Matt Neal
Neal at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship
Nationality British
Born (1966-12-20) 20 December 1966
Stourbridge (England)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season1991
Current teamHalfords Yuasa Racing
Car number25
Former teamsVX Racing
Peugeot Sport UK
Team Mazda
Tech-Speed Motorsport
Pyramid Motorsport
Starts719
Wins63
Poles17
Fastest laps52
Best finish1st in 2005, 2006, 2011
Previous series
2001
1993		ETCC
DTM
Championship titles
2005–06, 2011BTCC
Awards
BRDC Silver Star

Matthew Stephen Phillip Neal (born 20 December 1966) is a British motor racing driver. Neal is a triple BTCC Champion having won the British Touring Car Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2011. Neal is also a record 6 time BTCC Independents Champion having won the title in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2005 and 2006. He is also a race winner in the European Touring Car Championship. He is 6' 6" (2 m) tall, making him almost entirely unable to race single-seaters. He is also the Group Marketing Director at Rimstock, the alloy wheel manufacturer founded by his father Steve.[1]

Career

Early years

Born in Stourbridge, Neal started out in Motocross but moved into cars in 1988, driving in the Ford Fiesta XR2i category. He was the British Group N Champion in 1990 and 1991.[2] He also co-drove a BMW M3 to victory at the 1990 Willhire 24 Hour race at Snetterton.

British Touring Car Championship (1991–2001)

Neal driving the Team Dynamics Ford Mondeo at Silverstone during the 1995 British Touring Car Championship season.

Neal made his BTCC debut with Pyramid Motorsport at the Silverstone round of the 1991 BTCC season driving a BMW M3. He finished 13th in his first race before returning to the series two rounds later at Oulton Park with the Auto Trader Techspeed Team in another BMW M3. After that race he would race for the team two rounds later at Donington Park. For 1992 he joined his father's Team Dynamics team driving the BMW M3 which Will Hoy had taken to the championship title the year before. The car was badly damaged in an accident forcing Neal to switch to the new BMW 318 for the final race of the season.

He won the Total Cup for drivers without manufacturer support in 1993, before joining Mazda for a season cut short by a huge crash in round five at Silverstone. He rejoined Dynamics for 1995, remaining for several years and he occasionally humbled the big names, as well as winning the Independents' title three further times in 1995, 1999 and 2000.

Neal demonstrates his Honda Integra at the 2006 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

In 1999 he caused a sensation by winning a race at Donington Park in a Nissan Primera, the first Independent to do so in the modern era, winning him a £250,000 prize from BTCC series promoter Alan J. Gow.[3] He took a further win a year later, having been considered a driver to cause a surprise in the championship.[4][5] The championship's regulations changed for 2001, and Neal briefly joined Peugeot Sport UK before sitting out most of the season to race in the European Touring Car Championship.

British GT Championship (1998)

Neal drove a one-off appearance in the British GT Championship during the 1998 British Grand Prix-supporting race. He finished third, sharing a Porsche 911 GT1 with David Leslie.[6]

European Touring Car Championship (2001)

After racing in one round of the British Touring Car Championship, Neal switched to the European Touring Car Championship's Super Touring category with RJN Motorsport and their Nissan Primera starting with Round 5 at Magny-Cours. He finished the championship placed 14th in the drivers standings on 266 points, taking one win in the final round in Portugal.

Return to the BTCC (2002–2003)

He returned with egg:sport in 2002 driving a Vauxhall Astra Coupé alongside Paul O'Neill. He finished 3rd in the championship, ahead of his teammate on 145 points.

A one-off appearance in the ASCAR championship at the end of 2002 saw him running as teammate to his future rival Jason Plato. For 2003 he switched to Honda Racing to drive a Honda Civic Type R, the start of long and mainly undisturbed relationship with Honda. Once again he finished 3rd in the championship ahead of teammates Tom Chilton and Alan Morrison.

Back to Team Dynamics (2004–2007)

Neal won his second BTCC title in 2006.

Neal rejoined Team Dynamics (now with Halfords sponsorship), finishing 5th in the overall Drivers Championship and 4th in the Independents Championship.

