Michael Caine (racing driver)

Michael Caine (born 13 August 1969 in Cambridge) is a British auto racing racing driver. He currently competes in the British GT Championship and the British Touring Car Championship. He was the 2012 British GT champion along with Daniele Perfetti.

Michael Caine
Nationality British
Born (1969-08-13) 13 August 1969
Cambridge (England)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2011
Current teamPro Alloy with Motorbase
Car number44
Former teamsTeam HARD
Starts34
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish22nd in 2013
Previous series
2012-14, 17
200611
British GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Championship titles
2012British GT Championship

Racing career

British Touring Car Championship

He made his British Touring Car Championship debut for Airwaves Racing at Rockingham in 2011, where he competed for two rounds, scoring a point on his debut.[1]

Caine returned to the BTCC for the 2013 season, beginning with the fifth round of the championship at Croft where he would drive a Ford Focus Mk.III ST for Addison Lee Motorbase.[2] Michael Caine returned to the BTCC with Team HARD in 2016 replacing Chris Smiley. On 3 January 2018, Caine was announced as the 4th driver with Team HARD for the 2018 season of the British Touring Car Championship. On 27 September 2019, it was announced that Caine would be replacing Nicolas Hamilton at Motorbase for the remaining two rounds of the season.[3]

British GT Championship

He has previously competed in series such as the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain and British GT Championship. For 2012 he returned to the British GT Championship with Motorbase in a Porsche 911 GT3R.[4]

Caine stayed in the championship for 2013, now paired with Ahmad Al Harthy.[5] Caine remained with Motorbase Performance for the 2014 season, now racing an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 alongside Al Harthy in the British GT Championship and with Al Harthy and Stephen Jelley in the Blancpain Endurance Series.[6]

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2003 Dewalt Racesports Salisbury Mike Jordan
Tim Sugden
TVR Tuscan T400R GT 93 DNF DNF
2004 Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Bob Berridge
Chris Stockton
TVR Tuscan T400R GT 300 21st 8th

Britcar 24 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Car No. Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 Trackpower Motorsport Richard Hay
Richard Stanton
Stuart Turvey
TVR Sagaris 16 GT3 30 DNF DNF

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts
2011 Airwaves Racing Ford Focus ST BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
ROC
1

10
ROC
2

Ret
ROC
3

20
BRH
1

12
BRH
2

12
BRH
3

12
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
23rd 1
2013 Addison Lee Racing Ford Focus ST Mk.III BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
CRO
1

8
CRO
2

Ret
CRO
3

DNS
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
22nd 8
2016 TLC Racing Toyota Avensis BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1

18
SNE
2

Ret
SNE
3

DNS
KNO
1

24
KNO
2

DNS
KNO
3

DNS
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
33rd 0
2018 Team HARD. with Trade Price Cars Volkswagen CC BRH
1

21
BRH
2

24
BRH
3

24
DON
1

24
DON
2

27
DON
3

19
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

Ret
THR
3

25
OUL
1

29
OUL
2

22
OUL
3

19
CRO
1

23
CRO
2

NC
CRO
3

27
SNE
1

19
SNE
2

Ret
SNE
3

DNS
ROC
1

20
ROC
2

Ret
ROC
3

Ret
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
36th 0
2019 Motorbase Performance Ford Focus RS BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1

20
SIL
2

12
SIL
3

18
BRH
1

12
BRH
2

8
BRH
3

17
25th 16

Partial British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
1999 Promotasport Marcos Mantis INV SIL
1
OUL
1
SNE
1
BRH
1
SIL
1

23
DON
1
DON
2
SIL
1
CRO
1
SPA
1
SIL
1
NC† 0†
2001 TVR Motorsport TVR Cerbera Speed 12 GT SIL
1

5
SNE
1

15
DON
1

3
OUL
1

3
CRO
1

2
ROC
1

1
CAS
1

2
BRH
1

1
DON
1

2
KNO
1

8
THR
1

Ret
BRH
1

13
SIL
1

2
3rd 81
2002 TVR Engineering TVR Cerbera Speed 12 GT BRH
1

Ret
DON
1

2
SIL
1

2
KNO
1

3
CRO
1

3
SIL
1

18
CAS
1

Ret
ROC
1

4
OUL
1

2
SNE
1

3
THR
1

4
DON
1

3
? 59
2003 DeWalt Racesports TVR Tuscan T400R GTO DON
1
SNE
1

DNA
KNO
1
SIL
1

DNA
CAS
1

1
OUL
1
ROC
1
THR
1
SPA
1

9
BRH
1

Ret
? 16
2004 JWR/Chambers Runfold plc Porsche 996 GT3 Cup GT Cup DON
1
DON
2
MON
1
MON
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
CAS
1
CAS
2
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

15
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

2
THR
1

15
THR
2

12
BRH
1

WD
BRH
2

WD
13th 22
RSR Racing TVR Tuscan T400R N-GT BRH
1

DNS
BRH
2

Ret
NC 0
2012 Motorbase Performance Porsche 997 GT3-R GT3 OUL
1

6
OUL
2

4
NUR
1

2
NUR
2

3
ROC
1

13
BRH
1

Ret
SNE
1

2
SNE
2

5
SIL
1

3
DON
1

4
1st 130.5
2013 Oman Air Motorbase Porsche 997 GT3-R GT3 OUL
1

4
OUL
2

9
ROC
1

6
SIL
1

8
SNE
1

1
SNE
2

8
BRH
1

7
ZAN
1

1
ZAN
2

9
DON
1

12
5th 97
2014 Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL
1

1
OUL
2

7
ROC
1

10
SIL
1

1
SNE
1

8
SNE
2

12
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

10
BRH
1

2
DON
1

4
2nd 138
2017 Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 GT4 OUL
1

DNS
OUL
2

DNS
ROC
1
SNE
1

26
SNE
2

18
SIL
1
SPA
1
SPA
2
BRH
1
DON
1
26th 2

As Caine was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

  1. The Checkered Flag. "Michael Caine Steps Up To BTCC As Third Airwaves Racing Driver – BTCC". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. O'Leary, Jamie (21 March 2013). "Ollie Jackson and Michael Caine join 32-car BTCC field". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  3. Pettit, Vince (27 September 2019). "Michael Caine back in BTCC with Motorbase for final two weekends". The Checkered Flaq. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. http://www.crash.net/btcc/news/177437/1/motorbase_expands_into_british_gt.html
  5. "Motorbase firm up 2013 plans". British GT Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  6. "News 2014: Motorbase Performance confirms new GT line up". Motorbase Performance. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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