Alex Martin (racing driver)

Alexander Martin
Nationality	British
Born	(1987-04-21) 21 April 1987 (age 38) Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Dextra Racing with Team Parker
Racing licence	FIA Bronze
Car number	14
Starts	54
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	28th in 2016
Previous series
2012–2014 2009–2011	Ferrari Challenge Europe Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

Alexander Martin (born 21 April 1987) is a British racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship from 2015 to 2016.

Racing career

Martin driving the Dextra Racing Ford Focus ST at Brands Hatch during the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season.

Martin began his career in the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, he raced in the championship from 2009 to 2011 ending 7th in the Pro–Am 1 standings in 2011. He switched to the Ferrari Challenge Europe for the 2012 season, he finished 4th in the standings in 2014, with 122 points. ^{[1] [2]} In November 2014, it was announced that Martin would make his British Touring Car Championship debut with Motorbase Performance driving a Ford Focus ST, under the Dextra Racing banner. ^[3] However, in March 2015 Motorbase Performance announced that they would miss the first half of the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season, with Team Parker Racing taking over the Dextra Racing entry. ^[4]

Racing record

Ferrari Challenge Results

Martin competed in the 2013 and 2014 seasons of Ferrari Challenge alongside his father Rupert Martin.

2013
Championship	Car	MNZ		BRN		LMS	ALG		HOC		IMO		MUG
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
Trofeo Pirelli Class
Ferrari Challenge Europe	Ferrari 458 Challenge	4	5	3	5	2	3	5	3	5	Ret	4	6	2	5
2014
Championship	Car	MNZ		MUG		BRN		ALG		SIL		IST		YAS
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	FM
Trofeo Pirelli Pro Class
Ferrari Challenge Europe	Ferrari 458 Challenge	5	Ret	3	4	1	4	2	3	4	1	4	4	4	4	3

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given 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	DC	Pts
2015	Dextra Racing	Ford Focus ST	BRH 1 23	BRH 2 18	BRH 3 Ret	DON 1 20	DON 2 23	DON 3 19	THR 1	THR 2	THR 3	OUL 1 21	OUL 2 18	OUL 3 NC	CRO 1 19	CRO 2 17	CRO 3 25	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	KNO 1 20	KNO 2 20	KNO 3 21	ROC 1 24	ROC 2 26	ROC 3 13	SIL 1 19	SIL 2 21	SIL 3 18	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 NC	BRH 3 22	31st	0
2016	Dextra Racing with Team Parker	Ford Focus ST	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 24	BRH 3 27	DON 1 20	DON 2 16	DON 3 22	THR 1 16	THR 2 19	THR 3 15	OUL 1 30	OUL 2 19	OUL 3 14	CRO 1 21	CRO 2 25	CRO 3 25	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 20	SNE 3 Ret	KNO 1 27	KNO 2 18	KNO 3 21	ROC 1 23	ROC 2 19	ROC 3 17	SIL 1 NC	SIL 2 20	SIL 3 18	BRH 1 21	BRH 2 22	BRH 3 19	28th	3

Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (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	DC	Points
2023	Team Parker Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R (991)	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1 15	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	ALG 1	BRH 1	DON 1	NC†	0†
2024	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	GT3	OUL 1 3	OUL 2 1	SIL 1 Ret	DON 1 1	SPA 1 4	SNE 1 1	SNE 2 10	DON 1 4	BRH 1 2	2nd	177
2025	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	GT3	DON 1 2	SIL 1 7	OUL 1 5	OUL 2 12	SPA 1 4	SNE 1 3	SNE 2 2	BRH 1	DON 1	4th*	100*

^† As Martin was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Alexander Martin career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
2. "Alex Martin career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
3. "Alex Martin to race for Motorbase Performance in 2015". Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
4. "Motorbase will miss first half of 2015 BTCC". Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.

External links

• Alexander Martin career summary at DriverDB.com
• Alex Martin career summary at DriverDB.com