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Simon Buckmaster

{{short description|British motorcycle racer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| name = Simon Buckmaster

| image =

| caption =

| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|01|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| website =

| 500 Active years = {{MGP|1984}}–{{MGP|1989}}, {{MGP|1991}}–{{MGP|1992}}

| 500 Manufacturers = Suzuki, Honda, Harris Yamaha

| 500 Championships = 0

| 500 Race Starts = 62

| 500 Race Wins = 0

| 500 Podiums = 1

| 500 Poles = 0

| 500 Fastest laps = 0

| 500 Total Points = 49.5

| 500 Last season = 1992

| 500 Last position = NC (0 pts)

| SBK Active years = {{SBK|1990}}

| SBK Manufacturers = Honda, Kawasaki

| SBK Championships = 0

| SBK Race Starts = 4

| SBK Race Wins = 0

| SBK Podiums = 0

| SBK Poles = 0

| SBK Fastest laps = 0

| SBK Total Points = 0

| SBK Last season = 1990

| SBK Last position = NC (0 pts)

}}

Simon Buckmaster (born 15 January 1961) is a British former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsb-archives.co.uk/profiles/rider-profile.php?riderID=488|title=Rider Profile - Simon Buckmaster|work=wsb-archives.co.uk|accessdate=June 2, 2017}} He participated in 50 Grands Prix races between 1984 and 1992. His best season was in 1989 when he finished 12th in the Championship.

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/it/Results+Statistics/1984/GBR|title=BRITISH GRAND PRIX - 500cc Classifica gara 1984|work=motogp.com|accessdate=June 2, 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725175216/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1989_heden.htm|archivedate=25 July 2015|title=1989 Grand Prix season|accessdate=June 2, 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.motorcycles.racing/nTzTC-b-2hA|title=WSB latest happenings and more sad news...|work=groups.google.com|accessdate=June 2, 2017}}

After his riding career, Buckmaster became a team manager, currently with the PTR Honda team in the Supersport World Championship.[http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/world-superbikes/2016/november/wss-cluzel-returns-to-ptr-honda-for-2017/ Cluzel returns to PTR Honda for 2017] Motorcycle News, 12 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017[http://www.performancetechnicalracing.co.uk/ Performance Technical Racing] Retrieved 17 September 2017

Career statistics

=Grand Prix motorcycle racing=

==Races by year==

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"

! 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

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GBR
DNQ

| SWE

| RSM

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

1984

! 500cc

! Suzuki

| RSA

| NAT

| SPA

| AUT

| GER

| FRA

| YUG

| NED

| BEL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
22

| SWE

| RSM

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

1985

! 500cc

! Honda

| RSA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
17

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
Ret

| NAT

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
27

| YUG

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NED
DNQ

| BEL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
17

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
26

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
17

| RSM

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

1986

! 500cc

! Honda

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
17

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NAT
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
18

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
19

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| YUG
DNS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED
15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
17

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
18

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSM
Ret

|

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

1987

! 500cc

! Honda

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JPN
13

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA
15

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
20

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NAT
DNS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
17

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YUG
16

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED
12

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
13

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
17

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CZE
17

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSM
18

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POR
14

| BRA

| ARG

! NC

! 0

1988

! 500cc

! Honda

| JPN

| USA

| SPA

| EXP

| NAT

| GER

| AUT

| NED

| BEL

| YUG

| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
23

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SWE
23

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE
Ret

| BRA

! NC

! 0

1989

! 500cc

! Honda

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUS
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA
13

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NAT
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
14

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT
13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YUG
14

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED
19

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
15

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
14

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
15

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SWE
12

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CZE
21

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRA
14

! 12th

! 43.5

1991

! 500cc

! Suzuki

| JPN

| AUS

| USA

| SPA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
14

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
14

| AUT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED
Ret

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| FRA
DNQ

| GBR

| RSM

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CZE
15

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VDM
15

| MAL

! 22nd

! 6

1992

! 500cc

! Harris-Yamaha

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| JPN
DNQ

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS
21

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
20

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
17

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED
14

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HUN
DNS

| FRA

| GBR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA
Ret

|

|

! NC

! 0

=Superbike World Championship=

==Races by year==

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year

!valign="middle" rowspan=2| Bike

!colspan=2| 1

!colspan=2| 2

!colspan=2| 3

!colspan=2| 4

!colspan=2| 5

!colspan=2| 6

!colspan=2| 7

!colspan=2| 8

!colspan=2| 9

!colspan=2| 10

!colspan=2| 11

!colspan=2| 12

!colspan=2| 13

!rowspan=2| Pos

!rowspan=2| 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

rowspan=2| 1990

! Honda

| SPA

| SPA

| GBR

| GBR

| HUN

| HUN

| GER

| GER

| CAN

| CAN

| USA

| USA

| AUT

| AUT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JPN
26

| FRA

| FRA

| ITA

| ITA

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

Kawasaki

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|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAL
17

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAL
19

| AUS

| AUS

| NZL

| NZL

1991

! Honda

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GBR
DNQ

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| 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

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External links

  • {{MotoGP.com}}
  • {{WorldSBK.com}}

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Category:Living people

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Category:British motorcycle racers

Category:500cc World Championship riders

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