Michael Sneath

Michael Sneath 	Michael Sneath
 	
 	
Nationality 	British
Born 	25 August 1987 (Aged 33)
Bishop Auckland (England)
British Touring Car Championship Career	British Touring Car Championship Career
Debut Season 	1991
Current Team 	Atford LTD
Former Team 	Toyota, Renault, Mint Motorsport, Ford, Peugeot, Audi
Car No. 	6
Starts 	187
Wins 	2
Poles 	0
Fastest Laps 	1
Best Finish 	2nd in 1991
VW Vento Cup Career 	VW Vento Cup Career
Debut Season 	1992
Team 	MSR
Car No. 	92
Starts 	8
Wins 	1
Fastest Laps 	0
Best Finish 	5th in 1992
Yugo Challenge Career 	Yugo Challenge Career
Debut Season 	1995
Team 	MSR
Car No. 	95
Starts 	10
Wins 	0
Fastest Laps 	0
Best Finish 	4th in 1995
Michael James Sneath (born 25 August 1987) is a British racing driver who races in the British Touring Car Championship for Atford LTD.
==Early Life==
Sneath was born on 25 August 1987 in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England.
==Touring Cars==
===British Touring Car Championship===
With the creation of the STSR British Touring Car Championship in 1991, Sneath signed for the Andy Rouse Engineering ran Toyota team driving a Carina. The Carina was fast out the block and Sneath played a supporting role to teammate Vik Rune's championship charge. Sneath achieved his first win at the tenth race of the season at Brands Hatch. However, after 1991 British Touring Car Championship Round 6, Rune was disqualified from the championship and Sneath became the lead driver. Dimitris Gkaras arrived at Toyota to partner Sneath at selected rounds for the remainder of the 1991 season. Sneath managed to hold off Independent driver Mike Bell to secure 2nd place in the championship.
Sneath continued with Team Securicor ICS Toyota in 1992, being partnered with 1991 champion, Roy Cop. It was a disappointing season compared to 1991 with only two podium finishes early in the season at the first round at Silverstone and round 3 at Oulton Park. Cop outperformed Sneath all year and even though Sneath missed round 6 at Brands Hatch, Sneath finished 126 points adrift of Cop in 6th position. At the end of the season, it was announced that Sneath would leave Toyota and join the Renault's works team for 1993.
For 1993, Sneath would be joined at Renault by BTCC race winner Johannes Meles from Germany. The pair had a good working relationship and helped develop the Renault 19. Sneath performed much better than in his 1992 campaign taking 6 podiums as he finished one place and eight points behind his teammate in 4th. Renault finished an impressive 3rd place in their debut season finishing behind the Nissan and Ford teams.
Sneath spent another year at Renault alongside Meles in 1994, but the team switched from using Renault 19s to Lagunas. Sneath didn't gel with the Laguna and was more often than not, was out performed by Meles. Sneath missed rounds 4 and 5 at Silverstone and Snetterton respectively. He didn't achieve a podium finish all season, with 4th place at Knockhill, his best finish. Sneath finished 8th in the championship, which disappointed Renault, as they dropped him at the end of the year.
For 1995, Sneath would join Mint Motorsport, competing in the 'Total Cup for Privateers' in an ex-works Ford Mondeo.
==Team management==
Sneath founded Michael Sneath Racing in 1992 to enable himself to enter the 1992 VW Vento Cup. Competing in 8 of the 10 rounds, Sneath finished 5th in the championship including a race win at the final round of the season at Silverstone.
In 1995, MSR entered the UK Yugo Challenge with Sneath at the wheel. Competing in every round, Sneath finished 4th in the championship including a podium at the fourth round at Thruxton. MSR entered the 1995 World Touring Car Manager Championship with John Newhouse piloting a Toyota Carina E. MSR also entered the 1995 Touring Car World Cup winning both the Class B (Joshua Anderson) and Class C (Sneath) championships.
