Guy Smith

For other people of the same name, see Guy Smith (disambiguation).

Guy Smith

Guy Smith during the autograph session in Spa 2009.
Nationality	British
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2000 - 2001, 2003 - 2004, 2008 -
Teams	Johansson-Matthews Racing, Team Bentley, Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx, Quifel ASM Team
Best finish	1st (2003)
Class wins	1 (2003)

Guy Smith (born 12 September 1974 in Beverley, England, UK) is a motor racing driver who has competed in various levels of motorsport.

Smith started racing karts in 1987, winning the British Championship, and in 1991 finished second in the Senior World Championship. In 1992 he moved into auto racing, winning the British Formula Renault Championship in 1995 and tested a Williams Formula 1 car. He went on to win his first Formula 3 race from pole position. In 1998 he moved to America to contest the Indy Lights series finishing 3rd in the Championship and been crowned 'Rookie of the Year'.

Since then he has raced primarily in the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am series, posting an overall win at the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello driving a Bentley Speed 8. In 2004 he made his Champ Car debut the second half of the season for Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports team.

Smith raced for Dyson Racing in the American Le Mans Series between 2006 and 2009.

It was announced on 15 February 2010 that Smith would be competing in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Rebellion Racing Team driving a Lola B10/60 in the LMP1 class.

Motorsports Career Results

Le Mans

Year	Team	Car	Team mate	Team mate	Position
2000	Johansson-Matthews Racing	Reynard 2KQ-LM	Stefan Johansson	Jim Matthews	DNF
2001	Team Bentley	Bentley Exp Speed 8	Martin Brundle	Stéphane Ortelli	DNF
2003	Team Bentley	Bentley Speed 8	Tom Kristensen	Rinaldo Capello	1st
2004	Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx	Audi R8	Johnny Herbert	Jamie Davies	2nd
2008	Quifel ASM Team	Lola B05/40	Miguel Amaral	Olivier Pla	20th
2009	Quifel ASM Team	Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2	Miguel Amaral	Olivier Pla	DNF
2010	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Andrea Belicchi	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF
2011	Rebellion Racing	Lola B10/60	Andrea Belicchi	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DNF

Champ Car

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2004	Rocketsports	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA 10	DEN 18	MTL 16	LS 9	LVS 17	SRF 9	MXC 17	18th	53

External links

• Official website
• Guy Smith's Twitter

Awards
Preceded by James Matthews	Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 1995	Succeeded by Peter Dumbreck
Sporting positions
Preceded by James Matthews	British Formula Renault UK series champion 1995	Succeeded by Enrique Bernoldi
Preceded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2003 with: Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello	Succeeded by Seiji Ara Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello
Preceded by David Brabham Simon Pagenaud	American Le Mans Series champion 2011 with Chris Dyson	Succeeded by Incumbent