Simon Buckmaster

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.

Simon Buckmaster
Nationality	British
Born	15 January 1961
Motorcycle racing career statistics 500cc World Championship Active years 1984–1989, 1991–1992 Manufacturers Suzuki, Honda, Harris Yamaha Championships 0 1992 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 62 0 1 0 0 49.5 Superbike World Championship Active years 1990 Manufacturers Honda, Kawasaki Championships 0 1990 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 4 0 0 0 0 0

Career

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]

Career statistics

Races by year

(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
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

Races by year

(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
		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

References

1. "Rider Profile - Simon Buckmaster". wsb-archives.co.uk. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
2. "BRITISH GRAND PRIX - 500cc Classifica gara 1984". motogp.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
3. "1989 Grand Prix season". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
4. "WSB latest happenings and more sad news..." groups.google.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
5. Cluzel returns to PTR Honda for 2017 Motorcycle News, 12 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017
6. Performance Technical Racing Retrieved 17 September 2017

External links

• Simon Buckmaster – Profile at the official MotoGP website