==Motorsports career results==
===Complete British Touring Car Championship results===
Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded just for first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded)
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 	31 	32 	33 	34 	35 	36 	DC 	Pts 	 	 	
1991	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	Toyota Carina II	THR15 	THR25 	THR311	SIL12 	SIL210 	SIL33 	DON12	DON22	BRH13 	BRH21	OUL12	OUL27	OUL36	BIR13	BIR22	KNO15	KNO27 	KNO35 	CAS13	CAS25 	CAS33	SIL12	SIL23	DON13 	DON26	DON34	THR14 	THR27	BRH16 	BRH26 	BRH35	 	 	 	 	 	2nd 	457 	 	 	
1992	Team Securicor ICS Toyota 	Toyota Carina II	SIL15 	SIL23 	SIL38 	THR14 	THR2RET	OUL13 	OUL24	OUL36	SNE15 	SNE27	CAS15	CAS26	CAS35	BRH1 	BRH2 	DON19	DON28 	DON38 	KNO16	KNO26 	KNO35	BRH16	BRH25	BRH3C 	SIL16	SIL25	SIL37 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6th 	238 	 	 	
1993	
Renault Dealer Racing 	Renault 19 	SIL15 	SIL27 	SIL36 	DON17 	DON26 	SNE15 	SNE27	SNE36	OUL15 	OUL22	OUL33	BRH14	BRH23	BRH34	PEM13	PEM24	PEM3RET	KNO14 	KNO26	KNO34 	BRH15	BRH23	BRH33	THR14 	THR27	SIL15	SIL24 	SIL35	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	4th 	312 	 	 	
1994	Renault Dealer Racing 	Renault Laguna 	THR17 	THR29 	
THR311	
BRH19	
BRH29 	
BRH36 	CAS1C	CAS2C	CAS3C 	SIL1 	SIL2 	SNE1 	SNE2 	SNE3 	OUL17	OUL25	OUL37 	DON17 	DON28	DON38 	KNO14	KNO28	KNO37	OUL15 	OUL26	OUL36	BRH18 	BRH25	BRH37 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	8th 	187 	 	 	
1995	Mint Motorsport 	Ford Mondeo Ghia	BRH18 	BRH28 	BRH37 	DON19 	DON27 	DON3RET	THR18	THR27	THR38 	SIL16	SIL27	SIL38	OUL16	OUL28	OUL39	SNE17	SNE29 	SNE311	KNO19	KNO28 	KNO38	OUL17	OUL28	OUL3RET	SIL17	SIL28	SIL3RET	BRH18	BRH29 	BRH38 	 	 	 	 	 	 	9th 	219 	 	 	
1996	Valvoline Team Mondeo with Reynard	Ford Mondeo 	DON19 	DON210	DON312	BRH111	BRH27 	BRH311 	THR16	THR27	THR312	SIL18	SIL27	SIL36	OUL16	OUL24	OUL3C	SNE16	SNE27 	SNE36 	BRH18	BRH25 	BRH39	KNO19	KNO29	KNO310 	SIL19	SIL23	SIL310 	OUL16	OUL210	OUL310	 	 	 	 	 	 	8th 	232 	 	 	
1997	Esso Ultron Team Peugeot 	Peugeot 406 	DON111	DON28 	DON31 	SIL19 	SIL27 	SIL37 	THR18	THR27	THR38 	BRH13	BRH27	BRH32	OUL15	OUL24	OUL38	DON15	DON26 	DON310	CRO15	CRO212	CRO39	KNO1 	KNO2 	KNO3 	SNE1 	SNE2 	SNE3 	THR1 	THR2 	THR3 	BRH1 	BRH2	BRH3	SIL1	SIL2	SIL3	9th 	246 	 	 	
1998	Audi Sport UK 	Audi A4 	THR1 	THR2 	THR3 	SIL1 	SIL2 	SIL3 	DON1 	DON2 	DON3 	BRH1 	BRH2 	BRH3 	OUL1 	OUL2 	OUL3 	DON1 	DON2 	DON3 	CRO1 	CRO2 	CRO3 	SNE1 	SNE2 	SNE3 	THR1 	THR2 	THR3 	KNO1 	KNO2 	KNO3 	BRH1 	BRH2	BRH3	OUL1	OUL2	OUL3	SIL16	SIL214	SIL39	21st	25
1999	Atford LTD 	Ford Mondeo 	DON1 	DON2 	DON3 	SIL1 	SIL2 	SIL3 	THR1 	THR2 	THR3 	BRH1 	BRH2 	BRH3 	OUL1 	OUL2 	OUL3 	DON1 	DON2 	DON3 	CRO1 	CRO2 	CRO3 	KNO1 	KNO2 	KNO3 	SNE1 	SNE2 	SNE3 	THR1 	THR2 	THR3 	BRH1 	BRH2	BRH3	SIL1	SIL2	SIL3	0th* 	0* 	 	 	
==Complete Touring Car World Cup results==
(Key) (results are overall/class and in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name 	Car 	Class	1 	2 	Points	Position
