Simon Andrews | |
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Simon Andrews riding a Kawasaki at the BSB Snetterton 2009 |
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Nationality | English |
Born | 14 August 1984 Worcester, England |
Current team | MSS Colchester Kawasaki |
Bike number | 17 |
Simon Andrews (born 14 August 1984) is a motorcycle racer from Worcester, England. For 2009 he competes in the British Superbike Championship for the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team. He has been in the series since 2006[1]
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He made his British Supersport debut in 2001, and contested the series full-time in 2002. In 2003 he competed in three different championships - British Supersport, British Superstock and AXO European Superstock, earning five BSS podium finishes.[2] In 2004 he came third in BSS, and took tenth overall in 2005. He started 2006 in Supersport again before moving up to the British Superbike Championship midseason with the Jentin Lloyds British team.
In 2007 he came 16th overall from the nine rounds he contested.[3] In 2008 he ran 3rd for a while at Brands Hatch before finishing 9th. He scored two top 10 finishes at Donington Park in 2008, despite qualifying down in 24th.[4] In race 2 at Mallory Park he ran 2nd for several laps on a drying track, but ultimately faded to 7th. He scored 20 top-ten finishes in total, despite being troubled by a knee injury for much of the season[5]
For 2009 he left Jentin to join MSS Colchester Kawasaki. Despite injuring his collarbone pre-season he qualified on the front row for round 3 at Donington Park, and took a 4th-place finish at round 4 at Thruxton. Andrews again impressed at Mallory Park, leading race one before being catapulted out by Josh Brookes in an incident which eliminated seven riders.[6] He was already riding injured at this point, and an operation on his wrist immediately after this round caused him to miss the 3-race meeting at Brands Hatch[7] He took his first careet podium at Cadewell Park, finishing 4th on the road but being promoted when on-the-road winner Leon Camier was excluded for ignoring a black and orange flag.[8] In race one at the same venue he touched with team-mate Julien da Costa in race one, finishing fifth ahead of the Frenchman.[9] He was successful at Croft despite using no rider aids. He also contested the World Superbike round at Donington, finishing 10th in race 2 after passing the leading works Kawasaki of Broc Parkes. He finished the year by finishing 7th on his debut in the Macau street race[10] Andrews has re-signed for the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team for 2009 alongside Gary Mason and is expected to be one of the championship contenders
Andrews lives in Evesham, England. On off-weekends he often competes in drifting and motocross, however he does not hold a license to ride motorcycles on the road.
Stats correct as of 31 August 2010
* Denotes Season in Progress
Series | Years Active | Races | Poles | Podiums | Wins | 2nd place | 3rd place | Fast Laps | Titles | |
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British Supersport (BSS) | 2004-06 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
British Superbike (BSB) | 2008-Pres | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
World Superbike (WSB) | 2009-Pres | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 76 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
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2004 | Suzuki | SIL | BHI 3 |
SNE 5 |
OUL 4 |
MON 1 |
SNE | BHGP 5 |
KNO | MAL | CRO | CAD 9 |
OUL | DON 10 |
9th | 89 | [11] |
2005 | Suzuki | BHI Ret |
THR 10 |
MAL 12 |
OUL | MON | CRO | KNO 9 |
SNE Ret |
SIL 8 |
CAD 2 |
OUL 9 |
DON 8 |
BHGP 9 |
10th | 67 | |
2006 | Yamaha | BHI Ret |
DON | THR 5 |
OUL Ret |
MON C |
MAL 5 |
SNE 7 |
KNO | OUL Ret |
CRO Ret |
CAD 14 |
SIL | BHGP | 18th | 33 | [12] |
Year | Class | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||||
2008 | BSB | Yamaha | THR 8 |
THR Ret |
OUL Ret |
OUL 7 |
BHGP 9 |
BHGP Ret |
DON 10 |
DON 9 |
SNE 10 |
SNE 8 |
MAL 7 |
MAL 7 |
OUL 5 |
OUL 6 |
KNO 8 |
KNO 6 |
CAD 7 |
CAD 6 |
CRO 10 |
CRO 9 |
SIL 5 |
SIL 8 |
BHI 8 |
BHI 7 |
8th | 176 | [13] | |||
2009 | Kawasaki | BHI 7 |
BHI 11 |
OUL Ret |
OUL 8 |
DON Ret |
DON 4 |
THR 4 |
THR 6 |
SNE 10 |
SNE 11 |
KNO 4 |
KNO 6 |
MAL Ret |
MAL 15 |
BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | CAD 5 |
CAD 3 |
CRO Ret |
CRO 5 |
SIL 9 |
SIL 7 |
OUL 6 |
OUL 9 |
OUL Ret |
6th | 163.5 | [14] | ||
2010 | BHI Ret |
BHI 8 |
THR |
THR |
OUL |
OUL |
CAD |
CAD |
MAL 7 |
MAL 7 |
KNO 7 |
KNO C |
SNE 8 |
SNE 9 |
SNE 6 |
BHGP Ret |
BHGP 12 |
BHGP 10 |
CAD Ret |
CAD DNS |
CRO |
CRO |
SIL |
SIL |
OUL |
OUL |
OUL |
12th | 70 | [15] | ||
2011 | BSB | BHI 15 |
BHI 17 |
OUL Ret |
OUL 19 |
CRO 21 |
CRO 18 |
THR 27 |
THR 20 |
KNO 15 |
KNO 10 |
SNE 17 |
SNE DNS |
OUL | OUL | BHGP | BHGP | BHGP | CAD |
CAD |
DON |
DON |
SIL |
SIL |
BHGP |
BHGP |
25th* | 8* | ||||
E1 | BHI 15 |
BHI 17 |
OUL 19 |
CRO 21 |
CRO 18 |
THR 27 |
THR 20 |
KNO 15 |
KNO 10 |
SNE 17 |
OUL |
OUL |
BHGP |
BHGP |
BHGP |
CAD |
CAD |
DON |
DON |
SIL |
SIL |
BHGP |
BHGP |
BHGP |
4th* | 158* |
Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
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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 | R1 | R2 | |||||
2009 | Kawasaki | AUS |
AUS |
QAT |
QAT |
SPA |
SPA |
NED |
NED |
ITA |
ITA |
RSA |
RSA |
USA |
USA |
SMR |
SMR |
GBR 20 |
GBR 10 |
CZE |
CZE |
GER |
GER |
ITA |
ITA |
FRA |
FRA |
POR |
POR |
29th | 6 | [16] |
2010 | Kawasaki | AUS |
AUS |
POR |
POR |
SPA 18 |
SPA Ret |
NED | NED | ITA | ITA | RSA | RSA | USA | USA | SMR | SMR | CZE | CZE | GBR | GBR | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | 26th* | 0* | [17] |