Michael Epps
British-New Zealand racing driver (born 1992)
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.
01Racing 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.
02Racing 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 | BRH 1 20 |
BRH 2 17 |
BRH 3 21 |
DON 1 19 |
DON 2 24 |
DON 3 13 |
THR 1 11 |
THR 2 14 |
THR 3 10 |
OUL 1 25 |
OUL 2 16 |
OUL 3 Ret |
CRO 1 14 |
CRO 2 Ret |
CRO 3 15 |
SNE 1 20 |
SNE 2 19 |
SNE 3 20 |
KNO 1 19 |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 20 |
ROC 1 18 |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 23 |
SIL 1 18 |
SIL 2 12 |
SIL 3 16 |
BRH 1 16 |
BRH 2 16 |
BRH 3 25 |
24th | 24 |
| 2017 | Autoaid RCIB Insurance Racing |
Volkswagen CC | BRH 1 9 |
BRH 2 10 |
BRH 3 9 |
DON 1 Ret |
DON 2 23 |
DON 3 21 |
THR 1 25 |
THR 2 18 |
THR 3 20 |
OUL 1 11 |
OUL 2 10 |
OUL 3 8 |
CRO 1 22 |
CRO 2 12 |
CRO 3 Ret |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 18 |
SNE 3 Ret |
KNO 1 24 |
KNO 2 17 |
KNO 3 23 |
ROC 1 15 |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 19 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 10 |
SIL 3 12 |
BRH 1 18 |
BRH 2 10 |
BRH 3 5 |
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 | DC | CP | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Team HARD | Ginetta G55 Supercup | 3Inv | SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 1 9 |
NC† | NC† | 0† |
† Epps was ineligible for points as he was an invitation entry.
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