For 2005 the team developed a Honda Integra from its basic road-going form, which was an unusual move as independent teams have historically raced ex-works cars, but the team's efforts were rewarded as Neal eventually took the drivers' title in the last round at Brands Hatch. Dynamics, as Team Halfords also clinched the Teams and Independent Teams Championships. Neal finished every single race in the points, the first driver to do so since the calendar expanded to 30 races per year.

Neal driving the Team Halfords-run Honda Civic at Snetterton in the 2007 BTCC season.

In 2006, Neal drove the No. 1 Honda Integra and captured the championship again with a string of consistent finishes; 4th place in round 28 being enough to clinch his second title. After 2 years without a mechanical failure, Neal had a suspension failure before the start of the final race.

BTC-spec cars such as the Integra were no longer eligible for the main 2007 title, so Dynamics switched to a Honda Civic, using some of their existing running gear but doing development themselves. Neal won the third race of the season, but overall the SEAT and Vauxhall entries were faster, leaving Neal unable to fight for the title. A huge crash in race 1 of the second meeting at Brands Hatch left him briefly hospitalised; the lost points from this saw teammate Gordon Shedden outpoint him to finish 3rd overall, with Neal 4th. He attracted controversy during the season's final race, in which Fabrizio Giovanardi and Jason Plato fought for the drivers' title. Having signed on as a Vauxhall driver for 2008, Neal let Vauxhall drivers Giovanardi and Tom Chilton through without a fight, but did not do the same for SEAT driver Jason Plato, ensuring Giovanardi would win the title.

VX Racing (2008–2009)

In his first year for VX Racing in 2008, he took just one win at Rockingham, while teammate Giovanardi took five wins on the way to retaining his title. Neal finished the year 5th in the standings. After a strong start to 2009, winning the opening race at Brands Hatch, he failed to win again all season, finishing fourth in the standings behind Giovanardi.

Honda Racing (2010–2020)

Neal driving for the Honda Racing Team at Brands Hatch in the 2011 BTCC season

Neal returned to Team Dynamics for the 2010 season, now racing under the Honda Racing banner alongside former teammate Gordon Shedden.[7] Neal lost out in the drivers championship to Jason Plato late in the season but he helped Honda Racing take the Manufacturers and Teams Championships.

Neal stayed with Honda in 2011,[8] with the Honda Civic now using a 2.0 NGTC Honda engine built by Neil Brown Engines.[9] For much of the season the Civics had an advantage over the rest of the field and after a closely fought title battle with his teammate, Neal took his third drivers' title – after 2005 and 2006 – for the Honda Racing team at the final round at Silverstone,[10] this helping his team to secure the Manufacturers and Constructors title.

In 2012, Neal drove the new NGTC Honda Civic. He took the first ever win for an NGTC car in the British Touring Car Championship in the second race of the season at Brands Hatch.[11] Neal won two more races at Oulton Park and with teammate Shedden taking the other win, Honda Yuasa Racing Team became the first team to win all three races in a day since Team Aon won all three races at Silverstone in 2010.[12][13] He finished the season second in the championship behind teammate Shedden.

Neal stayed with Honda for the 2013 season alongside Shedden.[14] Prior to the Silverstone round Neal broke his finger in a martial arts accident but was passed fitted to race by a doctor[15] He underwent surgery before the season finale at Brands Hatch, Alain Menu tested for the team as a possible substitute for Neal in the event he was unable to race.[16] Neal finished the year 4th in the championship, two places behind teammate Shedden.

Neal, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship.

He was again paired with Shedden for the 2014 season, this time driving the new Honda Civic Tourer. Neal was placed 9th in the overall standings.

For the 2021 season, Neal made no appearances on the BTCC grid for the first time since his debut in 1991, after Team Dynamics lost backing from Honda and GS Yuasa and obtained sponsorship from Cataclean: as a result the team fielded Shedden and Cataclean-backed driver Daniel Rowbottom as their 2021 line-up. According to Neal the team secured a sponsor to field a third car for him, however this was scuppered when other teams objected to the plan. He described the enforced break in his BTCC career as "not a retirement".[17]

Australia

Neal has competed at the Bathurst 1000 on four occasions; in 1997 and 1998 with Steven Richards in a Team Dynamics Nissan Primera, in 2000 in a Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VT with Paul Morris and in 2008 in a Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE with Boris Said.[18] He also drove with Morris at the 2001 Queensland 500.[19]

Other activities

Neal lives in Shenstone, Worcestershire.

