcom. "Kristensen Simon". Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ Kartcom. "Birch Kristense Simon". Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Simon Birch Kristensen | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "GT4 European Series: Trainingsbestzeit für Team Speedcar". gt-place.com. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Herberth Take Fourth Win At 24H Barcelona". dailysportscar.com. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Frederik Nymark kørte sig til front i Super GT-klassen". boxengasse.dk. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Dubai Thursday Notebook". sportscar365.com. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "Simon Birch Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Simon Birch career summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website