Matt Neal | |
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Nationality | British |
Born | Stourbridge, England | 20 December 1966
British Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 1991 |
Current team | Halfords Yuasa Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 25 |
Former teams | VX Racing Peugeot Sport UK Team Mazda Tech-Speed Motorsport Pyramid Motorsport |
Starts | 719 |
Wins | 63 |
Poles | 17 |
Fastest laps | 52 |
Best finish | 1st in 2005, 2006, 2011 |
Previous series | |
2001 1993 | ETCC DTM |
Championship titles | |
2005–06, 2011 | BTCC |
Awards | |
BRDC Silver Star |
Matthew Stephen Phillip Neal (born 20 December 1966) is a British motor racing driver. Neal is a triple BTCC Champion having won the British Touring Car Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2011. Neal is also a record 6 time BTCC Independents Champion having won the title in 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2005 and 2006. He is also a race winner in the European Touring Car Championship. He is 6' 6" (2 m) tall, making him almost entirely unable to race single-seaters. He is also the Group Marketing Director at Rimstock, the alloy wheel manufacturer founded by his father Steve.[1]