Martin Byford


Martin Byford 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.
He 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 3rd in the championship after a successful debut season. Byford remained in the championship for 2002, however he only managed 4th 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 3rd 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 SEAT Cupra TCR.

Racing record

Complete British GT Championship results

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112PosPoints
2000NCK MotorsportMarcos LM600GTTHR
1
15		CRO
1
3		OUL
1
2		DON
1
7		SIL
1
Ret		BRH
1
Ret		DON
1
7		CRO
1
Ret		SIL
1
13		SNE
1
8		SPA
1
10		SIL
1
15		10th53

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2011AmD Milltek Racing.comVolkswagen GolfBRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		DON
1		DON
2		DON
3		THR
1		THR
2		THR
3		OUL
1		OUL
2		OUL
3		CRO
1		CRO
2		CRO
3		SNE
1
14		SNE
2
Ret		SNE
3
16		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
Ret		KNO
3
Ret		ROC
1
20		ROC
2
18		ROC
3
16		BRH
1
22		BRH
2
15		BRH
3
16		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
24		SIL
3
15		30th0

Complete Britcar results

(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;-
YearTeamCarClass12345678910111213141516Points
2012BullrunLotus Evora3SIL
6		DON
6		SNE
6		BRH
4		OUL
1		SNE
3		DON
12		1st1st244
2016Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type R5SILSNE
7		DONTHRCROSIL
12		OUL
12		BRH4th1st116
2017Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type RE5SIL
1		SIL
2		SNE
1		SNE
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		BRH
1
15		BRH
1
6		DON
1		DON
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		SIL12th1st113
2017Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type RS5BRH
1
7		BRH
1
5		8th3rd53
2018BPM RacingCUPRA León TCRE4ROC
1
15		ROC
1
4		SIL
1		SIL
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		DON
1
Ret		DON
2
DNS		SNE
1		SNE
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
2		8th4th102
2019BPM RacingCUPRA León TCR4SIL
1
19		SIL
2
18		SIL
1
13		SIL
2
14		BRH
1
4		BRH
2
Ret		DON
1
Ret		DON
2
Ret		OUL
1
14		OUL
2
DNS		SNE
1		SNE
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		BRH
1		BRH
1		23rd6th95
2020EDF MotorsportsCUPRA León TCR4CRO
1
3		CRO
2
7		BRH
1		BRH
2		SPA
1		SPA
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		SNE
1		SNE
2		4th2nd58