Neal Bates
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Neal Anthony Bates (born 19 March 1965) is an Australian rally and racing car driver. Throughout his career Bates has been associated with Toyota in the Australian Rally Championship and for 19 years his Neal Bates Motorsport outfit ran Toyota's official rally program in Australia. Bates claimed four drivers' titles in this time and helped Toyota win four manufacturers' crowns.[1]
Bates' navigator/co-driver since 1993 has been Coral Taylor.
Bates long-time partnership with Toyota also brought the first of many circuit racing opportunities, a drive in a star search program in Toyota's Australian Touring Car Championship team. This led to a number of touring car racing opportunities with the factory Toyota Corolla teams as well as V8 Supercar teams including Paul Weel Racing, Glenn Seton Racing and Gibson Motor Sport.
Career results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Toyota Team Australia | Toyota Celica 2000 GT | MON | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS 26 |
ITA | CIV | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Toyota Team Europe | Toyota Celica GT-Four | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRC | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 56th | 2 |
| 1993 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | ARG | NZL | FIN | AUS 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA | ESP | GBR | 45th | 3 | |
| 1995 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Celica GT-Four | MON | SWE | POR | FRA | NZL | AUS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP | GBR | 27th | 2 | ||||||
| 1996 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Celica GT-Four | SWE | KEN | IDN | ARG | FIN | AUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA | ESP | NC | 0 | ||||||
| 1997 | Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
FIN | IDN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ITA | 27th | 1 | ||
| Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Celica GT-Four | AUS 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA | AUS 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | NC | 0 | |
| 1999 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CHN | ITA | AUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2000 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CYP | FRA | ITA | AUS 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2001 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Corolla WRC | MON | SWE | POR | ESP | ARG | CYP | GRE | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | AUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2009 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Corolla TRD S2000 | IRE | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRE | POL | FIN | AUS NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
* Super Touring race
Complete Sandown endurance results
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Toyota Team Australia | Template:Flagicon Mike Dowson | Toyota Corolla FX-GT | A | 142 | 11th | 2nd |
| 1990 | Toyota Team Australia | Template:Flagicon John Faulkner | Toyota Corolla FX-GT | V8 | 85 | DNF | DNF |
| 1998 | Paul Weel Racing | Template:Flagicon Paul Weel | Ford EL Falcon | OC | 122 | DNF | DNF |
| 2001 | Tekno Autosports | Template:Flagicon Steve Webb | Porsche 996 GT3 | N | 161 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2003 | ICS Team Ford | Template:Flagicon Rick Bates | Ford AU Falcon | - | 136 | 25th | 25th |
Complete Bathurst/Eastern Creek 12 Hour results
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Template:Flagicon Neal Bates Motorsport | Template:Flagicon Rick Bates Template:Flagicon Geoff Morgan |
Toyota Celica | B | 214 | 17th | 1st |
| 1992 | Template:Flagicon Mountain Motorsport | Template:Flagicon Geoffrey Full Template:Flagicon Geoffrey Forshaw |
Toyota Supra | T | 212 | 34th | 5th |
| 1993 | Template:Flagicon Peter Whitaker | Template:Flagicon Peter Whitaker Template:Flagicon Calvin Gardner |
Toyota MR2 | S | 240 | 9th | 2nd |
| 1994 | Template:Flagicon Neal Bates Motorsport | Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II Template:Flagicon Rick Bates |
Toyota MR2 | S | 249 | 4th | 1st |
| 1995 | Template:Flagicon Rick Bates | Template:Flagicon John Ribeiro Template:Flagicon Peter Dane |
PRB Clubman | S | 240 | 20th | 1st |
| 2007 | Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne | Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne Template:Flagicon John Roecken |
Toyota Celica SX | E | 240 | 11th | 1st |
| 2008 | Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne | Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne Template:Flagicon John Roecken |
Toyota Celica | E | 234 | 11th | 1st |
| 2009 | Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne | Template:Flagicon Colin Osborne Template:Flagicon John Roecken |
Toyota Celica ZR | F | 172 | DNF | DNF |
References
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External links
- Pages with script errors
- 1965 births
- Australian rally drivers
- Australian Touring Car Championship drivers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Canberra
- Racing drivers from the Australian Capital Territory
- Supercars Championship drivers
- World Rally Championship drivers
- Australian Endurance Championship drivers
- Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers