Michael Briggs

Michael Briggs (born 24 July 1966 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African racing driver.

Career Briggs 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, 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 he replaced injured driver James Thompson for Vauxhall Sport and finished fifteenth in the championship.

From 1997 to 2002, Briggs 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)

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 DC Pts 1995 Vauxhall Sport Vauxhall Cavalier 16v DON1 DON2 BRH1 BRH2 THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 OUL1 OUL2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 SIL KNO1 KNO2 BRH16 BRH25 SNE17 SNE25 OUL112 OUL28 SIL16 SIL2Ret 15th 35

Complete Australian Super Touring Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts 1997 Team Petronas PX2 Ford Mondeo Ghia LAK1 LAK2 PHI1 PHI2 CAL1Ret CAL27 AMA1 AMA2 WIN1 WIN2 MAL1 MAL2 LAK1 LAK2 AMA1 AMA2 19th 4