Simon Buckmaster

Simon Buckmaster (born 15 January 1961) is a British former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer.[1] He participated in 50 Grands Prix races between 1984 and 1992. His best season was in 1989 when he finished 12th in the Championship.

Simon Buckmaster
NationalityBritish
Born (1961-01-15) 15 January 1961
Motorcycle racing career statistics
500cc World Championship
Active years1984–1989, 1991–1992
ManufacturersSuzuki, Honda, Harris Yamaha
Championships0
1992 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
62 0 1 0 0 49.5
Superbike World Championship
Active years1990
ManufacturersHonda, Kawasaki
Championships0
1990 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
4 0 0 0 0 0

Career

Buckmaster made his first Grand Prix appearance at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1983, but failed to qualify. He returned in 1984 and successfully qualified for the race.[2] Buckmaster became a Grand Prix regular in 1985. Riding a privateer Suzuki he made five starts but scored no championship points. In 1986 Buckmaster switched to Honda and competed in all of the races. His best finish was 15th place at the Dutch TT. Buckmaster continued to ride a Honda in 1987 season, starting in 12 races but failing to score any points.

Buckmaster had a career-best season in 1989 when he finished 12th in the Championship. He had a career-best race at the Nations Grand Prix at Misano which most of the top riders boycotted for safety reasons, allowing Buckmaster to score his highest finish with a second behind Pierfrancesco Chili.[3] Buckmaster competed at the highest level of Grand Prix racing until 1992.

He was severely injured at the 1993 Bol d'Or when he collided with rider Michel Graziano. The crash ended Buckmaster's racing career as his lower left leg had to be amputated.[4]

After his riding career, Buckmaster became a team manager, currently with the PTR Honda team in the Supersport World Championship.[5][6]

Career statistics

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Pts
1983 500cc Suzuki RSA FRA NAT GER SPA AUT YUG NED BEL GBR
DNQ		 SWE RSM NC 0
1984 500cc Suzuki RSA NAT SPA AUT GER FRA YUG NED BEL GBR
22		 SWE RSM NC 0
1985 500cc Honda RSA SPA
17		 GER
Ret		 NAT AUT
27		 YUG NED
DNQ		 BEL FRA
17		 GBR
26		 SWE
17		 RSM NC 0
1986 500cc Honda SPA
17		 NAT
Ret		 GER
18		 AUT
19		 YUG
DNS		 NED
15		 BEL
Ret		 FRA
17		 GBR
Ret		 SWE
18		 RSM
Ret		 NC 0
1987 500cc Honda JPN
13		 SPA
15		 GER
20		 NAT
DNS		 AUT
17		 YUG
16		 NED
12		 FRA
13		 GBR
Ret		 SWE
17		 CZE
17		 RSM
18		 POR
14		 BRA ARG NC 0
1988 500cc Honda JPN USA SPA EXP NAT GER AUT NED BEL YUG FRA GBR
23		 SWE
23		 CZE
Ret		 BRA NC 0
1989 500cc Honda JPN
Ret		 AUS
12		 USA
13		 SPA
13		 NAT
2		 GER
14		 AUT
13		 YUG
14		 NED
19		 BEL
15		 FRA
14		 GBR
15		 SWE
12		 CZE
21		 BRA
14		 12th 43.5
1991 500cc Suzuki JPN AUS USA SPA ITA
14		 GER
14		 AUT EUR
Ret		 NED
Ret		 FRA
DNQ		 GBR RSM CZE
15		 VDM
15		 MAL 22nd 6
1992 500cc Harris-Yamaha JPN
DNQ		 AUS
21		 MAL
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 ITA
20		 EUR
Ret		 GER
17		 NED
14		 HUN
DNS		 FRA GBR BRA
Ret		 RSA
Ret		 NC 0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1990 Honda SPA SPA GBR GBR HUN HUN GER GER CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT JPN
Ret		 JPN
26		 FRA FRA ITA ITA NC 0
Kawasaki MAL
17		 MAL
19		 AUS AUS NZL NZL
1991 Honda GBR
DNQ		 GBR
DNQ		 SPA SPA CAN CAN USA USA AUT AUT SMR SMR SWE SWE JPN JPN MAL MAL GER GER FRA FRA ITA ITA AUS AUS NC 0

References
  1. "Rider Profile - Simon Buckmaster". wsb-archives.co.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  2. "BRITISH GRAND PRIX - 500cc Classifica gara 1984". motogp.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. "1989 Grand Prix season". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. "WSB latest happenings and more sad news..." groups.google.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  5. Cluzel returns to PTR Honda for 2017 Motorcycle News, 12 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017
  6. Performance Technical Racing Retrieved 17 September 2017
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