Kelvin Burt
Kelvin Burt is a British auto racing driver. After attending the Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School in 1987 he turned to Formula Ford racing, battling hard against David Coulthard for the championship. He won his class in a British Touring Car Championship round at Oulton Park, before spending 1991 winning the Formula Vauxhall Lotus series, and being voted Autosport Club Driver of the Year. He moved up to British F3 in 1992, winning the title with Paul Stewart Racing in 1993 with 9 wins, a record for a British driver.
He did some Porsche Supercup races in 1994, becoming the only Brit to win a race in that form of the series. He also became the test driver for the Jordan Grand Prix Formula One team midseason, and the Jordan team put a contract option to consider having him race in F1. However, while that did not come to fruition, he did surface again as a test driver for Arrows in 1996.
For 1995 he had his first full BTCC season, replacing the retiring Andy Rouse in Rouse's Ford team. He took 8th overall, only 2 places behind experienced team-mate Paul Radisich. He then spent 2 years with Tom Walkinshaw's Volvo team, winning a further race at Silverstone in 1996. However, the turning point in his career came through a spectacular accident at Oulton Park. Burt was knocked unconscious and was forced to miss several races. As a result, this affected his status within the team and he was dropped after a poor season in 1997. He briefly returned to the BTCC in the Production Class for GA Motorsport in 2002, winning one of the two races he started. He also did two meetings for GA in the main class in 2004, scoring 11 points, more than all their other drivers bar Carl Breeze put together.
For 1998 he went to Japan, racing successfully in both Touring Cars and GTs, coming 5th overall in the Touring Car series. He raced in Sweden in 2000 before dominating the British GT series' GTO Class in 2001, taking 8 wins for Parr Motorsport in a Porsche. He was ASCAR runner-up in 2002. In 2003 he raced in the FIA GT Championship for Team Maranello in a Ferrari, taking two third places. In 2006 he did the Porsche Supercup race at Silverstone, but focused on the lower-level Porsche Cup, whilst forging a punditry career as co-commentator to Martin Haven for British F3. He gained wider attention for a huge crash he has during the Porsche Carrera Cup race at Thruxton, in which his car barrel-rolled after contact with James Sutton and cleared a fence. Burt was not badly hurt, although a marshal was treated for shock. As the Carrera race was part of the BTCC meeting at the track, footage was screened by ITV in their coverage of the series.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Overall Pos | Pts | Class Pos |
| 1990 | BMW Team Finance | BMW M3 | OUL 5 | DON Ret‡ | THR | SIL | OUL | SIL | BRH 5‡ | SNE | BRH | BIR | DON | THR | SIL 12 | 19th | 26 | 12th | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Team Mondeo | Ford Mondeo Ghia | THR | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | SNE | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | OUL | DON 1 | DON 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | SIL | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | OUL | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | SIL 1 14 | SIL 2 11 | DON 1 | DON 2 | 27th | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Valvoline Team Mondeo | Ford Mondeo Ghia | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 13 | BRH 1 3 | BRH 2 4 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 3 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 7 | OUL 1 DNS | OUL 2 6 | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 14 | DON 1 9 | DON 2 3 | SIL 5 | KNO 1 3 | KNO 2 Ret | BRH 1 13 | BRH 2 11 | SNE 1 1 | SNE 2 12 | OUL 1 10 | OUL 2 7 | SIL 1 4 | SIL 2 Ret | 8th | 117 | |||||||
| 1996 | Volvo 850 Racing | Volvo 850 20v | DON 1 4 | DON 2 5 | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 Ret | THR 1 DSQ | THR 2 13 | SIL 1 1 | SIL 2 Ret | OUL 1 6 | OUL 2 DNS | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | BRH 1 8 | BRH 2 6 | SIL 1 7 | SIL 2 8 | KNO 1 Ret | KNO 2 10 | OUL 1 8 | OUL 2 8 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 17 | DON 1 9 | DON 2 12 | BRH 1 7 | BRH 2 7 | 11th | 66 | ||||||
| 1997 | Volvo S40 Racing | Volvo S40 | DON 1 3 | DON 2 9 | SIL 1 4 | SIL 2 Ret | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 13 | BRH 1 8 | BRH 2 8 | OUL 1 9 | OUL 2 Ret | DON 1 8 | DON 2 Ret | CRO 1 12 | CRO 2 12 | KNO 1 8 | KNO 2 4 | SNE 1 Ret | SNE 2 8 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 16 | BRH 1 14 | BRH 2 6 | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 8 | 10th | 60 | ||||||||
| 2002 | Gary Ayles Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | THR 1 | THR 2 | SIL 1 15 | SIL 2 14 | MON 1 | MON 2 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | NC | 0† | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | Team Sureterm GA Motorsports | Vauxhall Astra Coupé | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | SIL 1 9 | SIL 2 4* | SIL 3 Ret | OUL 1 12 | OUL 2 Ret | OUL 3 Ret | MON 1 | MON 2 | MON 3 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | CRO 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | 16th | 11 |
† Not eligible for points
‡ Endurance driver – not eligible for points
Complete British GT Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Points |
| 2001 | Parr Motorsport | Porsche 996 GT3-RS | GTO | SIL 1 9 | SNE 1 3 | DON 1 5 | OUL 1 4 | CRO 1 4 | ROC 1 4 | CAS 1 Ret | BRH 1 5 | DON 1 5 | KNO 1 2 | THR 1 3 | BRH 1 3 | SIL 1 6 | 1st | 164 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Partial Porsche Supercup results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2006 | MRS-PC Service Team PZM | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR | ITA1 | GER1 | ESP | MON | GBR 23† | USA1 2 | USA2 6 | FRA | GER2 | HUN | ITA2 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Guest driver – Not eligible for points.
Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Pts |
| 1998 | Toyota Team TOM's | Toyota Chaser | FUJ 1 6 | FUJ 2 4 | MOT 5 | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 1 | SUZ 1 Ret | SUZ 2 Ret | MIN 1 9 | MIN 2 4 | AID 2 | FUJ Ret | 5th | 86 |