James Kaye


James Kaye is a British auto racing driver. He has been a stalwart competitor of Hondas in various championships since 1995, and has had 2 lengthy spells in the BTCC. He won the BTCC independents' championship in 1992 and 1994.

Racing career

After racing in the British National Production Saloon Championship with several championship in the late 80s and early 90s, he entered the BTCC as an independent in 1992, winning the independent title in his Toyota, and again in 1994. In 1993 he raced a semi-works Toyota for the Park Lane Racing team, ineligible for the Total Cup for Independents. In 1995 he was hired by Honda for their BTCC programme, racing there for 2 seasons.
He had an assortment of sports car drives for Honda from 1997–1999, returning to touring cars in the National Saloon Championship in 2000. The same cars were eligible for the newly created Class B of the BTCC that year, and James was runner up in a Honda Accord. This was renamed the Production Class for 2001, and James again finished 2nd, before winning the Production Class title in 2002 for Synchro Motorsport, a team of Honda employees working in their spare time at the Honda factory in Swindon.
The team moved up to the Touring class of the BTCC for 2003, defined as an Independent team as they had no financial or technical backing, James classified as Independent runner-up and 14th overall. Remaining with Synchro, James was 11th overall in 2004 and 2005. He took his first series podium at Oulton Park in 2006 after 14 years of trying. For 2007 the team pulled out, leaving James without a drive.
He returned to the BTCC for the 2013 season, driving the AmD Tuning.com Volkswagen Golf in the Jack Sears Trophy.
For the final round of the 2018 Dunlop Endurance Championship, Kaye raced with Matt Le Breton in an Audi RS3 TCR, finishing 11th in race one and 4th in race two.

Career highlights

James' Father Peter Kaye was a Hillclimb/Sprint driver, which was a great influence on James growing up. James is the oldest of 5 children, and his younger brother Richard Kaye, has also raced professionally. James is married and has 5 children.