He has appeared on Top Gear multiple times. He first raced in the Historic People Carrier race in Series 5. He participated in a football match using Toyota Aygos in Series 6 driving for James May's team. He raced a Mitsubishi L300 motorhome in the tenth series during a motorhome race. Neal appeared once again in Series 12's Bus Race, driving an Optare MetroRider. He then appeared in Series 14's airport vehicles race.[20] In Series 20, episode 2 he drove a Mercedes-Benz E-Class in a taxi race. Elsewhere Neal has worked alongside Martin Haven as a co-commentator on Eurosport's coverage of the former World Touring Car Championship since 2010 and currently the World Touring Car Cup.[21]

In May 2009 he gave both the Beijing gold medallist and 2008 World Cycling Champion, Ed Clancy[22] and double World Cycling Champion, Rob Hayles, masterclasses around Oulton Park in a Vauxhall Astra 888 road car, prepared by Triple Eight Engineering – the team behind VX Racing.[23]

In March 2015 he drove for Milltek Sport in their diesel Golf in the Mugello 12hr race finishing second in class, a week later driving a 500Hp 1979 Bastos Chevrolet Camaro with David Clark he won the Gerry Marshall Trophy race at the Goodwood Members Meeting.

During his 2021 sabbatical, Neal linked up with Jason Plato for a live recording of a BTCC-themed podcast.[24]

Fitness

Matt Neal has stated that he keeps fit through training in martial arts, which gives him better aerobic fitness and flexibility. In 2012 Matt achieved the grade of 2nd dan black belt in the British Free Fighting Academy, after training with martial arts instructor Andy Hopwood.[25]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 1996–2002 all races, 2003–present just in first race, 2000–2003 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 2001–present all races, 2000–2003 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 1998–2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)

