Simon Neil Hodge (born 17 February 1994) is a racing driver from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and winner of the 2014 Australian Drivers' Championship. In March 2014 he set a new lap record for the Adelaide Street Circuit and in April 2014 also broke the Mount Panorama lap record.[2] Simon currently holds the record for the most consecutive pole positions in Australian Drivers' Championship history with seven.[3]

Simon Hodge
NationalityAustralian
Born (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30)[1]
Adelaide, South Australia
Previous series
2011-13Australian Formula Ford Champ.
Championship titles
2014Australian Drivers' Championship
Awards
2014CAMS Gold Star
Last updated on: 2 November 2014.

Lap Records

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Hodge won the 2014 Australian Drivers' Championship driving a Team BRM-entered Mygale M11, similar to that pictured above
Season Track Event Time Car Team Notes
2014 Adelaide Street Circuit Clipsal 500 1:17.9726 Mygale M11-Mercedes-Benz Team BRM Outright record (V8 Supercar layout)
2014 Sandown Raceway Shannons Nationals 1:07.4736 Mygale M11-Mercedes-Benz Team BRM Formula 3 record
2014 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst Motor Festival 2:02.6701 Mygale M11-Mercedes-Benz Team BRM Outright record
2014 Hidden Valley Raceway SkyCity Triple Crown 1:05.1101 Mygale M11-Mercedes-Benz Team BRM Formula 3 record
Sources:[2][4][5][6]

Career results

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Season Series Position Car Team
2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship 20th Mygale SJ11a Team BRM
2012 Australian Formula Ford Championship 8th Mygale SJ11a Team BRM
2013 Australian Drivers' Championship 13th Dallara F307-Mercedes-Benz Team BRM
2013 Australian Formula Ford Championship 5th Mygale SJ12a Sonic Motor Racing Services
2014 Australian Drivers' Championship 1st Mygale M11 Team BRM
2015 Australian Carrera Cup Championship 17th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 Team BRM

References

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  1. ^ "Simon Hodge: Racedriver biography - career and success". Speedsport-magazine.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Martin, Stuart (27 February 2014). "Simon Hodge goes from trackside fanatic to fastest man in town by sweeping three F3 races". News.com.au. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Australian Formula 3 - It's a record! Sixth straight Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship pole position for Simon Hodge - breaking a record he already jointly held with 2006 champion Ben Clucas. Chris Anthony qualified second and Roland Legge was an outstanding third place in the R-Tek Dallara!". Facebook.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Blog replay: Courtney king on final day". PerthNow.com.au. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Result". Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Natsoft race results". Racing.natsoft.com.au. 20 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
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