Simon Birch (racing driver)
Danish racing driver (born 2007)
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Simon Birch Kristensen (born 4 January 2007 in Ikast[1]) is a Danish racing driver set to compete for Selected Car Racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.
Career
Birch started karting in 2016 and mainly competed in Rotax Max Challenge Denmark until 2021. During his time in karts, Birch most notably won the 2019 Rotax Max Challenge Denmark in the Mini class.[2]
Stepping up to car racing in 2021, Birch competed in the Yokohama 1600 Challenge Denmark for Brian Madsen Sport.[3] In his first season in cars, Birch won race one at the second round of the season at Padborg Park,[4] and with a further win in the penultimate round at Jyllandsringen and seven more podiums, Birch finished runner-up in the standings to Mirel Lovic.[5]
Birch stepped up to the Yokohama SuperCup for 2022, joining GMB Motorsport.[6] After not scoring points in the season-opening Padborg Park round, Birch then went on to win all but two of the remaining 15 races on his way to the title, 18 points ahead of Oliver Rømer.[7]
Returning to GMB Motorsport for 2023, Birch made his debut in Super GT Denmark and also made his GT3 debut, racing in the Le Mans Cup alongside Thomas Andersen.[8][9] In Super GT, Birch won on his debut at Padborg Park and scored a further win at the third round of the season at Ring Djursland en route to fourth in points.[10][11] In the latter, Birch won at Spa on track,[12] but was given a ten-second penalty after the race for not slowing down within the required time during a VSC period and thus dropped to eighth.[13]
In 2024, Birch was set to compete in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cups for GMB Motorsport,[14] but the team folded prior to the start of the season.[15] With the collapse of GMB Motorsport, Birch joined Razoon – More than Racing for a dual campaign in the GT2 European Series and ADAC GT4 Germany.[16][17] In the former, Birch took five podiums across the season, taking a best result of second three times, on his way to third in the Pro-Am standings.[18][19] In ADAC GT4 Germany, Birch won the season finale at the Hockenheimring and scored two more podiums to finish ninth in points.[20]
Birch returned to Razoon – More than Racing for 2025, stepping up to ADAC GT Masters,[21] whilst also returning to the GT2 European Series.[22] In his first season in ADAC GT Masters, Birch won both races at the Lausitzring on debut,[23] and scored three further podiums to end the year third in the overall standings.[24] During 2025, Birch also won the 6 Hours of Portimão and the 6 Hours of Barcelona for the same team,[25][26] as well as making one-off appearances in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup and the Gulf 12 Hours.[27][28]
Remaining in GT3 competition for the following year, Birch joined Ferrari-linked AF Corse-run Selected Car Racing to race in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, as well as returning to Razoon – more than racing to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.[29]
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Rotax Max Challenge Denmark – Junior | 30th | |
| Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy – Mini Max | Mads R. Thomsen | 4th | |
| Rotax Challenge Grand Finals – Mini Max | 35th | ||
| 2020 | Rotax Max Challenge Denmark – Junior | 2nd | |
| BNL Karting Series Kick-Off – Junior Max | 12th | ||
| 2021 | Rotax Max Challenge Denmark – Junior | 11th | |
| Sources:[30][31][32] | |||
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Yokohama 1600 Challenge Denmark | Brian MaDSEN sPORT | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 294 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Yokohama SuperCup Denmark | GMB Motorsport | 16 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 369 | 1st |
| 2023 | Danish Super GT | GMB Motorsport | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 320 | 4th |
| Le Mans Cup – GT3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9th | ||
| 2024 | GT2 European Series – Pro-Am | Razoon – More than Racing[33][34] | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 3rd |
| ADAC GT4 Germany | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 7th | ||
| GT4 European Series – Silver | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 24H Series – GTX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 5th | ||
| Selected Car Group Super GT Danmark | ST Competition[35] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 12th | |
| 2025 | Middle East Trophy – 992 | Razoon – More than Racing[36] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 6 Hour of Portimão | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/a | 1st | ||
| 6 Hour of Barcelona | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/a | 1st | ||
| GT Winter Series – GT3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 82* | 4th* | ||
| GT2 European Series – Pro-Am | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 8th | ||
| ADAC GT Masters | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 155 | 3rd | ||
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| Gulf 12 Hours – Pro-Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/a | 5th | ||
| 2025–26 | 24H Series Middle East - GT3 | Razoon – more than racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 14th |
| 2026 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Selected Car Racing | |||||||
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold | |||||||||
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Razoon – more than racing | ||||||||
| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver | |||||||||
| Sources:[32][37] | |||||||||
Complete Le Mans Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT2 European Series results
(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 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Razoon – more than racing | KTM X-Bow GT2 | Pro-Am | LEC 1 5 |
LEC 2 3 |
MIS 1 6 |
MIS 2 3 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 2 |
HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 2 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 5 |
BAR 1 6 |
BAR 2 6 |
3rd | 140 |
| 2025 | Razoon – more than racing | KTM X-Bow GT2 | Pro-Am | LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 4 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
BAR 1 |
BAR 2 |
8th | 30 |
Complete GT4 European Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete ADAC GT Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season in progress.
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Selected Car Racing | Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo | Gold | LEC 16 |
MNZ |
SPA 6H |
SPA 12H |
SPA 24H |
NÜR |
ALG |
4th* | 15* |