Michael Caine (racing driver)
Michael Caine 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.
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.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.
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.
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.Caine stayed in the championship for 2013, now paired with Ahmad Al Harthy. 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.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
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 Ret | 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
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 |
2004 | 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.