Michael Charles Caine (born 13 August 1969 in Cambridge) is a British 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 Caine 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. Caine returned to the BTCC with Team HARD in 2016 replacing Chris Smiley. On 3 January 2018, Caine was announced as the fourth 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 Caine has previously competed in series such as the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain and the 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 DeWalt Racesports Salisbury Mike Jordan Tim Sugden TVR Tuscan T400R GT 93 DNF DNF Chamberlain-Synergy Motorsport Bob Berridge Chris Stockton TVR Tuscan T400R GT 300 21st 8th
Britcar 24 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC110 ROC2Ret ROC320 BRH112 BRH212 BRH312 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 CRO18 CRO2Ret CRO3DNS 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 SNE118 SNE2Ret SNE3DNS KNO124 KNO2DNS KNO3DNS ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 33rd 0 2018 Team HARD. withTrade Price Cars Volkswagen CC BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 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 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 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 DON1 DON2 SIL1 CRO1 SPA1 SIL1 NC† 0† 2001 TVR Motorsport TVR Cerbera Speed 12 GT SIL1 SNE1 DON1 OUL1 CRO1 ROC1 CAS1 BRH1 DON1 KNO1 THR1 BRH1 SIL1 3rd 81 2002 TVR Engineering TVR Cerbera Speed 12 GT BRH1 DON1 SIL1 KNO1 CRO1 SIL1 CAS1 ROC1 OUL1 SNE1 THR1 DON1 ? 59 2003 DeWalt Racesports TVR Tuscan T400R GTO DON1 SNE1 KNO1 SIL1 CAS1 OUL1 ROC1 THR1 SPA1 BRH1 ? 16 2004 JWR/Chambers Runfold plc Porsche 996 GT3 Cup GT Cup DON1 DON2 MON1 MON2 SNE1 SNE2 CAS1 CAS2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 BRH1 BRH2 13th 22 RSR Racing TVR Tuscan T400R N-GT BRH1 BRH2 NC 0 2012 Motorbase Performance Porsche 997 GT3-R GT3 OUL16 OUL24 NUR12 NUR23 ROC113 BRH1Ret SNE12 SNE25 SIL13 DON14 1st 130.5 2013 Oman Air Motorbase Porsche 997 GT3-R GT3 OUL14 OUL29 ROC16 SIL18 SNE11 SNE28 BRH17 ZAN11 ZAN29 DON112 5th 97 2014 Oman Racing Team Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 GT3 OUL11 OUL27 ROC110 SIL11 SNE18 SNE212 SPA12 SPA210 BRH12 DON14 2nd 138 2017 Autoaid/RCIB Insurance Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 GT4 OUL1DNS OUL2DNS ROC1 SNE126 SNE218 SIL1 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 26th 2 † As Caine was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
References
External links Michael's official site BTCC official site Motorbase Performance