Introduction
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.
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
| 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 |
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 | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | DON1 | DON2 | DON3 | THR1 | THR2 | THR3 | OUL1 | OUL2 | OUL3 | CRO1 | CRO2 | CRO3 | SNE1 | SNE2 | SNE3 | KNO1 | KNO2 | KNO3 | ROC1 |
ROC2 |
ROC3 |
BRH1 |
BRH2 |
BRH3 |
SIL1 | SIL2 | SIL3 | 23rd | 1 |
| 2013 | Addison Lee Racing | Ford Focus ST Mk.III | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | DON1 | DON2 | DON3 | THR1 | THR2 | THR3 | OUL1 | OUL2 | OUL3 | CRO1 |
CRO2 |
CRO3 |
SNE1 | SNE2 | SNE3 | KNO1 | KNO2 | KNO3 | ROC1 | ROC2 | ROC3 | SIL1 | SIL2 | SIL3 | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | 22nd | 8 |
| 2016 | TLC Racing | Toyota Avensis | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | DON1 | DON2 | DON3 | THR1 | THR2 | THR3 | OUL1 | OUL2 | OUL3 | CRO1 | CRO2 | CRO3 | SNE1 |
SNE2 |
SNE3 |
KNO1 |
KNO2 |
KNO3 |
ROC1 | ROC2 | ROC3 | SIL1 | SIL2 | SIL3 | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | 33rd | 0 |
| 2018 | Team HARD. with Trade Price Cars | Volkswagen CC | BRH1 21 |
BRH2 24 |
BRH3 24 |
DON1 24 |
DON2 27 |
DON3 19 |
THR1 Ret |
THR2 Ret |
THR3 25 |
OUL1 29 |
OUL2 22 |
OUL3 19 |
CRO1 23 |
CRO2 Ret |
CRO3 27 |
SNE1 19 |
SNE2 Ret |
SNE3 DNS |
ROC1 20 |
ROC2 Ret |
ROC3 Ret |
KNO1 | KNO2 | KNO3 | SIL1 | SIL2 | SIL3 | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | 36th | 0 |
| 2019 | Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus RS | BRH1 | BRH2 | BRH3 | DON1 | DON2 | DON3 | THR1 | THR2 | THR3 | CRO1 | CRO2 | CRO3 | OUL1 | OUL2 | OUL3 | SNE1 | SNE2 | SNE3 | THR1 | THR2 | THR3 | KNO1 | KNO2 | KNO3 | SIL1 20 |
SIL2 12 |
SIL3 18 |
BRH1 12 |
BRH2 8 |
BRH3 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 | SIL1 | OUL1 | SNE1 | BRH1 | SIL1 23 |
DON1 | DON2 | SIL1 | CRO1 | SPA1 | SIL1 | NC† | 0† | |||||
| 2001 | TVR Motorsport | TVR Cerbera Speed 12 | GT | SIL1 5 |
SNE1 15 |
DON1 3 |
OUL1 3 |
CRO1 2 |
ROC1 1 |
CAS1 2 |
BRH1 1 |
DON1 2 |
KNO1 8 |
THR1 Ret |
BRH1 13 |
SIL1 2 |
3rd | 81 | |||
| 2002 | TVR Engineering | TVR Cerbera Speed 12 | GT | BRH1 Ret |
DON1 2 |
SIL1 2 |
KNO1 3 |
CRO1 3 |
SIL1 18 |
CAS1 Ret |
ROC1 4 |
OUL1 2 |
SNE1 3 |
THR1 4 |
DON1 3 |
? | 59 | ||||
| 2003 | DeWalt Racesports | TVR Tuscan T400R | GTO | DON1 | SNE1 DNA |
KNO1 | SIL1 DNA |
CAS1 1 |
OUL1 | ROC1 | THR1 | SPA1 9 |
BRH1 Ret |
? | 16 | ||||||
| 2004 | JWR/Chambers Runfold plc | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | GT Cup | DON1 | DON2 | MON1 | MON2 | SNE1 | SNE2 | CAS1 | CAS2 | OUL1 Ret |
OUL2 15 |
SIL1 Ret |
SIL2 2 |
THR1 15 |
THR2 12 |
BRH1 WD |
BRH2 WD |
13th | 22 |
| RSR Racing | TVR Tuscan T400R | N-GT | BRH1 DNS |
BRH2 Ret |
NC | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Motorbase Performance | Porsche 997 GT3-R | GT3 | OUL1 |
OUL2 |
NUR1 |
NUR2 |
ROC1 |
BRH1 |
SNE1 |
SNE2 |
SIL1 |
DON1 |
1st | 130.5 | ||||||
| 2013 | Oman Air Motorbase | Porsche 997 GT3-R | GT3 | OUL1 |
OUL2 |
ROC1 |
SIL1 |
SNE1 |
SNE2 |
BRH1 |
ZAN1 |
ZAN2 |
DON1 |
5th | 97 | ||||||
| 2014 | Oman Racing Team | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL1 |
OUL2 |
ROC1 |
SIL1 |
SNE1 |
SNE2 |
SPA1 |
SPA2 |
BRH1 |
DON1 |
2nd | 138 | ||||||
| 2017 | Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing | Ginetta G55 GT4 | GT4 | OUL1 |
OUL2 |
ROC1 | SNE1 |
SNE2 |
SIL1 | SPA1 | SPA2 | BRH1 | DON1 | 26th | 2 |
As Caine was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.