Mikey Porter

Mikey Porter
Porter in 2025
Nationality	British
Born	(2007-05-02) 2 May 2007 (age 18) Lingfield, Surrey, United Kingdom
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Championship titles
2024 2024 2024	British GT Championship – GT4 Silver GT Cup Championship – GTH GT4 Winter Series – Pro

Michael Porter (born 2 May 2007) is a British racing driver set to compete in GT World Challenge Europe for Optimum Motorsport.

Career

Porter made his car racing debut in 2022, racing in the final two rounds of the Ginetta Junior Championship for Preptech UK.^[1] After racing in the end-of-year Winter Championship for R Racing, Porter remained with them for the following year's main season,^[2] in which he scored nine podiums en route to a fourth-place points finish.^[3]

Stepping up to GT4 competition for 2024, Porter joined Forsetti Motorsport to race in the GT4 Winter Series, British GT and GT Cup Championships,^[4][5] as a candidate for the AMR Driver Academy.^[6] In the former, Porter took seven wins in the six-round season to clinch the GT4 Pro title at the finale in Barcelona.^[7][8] In the British GT Championship, Porter won the season-opening race at Oulton Park and scored four more podiums to end the season to secure runner-up honors overall,^[9] whilst also securing the GT4 Silver title.^[10] Meanwhile in the GT Cup Championship, Porter secured the GTH class title alongside Sam Neser and Matthew Higgins.^[11][12] During 2024, Porter also made one-off appearances in the GT4 European Series for the same team,^[13] as well as in the International GT Open for McLaren-fielding Optimum Motorsport.^[14]

At the beginning of 2025, Porter raced in the Middle East Trophy for Optimum Motorsport, finishing third overall at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi and second among the GT3 Pro entries.^[15] Porter raced in International GT Open for the rest of the year for the same team alongside Zac Meakin for their first full-season in the series.^[16] In the season-opening round at Algarve, the pair took their maiden series podium in race two by finishing second,^[17] a feat they repeated at the Hungaroring and Le Castellet to end the year eighth in points.^[18][19] In parallel, Porter raced in the Gold Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for the same team alongside Largim Ali and James Allen.^[20]

For the following year, Porter remained with Optimum for a dual campaign in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups,^[21] as a new addition to the McLaren GT3 Junior Driver Programme.^[22]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2022	Ginetta Junior Championship	Preptech UK	6	0	0	0	0	36	26th
	Ginetta Junior Winter Championship	R Racing	4	0	0	0	1	79	6th
2023	Ginetta Junior Championship	R Racing	27	0	0	1	9	545	4th
2024	GT4 Winter Series – Pro	Forsetti Motorsport	18	7	7	4	17	119.01	1st
	British GT Championship – GT4		9	1	2	0	7	164.5	2nd
	GT Cup Championship – GTH							457	1st
	GT4 European Series – Silver		2	0	0	0	0	4	23rd
	International GT Open	Optimum Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2025	Middle East Trophy – GT3	Optimum Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	21	7th
	International GT Open		14	0	0	0	3	88	8th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver			0	0	0	0	37	6th
2025–26	24H Series Middle East – GT3	Optimum Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	2	23rd
2026	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Optimum Motorsport
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver
Sources:[23][24]

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

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

Year	Team	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	DC	Points
2022	Preptech UK	DON 1	DON 2	DON 3	BHI 1	BHI 2	BHI 3	THR1 1	THR1 2	CRO 1	CRO 2	KNO 1	KNO 2	KNO 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	THR2 1	THR2 2	THR2 3	SIL 1 17	SIL 2 8	SIL 3 14	BHGP 1 15	BHGP 2 18	BHGP 3 19			26th	36
2023	R Racing	OUL 1 5	OUL 2 10	OUL 3 5	SIL1 1 6	SIL1 2 9	SIL1 3 6	DON1 1 Ret	DON1 2 4	DON1 3 2	SIL2 1 3	SIL2 2 4	SIL2 3 2	SIL2 4 5	SIL2 5 2	SIL2 6 6	SNE 1 8	SNE 2 2	SNE 3 2	CAD 1 2	CAD 2 8	CAD 3 2	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 3	BRH 3 6	DON2 1 Ret	DON2 2 4	DON2 3 5	4th	545

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Pts
2024	Forsetti Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 Evo	GT4	OUL 1 19	OUL 2 20	SIL 21	DON1 24	SPA 14	SNE 1 17	SNE 2 15	DON2 19	BRH 14	2nd	164.5

Complete International GT Open results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2024	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	ALG 1	ALG 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	SPA	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MNZ 27	NC†	0
2025	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	PRT 1 6	PRT 2 2	SPA 4	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 7	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 9	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 2	RBR 1 19	RBR 2 13	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 5	MNZ 25	8th	88

^† As Porter was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2025	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Gold	LEC 52	MNZ 24	SPA 6H 43	SPA 12H 39	SPA 24H 39	NÜR 29	BAR 41	6th	37

References

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9. "Barwell Wins Rain-Soaked Oulton Park Season Opener". dailysportscar.com. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
10. "RJN Takes Brands Hatch Finale Win, Rob & Ricky Collard Crowned 2024 Champions". dailysportscar.com. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
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12. "Mikey Porter - British Racing Driver". lingfieldcollege.co.uk. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
13. "Les brèves du mercredi 9 octobre". endurance-info.com (in French). 22 June 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
14. "Les brèves du mercredi 9 octobre". endurance-info.com (in French). 9 October 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
15. "WRT Victorious in 6H Abu Dhabi". sportscar365.com. 19 January 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
16. "Treize GT3 sur le Winter Test GT Open, Pla et Dezoteux chez AF Corse". endurance-info.com (in French). 25 March 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
17. "International GT Open Portimão: Victory for McLaren and Mercedes in season opening race weekend". gt-report.com. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
18. "Elite Ferrari Duo Take First Win In Hungaroring Heat". dailysportscar.com. 6 July 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
19. "Bennett & Mosca Take First Win Of Season At Paul Ricard". dailysportscar.com. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
20. "GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Sees 59 Cars For Season Opener". dailysportscar.com. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
21. "Optimum Expands McLaren Entry to Full Season Attack". sportscar365.com. 25 January 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
22. "McLaren officially announces its GT drivers for 2026". autohebdof1.com. 21 January 2026. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
23. "Mikey Porter Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
24. "Mikey Porter | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 16 January 2026.

External links

• Mikey Porter career summary at DriverDB.com