Andy Neate

Last updated
Andy Neate
Andy neate silverstone2013.JPG
Neate at the Silverstone round of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship season.
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1974-08-19) 19 August 1974 (age 50)
Aylesbury, England
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2001
Racing licence FIA Bronze Driver.png FIA Bronze
Car number44
Former teamsTeam Club 44
Team Dynamics
MG KX Momentum Racing
Team Aon
West Surrey Racing
Daniels Motorsport
Motorbase Performance
Starts147
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish16th in 2012
Previous series
2010, 2008
2008
2006
2004
2002
1999
1997		 Britcar 24hr
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Ford Fiesta Championship
Renault Clio Cup
British GT Championship
Formula Opel Europa Cup
Formula First
Championship titles
2006Ford Fiesta Zetec

Andrew Simon Neate (born 19 August 1974 in Aylesbury) is a British former racing driver.

Contents

Racing career

After first racing in karting, he drove in Formula First in 1997. In 1999 he went on to the Formula Opel Europa Cup and a year later he drove in the Ford Fiesta Championship. He drove in some rounds of the Production class for the BTCC in a Team CAM Mitsubishi Carisma, replacing original intended driver Sandro Proietti prior to the start of the season. For 2002 he moved up to the British GT Championship, driving a Marcos Mantis. In 2004 he joined the TOCA tour with both the Renault Clio Cup and the SEAT Cupra Championship. He got a drive in 2005, in the British Touring Car Championship for Team Nuts with Daniels Motorsport in a former works Vauxhall Astra Coupe. He only drove in the final three rounds at Brands Hatch, finishing eighteenth in the championship with one point and planned to enter the final rounds of the 2006 Season in the same car, only to shelve this plan. In 2006 he won the Ford Fiesta Championship title, and finished first in class at the Britcar 24 Hours in a Honda Civic Type R, as well as driving at Silverstone in the SEAT Cupra Championship. A year later he raced again in the SEATs, Fiestas and the Britcar 24 in a Mosler GT3 RS where he finished second. He drove in two rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain for Red Line Racing.

2008 accident

At the start of the 2008 Britcar 24 Hours at Silverstone, he was involved in a serious accident at the start of the race. He suffered terrible injuries including a broken neck from which he spent the next eighteen months recovering. He had missed on a drive with West Surrey Racing in a BMW 320si for the 2008 BTCC Season and was in talks with WSR about driving for them in 2009 prior to the Britcar event, but the deal could not be completed due to his injury. [1]

BTCC return

After recovering from his injury, Neate completed a deal to drive for WSR in the 2010 British Touring Car Championship season. [1] Neate is the Chief Technology Officer for WSR team sponsors Ceravision. [2] At Oulton Park he finished 9th, but was disqualified for causing an avoidable accident with Andrew Jordan. [3]

Neate driving the Team Aon Ford Focus ST at Brands Hatch during the 2011 British Touring Car Championship season. 2011 BTCC Brands Hatch Neate, Onslow-Cole and Collard.jpg
Neate driving the Team Aon Ford Focus ST at Brands Hatch during the 2011 British Touring Car Championship season.

For the 2011 season, Neate switched to Team Aon in the 'Global' Ford Focus, partnering Tom Chilton and Tom Onslow-Cole. 2011 was another difficult year for Neate, he struggled to score points and was involved in many accidents. However, he qualified third at Oulton Park but lost many positions during the first race and only finished ninth, on the last lap he was involved in a major collision with Jeff Smith which resulted in the car of Tom Boardman being written off after he was collected by Smith. At Rockingham, Neate was fined £1,500 for using abusive language towards Alex MacDowall after a dispute over an incident on track. [4] His pace improved during the Brands Hatch meeting, however he lost out on a podium position after losing control of his car.

For the 2012 season, Neate joined the new manufacturer MG team run by Triple Eight Race Engineering alongside Jason Plato. [5] He had another unsuccessful season, finishing sixteenth in the championship whilst his teammate Plato finished third. During the off-season it was confirmed that Neate would not be driving for the MG team in 2013, although he will remain in the championship. [6] On 9 January it was announced that Neate was forming his own team for the 2013 season, and would drive a NGTC-specification Chevrolet Cruze. [7]

The programme wouldn't continue for a second year with the Chevrolet being sold on to Laser Tools Racing for the 2014 season and it would be 2016 before Neate returned to the championship after agreeing a deal to join Team Dynamics in an expanded three-car team. However, Neate would compete in just one meeting before splitting with the team, citing a "lack of full commitment and focus on the job". [8]

Neate rejoined the grid in 2020 with Motorbase Performance in a Ford Focus [9] but endured a tough season that included being excluded from the Thruxton meeting for a clash with Carl Boardley. [10] At the end of the season, Neate re-signed for a second season, hoping that a full pre-season testing programme would provide the chance to fight for improved results on track.

