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Michael Crees

{{short description|British racing driver (born 1983)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Michael Crees

| image = FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2021 Nr. 18 Crees.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Crees driving at the Red Bull Ring in 2021.

| nationality = {{flagicon|GBR}} British

| related to =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|09|07}}

| birth_place = Broadstairs, Kent, England

| racing licence = 12px FIA Bronze

| current series = British Touring Car Championship

| first year = 2019

| current team = Team Vertu

| car number = 777

| former teams = Power Maxed Racing, Tony Gilham Racing, BTC Racing

| starts = 103 (105 entries)

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 17th

| year = 2020

| prev series = Ginetta GT4 Supercup

| prev series years = 2018

| titles = Jack Sears Trophy

| title years = 2020

| awards =

| award years =

| updated =

}}

Michael Sean Crees (born 7 September 1983) is a British racing driver from England best known for his appearances in the British Touring Car Championship.

Racing career

File:Snetterton BTCC Tyre Test Day 17th July 2019, Volkswagen CC, Michael Crees (48317020652).jpg Volkswagen CC at Snetterton during the 2019 British Touring Car Championship season.]]

A relative latecomer to racing, Crees joined the BTCC grid in 2019 after spending the previous season in the Ginetta GT4 Supercup,{{cite news|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2018/11/19/ginetta-champion-michael-crees-completes-team-hard-line/|title=Ginetta champion Michael Crees completes Team HARD line-up|publisher=Mediaempire Stockholm AB|date=19 November 2018|accessdate=19 November 2018|work=TouringCarTimes}} where he secured the Am Class title.

His debut season saw him compete for Team HARD at the wheel of a Volkswagen CC, and he secured a points scoring finish on his debut at Brands Hatch. His best result would come later in the season at Silverstone Circuit, where Crees broke into the top ten for the first time.

Having switched to BTC Racing for 2020 to drive a Honda Civic Type R,{{Cite web|date=2020-01-12|title=Crees joins BTC Racing for 2020 BTCC campaign|url=https://www.crash.net/btcc/news/935433/1/crees-joins-btc-racing-2020-btcc-campaign|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Crash|language=en}} Crees would match his personal best result of ninth and was a regular points scorer as he secured the Jack Sears Trophy.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-18|title=Michael Crees delighted by Jack Sears Trophy success|url=https://www.touringcartimes.com/2020/11/18/michael-crees-delighted-jack-sears-trophy-success/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=TouringCarTimes|language=en-US}}

Crees re-signed with BTC Racing for a second season but the two parted company little more than a week before the opening rounds.{{Cite web|title=BTC Racing parts ways with Crees on eve of 2021 BTCC season|url=https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/btc-racing-parts-ways-with-crees-on-eve-of-2021-btcc-season/6499055/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.autosport.com|date=30 April 2021 |language=en}}

Instead, he signed up with Parker Revs Motorsport to contest the Porsche Supercup after Josh Webster was forced to stand down from his drive for family reasons.{{Cite web|last=Bailes|first=Kathy|date=2021-05-12|title=Broadstairs racing star Michael Crees joins Parker Revs Motorsport for Porsche Supercup challenge|url=https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2021/05/12/broadstairs-racing-star-michael-crees-joins-parker-revs-motorsport-for-porsche-supercup-challenge/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=The Isle Of Thanet News|language=en-GB}}

Racing record

=Racing career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

2018

|align=left| Ginetta GT4 Supercup - Am

|align=left| Century Motorsport

| 23

| 11

| 6

| 14

| 19

| 673

| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

2019

|align=left nowrap| British Touring Car Championship

|align=left nowrap| GKR Scaffolding with Autobrite Direct

| 30

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 11

| 26th

2020

|align=left| British Touring Car Championship

|align=left| The Clever Baggers with BTC Racing

| 27

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 50

| 17th

2021

|align=left| Porsche Supercup

|align=left| Team Parker Racing

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 27th

2022

|align=left| British Touring Car Championship

|align=left| CarStore Power Maxed Racing

| 30

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 50

| 20th

rowspan="3" | 2023

|align=left| British Touring Car Championship

|align=left| Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils

| 14

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 13

| 23rd

align=left| British GT Championship - GT4

|align=left| Raceway Motorsport

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 15

| 16th

align=left| GT4 European Series - Pro-Am

|align=left nowrap| Elite Motorsport with Entire Race Engineering

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 27th

2024

|align=left| Porsche Supercup

|align=left| Martinet / Forestier Racing

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| NC†

2025

|align=left| British Touring Car Championship

|align=left| Team Vertu

| 3

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 23rd*

† As Crees was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

* Season still in progress.