1991	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	Toyota Carina II	 	CAT6 	CAT3	39 	5th
1992	Team Securicor ICS Toyota	Toyota Carina II	 	BATRET	BAT2	30 	4th
1993	Renault Dealer Team 	Renault 19 	 	MON9 	MON7	26 	6th
1994	Renault Dealer Team 	Renault Laguna 	 	DON5 	DON3	40 	4th
1995	MSR 	Toyota Carina II	C 	NOR7 	NOR6	70 	1st
1999	 	 	 	BAT 	BAT 	 	
==Complete Super Touring Cup results==
(Key) (results are overall/class and in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name 	Car 	1 	2 	Points	Position
1996	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406	ATL11	ATL8	23 	9th
===Complete VW Vento Cup results===
(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	Points	Position
1992	MSR 	SIL5	THRRET	OUL5	SNE7	CAS5	BRH	SPA6	KNO	BRH6	SIL1	32 	5th
===Complete Yugo Challenge results===
(Key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year	Team Name	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	Points	Position
1995	MSR 	BIR5	BRH10	DON4	THR3	SIL5	OUL5	SNE6	KNO4	OUL6	SIL5	44 	4th
==Career summary==
Season	Series 	Team 	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1991 	British Touring Car Championship	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	31 	1 	0 	1 	14 	457 	2nd
1991 	Touring Car World Cup 	Kaliber ICS Team Toyota 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	39 	5th
1992 	British Touring Car Championship	Team Securicor ICS Toyota 	24 	0 	0 	0 	2 	238 	6th
1992 	Touring Car World Cup 	Team Securicor ICS Toyota 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	30 	4th
1992 	VW Vento Cup 	MSR 	8 	1 	- 	0 	1 	32 	5th
1993 	British Touring Car Championship	Renault Dealer Team 	28 	0 	0 	0 	6 	312 	4th
1993 	Touring Car World Cup 	Renault Dealer Team 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	26 	6th
1994 	British Touring Car Championship	Renault Dealer Team 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0 	187 	8th
1994 	Touring Car World Cup 	Renault Dealer Team 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	40 	4th
1995 	British Touring Car Championship	Mint Motorsport 	30 	0 	0 	0 	0 	219 	9th
1995 	Touring Car World Cup 	MSR 	2 	1 	1 	2 	2 	70 	1st
1995 	Yugo Challenge 	MSR 	10 	0 	- 	0 	1 	44 	4th
1996 	British Touring Car Championship	Valvoline Team Mondeo with Reynard	29 	0 	0 	0 	1 	232 	8th
1996 	Super Touring Cup 	Peugeot Esso 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	23 	9th
1996 	BMW E30 EVO Cup 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	- 	NC
1997 	British Touring Car Championship	Esso Ultron Team Peugeot 	21 	1 	0 	0 	3 	246 	9th
1998 	British Touring Car Championship	Audi Sport UK 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	25 	21st
1999 	British Touring Car Championship	Atford LTD 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0* 	0th*
==External links==
Official website
Category:BTCC Drivers
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Category:VW Vento Cup race winners
Category:Touring Car World Cup Class C Champions