John Bintcliffe

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John Bintcliffe
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Bintcliffe in 2011
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1966-02-07) 7 February 1966 (age 58)
Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
British Touring Car Championship
Years active 19961998
Teams Audi Sport UK
Starts76
Wins2
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish7th in 1996, 1997
Championship titles
1995
1994
Ford Credit Fiesta
Renault Clio Cup

John Simon Bintcliffe (born 7 February 1966 in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a British racing driver. He has been involved in the British Touring Car Championship as both driver and team owner.

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Bintcliffe won the Renault Clio Cup in 1994, and the Ford Credit Fiesta series a year later.

Bintcliffe competed in the British Touring Car Championship for Audi from 1996 to 1998, teamed with series champions Frank Biela and Yvan Muller. Due to its Quattro 4-wheel drive system, Audi initially had the best car, and despite his lack of experience John was able to twice finish 7th in the championship, taking 2 race wins against many higher profile drivers. [1] However, the team struggled in 1998, and John was 15th overall, only just ahead of independent champion Tommy Rustad. This may be an unfair reflection on John, given teammate Muller's success; in the same year Frank Biela only mustered 14th place in the German equivalent series, using the same 2-wheel drive Audi.

Bintcliffe is the team manager for the Bintcliffe Sport team, based on the Barr Lane estate in York. [2] Having run Paul O'Neill in the MGF Cup, they raced in the BTCC's Class B in 2000 (with Rob Collard among their drivers), and the equivalent Production Class in 2001. They also ran Jason Plato and Darren Manning in ASCAR.

John returned to racing in 2011 racing in an Audi R8 LMS in the British GT championship for United Autosports. [3]

Bintcliffe is now director of Donotbend Ltd., a designer furniture outlet based in Minskip near York. [4]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded 1998 only)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526PosPts
1996 Audi Sport UK Audi A4 quattro DON
1

6
DON
2

4
BRH
1

16
BRH
2

5
THR
1

2
THR
2

7
SIL
1

7
SIL
2

3
OUL
1

3
OUL
2

3
SNE
1

6
SNE
2

6
BRH
1

11
BRH
2

13
SIL
1

11
SIL
2

10
KNO
1

2
KNO
2

4
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

9
THR
1

6
THR
2

11
DON
1

8
DON
2

13
BRH
1

9
BRH
2

10
7th113
1997 Audi Sport UK Audi A4 quattro DON
1

5
DON
2

5
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

Ret
THR
1

4
THR
2

8
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

12
OUL
1

4
OUL
2

5
DON
1

3
DON
2

4
CRO
1

9
CRO
2

6
KNO
1

1
KNO
2

2
SNE
1

12
SNE
2

11
THR
1

1
THR
2

5
BRH
1

4
BRH
2

11
SIL
1

11
SIL
2

Ret
7th118
1998 Audi Sport UK Audi A4 THR
1

11
THR
2

9
SIL
1

14
SIL
2

17
DON
1

10
DON
2

14
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

8
OUL
1

9
OUL
2

8*
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

9
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

11
SNE
1

14
SNE
2

7
THR
1

11
THR
2

8
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

10
BRH
1

13
BRH
2

11
OUL
1

NC
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

12
SIL
2

Ret
15th23
Sources: [5] [6]

Complete British GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass12345678910DCPts
2011 United Autosports Audi R8 LMS GT3 OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

11
SNE
5
BRH
8
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

10
ROC
1

14
ROC
2

DSQ
DON
DNS
SIL
14
15th23
Source: [5]

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References

  1. "The Unknown Warrior". 7 July 2014.
  2. Bintcliffe Sport touchyork.com
  3. Press releasenewspress.co.uk Archived 20 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Do not Bend Limited people – Find and update company information – GOV.UK".
  5. 1 2 "John Bintcliffe Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. "John Bintcliffe race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 24 December 2022.