Harry Richard Bates (born 8 March 1995, Canberra, Australia) is a professional rally driver. He drives for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia team. He is a four-time Australian Rally Championship series winner, in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024.
Bates' father Neal was also an ARC-winning driver in the 1990s and 2000s, and his brother Lewis won the title in 2022.
Bates' came to prominence in 2015 when he achieved a podium finish on his Australian Rally Championship debut at the 2015 National Capital Rally, in his hometown of Canberra. He went on to achieve a series of youngest-ever records in the ARC including youngest heat winner, youngest event winner and youngest championship winner. In 2026, Bates broke the all-time record for number of ARC heat wins, claiming his 46th heat win at the 2026 Toyota Gazoo Racing Narooma Forest Rally.
For most of his rally career, Bates' co-driver was John McCarthy. From 2023, his co-driver has been Coral Taylor, who also co-drove for Neal for their Australian Rally Championship wins.
Motorsports career results Rally Season Series Position Car Team 2015 Australian 4WD Championship 11th Neal Bates Motorsport Toyota Corolla TRD S2000 2016 Australian Rally Championship 3rd Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota Corolla TRD S2000 2017 Australian Rally Championship 2nd Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota Corolla TRD S2000Toyota Yaris AP4 2018 Australian Rally Championship 2nd Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship 17th 2019 Australian Rally Championship 1st Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship 2nd 2021 Australian Rally Championship 1st Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota GR Yaris AP4 2022 Australian Rally Championship 2nd Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota GR Yaris AP4 World Rally Championship 35th Harry Bates Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo WRC2 Junior Championship 15th World Rally Championship-2 29th 2023 Australian Rally Championship 1st Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota GR Yaris AP4 2024 Australian Rally Championship 1st Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota GR Yaris AP4 Japanese Rally Championship 8th Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2025 Australian Rally Championship 3rd Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia Toyota GR Yaris Rally2
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship results Year Series Car 1 2 3 4 5 Pts 2018 Asia/Pacific Toyota Yaris AP4 NZL AUS5 MAL JPN CHN 17th 19 2019 Pacific Cup Toyota Yaris AP4 OTA WHA TAS1 EUR1 2nd 77
World Rally Championship results Year Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2022 Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL10 ESP JPN 35th 1
World Rally Championship-2 results Year Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2022 Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL4 ESP JPN 29th 12
FIA WRC2 Junior Championship results Year Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2022 Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo MON SWE CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL1 ESP JPN 15th 25
Circuit racing Season Series Position Car Team 2017 Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series 40th Toyota 86 Toyota Racing Australia 2018 Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series 49th Toyota 86 Toyota Racing Australia 2019 Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series 44th Toyota 86 Toyota Racing Australia 2020 Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series – Toyota 86 Toyota Racing Australia 2021 Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series – Toyota 86 Toyota Racing Australia 2022 Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series 41st Toyota 86 Toyota Racing Australia
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References
External links Harry Bates at eWRC results
Harry Bates at Third Turn