Year Team Car Class 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 Pen. DC Pts
1991 Pyramid Motorsport BMW M3 SIL SNE DON THR SIL BRH SIL
13		 DON
1		 DON
2		 30th 0
BRR Motorsport OUL
Ret		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 DON
DNS		 THR SIL
1992 Rimstock Racing BMW M3 SIL
14		 THR
Ret		 OUL
Ret		 SNE
Ret		 BRH
8		 DON
1
13		 DON
2
11		 SIL
Ret		 KNO
1
7		 KNO
2
Ret		 PEM
15		 BRH
1
11		 BRH
2
10		 DON
Ret		 16th 5
BMW 318is SIL
12
1993 Team Dynamics BMW 318is SIL
8		 DON
Ret		 SNE
DNS		 DON
17		 OUL
Ret		 BRH
1
14		 BRH
2
Ret		 PEM
18		 SIL
13		 KNO
1
14		 KNO
2
15		 OUL
16		 BRH
18		 20th 3
BMW 318i THR
19		 DON
1
13		 DON
2
14		 SIL
17
1994 Team Mazda Mazda Xedos 6 THR
12		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
17		 SNE
10		 SIL
1
15		 SIL
2
DNS		 OUL DON
1		 DON
2		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 SIL KNO
1		 KNO
2		 OUL BRH
1		 BRH
2		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 DON
1		 DON
2		 23rd 1
1995 Team Dynamics Ford Mondeo Ghia DON
1
15		 DON
2
14		 BRH
1
16		 BRH
2
13		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
15		 SIL
1
13		 SIL
2
14		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
14		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
DNS		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
Ret		 SIL
14		 KNO
1
9		 KNO
2
13		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
12		 SNE
1
15		 SNE
2
4		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
11		 SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
11		 21st 12
1996 Team Dynamics Ford Mondeo Si DON
1		 DON
2		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
16		 THR
1
11		 THR
2
Ret		 SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
Ret		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
DNS		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
17		 KNO
1
14		 KNO
2
13		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
14		 THR
1
10		 THR
2
18		 DON
1
14		 DON
2
Ret		 BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
13		 22nd 1
1997 Team Dynamics Ford Mondeo DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
12		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
DNS		 THR
1
13		 THR
2
14		 BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
DNS		 OUL
1
15		 OUL
2
14		 21st 0
Nissan Primera eGT DON
1
16		 DON
2
13		 CRO
1
13		 CRO
2
Ret		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
DNS		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
12		 THR
1
11		 THR
2
Ret		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
16		 SIL
1
14		 SIL
2
12
1998 Team Dynamics Max Power Nissan Primera GT THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
10		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
16		 DON
1
5		 DON
2
9		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
5		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
14		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
6		 CRO
1
12		 CRO
2
15		 SNE
1
NC		 SNE
2
13		 THR
1
12		 THR
2
Ret		 KNO
1
8		 KNO
2
Ret		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
5		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
7		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
Ret		 13th 35
1999 Max Power Racing Team Dynamics Nissan Primera GT DON
1
5		 DON
2
1*		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
Ret		 THR
1
3		 THR
2
Ret		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
3		 OUL
1
10		 OUL
2
2		 DON
1
10		 DON
2
7		 CRO
1
10		 CRO
2
5*		 SNE
1
7		 SNE
2
10		 THR
1
6		 THR
2
Ret		 KNO
1
7		 KNO
2
Ret		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
10		 OUL
1
6		 OUL
2
10		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
6		 9th 109
2000 Team Dynamics Max Power Racing Nissan Primera GT '00 T BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
Ret		 DON
1
8		 DON
2
8		 THR
1
7		 THR
2
Ret		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
5		 OUL
1
6		 OUL
2
9		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
Ret		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
3		 SNE
1
5		 SNE
2
8*		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
2		 BRH
1
1		 BRH
2
9		 OUL
1
7		 OUL
2
7*		 8th 129
Nissan Primera GT '98 SIL
1
5		 SIL
2
7
2001 Peugeot Sport UK Peugeot 406 Coupé T BRH
1
6		 BRH
2
5		 THR
1		 THR
2		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 MON
1		 MON
2		 DON
1		 DON
2		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 CRO
1		 CRO
2		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 DON
1		 DON
