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Mike Bell
Nationality
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British
Born 17 November 1995 (Aged 27)

Bristol (England)

British Touring Car Championship Career
Debut Season 1991
Current Team Proton
Car No. 2
Former Teams ACE Motorsport, Park Lane Racing, Nissan, Volvo, Renault, Ford, egg:Sport, Honda
Starts 223
Wins 39
Poles 4
Fastest Laps 29
Best Finish 1st in 2001
VW Vento Cup Career
Debut Season 1992
Current Team Hornby European Automotive Racing Team
Car No. 5
Starts 10
Wins 4
Fastest Laps 2
Best Finish 1st in 1992
Championship titles
1991-92 British Touring Car Championship Independent drivers
1992 VW Vento Cup
2001 British Touring Car Championship Overall and Manufacturer Drivers

Mike Bell (born 17 November 1995) is a British racing driver who races in the British Touring Car Championship for Williams Renault Dealer Racing. He won the 1991 British Touring Car Independent Drivers championship driving for ACE Motorsport and retained the title in 1992 driving for Park Lane Racing. Elsewhere, Bell won the 1992 VW Vento Cup.

Early Life[]

Bell was born on 17 November 1995 in Bristol, Somerset, England.

Touring Cars[]

British Touring Car Championship[]

BELL

Bell won the 1991 BTCC Independent Drivers Championship title, driving a Peugeot 405 for ACE Motorsport

Bell signed a contract to race for independent team ACE Motorsport in the 1991 British Touring Car Championship driving a Peugeot 405. Bell would win the first ever race of the championship and along with another outright win in the feature race at the Birmingham Superprix as well as 21 Independent class wins and he would clinch the Independent Drivers Championship and finish a very impressive 3rd in the Overall Drivers championship. ACE Motorsport left the series at the end of 1991 leaving Bell without a drive for 1992.

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Bell successfully defended the 1992 BTCC Independent Drivers Championship title, driving a Toyota Carina for Park Lane Racing

Throughout the winter of 1991-92, it was rumored that Bell would sign for the Peugeot Works Team, however he signed for Park Lane Racing, driving a year old Toyota Carina and attempting to defend his Independent title. Bell successfully defended the Independent title and managed to finish 3rd Overall in the Drivers championship also managing to win a race outright at the 8th round at Knockhill in Scotland.

Thanks to his exploits in 1991 and 92, Bell earned a contract at the works Nissan team partnering David Osborne and Jaz Hayward.

Motorsports career results[]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[]

Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 DC Pts
1991 ACE Motorsport Peugeot 405 Mi16 THR
1
1
THR
2
6
THR
3
4
SIL
1
5
SIL
2
5
SIL
3
5
DON
1
5
DON
2
5
BRH
1
4
BRH
2
4
OUL
1
8
OUL
2
3
OUL
3
4
BIR
1
10
BIR
2
1
KNO
1
3
KNO
2
2
KNO
3
4
CAS
1
5
CAS
2
8
CAS
3
6
SIL
1
4
SIL
2
5
DON
1
6
DON
2
5
DON
3
6
THR
1
2
THR
2
2
BRH
1
3
BRH
2
3
BRH
3
7
3rd 447
1992 Park Lane Racing Toyota Carina II SIL
1
2
SIL
2
5
SIL
3
4
THR
1
3
THR
2
2
OUL
1
4
OUL
2
RET
OUL
3
5
SNE
1
3
SNE
2
4
CAS
1
4
CAS
2
4
CAS
3
2
BRH
1
5
BRH
2
5
DON
1
4
DON
2
5
DON
3
3
KNO
1
4
KNO
2
4
KNO
3
1
BRH
1
3
BRH
2
3
BRH
3
C
SIL
1
7
SIL
2
6
SIL
3
5
3rd 317
1993 Nissan Castrol Racing Nissan Primera eGT SIL
1
2
SIL
2
2
SIL
3
1
DON
1
3
DON
2
2
SNE
1
3
SNE
2
2
SNE
3
3
OUL
1
3
OUL
2
6
OUL
3
1
BRH
1
2
BRH
2
1
BRH
3
2
PEM
1
2
PEM
2
1
PEM
3
2
KNO
1
2
KNO
2
1
KNO
3
3
BRH
1
9
BRH
2
DNS
BRH
3
DNS
THR
1
2
THR
2
4
SIL
1
2
SIL
2
1
SIL
3
9
2nd 390
1994 Volvo 850 Racing Volvo 850 SE/GLT THR
1
2
THR
2
1
THR
3
1
BRH
1
2
BRH
2
6
BRH
3
2
CAS
1
C
CAS
2
C
CAS
3
C
SIL
1
2
SIL
2
5
SNE
1
3
SNE
2
7
SNE
3
4
OUL
1
2
OUL
2
4
OUL
3
2
DON
1
4
DON
2
RET
DON
3
3
KNO
1
2
KNO
2
2
KNO
3
3
OUL
1
2
OUL
2
4
OUL
3
2
BRH
1
5
BRH
2
RET
BRH
3
6
2nd 337
1995 Williams Renault Dealer Team Renault Laguna BRH
1
3
BRH
2
4
BRH
3
3
DON
1
3
DON
2
1
DON
3
3
THR
1
2
THR
2
2
THR
3
4
SIL
1
DNS
SIL
2
9
SIL
3
1
OUL
1
2
OUL
2
6
OUL
3
4
SNE
1
4
SNE
2
5
SNE
3
1
KNO
1
4
KNO
2
1
KNO
3
7**
OUL
1
3
OUL
2
5
OUL
3
4
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
5th 310
1996 Williams Renault Dealer Team Renault Laguna DON
1
1
DON
2
2
DON
3
6
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
THR
1
9
THR
2
1
THR
3
6
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
C
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
14th 81
2000 Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
2
THR
2
6
THR
3
1
KNO
1
5
KNO
2
1
KNO
3
4
OUL
1
2
OUL
2
10
OUL
3
1
SIL
1
3
SIL
2
2
SIL
3
5
CRO
1
1
CRO
2
4
CRO
3
3
SNE
1
3
SNE
2
7
SNE
3
C
DON
1
2
DON
2
4
DON
3
RET
BRH
1
1
BRH
2
7
BRH
3
2
OUL
1
4
OUL
2
7
OUL
3
3
SIL
1
4
SIL
2
4
SIL
3
3
3rd 297
2001 egg:Sport Vauxhall Astra Coupe BRH
1
7
BRH
2
1
THR
1
7
THR
2
1
OUL
1
3
OUL
2
8
SIL
1
1
SIL
2
5
MON
1
1
MON
2
2
DON
1
1
DON
2
4
KNO
1
1
KNO
2
2
SNE
1
1
SNE
2
3
CRO
1
2
CRO
2
2
OUL
1
1
OUL
2
2
SIL
1
2
SIL
2
1
DON
1
3
DON
2
1
BRH
1
1
BRH
2
4
1st 319
2002 Honda Racing Honda Civic Type-R (EP3) BRH
1
4
BRH
2
3
BRH
3
3
OUL
1
3
OUL
2
6
OUL
3
3
THR
1
1
THR
2
9
THR
3
11
SIL
1
1
SIL
2
9
SIL
3
9*
MON
1
3
MON
2
2
MON
3
2
CRO
1
2
CRO
2
6
CRO
3
1
SNE
1
3
SNE
2
10
SNE
3
1
KNO
1
2
KNO
2
7
KNO
3
2
BRH
1
7
BRH
2
11*
BRH
3
4
DON
1
1
DON
2
9
DON
3
1
2nd 442
2003 Petronas Syntium Proton Proton Impian MON
1
MON
2
MON
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
0th* -*

Complete VW Vento Cup results[]

(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Position
1992 Hornby European Automotive Racing Team SIL
1
THR
3
OUL
4
SNE
1
CAS
2
BRH
3
SPA
1
KNO
2
BRH
1
SIL
2
99 1st

Complete Yugo Challenge results[]

(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Position
1995 Razo Autosport BIR
6
BRH
6
DON
6
THR
9
SIL
OUL
7
SNE
KNO
8
OUL
RET
SIL
12 10th

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1991 British Touring Car Championship ACE Motorsport 31 2 0 0 9 447 3rd
Touring Car World Cup Park Lane Racing 2 0 0 0 1 44 4th
1992 British Touring Car Championship Park Lane Racing 26 1 0 0 9 317 3rd
VW Vento Cup Hornby European Automotive Racing Team 10 4 - 2 9 99 1st
1993 British Touring Car Championship Nissan Castrol Racing 26 6 0 3 19 390 2nd
1994 British Touring Car Championship Volvo 850 Racing 26 2 0 1 14 337 2nd
Touring Car World Cup 2 0 0 0 1 50 3rd
1995 British Touring Car Championship Williams Renault Dealer Team 23 4 0 5 12 229 8th
Touring Car World Cup Team Ford GB 2 0 0 0 0 44 4th
Yugo Challenge Hornby European Automotive Racing Team 7 0 0 0 0 12 10th
1996 British Touring Car Championship Williams Renault Dealer Team 6 2 0 1 3 81 14th
2000 British Touring Car Championship Ford Team Mondeo 29 5 1 3 15 297 3rd
2001 British Touring Car Championship egg:Sport 26 11 2 13 20 319 1st
2002 British Touring Car Championship Honda Racing 30 6 1 3 19 442 2nd
2003 British Touring Car Championship Petronas Syntium Proton 0 0 0 0 0 -* 0th*
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