Martin Byford (born 27 May 1972) is a British racing driver from Colchester. He competed in the BTCC in 2011 for AmD Milltek. He is currently driving for BPM Motorsport in the 2019 Dunlop Endurance Championship with Ashley Woodman.
Racing career Byford began racing in single seaters, mainly in Formula Ford and Formula 3 cars. He later moved onto tin tops, racing in several club series.
Byford moved into the British GT Championship in 2000, where he achieved a few podium finishes. For 2001, he raced in the Renault Clio Cup UK, finishing third in the championship after a successful debut season. Byford remained in the championship for 2002, however he only managed fourth position in the championship.
Byford's next championship titles were the 2003 Super Coupe Cup and 2005 Mazda MX5 Championship. In 2006, he returned to the Clio Cup and finished 5th in the championship, in 2007 he won the championship despite not winning a race.
2008 saw Byford move into the Seat Cupra Cup, where he finished third in the championship after achieving three wins.
Budget issues prevented Byford from racing full-time for the next few seasons, until he was given the chance to race for AmD Milltek in the BTCC after their previous driver Tom Onslow-Cole left the team.
Byford signed with Team Bullrun in the Britcar British Endurance Championship after he was unable to raise the necessary funds to continue racing in the BTCC.
For the 2019 season of Britcar, Byford was again entered to race with BPM Motorsport after a successful 2018 season with Ash Woodman in a CUPRA León TCR.
In 2021, Byford would compete in the Britcar Endurance Championship, for the sixth time in a row and the fourth in the CUPRA León TCR, continuing with Ash Woodman for EDF Motorsports.
Racing record
Complete British GT Championship results (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 2000 NCK Motorsport Marcos LM600 GT THR1 CRO1 OUL1 DON1 SIL1 BRH1 DON1 CRO1 SIL1 SNE1 SPA1 SIL1 10th 55
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)
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 DC Pts 2011 AmD Milltek Racing.com Volkswagen Golf BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 30th 0
Complete Britcar results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2012 Bullrun Lotus Evora 3 SIL1DON11SNE11BRH1OUL1SNE21DON211st1st244 2016 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type R 5 SIL1SNE1 DON1 THR1 CRO1SIL1OUL1 BRH1 4th 1st 116 2017 Synchro Motorsport Honda Civic Type R E5 SIL11 SIL12 SNE1 SNE2 SIL21 SIL22BRH1BRH1 DON1 DON2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL21 12th 1st 113 S5 BRH1BRH1 8th 3rd 53 2018 BPM Racing CUPRA León TCR E4 ROC1 ROC1 SIL11 SIL12 OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL21 SIL22 BRH1 BRH2 8th 4th 102 2019 BPM Racing CUPRA León TCR 4 SIL11 SIL12 SIL21 SIL22 BRH11 BRH12 DON1 DON2 OUL11 OUL12 SNE1 SNE2 OUL21 OUL22 BRH21 BRH21 23rd 6th 95 2020 EDF Motorsports CUPRA León TCR 4 CRO1 CRO2 BRH1 BRH2 OUL1 SIL1 SIL2 SNE1 SNE2 7th 3rd 174 2021 EDF Motorsports CUPRA León TCR 4 SIL1 SIL2 SNE1 SNE2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 BRH1 BRH1 DON1 DON2 3rd 2nd 196
Complete British Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 2022 EDF Motorsports Cupra León Competición TCR E SIL1 OUL SNE SIL2 DON1 DON2 14th 4th 114 2023 EDF Motorsports Cupra León Competición TCR TCR SIL1 BRH OUL SIL2 SNE DON 5th*‡ 2nd*‡ 101.5*‡ *Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings.
References
External links BTCC official site