| Sam Smelt | |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Birth Date: | 1996 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Northampton |
| Current Series: | British Touring Car Championship |
| First Year: | 2018 |
| Car Number: | 23 |
| Former Teams: | AmD Essex |
| Starts: | 60 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 24th |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Prev Series: | F4 British Championship VW Racing Cup |
| Prev Series Years: | 2017 |
Sam Smelt (born 23 August 1996) is a British racing driver, who competes in the British Touring Car Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing. This is his second spell in the championship having last competed in 2018 with AmD Tuning.[1] He previously raced in the VW Racing Cup and F4 British Championship both in 2017 and in karting before that season. He competed in British GT in 2019.
Smelt drove with ex-BTCC driver Árón Taylor-Smith in a Ford Mustang GT4. They finished 22nd in the championship with only 4 points, scored at Snetterton.
(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 | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | nowrap | AmD with Cobra Exhausts | nowrap | Audi S3 Saloon | BRH 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 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | ROC 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | 34th | 0 | |
| 2021 | nowrap | Toyota Gazoo Racing UK | nowrap | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | CRO 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | 24th | 5 |
(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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | nowrap | RACE Performance | nowrap | Ford Mustang GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SIL 1 | DON 1 | SPA 1 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | 22nd | 4 | |
| 2020 | nowrap | Speedworks Motorsport | nowrap | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | GT4 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | BRH 1 | DON 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SIL 1 | 8th | 99.5 |