| Martyn Bell | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | July 17, 1964 England |
| Previous series | |
| 2006–09 2002–05 | BTCC Kumho BMW Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2004 | Kumho BMW Championship |
Martyn Nicholas Bell (born 17 July 1964) is an auto racing driver. Since 2006 he has contested the British Touring Car Championship, but he spent the majority of his career racing BMWs in various championships. He won one overall title and 3 class titles in his 9 years of driving BMWs for Geoff Steel (himself a former BTCC racer) and was the first person to campaign a BMW E46 in the UK.
In 2006 he and Steel moved into the British Touring Car Championship in a 320i. He returned for the 2007 BTCC season with the same car under the team allaboutproperty.com Team banner. In 2008 he teamed up with fellow BTCC racer Erkut Kızılırmak with two former works Vauxhall Astra Sports Hatch for Team Arkas Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport. He competed in the 2009 championship in a two-car Tech-Speed Motorsport outfit, alongside Paul O'Neill.
Bell took a sabbatical from motorsport for 2010 due to a hip injury he sustained during the previous year.[1]
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2010-01-25). "Hip injury forces Bell out for 2010". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-25.