Michael Epps (born 12 March 1992) is a British-New Zealand racing driver who currently is a coach at DW Driver Management, managing Thomas Ingram Hill. Epps has competed in the British Touring Car Championship in 2016 and 2017 for Team HARD.
Due to budget issues, Epps was unable to continue in the BTCC and raced the supporting Renault UK Clio Cup in 2018 and Ginetta G55 in 2019.
Racing career Epps began his career in karting in 2007, he raced in karting up until 2011, where he switched to the 750MC Formula Vee Championship. He went on to finish 2nd in the championship standings that season. He switched to the Formula Renault BARC championship in 2012, he finished 13th in the championship that year. He also raced in the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series that year, finishing tenth in the standings.
For 2013, Epps switched to the U.S. F2000 National Championship, finishing the season 13th in the championship standings.
Epps started the 2014 season in the U.S. F2000 Winterfest, finishing 2nd in the championship standings with two wins, four podiums and two pole positions. He also made a one-off return to Formula Renault in the rebranded Protyre Formula Renault Championship.
Epps switched to Volkswagen Racing Cup for 2015, finishing eighth in the championship standings. with four wins.
In March 2016, it was announced that Epps would make his British Touring Car Championship debut with RCIB Insurance Racing driving a Toyota Avensis.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given 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 2016 RCIB Insurance Racing Toyota Avensis BRH120 BRH217 BRH321 DON119 DON224 DON313 THR111 THR214 THR310 OUL125 OUL216 OUL3Ret CRO114 CRO2Ret CRO315 SNE120 SNE219 SNE320 KNO119 KNO2Ret KNO320 ROC118 ROC2Ret ROC323 SIL118 SIL212 SIL316 BRH116 BRH216 BRH325 24th 24 2017 AutoaidRCIB Insurance Racing Volkswagen CC BRH19 BRH210 BRH39 DON1Ret DON223 DON321 THR125 THR218 THR320 OUL111 OUL210 OUL38 CRO122 CRO212 CRO3Ret SNE1Ret SNE218 SNE3Ret KNO124 KNO217 KNO323 ROC115 ROC2Ret ROC319 SIL110 SIL210 SIL312 BRH118 BRH210 BRH35 18th 77
Complete Britcar results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2019 Team HARD Ginetta G55 Supercup 3Inv SIL1 SIL2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 OUL1 OUL2 BRH2 BRH1NC†NC†0† † Epps was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.
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