Personal life

His son Aiden Neate is also a racing driver, currently racing in the F4 British Championship. [11]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2001 all races, 2005–present just for first race, 2001 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races, 2001 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded all races)

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2001 Cranfield Automotive Management Mitsubishi Carisma P BRH
1
Ret†		 BRH
2
Ret		 THR
1 		THR
2 		OUL
1
DNS		 OUL
2
DNS		 SIL
1 		SIL
2 		MON
1 		MON
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		NC0
2005 Team Nuts with
Daniels Motorsport 		Vauxhall Astra Coupé DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		MON
1 		MON
2 		MON
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
11		18th1
2010 WSR BMW 320si THR
1
10		 THR
2
14		 THR
3
11		 ROC
1
Ret		 ROC
2
11		 ROC
3
9		 BRH
1
14		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
13		 OUL
1
11		 OUL
2
17		 OUL
3
DSQ		 CRO
1
17		 CRO
2
10		 CRO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
13		 SNE
2
13		 SNE
3
10		 SIL
1
15		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
14		 KNO
1
12		 KNO
2
12		 KNO
3
13		 DON
1
15		 DON
2
15		 DON
3
Ret		 BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
12		18th6
2011 Team Aon Ford Focus BRH
1
11		 BRH
2
12		 BRH
3
15		 DON
1
14		 DON
2
11		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
16		 THR
2
13		 THR
3
12		 OUL
1
9		 OUL
2
15		 OUL
3
6		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
9		 CRO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
16		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
Ret		 KNO
1
14		 KNO
2
15		 KNO
3
13		 ROC
1
11		 ROC
2
Ret		 ROC
3
DNS		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
9		 BRH
3
Ret		 SIL
1
9		 SIL
2
11		 SIL
3
Ret		18th15
2012 MG KX Momentum Racing MG 6 GT BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
14		 BRH
3
14		 DON
1
16		 DON
2
12		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
16		 THR
2
16		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
7		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
6		 CRO
2
9		 CRO
3
9*		 SNE
1
15		 SNE
2
12		 SNE
3
15		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
12		 KNO
3
15		 ROC
1
7		 ROC
2
Ret		 ROC
3
14		 SIL
1
12		 SIL
2
18		 SIL
3
Ret		 BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
12		 BRH
3
Ret		16th79
2013 Team Club 44 Chevrolet Cruze BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1
22		 SNE
2
17		 SNE
3
16		 KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1
Ret		 ROC
2
DNS		 ROC
3
DNS		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
17		 SIL
3
18		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		34th0
2016 Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda Civic Type R BRH
1
18		 BRH
2
26		 BRH
3
26		 DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1 		ROC
2 		ROC
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		34th0
2020 Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST Mk.IV DON
1
20		 DON
2
18		 DON
3
19		 BRH
1
19		 BRH
2
14		 BRH
3
18		 OUL
1
15		 OUL
2
19		 OUL
3
20		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
Ret		 KNO
3
20		 THR
1
DSQ		 THR
2
DSQ		 THR
3
DSQ		 SIL
1
21		 SIL
2
22		 SIL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
21		 CRO
2
16		 CRO
3
16		 SNE
1
26		 SNE
2
22		 SNE
3
Ret		 BRH
1
18		 BRH
2
21		 BRH
3
Ret		25th3
2021 Racing with
Wera & Photon Group 		Ford Focus ST THR
1
24		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
DNS		 SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		BRH
1
26		 BRH
2
24		 BRH
3
25		 OUL
1
WD		 OUL
2
WD		 OUL
3
WD		 KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		CRO
1
24		 CRO
2
24		 CRO
3
18		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
23		 SIL
3
26		 DON
1
26		 DON
2
26		 DON
3
23		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
22		30th0

† Event with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Britcar 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarCar No.ClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rollcentre Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stuart Hall
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short		 Mosler MT900R GT3 2GT35672nd2nd
2008 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Track Power Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Bankhurst
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Bay
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stephen Keating
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dennis Leech
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Stanton		 TVR Sagaris V8 710DNFDNF
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rollcentre Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jon Barnes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Short
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Quick		 Mosler MT900R 61179DNFDNF

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fabrizio Giovanardi</span> Italian racing driver (born 1966)

Fabrizio Giovanardi is an Italian racing driver. During his career he has won ten touring car titles, including European and British crowns making him the most successful touring car driver worldwide. He has spent the majority of his career racing for Alfa Romeo and Vauxhall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Colin Turkington</span> British racing driver (born 1982)

Colin Henry Turkington is a British racing driver from Northern Ireland who competes in the British Touring Car Championship for Team BMW. He is a 4 time BTCC champion, winning the title in 2009, 2014, 2018 and 2019, having made his debut in the series in 2002.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Triple Eight Racing</span> British motor racing team

