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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 January 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
(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 |
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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 |
(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 | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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