Martyn Nicholas Bell (born 17 July 1964) is a former auto racing driver. He raced BMWs in various championships including for four year the British Touring Car Championship. He won one overall title and three class titles in his nine years of driving BMWs for Geoff Steel (himself a former BTCC racer) and was the first person to campaign a BMW E46 in the UK.
In 2006, Bell and Steel moved into the BTCC in a 320i. He returned for the 2007 BTCC season with the same car under the team allaboutproperty.com Team banner. In 2008, he teamed up with fellow BTCC racer Erkut Kızılırmak with two former works Vauxhall Astra Sports Hatch for Team Arkas Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport. He competed in the 2009 championship in a two-car Tech-Speed Motorsport outfit, alongside Paul O'Neill.
Bell took a sabbatical from motorsport for 2010 due to a hip injury he sustained during the previous year.
Personal Bell is primarily a family man, married with two children and the Proprietor of Martyn Bell Motor Engineers Limited in Barrow upon Humber, some from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. He currently lives in South Ferriby, a hamlet three miles outside Barrow upon Humber.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team/Car Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points PositionPre1996 Motocross ? ? ? ? 1997 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30) ? ? ? 4thin class 1998 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30) ? ? ? ? 1999 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 1stin class 2000 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 1stin class 2001 BMW Championship (BMW 325i Sport E30/BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 1stin class 2002 BMW Championship (BMW M3 E36) ? ? ? 2nd 2003 Kumho BMW Championship (BMW M3 E46) ? ? ? 3rdin class(7thOverall) 2004 Kumho BMW Championship (BMW M3 E46) ? ? ? 1st 2005 Kumho BMW Championship (BMW M3 E46) ? ? ? 2ndin class(4thoverall) 2006 British Touring Car Championship Geoff Steel Racing(BMW 320i E46) 30 0 0 0 0 8 18th 2007 British Touring Car Championship Team Allaboutproperty.com(BMW 320i E46) 30 0 0 0 0 3 21st 2008 British Touring Car Championship Arkas Racing with Sunshine.co.uk(Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch) 30 0 0 0 0 0 23rd 2009 British Touring Car Championship Sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Motorsport(Honda Integra Type R) 21 0 0 0 0 2 23rd
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded 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 Pos Pts 2006 Geoff Steel Racing BMW 320i BRH110 BRH2Ret BRH3Ret MON115 MON29 MON311 OUL1Ret OUL213 OUL314 THR112 THR2Ret THR3DNS CRO116 CRO215 CRO316 DON114 DON212 DON310 SNE114 SNE2Ret SNE313 KNO1Ret KNO28 KNO310 BRH114 BRH2Ret BRH313 SIL116 SIL2Ret SIL315 18th 8 2007 Team allaboutproperty.com BMW 320i BRH113 BRH213 BRH311 ROC115 ROC212 ROC3DNS THR113 THR2Ret THR315 CRO114 CRO212 CRO3Ret OUL113 OUL214 OUL310 DON1Ret DON220 DON320 SNE115 SNE212 SNE316 BRH1Ret BRH2Ret BRH314 KNO19 KNO217 KNO313 THR1Ret THR216 THR3Ret 21st 3 2008 Arkas Racing withsunshine.co.uk Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BRH1Ret BRH217 BRH316 ROC118 ROC217 ROC312 DON114 DON2Ret DON3Ret THR117 THR2Ret THR315 CRO120 CRO216 CRO3Ret SNE1Ret SNE218 SNE314 OUL118 OUL213 OUL314 KNO1Ret KNO218 KNO318 SIL117 SIL214 SIL318 BRH117 BRH216 BRH3Ret 23rd 0 2009 Sunshine.co.uk withTech-Speed Motorsport Honda Integra Type-R BRH110 BRH212 BRH310 THR113 THR214 THR313 DON115 DON215 DON319 OUL117 OUL217 OUL315 CRO115 CRO213 CRO311 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL115 SIL215 SIL318 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 BRH117 BRH2Ret BRH3Ret 23rd 2
References
External links Martyn Bell Racing Geoff Steel Racing Official BTCC Website Profile at BTCCPages.com Martyn Bell Instagram