Harry Bates (rally driver)

Harry Richard Bates (born 8 March 1995, Canberra, Australia)^[1] is a professional rally driver. He drives for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia team. He is a four-time Australian Rally Championship series winner, in 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2024.

Harry Bates
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 30)
Related to	Neal Bates (father) Lewis Bates (brother) Rick Bates (uncle) Zach Bates (cousin)
Australian Rally Championship
Years active	2015–2024
Teams	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia / Neal Bates Motorsport
Starts	46
Wins	22
Best finish	1st in 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
Championship titles
2024 2023 2021 2019	Australian Rally Championship Australian Rally Championship Australian Rally Championship Australian Rally Championship
Awards
2019	Peter Brock Medal

His father Neal Bates was also an ARC-winning driver in the 1990s and 2000s, and his brother Lewis won the title in 2022.^[2] All three work for the family-run rally team; Harry Bates has a role in commercial operations when not driving.^[2]

For most of his rally career, his co-driver was John McCarthy.^[3] In 2023 and 2024, his co-driver was Coral Taylor, who also co-drove for Neal for their Australian Rally Championship wins.^[4]

Harry Bates and Co-Driver Coral Taylor in the Toyota Gazroo Racing Yaris at the 2023 Rally of Canberra

Motorsports career results

Rally

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2015	Australian 4WD Championship	11th	Neal Bates Motorsport	Toyota Corolla TRD S2000
2016	Australian Rally Championship	3rd	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota Corolla TRD S2000
2017	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota Corolla TRD S2000 Toyota Yaris AP4
2018	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota Yaris AP4
	Asia-Pacific Rally Championship	17th
2019	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota Yaris AP4
	Asia-Pacific Rally Championship	2nd
2021	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota GR Yaris AP4
2022	Australian Rally Championship	2nd	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota GR Yaris AP4
	World Rally Championship	35th	Harry Bates	Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo
	WRC2 Junior Championship	15th
	World Rally Championship-2	29th
2023	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota GR Yaris AP4
2024	Australian Rally Championship	1st	Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia	Toyota GR Yaris AP4
	Australian Rally Championship	8th	Toyota Gazoo Racing Japan	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2

Asia-Pacific Rally Championship results

Year	Series	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Pts
2018	Asia/Pacific	Toyota Yaris AP4	NZL	AUS 5	MAL	JPN	CHN	17th	19
2019	Pacific Cup	Toyota Yaris AP4	OTA	WHA	TAS 1	EUR 1		2nd	77

World Rally Championship results

Year	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
2022	Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL 10	ESP	JPN	35th	1

World Rally Championship-2 results

Year	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
2022	Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL 4	ESP	JPN	29th	12

FIA WRC2 Junior Championship results

Year	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
2022	Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo	MON	SWE	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	BEL	GRE	NZL 1	ESP	JPN	15th	25

Circuit racing

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2017	Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series	40th	Toyota 86	Toyota Racing Australia
2018	Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series	49th	Toyota 86	Toyota Racing Australia
2019	Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series	44th	Toyota 86	Toyota Racing Australia
2020	Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series	– [a]	Toyota 86	Toyota Racing Australia
2021	Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series	– [b]	Toyota 86	Toyota Racing Australia
2022	Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series	41st	Toyota 86	Toyota Racing Australia

Notes

1. Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic
2. Not enough rounds were held to declare championship results.