Andy Neate


Andrew Neate is a British racing driver, who has driven in several different series throughout his career.

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. 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 three rounds, finishing eighteenth in the championship with one point. 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 was in talks with West Surrey Racing to drive a BMW 320si in the BTCC in 2009 prior to the Britcar event, but the deal could not be completed due to his injury.

BTCC return

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

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap
YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2001Cranfield Automotive ManagementMitsubishi CarismaBRH
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
2005Team Nuts with Daniels MotorsportVauxhall Astra CoupéDON
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
2010WSRBMW 320siTHR
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
2011Team AonFord FocusBRH
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
2012MG KX Momentum RacingMG 6 GTBRH
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
2013Team Club 44Chevrolet CruzeBRH
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
2016Halfords Yuasa RacingHonda Civic Type RBRH
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

24 Hours of Silverstone results