2		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 14th 11
2002 egg:sport Vauxhall Astra Coupé T BRH
1
1		 BRH
2
4		 OUL
1
4		 OUL
2
Ret*		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
3*		 SIL
1
6		 SIL
2
3*		 MON
1
1		 MON
2
3		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
Ret		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
Ret*		 KNO
1
1		 KNO
2
4		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
8		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
Ret		 −5 3rd 145
2003 Honda Racing Honda Civic Type-R T MON
1
Ret*		 MON
2
Ret		 BRH
1
1*		 BRH
2
7		 THR
1
2*		 THR
2
11*		 SIL
1
Ret*		 SIL
2
Ret		 ROC
1
1*		 ROC
2
Ret		 CRO
1
1*		 CRO
2
5*		 SNE
1
4*		 SNE
2
1*		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
Ret		 DON
1
1*		 DON
2
10		 OUL
1
12		 OUL
2
1*		 3rd 148
2004 Computeach Racing with Halfords Honda Civic Type-R THR
1
2		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
9		 BRH
1
1*		 BRH
2
DNS		 BRH
3
7		 SIL
1
1*		 SIL
2
8		 SIL
3
8		 OUL
1
3		 OUL
2
4		 OUL
3
2		 MON
1
4		 MON
2
10		 MON
3
Ret		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
5		 CRO
3
Ret		 KNO
1
9		 KNO
2
2		 KNO
3
8		 BRH
1
1*		 BRH
2
5		 BRH
3
4		 SNE
1
2		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
4		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
Ret		 5th 181
2005 Team Halfords Honda Integra Type-R DON
1
1*		 DON
2
3		 DON
3
1*		 THR
1
3		 THR
2
2		 THR
3
4		 BRH
1
1*		 BRH
2
1*		 BRH
3
6		 OUL
1
2		 OUL
2
1*		 OUL
3
2		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
6		 CRO
3
2		 MON
1
3		 MON
2
3		 MON
3
7		 SNE
1
3		 SNE
2
3		 SNE
3
4		 KNO
1
2		 KNO
2
1*		 KNO
3
2		 SIL
1
9		 SIL
2
4		 SIL
3
7		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
5		 1st 316
2006 Team Halfords Honda Integra Type-R BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
Ret		 MON
1
1*		 MON
2
1*		 MON
3
3		 OUL
1
4		 OUL
2
1*		 OUL
3
8		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
1*		 THR
3
2		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
1*		 CRO
3
4		 DON
1
4		 DON
2
5		 DON
3
7		 SNE
1
6		 SNE
2
8		 SNE
3
1*		 KNO
1
2		 KNO
2
5		 KNO
3
1*		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
2		 BRH
3
Ret		 SIL
1
4		 SIL
2
1*		 SIL
3
Ret		 1st 289
2007 Team Halfords Honda Civic BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
5		 BRH
3
1*		 ROC
1
5		 ROC
2
Ret		 ROC
3
7		 THR
1
5		 THR
2
2		 THR
3
5		 CRO
1
3		 CRO
2
13		 CRO
3
6		 OUL
1
4		 OUL
2
4		 OUL
3
Ret		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
4		 DON
3
2		 SNE
1
18		 SNE
2
2		 SNE
3
2		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
DNS		 BRH
3
DNS		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
6		 KNO
3
2*		 THR
1
5		 THR
2
3		 THR
3
5		 4th 195
2008 VX Racing Vauxhall Vectra BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
7		 BRH
3
3		 ROC
1
3		 ROC
2
11		 ROC
3
1*		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
6		 THR
1
4		 THR
2
3		 THR
3
4		 CRO
1
2		 CRO
2
3		 CRO
3
3		 SNE
1
10		 SNE
2
5		 SNE
3
4		 OUL
1
15		 OUL
2
7		 OUL
3
5		 KNO
1
16		 KNO
2
10		 KNO
3
7		 SIL
1
6		 SIL
2
4		 SIL
3
15		 BRH
1
6		 BRH
2
2		 BRH
3
8		 5th 185
2009 VX Racing Vauxhall Vectra BRH
1
1*		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
3		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
3		 THR
3
7		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
2		 DON
3
8		 OUL
1
7		 OUL
2
4		 OUL
3
3		 CRO
1
6		 CRO
2
6		 CRO
3
8		 SNE
1
9		 SNE
2
14		 SNE
3
3		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
4		 KNO
3
4		 SIL
1
10		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
13		 ROC
1
Ret		 ROC
2
NC		 ROC
3
Ret		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
8		 BRH
3
5*		 4th 170
2010 Honda Racing Team Honda Civic THR
1
12		 THR
2
2		 THR
3
Ret		 ROC
1
1*		 ROC
2
9		 ROC
3
1*		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
2		 OUL
1
8		 OUL
2
2		 OUL
3
1*		 CRO
1
4		 CRO
2
2*		 CRO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
9		 SNE
3
3		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
5		 SIL
3
4		 KNO
1
4		 KNO
2
1*		 KNO
3
3		 DON
1
5		 DON
2
8		 DON
3
1*		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
2		 BRH
3
Ret		 2nd 229
2011 Honda Racing Team Honda Civic BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
7		 BRH
3
1*		 DON
1
1*		 DON
2
3		 DON
3
7		 THR
1
2*		 THR
2
1*		 THR
3
5		 OUL
1
8*		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
4		 CRO
1
1*		 CRO
2
1*		 CRO
3
7		 SNE
1
18		 SNE
2
17		 SNE
3
4		 KNO
1
2		 KNO
2
2*		 KNO
3
4		 ROC
1
4		 ROC
2
3		 ROC
3
6		 BRH
1
18		 BRH