=Complete British Touring Car Championship results=

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded all races)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! DC

! Points

2019

! nowrap| GKR Scaffolding
with Autobrite Direct

! nowrap| Volkswagen CC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
2
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
3
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
1
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
2
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
1
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
2
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
3
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRO
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO
2
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO
3
{{small|27}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL
1
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL
2
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL
3
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE
1
{{small|27}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE
2
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
1
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
2
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
3
{{small|25}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KNO
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
2
{{small|27}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
3
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
3
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
1
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
2
{{small|23}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
3
{{small|Ret}}

! 26th

! 11

2020

! nowrap| The Clever Baggers
with BTC Racing

! nowrap| Honda Civic Type R (FK8)

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
3
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH
3
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL
1
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
1
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
2
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
3
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| THR
3
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO
1
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRO
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRO
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE
1
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE
2
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SNE
3
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
1
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH
3
{{small|15}}

|

|

|

! 17th

! 50

2022

! nowrap| CarStore
Power Maxed Racing

! nowrap| Vauxhall Astra

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON
2
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
3
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH
3
{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
1
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRO
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRO
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
1
{{small|26}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
2
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
3
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE
2
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SNE
3
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
1
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
3
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
3
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
1
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
2
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
3
{{small|Ret}}

! 20th

! 50

2023

! nowrap| Autobrite Direct
with Millers Oils

! nowrap| Cupra León

| DON
1

| DON
2

| DON
3

| BRH
1

| BRH
2

| BRH
3

| SNE
1

| SNE
2

| SNE
3

| THR
1

| THR
2

| THR
3

| OUL
1

| OUL
2

| OUL
3

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO
1
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CRO
2
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CRO
3
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
1
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KNO
2
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KNO
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
1
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
2
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
3
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
1
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
2
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL
3
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH
1
{{small|24}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| BRH
3
{{small|DNS}}

! 23rd

! 13

2025

! Team Vertu

! Hyundai i30 Fastback
N Performance

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
1
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
2
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
3
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#;"| BRH
1
{{small

}

|style="background:#;"| BRH
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| BRH
3
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SNE
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SNE
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| SNE
3
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| THR
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| THR
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| THR
3
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| OUL
1
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| OUL
2
{{small|}}

|style="background:#;"| OUL
3
{{small|}}

| CRO
1

| CRO
2

| CRO
3

| KNO
1

| KNO
2

| KNO
3

| DON
1

| DON
2

| DON
3

| SIL
1

| SIL
2

| SIL
3

| BRH
1

| BRH
2

| BRH
3

! 23rd*

! 0*

|}

* Season still in progress.

=Complete Porsche Supercup results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate

Pole Position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! Pos.

! Points

2021

! nowrap| Team Parker Racing

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR
{{small|27}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR
{{small|23}}

| HUN

| SPA

| ZND

| MNZ

| MNZ

! 27th

! 0

2024

! nowrap| Martinet / Forestier Racing

| IMO

| MON

| RBR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
{{small|27}}

| HUN

| SPA

| ZND

| MNZ

! NC†

! 0†

† As Crees was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

=Complete British GT Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! DC

! Points

2023

! nowrap| Raceway Motorsport

! nowrap| Ginetta G56 GT4

! GT4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL
1
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OUL
2
{{small|34}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
1
{{small|30}}

| DON
1

|style="background:#000000; color:white"| SNE
1
{{small|DSQ}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white"| SNE
2
{{small|DSQ}}

| ALG
1

| BRH
1

| DON
1

! 16th

! 15

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • https://www.michaelcreesmotorsport.com/

{{s-start}}

{{s-sports}}

{{succession box | before = Rory Butcher | title = {{nowrap|Jack Sears Trophy
Winner}} | years=2020 | after=Daniel Rowbottom}}

{{s-end}}

{{BTCC teams}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crees, Michael}}

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