Richard Glen Bates (born 19 March 1965) is an Australian rally driver. He is the twin brother of the rally and racing driver, Neal Bates. Whilst Neal has achieved more success in the Australian Rally Championship, winning it four times, Rick has won two major cross country events in a nine-year span. The first was Panama-Alaska in 1997 and the next win was the Carrera Sudamericana in 2006.
Bates has, on at least one occasion, competed directly against his twin brother.
Career In 1997, Bates won the Panama to Alaska rally driving a Porsche 911 with his co-driver Jenny Brittan. He has also appeared in two events of the World Rally Championship. First, he drove to 30th place at Rally Australia 1997 in a Daihatsu Charade GTi. Then, he drove at China Rally 1999, this time in a Volkswagen Jetta GTX, but he retired on the fifth special stage.
In both occasions, Bates was co-driven by Jenny Brittan with whom he won the Panama to Alaska rally in 1997. The former event saw him race with his twin brother Neal who scored points with an eighth-place finish.
In 1997, Bates won the Australian Formula 2 Rally Championship driving a Daihatsu Charade GTi.
In 2000, Bates was third in the London-Sydney Marathon, finishing behind Stig Blomqvist and Michele Mouton.
In 2006, Bates and Brittan also won the Carrera Sudamericana in Argentina.
Rally results Season Series Position Car Team 1995 Australian Formula 2 Rally Championship 1st Daihatsu Charade GTi Daihatsu Motor Corp 1996 Bulldog Midland Rally 36th Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 1997 Panama - Alaska Rally 1st Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 1998 Shield of Africa Rally 11th Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 2000 London-Sydney Marathon 3rd Porsche 911 Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan 2006 Carrera Sudamericana Rally 1st Honda Integra Type-R Rick Bates/Jenny Brittan Australian Rally Championship 23rd Ford Focus Team Pirtek
WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points 1997 Daihatsu Australia Daihatsu Charade GTi MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN IDN ITA AUS GBR NC 0 1999 Volkswagen FRD Rally Team Volkswagen Jetta GTX MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
Circuit results
Season Series Position Car Team 2000 Shell Supercars Championship Series 39th Ford AU Falcon Colorscan Motorsport 2001 Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 5th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Shell Supercars Championship Series 42nd Holden VX Commodore Lansvale Racing Team 2002 Australian GT Production Car Championship 8th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Australian GT Production Car Championship - Class E 3rd V8 Supercars Championship 54th Holden VX Commodore John Faulkner Racing 2003 Australian Production Car Championship 11th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Australian Production Car Championship - Class D 5th V8 Supercars Championship 65th Ford AU Falcon ICS Team Ford 2004 Australian Production Car Championship 10th Daihatsu Sirion GTVi Daihatsu Motor Corp Australian Production Car Championship - Class D 3rd 2005 Australian Production Car Championship 21st Toyota Corolla Sportivo Novocastrian Motorsport 2010 Australian Production Car Championship 31st Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport 2012 Australian Production Car Championship - Class C 15th Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport 2014 Australian Production Car Championship - Class C 11th Mazda 3 MPS Osborne Motorsport 2015 Australian Production Car Championship 4th Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Pro-Duct Motorsport 2016 Australian Production Car Championship 8th Renault Megane RS275Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Osborne MotorsportPro-Duct Motorsport 2017 Australian Production Car Championship 6th Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Pro-Duct Motorsport 2018 Australian Production Car Championship 8th Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution X Pro-Duct Motorsport
Supercars Championship results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 Position Points 2000 Colorscan Motorsport Ford AU Falcon PHIR1 PHIR2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 ADER6 ADER7 EASR8 EASR9 EASR10 HDVR11 HDVR12 HDVR13 CANR14 CANR15 CANR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 WINR20 WINR21 WINR22 ORAR23 ORAR24 ORAR25 CALR26 CALR27 CALR28 QLDR29 SANR30 SANR31 SANR32 BATR33 39th 100 2001 Lansvale Racing Team Holden VX Commodore PHIR1 PHIR2 ADER3 ADER4 EASR5 EASR6 HDVR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 CANR10 CANR11 CANR12 BARR13 BARR14 BARR15 CALR16 CALR17 CALR18 ORAR19 ORAR20 QLDR21 WINR22 WINR23 BATR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 SANR30 42nd 388 2002 John Faulkner Racing Holden VX Commodore ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 EASR5 EASR6 EASR7 HDVR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 CANR11 CANR12 CANR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 WINR19 WINR20 QLDR21 BATR22 SURR23 SURR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SANR28 SANR29 54th 56 2003 ICS Team Ford Ford AU Falcon ADER1 ADER1 PHIR3 EASR4 WINR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 HDVR11 QLDR12 ORAR13 SANR14 BATR15 SURR16 SURR17 PUKR18 PUKR19 PUKR20 EASR21 EASR22 65th 100
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Car# Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1990 3 Search for a Champion Peter Gazzard Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 1 57 DNF DNF 1991 70 Toyota Team Australia Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT 3 76 DNF DNF 1992 70 Toyota Team Australia Neal Bates Toyota Corolla FX-GT B 125 24th 3rd 2000 22 Colourscan Racing Brett Peters Ford AU Falcon – 157 15th 15th 2001 3 Lansvale Racing Team Cameron McConville Holden VX Commodore – 160 10th 10th 2002 46 John Faulkner Racing John Faulkner Holden VX Commodore – 160 10th 10th 2003 23 ICS Team Ford Neal Bates Ford AU Falcon – 62 DNF DNF
Complete Sandown endurance results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2001 Bob Hughes Special Vehicles Bob Hughes Mitsubishi Lancer RS-E Evo VI A 150 6th 1st 2003 ICS Team Ford Neal Bates Ford AU Falcon – 136 25th 25th
Complete Bathurst/Eastern Creek 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1991 Neal Bates Motorsport Neal Bates Geoff Morgan Toyota Celica B 214 17th 1st 1992 John Smith Geoff Morgan Keith Carling Toyota MR2 S 243 7th 1st 1993 Neal Bates Motorsport Juan Manuel Fangio II Peter McKay Toyota MR2 S 245 6th 1st 1994 Neal Bates Motorsport Juan Manuel Fangio II Neal Bates Toyota MR2 S 249 4th 1st 1995 Neal Bates Motorsport Phil Alexander Warren Rush Toyota MR2 S 235 DNF DNF 2007 Scott's Transport Peter Gazzard Bob Hughes Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evolution VIII S 253 3rd 2nd 2010 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Mazda 3 MPS C 15 DNF DNF
Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2019 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Renault Mégane RS265 C 0 DNS DNS 2022 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Renault Mégane RS265 C11040th5th 2024 Osborne Motorsport Colin Osborne Zach Bates Renault Mégane RS265 C 0 DNS DNS
References
External links WRC Results (eWRC)