Jack Butel (born 19 March 1996 in St Saviour, Jersey) is a racing driver from Jersey currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship, driving for Team HARD.[1] He debuted in 2020 after previously competing in the British GT Championship and F4 British Championship.[2]

Jack Butel
Butel at Thruxton in 2022.
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1996-03-19) 19 March 1996 (age 28)
St Saviour, Jersey
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamGo-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number96
Former teamsCiceley Motorsport
Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com
Starts107 (108 entries)
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish25th in 2021
Previous series
2019
2017-18
2015-16
2014
British GT Championship
LMP3 Cup UK
F4 British Championship
Formula Renault BARC

Career

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British Touring Car Championship

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Cicely Motorsport (2020)

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Butel made his debut in the British Touring Car Championship in 2020 with Cicely Motorsport, driving a Mercedes-Benz A-Class.[2] His first and only points finish of the season came during the second round at Brands Hatch, with 14th place in the third race of the weekend.[3] He came 26th in the overall standings, and 3rd in the Jack Sears Trophy.

EXCELR8 Motorsport (2021-2022)

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Butel moved to Excelr8 Motorsport for the 2021 season, driving a Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance.[4] He scored 4 points across the season, but was forced to miss the final round on medical grounds.[5] He came 25th in the overall standings, and 4th in the Jack Sears Trophy.

He continued with the team for 2022,[6] but missed the fifth round at Croft Circuit for personal reasons.[7] With a best finish of 15th place once across the season and with one point scored, he finished 27th in the overall standings, and 7th in the Jack Sears Trophy.

Team HARD (2023-)

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For 2023, Butel moved to Team HARD, driving a Cupra León.[1]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Protyre Formula Renault Championship SWB Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 175 8th
2015 MSA Formula Championship SWB Motorsport 30 0 0 0 0 38 18th
2016 F4 British Championship JHR Developments 27 0 0 0 0 14 18th
2017 British LMP3 Cup Speedworks Motorsport 12 1 0 0 4 154 3rd
2018 24H Proto Series - Championship of the Continents - P3 Speedworks Motorsport 3 2 1 1 3 47 2nd
2019 Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro-Am ArtLine Team Georgia 2 0 0 0 0 4 10th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am 4 0 0 0 1 34 7th
British GT Championship - GT4 Optimum Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 3.5 23rd
24H GT Series - GT4
24 Hours of Dubai - GT4 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2020 24H GT Series - GT4 Ciceley Motorsport
24 Hours of Dubai - GT4 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
British Touring Car Championship Carlube TripleR Racing with Mac Tools 27 0 0 0 0 2 26th
2021 British Touring Car Championship EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com 27 0 0 0 0 4 25th
2022 British Touring Car Championship Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com 26 0 0 0 0 1 27th
2023 British Touring Car Championship Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown 27 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2024 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro–Am Toro Verde GT

Complete British GT Championship results

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(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 Optimum Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT4 GT4 OUL
1

20
OUL
2

23
SNE
1

27
SNE
2

29
SIL
1

22
DON
1

Ret
SPA
1

Ret
BRH
1

28
DON
1

Ret
23rd 3.5

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(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 lead 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 Pos Points
2020 Carlube TripleR Racing
with Mac Tools
Mercedes-Benz A-Class DON
1

22
DON
2

19
DON
3

20
BRH
1

23
BRH
2

18
BRH
3

14
OUL
1

19
OUL
2

24
OUL
3

16
KNO
1

20
KNO
2

21
KNO
3

22
THR
1

19
THR
2

20
THR
3

18
SIL
1

20
SIL
2

17
SIL
3

17
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

17
CRO
3

20
SNE
1

20
SNE
2

20
SNE
3

24
BRH
1

23
BRH
2

19
BRH
3

21
26th 2
2021 Excelr8 with
TradePriceCars.com
Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance THR
1

21
THR
2

19
THR
3

19
SNE
1

26
SNE
2

22
SNE
3

21
BRH
1

25
BRH
2

25
BRH
3

21
OUL
1

20
OUL
2

17
OUL
3

Ret
KNO
1

20
KNO
2

14
KNO
3

16
THR
1

19
THR
2

15
THR
3

15
CRO
1

23
CRO
2

26
CRO
3

19
SIL
1

18
SIL
2

16
SIL
3

23
DON
1

23
DON
2

25
DON
3

Ret
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
25th 4
2022 Bristol Street Motors with
Excelr8 TradePriceCars.com
Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance DON
1

Ret
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

21
BRH
1

19
BRH
2

19
BRH
3

19
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

DNS
THR
3

23
OUL
1

24
OUL
2

23
OUL
3

19
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
KNO
1

Ret
KNO
2

23
KNO
3

22
SNE
1

22
SNE
2

19
SNE
3

Ret
THR
1

20
THR
2

21
THR
3

15
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

22
SIL
3

19
BRH
1

19
BRH
2

24
BRH
3

19
27th 1
2023 Go-Fix with
Autoaid Breakdown
Cupra León DON
1

23
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

17
BRH
1

18
BRH
2

24
BRH
3

17
SNE
1

21
SNE
2

21
SNE
3

16
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

20
THR
3

21
OUL
1

17
OUL
2

17
OUL
3

18
CRO
1

20
CRO
2

20
CRO
3

Ret
KNO
1

19
KNO
2

20
KNO
3

22
DON
1

23
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

21
SIL
1

21
SIL
2

25
SIL
3

24
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
28th 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jack Butel switches to Team HARD for 2023". TouringCarTimes. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jack Butel secures late Ciceley Motorsport drive". Touring Car Times. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. ^ Irwin, Aaron (9 August 2020). "Tom Oliphant secures first ever BTCC win at Brands Hatch". ThePitCrewOnline. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Jack Butel makes EXCELR8 switch for 2021". TouringCarTimes. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Andy Wilmot to replace Jack Butel in season finale". TouringCars.net. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ^ Gill, Samuel (14 March 2022). "Jack Butel completes EXCELR8 Motorsport line-up for 2022 BTCC season". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ^ "James Gornall replaces Jack Butel for Croft meeting". TouringCarTimes. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
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Jack Butel career summary at DriverDB.com