John Simon Bintcliffe (born 7 February 1966 in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a British racing driver. He has been involved in the British Touring Car Championship as both driver and team owner.
Bintcliffe competed in the Honda CR-X Challenge in 1993,https://unitedautosportsfiagtnews.blogspot.com/2011/04/united-autosports-begins-quest-for.html?m=1 and won the Renault Clio Cup in 1994, and the Ford Credit Fiesta series in 1995.https://www.racecar.com/News/37923/motorsport/bintcliffe-returns-to-audi-in-british-gt
Bintcliffe competed in the British Touring Car Championship for Audi from 1996 to 1998, teamed with series champions Frank Biela and Yvan Muller. Due to its Quattro 4-wheel drive system, Audi initially had the best car, and despite his lack of experience, Bintcliffe was able to twice finish seventh in the championship, taking two race wins against many higher profile drivers. However, the team struggled in 1998, and Bintcliffe was 15th overall, only just ahead of independent champion Tommy Rustad. This may be an unfair reflection on Bintcliffe, given teammate Muller's success; in the same year, Frank Biela only mustered 14th place in the German equivalent series, using the same 2-wheel drive Audi.
Bintcliffe is the team manager for the Bintcliffe Sport team, based on the Barr Lane estate in York.Bintcliffe Sport touchyork.com Having run Paul O'Neill in the MGF Cup, they raced in the BTCC's Class B in 2000 (with Rob Collard among their drivers), and the equivalent Production Class in 2001. They also ran Jason Plato and Darren Manning in ASCAR.
Bintcliffe returned to racing in 2011 racing in an Audi R8 LMS in the British GT championship for United Autosports.Press releasenewspress.co.uk
Bintcliffe is now director of Donotbend Ltd., a designer furniture outlet based in Minskip near York.
Racing record Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded 1998 only)
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 Pos Pts 1996 Audi Sport UK Audi A4 quattro DON16 DON24 BRH116 BRH25 THR12 THR27 SIL17 SIL23 OUL13 OUL23 SNE16 SNE26 BRH111 BRH213 SIL111 SIL210 KNO12 KNO24 OUL1Ret OUL29 THR16 THR211 DON18 DON213 BRH19 BRH210 7th 113 1997 Audi Sport UK Audi A4 quattro DON15 DON25 SIL1Ret SIL2Ret THR14 THR28 BRH1Ret BRH212 OUL14 OUL25 DON13 DON24 CRO19 CRO26 KNO11 KNO22 SNE112 SNE211 THR11 THR25 BRH14 BRH211 SIL111 SIL2Ret 7th 118 1998 Audi Sport UK Audi A4 THR111 THR29 SIL114 SIL217 DON110 DON214 BRH110 BRH28 OUL19 OUL28* DON1Ret DON29 CRO1Ret CRO211 SNE114 SNE27 THR111 THR28 KNO1Ret KNO210 BRH113 BRH211 OUL1NC OUL2Ret SIL112 SIL2Ret 15th 23
Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class)
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts 2011 United Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 OUL1Ret OUL211 SNE5 BRH8 SPA1Ret SPA210 ROC114 ROC2 DONDNS SIL14 15th 23
References
Profile at BTCCPages