# Harry Bates (rally driver)

Harry Bates (born 8 March 1995, Canberra, Australia) is a professional rally driver. He drives for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia team. He is a four-time Australian Rally Championship series winner, in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024.
His father Neal Bates was also an ARC-winning driver in the 1990s and 2000s, and his brother Lewis won the title in 2022. All three work for the family-run rally team; Harry Bates has a role in commercial operations when not driving.
For most of his rally career, his co-driver was John McCarthy. In 2023 and 2024, his co-driver was Coral Taylor, who also co-drove for Neal for their Australian Rally Championship wins.

## Motorsports career results
### Rally

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2015 | Australian 4WD Championship | 11th | Neal Bates Motorsport | Toyota Corolla TRD S2000 |
| 2016 | Australian Rally Championship | 3rd | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota Corolla TRD S2000 |
| 2017 | Australian Rally Championship | 2nd | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota Corolla TRD S2000 Toyota Yaris AP4 |
| 2018 | Australian Rally Championship | 2nd | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota Yaris AP4 |
| 2018 | Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | 17th | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota Yaris AP4 |
| 2019 | Australian Rally Championship | 1st | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota Yaris AP4 |
| 2019 | Asia-Pacific Rally Championship | 2nd | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota Yaris AP4 |
| 2021 | Australian Rally Championship | 1st | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota GR Yaris AP4 |
| 2022 | Australian Rally Championship | 2nd | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota GR Yaris AP4 |
| 2022 | World Rally Championship | 35th | Harry Bates | Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo |
| 2022 | WRC2 Junior Championship | 15th | Harry Bates | Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo |
| 2022 | World Rally Championship-2 | 29th | Harry Bates | Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo |
| 2023 | Australian Rally Championship | 1st | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota GR Yaris AP4 |
| 2024 | Australian Rally Championship | 1st | Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia | Toyota GR Yaris AP4 |
| 2024 | Australian Rally Championship | 8th | Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan | Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 |

#### Asia-Pacific Rally Championship results

| Year | Series | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2018 | Asia/Pacific | Toyota Yaris AP4 | NZL | AUS 5 | MAL | JPN | CHN | 17th | 19 |
| 2019 | Pacific Cup | Toyota Yaris AP4 | OTA | WHA | TAS 1 | EUR 1 | | 2nd | 77 |

#### World Rally Championship results

| Year | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2022 | Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo | MON | SWE | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL | GRE | NZL 10 | ESP | JPN | 35th | 1 |

#### World Rally Championship-2 results

| Year | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2022 | Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo | MON | SWE | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL | GRE | NZL 4 | ESP | JPN | 29th | 12 |

#### FIA WRC2 Junior Championship results

| Year | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2022 | Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo | MON | SWE | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL | GRE | NZL 1 | ESP | JPN | 15th | 25 |

### Circuit racing

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2017 | Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series | 40th | Toyota 86 | Toyota Racing Australia |
| 2018 | Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series | 49th | Toyota 86 | Toyota Racing Australia |
| 2019 | Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series | 44th | Toyota 86 | Toyota Racing Australia |
| 2020 | Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series | – | Toyota 86 | Toyota Racing Australia |
| 2021 | Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series | – | Toyota 86 | Toyota Racing Australia |
| 2022 | Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series | 41st | Toyota 86 | Toyota Racing Australia |