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
YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930Overall
DC		PtsClass
1986ContainershipsVauxhall Nova SportSILTHRSILDONBRH
17		SNEBRHDONSIL15th102nd
1988Demon TweeksVolkswagen Golf GTISIL
15‡		OUL
Ret		THRDONTHRSILSILBRHSNEBRHBIRDONSIL58th18th
1989Demon TweeksBMW M3OUL
17		SILTHRDONTHRSILSILBRHSNEBRHBIRDONSIL51st212th
1992Park Lane RacingToyota CarinaSIL
Ret		THR
Ret		OUL
13		SNE
Ret		BRH
13		DON
1
14		DON
2
Ret		SIL
5		KNO
1
12		KNO
2
9		PEM
14		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
12		DON
5		SIL
8		10th19
1993Park Lane Toyota Junior TeamToyota Carina ESIL
13		DON
11		SNE
9		DON
Ret		OUL
Ret		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
DNS		PEM
Ret		SIL
10		KNO
1
DNS		KNO
2
DNS		OUL
12		BRHTHR
20		DON
1
14		DON
2
Ret		SIL
14		21st3
1994Maxted MotorsportToyota Carina ETHR
16		BRH
1
17		BRH
2
19		SNE
13		SIL
1
18		SIL
2
15		OUL
Ret		DON
1
18		DON
2
16		BRH
1
15		BRH
2
21		SIL
15		KNO
1
12		KNO
2
18		OUL
Ret		BRH
1
18		BRH
2
Ret		SIL
1
20		SIL
2
13		DON
1
17		DON
2
17		29th0
1995Honda Team MSDHonda AccordDON
1
11		DON
2
10		BRH
1
19		BRH
2
14		THR
1
16		THR
2
13		SIL
1
10		SIL
2
13		OUL
1
14		OUL
2
10		BRH
1
13		BRH
2
19		DON
1
14		DON
2
10		SIL
Ret		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
5		BRH
1
10		BRH
2
8		SNE
1
18		SNE
2
9		OUL
1
7		OUL
2
9		SIL
1
16		SIL
2
9		18th25
1996Honda Team MSDHonda AccordDON
1
9		DON
2
10		BRH
1
9		BRH
2
11		THR
1
Ret		THR
2
9		SIL
1
9		SIL
2
8		OUL
1
13		OUL
2
Ret		SNE
1
Ret		SNE
2
7		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
14		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
11		KNO
1
8		KNO
2
8		OUL
1
10		OUL
2
10		THR
1
8		THR
2
9		DON
1
Ret		DON
2
10		BRH
1
DNS		BRH
2
8		12th33
2000Barwell MotorsportHonda AccordBRH
1
13		BRH
2
9		DON
1
11		DON
2
11		THR
1
13		THR
2
Ret		KNO
1
12		KNO
2
11		OUL
1
10		OUL
2
10		SIL
1
11		SIL
2
8		CRO
1
NC		CRO
2
6		SNE
1
8		SNE
2
10		DON
1
12		DON
2
11		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
11		OUL
1
12		OUL
2
9		SIL
1
10		SIL
2
10		2nd260
2001Team Kaliber Sport with BarwellHonda AccordBRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
7*		THR
1
7		THR
2
5*		OUL
1
2		OUL
2
Ret		SIL
1
9		SIL
2
9*		MON
1
2		MON
2
5*		DON
1
12		DON
2
Ret		KNO
1
6		KNO
2
6		SNE
1
9		SNE
2
Ret		CRO
1
6		CRO
2
10		OUL
1
13		OUL
2
10		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
9*		DON
1
3		DON
2
14		BRH
1
10		BRH
2
7		2nd220
2002Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type-RBRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
NC		OUL
1
12		OUL
2
Ret		THR
1
15		THR
2
12		SIL
1
16		SIL
2
15		MON
1
17		MON
2
Ret		CRO
1
11		CRO
2
14		SNE
1
17		SNE
2
11		KNO
1
16		KNO
2
17		BRH
1
14		BRH
2
13		DON
1
16		DON
2
11		1st210
2003Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type-RMON
1
Ret		MON
2
Ret		BRH
1
12		BRH
2
9		THR
1
11		THR
2
7		SIL
1
8		SIL
2
Ret		ROC
1
Ret		ROC
2
DNS		CRO
1
13		CRO
2
11		SNE
1
7*		SNE
2
11		BRH
1
11		BRH
2
Ret		DON
1
10		DON
2
11		OUL
1
10		OUL
2
12		14th16
2004Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type-RTHR
1
13		THR
2
9		THR
3
7		BRH
1
12		BRH
2
7		BRH
3
Ret		SIL
1
13		SIL
2
15		SIL
3
9		OUL
1
6		OUL
2
12		OUL
3
9		MON
1
15		MON
2
7		MON
3
Ret		CRO
1
Ret		CRO
2
12		CRO
3
13		KNO
1
13		KNO
2
9		KNO
3
11		BRH
1
4		BRH
2
6		BRH
3
Ret		SNE
1
9		SNE
2
6		SNE
3
13		DON
1
11		DON
2
9		DON
3
9		11th49
2005Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type-RDON
1
Ret		DON
2
Ret		DON
3
Ret		THR
1
Ret		THR
2
9		THR
3
7		BRH
1
8		BRH
2
Ret		BRH
3
4		OUL
1
11		OUL
2
DNS		OUL
3
Ret		CRO
1
9		CRO
2
5		CRO
3
Ret		MON
1
8		MON
2
Ret		MON
3
11		SNE
1
8		SNE
2
6		SNE
3
6		KNO
1
10		KNO
2
Ret		KNO
3
Ret		SIL
1
8		SIL
2
Ret		SIL
3
10		BRH
1
8		BRH
2
6		BRH
3
7		11th58
2006Synchro MotorsportHonda Civic Type-RBRH
1
8		BRH
2
9		BRH
3
Ret		MON
1
10		MON
2
6		MON
3
DNS		OUL
1
3		OUL
2
9		OUL
3
DNS		THR
1
7		THR
2
7		THR
3
4		CRO
1
8		CRO
2
7		CRO
3
9		DON
1
10		DON
2
7		DON
3
8		SNE
1
9		SNE
2
Ret		SNE
3
8		KNO
1
Ret		KNO
2
Ret		KNO
3
DNS		BRH
1
11		BRH
2
13		BRH
3
Ret		SIL
1
DNS		SIL
2
DNS		SIL
3
Ret		12th61
2010WRC Developments with BarwellHonda Integra Type-RTHR
1		THR
2		THR
3		ROC
1		ROC
2		ROC
3		BRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		OUL
1		OUL
2		OUL
3		CRO
1		CRO
2		CRO
3		SNE
1		SNE
2		SNE
3		SIL
1		SIL
2		SIL
3		KNO
1		KNO
2		KNO
3		DON
1
9		DON
2
14		DON
3
Ret		BRH
1
16		BRH
2
Ret		BRH
3
Ret		22nd2
2013AmD Tuning.comVolkswagen GolfBRH
1
15		BRH
2
12		BRH
3
DNS		DON
1
19		DON
2
Ret		DON
3
Ret		THR
1
Ret		THR
2
Ret		THR
3
19		OUL
1		OUL
2		OUL
3		CRO
1
Ret		CRO
2
19		CRO
3
Ret		27th5
2013AmD Tuning.comHonda CivicSNE
1
Ret		SNE
2
19		SNE
3
DNS		KNO
1		KNO
2		KNO
3		ROC
1		ROC
2		ROC
3		SIL
1		SIL
2		SIL
3		BRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		27th5

‡ Kaye won in class but was awarded no points due to less than 3 class cars starting the race.

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPts
1991Team TrustToyota Corolla Levin AE92JTC-3SUGSUZTSUSENAUTFUJ
7		76th6
1993Racing Project BandohToyota Corolla Levin AE101JTC-3MINAUTSUGSUZAID
14		TSUTOKSENFUJ26th8

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Complete 24 Hours of Silverstone results

Complete Britcar results

(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;-
YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Points
2018WDC RacingAudi RS3 TCRE4IROC
1		ROC
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		DON
1		DON
2		SNE
1		SNE
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		BRH
1
11		BRH
2
4		NCNC0†