{{Short description|Australian racing driver}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Simon Hodge | image = Simon Hodge Headshot.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = | nationality = Australian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|02|17}}<ref name=ss>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/simon-hodge~7085.html |title=Simon Hodge: Racedriver biography - career and success |website=Speedsport-magazine.com |access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref> | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia | relatives = | current_series = | first_year = | current_team = | car_number = | former_teams = | starts = | wins = | poles = | fastest_laps = | best_finish = | year = <!-- | prev_series = Australian Drivers' Championship | prev_series_years = 2014 --> | prev_series = Australian Formula Ford Champ. | prev_series_years = 2011-13 | titles = Australian Drivers' Championship | title_years = 2014 | awards = CAMS Gold Star | award_years = 2014 | updated = 2 November 2014 }} '''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.<ref name=stuart>{{cite web|last=Martin |first=Stuart |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/motor-sport/simon-hodge-goes-from-trackside-fanatic-to-fastest-man-in-town-by-sweeping-three-f3-races/story-fne8930l-1226843073436 |title=Simon Hodge goes from trackside fanatic to fastest man in town by sweeping three F3 races |website=News.com.au |date=2014-02-27 |access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref> Hodge currently holds the record for the most consecutive pole positions in Australian Drivers' Championship history with seven.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Formula3aus/photos/a.202749616428591/722214491148765/|title=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!|website=Facebook.com|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
==Lap Records== [[File:Mygale MII of Trent Shirvington.jpg|thumb|Hodge won the 2014 Australian Drivers' Championship driving a Team BRM-entered Mygale M11, similar to that pictured above]] {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! 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 |- ! colspan="7"| Sources:<ref name=stuart/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/v8/blog-replay-james-courtney-wins-last-race-on-final-day-of-adelaides-clipsal-500-ng-23adea08be3997151784bc04b5b95171|title=Blog replay: Courtney king on final day|date=2 March 2014|website=PerthNow.com.au|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://racing.natsoft.com.au/636607094/object_22673696.92I/Result|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140420010931/http://racing.natsoft.com.au/636607094/object_22673696.92I/Result?32|url-status=dead|title=Result|archive-date=20 April 2014|access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref><ref name=Natsoft>{{cite web|url=http://racing.natsoft.com.au/636607094/object_22673696.92I/Result?32 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140420010931/http://racing.natsoft.com.au/636607094/object_22673696.92I/Result?32 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-04-20 |title=Natsoft race results |website=Racing.natsoft.com.au |date=2014-04-20 |access-date=2014-04-20}}</ref> |}
==Career results== ===Karting career summary=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center" ! Season ! Series ! Position |- ! rowspan=2| 2010 | align=left| Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior National Heavy | align=center | 18th |- | align=left| Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior Clubman | align=center style=background:#dfdfdf| '''2nd''' |}
===Career summary=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Season ! Series ! Position ! Car ! Team |- ! 2011 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | align="center"| 20th | Mygale SJ11a | Team BRM |- ! 2012 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | align="center"| 8th | Mygale SJ11a | Team BRM |- !rowspan=2| 2013 | Australian Drivers' Championship | align="center"| 13th | Dallara F307-Mercedes-Benz | Team BRM |- | Australian Formula Ford Championship | align="center"| 5th | Mygale SJ12a | Sonic Motor Racing Services |- ! 2014 | Australian Drivers' Championship | style="background: #ffffbf" align="center"| '''1st''' | Mygale M11 | Team BRM |- ! 2015 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | align="center"| 17th | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991 | Team BRM |} {{-}}
===Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! Overall<br>position ! Class<br>position |- ! 2015 |align="left"| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Erebus Motorsport |align="left"| {{Flagicon|USA}} Austin Cindric<br>{{Flagicon|AUS}} Nathan Morcom |align="left"| Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | AA | 251 | 21st | 7th |}
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140227224527/http://simonhodgeracing.com/ Official Webpage]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hodge, Simon}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Australian Formula 3 Championship drivers Category:24H Series drivers Category:Porsche Carrera Cup Australia drivers Category:Racing drivers from Adelaide Category:Erebus Motorsport drivers Category:Australian Formula Ford Championship drivers