2
7		 BRH
3
1*		 SIL
1
1*		 SIL
2
2		 SIL
3
8		 1st 257
2012 Honda Yuasa Racing Team Honda Civic BRH
1
2*		 BRH
2
1*		 BRH
3
7		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
2		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
10		 THR
2
5		 THR
3
2*		 OUL
1
1*		 OUL
2
5		 OUL
3
1*		 CRO
1
1*		 CRO
2
2*		 CRO
3
4		 SNE
1
4		 SNE
2
4		 SNE
3
8		 KNO
1
7		 KNO
2
8		 KNO
3
3		 ROC
1
6		 ROC
2
2*		 ROC
3
2*		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
Ret		 BRH
1
1*		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
2		 2nd 387
2013 Honda Yuasa Racing Team Honda Civic BRH
1
21		 BRH
2
4		 BRH
3
1*		 DON
1
3		 DON
2
4		 DON
3
3		 THR
1
1*		 THR
2
1*		 THR
3
2		 OUL
1
6		 OUL
2
4		 OUL
3
4		 CRO
1
2		 CRO
2
4		 CRO
3
1*		 SNE
1
9		 SNE
2
2		 SNE
3
8		 KNO
1
7		 KNO
2
5		 KNO
3
2		 ROC
1
14		 ROC
2
Ret		 ROC
3
7		 SIL
1
3		 SIL
2
6		 SIL
3
3		 BRH
1
6		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
14		 4th 356
2014 Honda Yuasa Racing Team Honda Civic Tourer BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
4		 BRH
3
2		 DON
1
8		 DON
2
5		 DON
3
3		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
4		 THR
3
23		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
12		 OUL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
5		 CRO
2
DSQ		 CRO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
3		 SNE
2
4		 SNE
3
11		 KNO
1
1*		 KNO
2
14*		 KNO
3
11		 ROC
1
17		 ROC
2
14		 ROC
3
9		 SIL
1
21		 SIL
2
13		 SIL
3
12		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
DNS		 BRH
3
DNS		 8th 207
2015 Honda Yuasa Racing Team Honda Civic Type R BRH
1
8		 BRH
2
8		 BRH
3
1*		 DON
1
17		 DON
2
2		 DON
3
1*		 THR
1
2		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
6		 OUL
1
2		 OUL
2
4		 OUL
3
3*		 CRO
1
5		 CRO
2
11		 CRO
3
9		 SNE
1
6		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
11		 KNO
1
6		 KNO
2
8		 KNO
3
1*		 ROC
1
8		 ROC
2
5		 ROC
3
4		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
5		 SIL
3
6		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
7		 BRH
3
5		 3rd 317
2016 Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
2		 BRH
3
5		 DON
1
12		 DON
2
6		 DON
3
1*		 THR
1
Ret*		 THR
2
11		 THR
3
2		 OUL
1
9		 OUL
2
7		 OUL
3
1*		 CRO
1
12		 CRO
2
10		 CRO
3
11		 SNE
1
8		 SNE
2
3		 SNE
3
10		 KNO
1
8		 KNO
2
1*		 KNO
3
5		 ROC
1
8		 ROC
2
6		 ROC
3
4		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
15		 SIL
3
5		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
DNS		 6th 275
2017 Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
11		 BRH
3
4		 DON
1
2		 DON
2
7		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
1*		 THR
2
29*		 THR
3
11		 OUL
1
2		 OUL
2
3		 OUL
3
2		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
18		 CRO
3
5		 SNE
1
3		 SNE
2
9		 SNE
3
Ret		 KNO
1
9		 KNO
2
Ret		 KNO
3
8		 ROC
1
5		 ROC
2
Ret		 ROC
3
13		 SIL
1
13		 SIL
2
13		 SIL
3
1*		 BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
8		 7th 243
2018 Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R (FK8) BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
29		 BRH
3
12		 DON
1
6		 DON
2
16		 DON
3
7		 THR
1
1*		 THR
2
3		 THR
3
8		 OUL
1
5		 OUL
2
2		 OUL
3
14		 CRO
1
9		 CRO
2
7		 CRO
3
4		 SNE
1
14		 SNE
2
21		 SNE
3
1*		 ROC
1
18		 ROC
2
14		 ROC
3
15		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
17		 KNO
3
15		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
14		 SIL
3
7		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
2		 BRH
3
21		 9th 223
2019 Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R (FK8) BRH
1
8		 BRH
2
11		 BRH
3
8*		 DON
1
4		 DON
2
2		 DON
3
18		 THR
1
7		 THR
2
5		 THR
3
4		 CRO
1
10		 CRO
2
4		 CRO
3
5		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
11		 OUL
3
11		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
16		 SNE
3
11		 THR
1
8		 THR
2
3		 THR
3
3		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
15		 KNO
3
11		 SIL
1
6		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
3		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
4		 BRH
3
13		 9th 232
2020 Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R (FK8) DON
1
5		 DON
2
7		 DON
3
8		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
6		 OUL
1
NC		 OUL
2
13		 OUL
3
NC		 KNO
1
7		 KNO
2
15		 KNO
3
12		 THR
1
3		 THR
2
3		 THR
3
7		 SIL
1
8		 SIL
2
4		 SIL
3
11		 CRO
1
7		 CRO
2
2*		 CRO
3
4		 SNE
1
13		 SNE
2
12		 SNE
3
13		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
16		 BRH
3
14		 11th 181
Sources:[26][27]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