Triple Eight Racing was a motorsports team formed in 1996 as Triple Eight Race Engineering, which competed in the British Touring Car Championship and the British GT Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mat Jackson</span> British racing driver (born 1981)

Mathew Jackson is a former British racing driver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Onslow-Cole</span> British racing driver (born 1987)

Thomas Michael Onslow-Cole is a former British racing driver. He won the International GT Open in Pro-Am category in 2018 and in 2019 and the 24H Series in 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Jordan (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 1989)

Andrew Phillip Jordan is a British racing driver, who has driven in the British Touring Car Championship. He was the 2013 British Touring Car Champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 British Touring Car Championship</span> 52nd season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2009 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 52nd British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It began at Brands Hatch on the Indy layout on 5 April and finished after 30 races over 10 events on the Grand Prix layout at Brands Hatch on 4 October. Colin Turkington won the championship for the first time, ahead of Jason Plato and Fabrizio Giovanardi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Motorbase Performance</span> British motor racing team

Alliance Racing is a British motor racing team, founded in 2004 by former Production Saloon racer David Bartrum. They are best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 British Touring Car Championship</span> 53rd season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2010 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 53rd British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. It began at Thruxton Circuit on 4 April and finished after 30 races over ten events at Brands Hatch on 10 October.

Liam Griffin is a British racing driver and businessman. He is the son of John Griffin and was CEO of minicab company Addison Lee for 10 years before carrying out a management buyout with the private equity firm Carlyle. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Addison Lee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 British Touring Car Championship</span> 55th season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2012 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It is one of the most popular domestic motor racing series in the United Kingdom, with an extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the 55th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Caine (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 1969)

Michael Caine 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Árón Taylor-Smith</span> Irish racing driver (born 1989)

Árón Taylor-Smith is an Irish racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing. He is the younger brother of former VX Racing BTCC driver Gavin Smith.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 British Touring Car Championship</span> 56th season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of Family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It is one of the most popular domestic motor racing series in the United Kingdom, with an extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the 56th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Gilham Racing</span> British motor racing team

Tony Gilham Racing , competing as Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD., Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils. and Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown. currently, is a British motor racing team based in Dartford, Kent and founded by Tony Gilham. The team raced under the Team HARD. banner in the British Touring Car Championship until the end of 2013. They now compete in the British Touring Car Championship, Volkswagen Racing Cup, Ginetta GT4 Supercup, Mini Challenge UK and the GT Cup series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 British Touring Car Championship</span> 57th season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2014 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of Family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. It is one of the most popular domestic motor racing series in the United Kingdom, with an extensive program of support categories built up around the BTCC centrepiece. It was the 57th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 British Touring Car Championship</span> 58th season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2015 season was the 58th British Touring Car Championship season and the fifth season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) specification.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Will Powell (racing driver)</span> British racing driver (born 1985)

William Powell is a British racing driver and businessman. He is the founder of motorsports business Sport77 and formerly the racing team Motus One. He raced in the British Touring Car Championship for Starline Racing in 2023 and for Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero in 2022. He previously raced for the Brabham Motorsport team and won the 2021 British Endurance Championship in a McLaren GT3.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 British Touring Car Championship</span> 60th season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2017 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2017 season was the 60th British Touring Car Championship season and the seventh season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 British Touring Car Championship</span> 64th season of the British Touring Car Championship

The 2021 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship was a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in highly modified versions of family cars which are sold to the general public and conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2021 season was the 64th British Touring Car Championship season and the eleventh season for cars conforming to the Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) technical specification. Ash Sutton successfully defended his title to become the youngest ever three time BTCC Champion.

References

  1. 1 2 O'Leary, Jamie (2010-02-22). "Neate to race for WSR in 2010". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Board of Directors". ceravision.com. Ceravision. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  3. ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (2010-06-07). "Neate loses points from final race". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  4. ↑ Hudson, Neil (19 September 2011). "MacDowall and Neate punished for race one clash". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Hudson, Neil (25 January 2012). "Triple Eight to run MGs for Plato & Neate". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Hudson, Neil (28 November 2012). "Andy Neate leaves Triple Eight MG squad". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Andy Neate establishes own BTCC team for 2013 season". Autosport . Haymarket Publications. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Third Team Dynamics Honda Civic withdrawn with immediate effect". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  9. ↑ "Series returnee Andy Neate completes 2020 Motorbase line-up". TouringCarTimes. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  10. ↑ "Andy Neate thrown out of Thruxton results for repeated contact » TouringCars.Net". TouringCars.Net. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  11. ↑ Waring, Bethonie (June 25, 2021). "Aiden Neate joins Argenti Motorsport for British F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.