1. Ayrton Miguel Simmons Fernandez was born on 29 April 2001 and is a British-Spanish racing driver, who last competed in the 2024 Ultimate Cup Series with TS Corse.
30 Facts About Ayrton Simmons
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Ayrton Simmons last competed in the 2022 Euroformula Open Championship for Drivex School and the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Charouz Racing System.
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Ayrton Simmons is the vice-champion of the 2018 F4 British and the 2021 GB3 Championship.
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Ayrton Simmons then competed in various national championships, such as the Super 1 Championships and Kartmasters British Grand Prix.
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Ayrton Simmons made his car racing debut in the third round of the 2016 F4 British Championship with the TRS Arden Junior Racing Team at the age of 15.
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Ayrton Simmons's form improved from round to round, culminating with his first podium at the final race of the season.
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Ayrton Simmons continued to race in the series in 2017 with the same team, this time for the whole season.
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Ayrton Simmons started his season off strongly with a victory at Brands Hatch, Ayrton Simmons scored five more podiums and ended up seventh in the championship, three and five positions behind teammates Alex Quinn and Oscar Piastri, respectively.
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Ayrton Simmons stayed on for a third season in British F4, this time competing with JHR Developments.
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Ayrton Simmons again started strongly and had his best season, taking two wins in the first round at Brands Hatch.
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In 2018, Ayrton Simmons made his debut in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with Chris Dittmann Racing, scoring 88 points and finishing 19th in the standings.
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Ayrton Simmons scored his first podiums in the opening round at Oulton Park and achieved his first win at Silverstone in the third race.
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Ayrton Simmons won another race at the second Silverstone round and finished third in the overall standings, just 55 points behind champion Novalak.
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Midway through the season in May, Ayrton Simmons joined the 2019 F3 Asian Championship.
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Ayrton Simmons partook in two rounds and ended tenth in the standings.
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In 2020, Ayrton Simmons made two appearances in British F3, one with Chris Dittmann Racing and one with JHR Developments, respectively.
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Ayrton Simmons scored two podiums in each of the rounds and amassed two victories at Brands Hatch.
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The 2021 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship was the fourth season Ayrton Simmons competed at that level.
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Ayrton Simmons settled for vice-champion with four wins and one more podium.
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Ayrton Simmons progressed to the Euroformula Open Championship in 2020 with Double R Racing.
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Ayrton Simmons was left to end the standings 11th with 62 points.
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Ayrton Simmons remained with Drivex for Imola, but the team did not turn up for that weekend.
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Ayrton Simmons did return for the last round at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and scored a second place in the second race.
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Ayrton Simmons ended the year 10th in the standings, with 85 points.
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Ayrton Simmons finished both of his races in 24th and 21st place, respectively.
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Ayrton Simmons remained with the team for the full 2022 season.
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Ayrton Simmons achieved a second place in his debut at the first Paul Ricard round, before proceeding to take his first endurance racing victory, in his class, at the next race in Navarra.
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Ayrton Simmons had been set to take part in the 2024 Le Mans Cup with Murphy Prototypes, but he announced in an Instagram post that his contract to compete with the team was terminated.
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Ayrton Simmons was born in Harlow, Essex to an English father and a Spanish mother, and lived in the Madrid neighbourhood of Vallecas from the age of 4 to 14 before moving back to Epping.
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Ayrton Simmons was named after the late three-time Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna.