Michael Briggs (born 24 July 1966 in
Port Elizabeth
Gqeberha ( , ), formerly named Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipal ...
) is a South African
racing driver
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.
Career
He started saloon racing in 1987 with the national Group N Saloon Car Championship, winning the title five times. In 1991 he won the South African GTI Championship. He had great success racing in the South African Touring Car Championship for
Opel
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, where he was crowned champion in 1993 and 1995, and was runner-up in 1994. For the final eight rounds of the
British Touring Car Championship
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he replaced injured driver James Thompson for Vauxhall Sport and finished fifteenth in the championship.
From 1997 to 2002 he competed in the SATCC, the Malaysian Supercar Championship (champion in 2000) and the Asian Touring Car Championship (
ATCC). His last season in the ATCC came in 2006 for Team PETRONAS Syntium Proton in a
Proton Impian, finishing in third.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Australian Super Touring Championship results
References
External links
PSP Team Profile.
South African racing drivers
British Touring Car Championship drivers
1966 births
Living people
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Asian Touring Car Championship drivers
Sportspeople from Gqeberha