Michael Bentwood

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Bentwood
Occupation	British Racing Driver
Date Of Birth	Jan 10, 1978(1978-01-10)
Age	46
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Capricorn

Michael Bentwood Biography

Michael Bentwood is one of the most popular and richest British racing driver who was born on January 10, 1978 in England, United Kingdom. Michael Bentwood, a British driver in auto racing, was born 10 January 1978. He is based in Altrincham. He started racing in Karting and finished the 1994 Formula First Winter Series in tenth place. He finished fifth in 1995’s Formula Vauxhall Junior Winter Series. Between 1997 and 2000, he spent four years in the British Formula 3 Class A Championship. He was the highest-placed British driver in 2000, winning both the Raymond Mays Trophy as well as the BRDC Spencer Charrington Trophy. He was also granted BRDC membership. Johnny Herbert proposed him, and John Cardwell was the second to propose. He was then able to drive in the Euro Formula 3000 Series in 2001, where he placed in the twelfth position with a few top six finishes.

He shared the Ford GT with Philip Walker in select races in 2009 for RPM Motorsport. He shared the Aston Martin DBRS9 car with Barwell Motorsport in 2010. Although they were competitive, they did not win the entire championship. Alain Li also drove in the Merdeka millennium 12 hour race at Sepang F1 circuit, this time in an Aston Martin DBRS9 together with Frank Yu and Alain Li. They finished fifth behind the Petronas BMW team. Michael was the British driver with the highest-placed car.

He raced in 2005 in the British GT Championship as a works driver in a Nissan 350Z Nissan 350Z for RJN Racing. Alister McRae, Anthony Reid and Anthony Reid were his teammates in 2005. The Nissan performed well, especially at Silverstone’s last round where Michael competed against Ben Collins (Porsche) and Tim Mullen (Ferrari). He also participated in the Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone Circuit that year in a Lotus Elise Sport, but the car was very unstable. He was unable to participate in all rounds of the FIA GT3 Championship due to a knee injury. He was a good performer in the V12 Aston, and in 2007, he won his first GT3 victory with Barwell Motorsport and Tom Alexender. In 2008, he remained with the 22GT Racing team in an Aston Martin DBRS9, where he won the pole against Allan Simonsen at Thruxton. He also shared the car with Adrian Wilmot, Andy Jenkinson, and Tom Alexander. He also worked for Prodrive in the development of the latest Traction Control software to their GT3 customer cars. He drove at Classic Le Mans alongside Tom Alexander in a 1959 DB4 GT.

Michael Bentwood Net Worth

Michael Bentwood is one of the richest British Racing Driver from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Bentwood 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

(key) Races marked in bold indicate pole position (one point awarded for the first race in 2003 in class). Races marked in italics indicate fastest lap (1 points awarded for all races in 2003 in class). * indicates that the driver has led at least one lap (1 Point awarded for all races).

In 2003, he was the first to drive in the BTCC. He raced in a BMW 320i in Edenbridge Racing. In the championships last year of the production class, he finished third in his class and won a lot of races. He raced in the BTCC in a Vauxhall Astra Coupe, a four-year old Vauxhall Astra Coupe, for VX Racing Junior. This was a’semi-works drive’ with Techspeed. (Yvan Müller’s old car) He finished seventh in the Independents Championship and thirteenth overall. He also won a few races in the Independents, as well as a few podiums in the main championship, where he had many great battles with James Thompson, Yvan Mulder, and Anthony Reid. Ironically, the latter would be his teammate one- year later.

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Michael Ranked on the list of most popular British racing driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Michael Bentwood celebrates birthday on January 10 of every year.