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

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 DC Pts
1993 Team Dynamics BMW 318i ZOL
1		 ZOL
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 WUN
1		 WUN
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
19		 DIE
1		 DIE
2		 SIN
1		 SIN
2		 AVU
1		 AVU
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 NC† 0†
Source:[27]

† Not classified in championship due to only entering in the non-championship event.

Complete V8 Supercar Championship results

Supercars 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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Position Points Ref
2000 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VT PHI
R1		 PHI
R2		 BAR
R3		 BAR
R4		 BAR
R5		 ADE
R6		 ADE
R7		 EAS
R8		 EAS
R9		 EAS
R10		 HID
R11		 HID
R12		 HID
R13		 CAN
R14		 CAN
R15		 CAN
R16		 QLD
R17		 QLD
R18		 QLD
R19		 WIN
R20		 WIN
R21		 WIN
R22		 ORA
R23		 ORA
R24		 ORA
R25		 CAL
R26		 CAL
R27		 CAL
R28		 QLD
R29		 SAN
R30		 SAN
R31		 SAN
R32		 BAT
R33
12		 40th 96 [28]
2001 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VT PHI
R1		 PHI
R2		 ADE
R3		 ADE
R4		 EAS
R5		 EAS
R6		 HID
R7		 HID
R8		 HID
R9		 CAN
R10		 CAN
R11		 CAN
R12		 BAR
R13		 BAR
R14		 BAR
R15		 CAL
R16		 CAL
R17		 CAL
R18		 ORA
R19
DNS		 ORA
R20
DNS		 QLD
R21
10		 WIN
R22		 WIN
R23		 BAT
R24		 PUK
R25		 PUK
R26		 PUK
R27		 SAN
R28		 SAN
R29		 SAN
R30		 56th 195 [29]
2008 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE ADE
R1		 ADE
R2		 EAS
R3		 EAS
R4		 EAS
R5		 HAM
R6		 HAM
R7		 HAM
R8		 BAR
R29		 BAR
R10		 BAR
R11		 SAN
R12		 SAN
R13		 SAN
R14		 HDV
R15		 HDV
R16		 HDV
R17		 QLD
R18		 QLD
R19		 QLD
R20		 WIN
R21		 WIN
R22		 WIN
R23		 PHI
QR
25		 PHI
R24
19		 BAT
R25
Ret		 SUR
R26		 SUR
R27		 SUR
R28		 BHR
R29		 BHR
R30		 BHR
R31		 SYM
R32		 SYM
R33		 SYM
R34		 ORA
R35		 ORA
R36		 ORA
R37		 57th 94 [30]

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2001 United Kingdom RJN Motorsport Nissan Primera GT MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 BRN
1		 BRN
2		 MAG
1
Ret		 MAG
2
4		 SIL
1
3		 SIL
2
4		 ZOL
1
DSQ		 ZOL
2
2		 HUN
1
14		 HUN
2
DNS		 A1R
1		 A1R
2		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
18		 JAR
1
5		 JAR
2
Ret		 EST
1
22		 EST
2
1		 14th 266
Source:[27]

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Co-driver Car Laps Pos. Ref
1997* Australia Garry Rogers Motorsport New Zealand Steven Richards Nissan Primera 84 DNF [31]
1998* United Kingdom Team Dynamics New Zealand Steven Richards Nissan Primera 161 2nd [32]
2000 Australia Paul Morris Motorsport Australia Paul Morris Holden Commodore VT 158 12th [33]
2008 Australia Paul Morris Motorsport United States Boris Said Holden Commodore VE 140 DNF [34]

* Super Touring race

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