Guy Martin

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Guy Martin
Martin at the 2014 Bol d'Or
Nationality	British
Born	(1981-11-04) 4 November 1981 (age 43) Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Motorcycle racing career statistics Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 14 (2003–2015, 2017) TT wins 0 TT podiums 17[1]

Guy Martin (born 4 November 1981) is a British former motorcycle racer and heavy vehicle mechanic who became a television presenter.^[2] He retired from motorcycle racing in July 2017.

Martin started racing in 1998 and in 2004 competed on a road circuit for the first time at the Isle of Man TT.^[3] He has a total of 17 podium finishes at TT events.^[1] He has broken his back twice in racing accidents,^[4] in the 2010 TT and the 2015 Ulster Grand Prix.

In August 2017, Martin joined Formula 1 car team Williams' pit-crew for the Belgian GP.^[5] Martin returned to road racing in May 2019 at the Tandragee 100 in Northern Ireland.^[6]

Martin starred in Closer to the Edge, a 2011 documentary on TT racing. He has since presented programmes on various engineering topics, as well as the Channel 4 series Speed with Guy Martin when he set speed records in a variety of human and engine powered vehicles. He has also written four books, and competed in mountain bike pedal-cycle races.