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Mikey Doble

Michael John Rainey Doble (born 8 December 1998) is a British racing driver who is competing in the British Touring Car Championship for LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing. He is champion of the 2022 Ginetta GT5 Challenge and the 2022 BMW Compact Cup, and he made his British Touring Car Championship debut in 2023.

Mikey Doble
Doble at Thruxton Circuit in 2024.
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
BornMichael John Rainey Doble
(1998-12-08) 8 December 1998 (age 27)
Caterham, England[1]
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamLKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing
Car number88
Starts100 (102 entries)
Wins2
Podiums4
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th in 2024
Previous series
2022, 2021
2018-2022		Ginetta GT5 Challenge
BMW Compact Cup
Championship titles
2024
2022
2022		Jack Sears Trophy
Ginetta GT5 Challenge
BMW Compact Cup

Career

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Karting

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Doble began his career in karting,[2] and competed in various championships across the United Kingdom, such as the Super 1 National Super Cadet Championship in 2012, where he came fifth.[3]

Golf

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Following Doble's karting career, his focus moved to golf, which he played full time for five years with the ambition of becoming a professional golfer, winning titles at a county and collegiate level.[2]

BMW Compact Cup

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Doble returned to Racing and subsequently made his car racing debut in 2018, competing in the BRSCC BMW Compact Cup.[2] He competed in this championship from 2018 to 2022, and won the championship title in 2022.[4]

Ginetta GT5 Challenge

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In 2021, Doble competed in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge with Xentek Motorsport.[5] He finished fourth in the Pro standings this year, with two podiums throughout the season.

Doble returned to the championship with Xentek the following year in 2022, and won two races during the season. Doble was the provisional champion following the final race of the weekend, but was given a three-second post-race penalty for a yellow flag infringement, which demoted his race three position from second to fifth, making Will Jenkins the provisional champion. Following a hearing at the Motorsport UK National Court following the season, Doble was reinstated second place and his championship title was confirmed.[6]

British Touring Car Championship

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2023

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On 7 March 2023, it was announced that Doble would compete in the 2023 British Touring Car Championship with CarStore Power Maxed Racing, alongside Árón Taylor-Smith and Andrew Watson. He would be eligible for the Jack Sears Trophy. During qualifying for the ninth race weekend at Silverstone Mikey became the only non Napa Racing driver to secure pole position.[7][8]

2024

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Doble was retained by Power Maxed Racing for the 2024 British Touring Car Championship, with the team running under the Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing banner and reverting to a two-car line-up alongside Árón Taylor-Smith.[9]

The season proved a breakthrough campaign for Doble. He embarked on a 19-round Jack Sears Trophy podium streak from the season opener at Donington Park,[10] and at Oulton Park took all three Jack Sears Trophy class wins on the same weekend. In the final race of that meeting Doble led much of the running before being passed on the closing lap, finishing second overall and missing out on a maiden outright BTCC victory by 0.749 seconds to eventual Drivers' Champion Jake Hill.[10]

Doble was confirmed as the Jack Sears Trophy champion at the end of the season, having won approximately half of the season's class races.[10] He finished twelfth in the overall Drivers' Championship with 148 points, his career-best result at the time.

2025

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Doble continued with Power Maxed Racing for a third successive season in the 2025 British Touring Car Championship, with the team running under the Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing banner.[11]

On 25 May 2025, Doble took his maiden BTCC race victory in the third race at Snetterton, holding off four-time champion Ashley Sutton from reverse-grid pole position. The win was Power Maxed Racing's first BTCC race victory since 2019.[12]

A fire at Power Maxed Racing's headquarters mid-season destroyed the team's racecars and equipment, forcing Doble and his teammates to switch from the Vauxhall Astra to a loaned Cupra Leon for the final four rounds of the season, beginning at Knockhill.[13]

Doble finished runner-up in the Independent Drivers' Championship, losing the title to Daniel Lloyd of Restart Racing by four points after taking the title fight to the final race at Brands Hatch.[14] He ended the season eighteenth in the overall Drivers' Championship with 100 points.

2026

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For the 2026 British Touring Car Championship, Doble remained with Power Maxed Racing for a fourth consecutive season, racing under the LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing banner alongside Aiden Moffat in the team's all-new Audi S3 Saloon.[15] Dexter Patterson joined the squad in a third Audi running under the Steel Seal with Power Maxed Racing entry.[16]

At the season opener at Donington Park on 18-19 April 2026, Doble took the Independents' class victory in the championship's inaugural Qualifying Race, finishing fourth overall.[17] In Race One, Doble inherited his second BTCC race victory after on-track winner Tom Ingram was disqualified for an overboost infringement.[18]

Personal life

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Doble's father, Mike, is a former racing driver who raced alongside him in the BMW Compact Cup. His grandfather, Mick, is also a former racing driver.[2] The Doble family runs Doble Motorcycles, a long-established Honda dealership based in Coulsdon, Surrey, founded in 1967 by Mike Doble Sr. and his brother Chris Doble.[19]

His younger brother, Isaac Doble, is also a racing driver. Isaac contested the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship in 2025 as a rookie, taking four race wins and entering the final round as championship leader,[20] before stepping up to the Mairon Motorsport MINI CHALLENGE Trophy for the 2026 season.[21]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 BMW Compact Cup 13 ? ? ? ? 315 20th
2019 BMW Compact Cup ? ? ? ? ? 521 5th
2020 BMW Compact Cup 8 0 0 0 0 337 6th
2021 Ginetta GT5 Challenge - Pro Xentek Motorsport 18 0 1 0 2 315 4th
BMW Compact Cup 14 2 0 1 9 507 2nd
2022 Ginetta GT5 Challenge - Pro Xentek Motorsport 18 2 2 1 9 430 1st
BMW Compact Cup 16 10 ? 5 13 699 1st
2023 British Touring Car Championship CarStore Power Maxed Racing 30 0 1 0 0 63 20th
2024 British Touring Car Championship Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing 28 0 0 0 1 148 12th
2025 British Touring Car Championship Motor Parts Direct with Power Maxed Racing 30 1 0 0 1 100 18th
2026 British Touring Car Championship LKQ Euro Car Parts with Power Maxed Racing 12 1 0 0 2 110 7th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races; Superscript number indicates points-scoring qualifying race position)

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
2023 CarStore
Power Maxed Racing		 Vauxhall Astra DON
1
20		 DON
2
5		 DON
3
Ret		 BRH
1
19		 BRH
2
18		 BRH
3
16		 SNE
1
17		 SNE
2
19		 SNE
3
15		 THR
1
8		 THR
2
14		 THR
3
14		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
13		 OUL
3
22		 CRO
1
14		 CRO
2
16		 CRO
3
12		 KNO
1
9		 KNO
2
12		 KNO
3
11		 DON
1
16		 DON
2
17		 DON
3
16		 SIL
1
11		 SIL
2
15		 SIL
3
14		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
16		 BRH
3
14		 20th 63
2024 Evans Halshaw
Power Maxed Racing		 Vauxhall Astra DON
1
12		 DON
2
13		 DON
3
13		 BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
9		 BRH
3
15		 SNE
1
13		 SNE
2
4		 SNE
3
10		 THR
1
11		 THR
2
14		 THR
3
11		 OUL
1
11		 OUL
2
6		 OUL
3
2*		 CRO
1
11		 CRO
2
11		 CRO
3
15		 KNO
1
10		 KNO
2
18		 KNO
3
DNS		 DON
1
15		 DON
2
9		 DON
3
6		 SIL
1
DNS		 SIL
2
14		 SIL
3
11		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
NC		 BRH
3
11		 12th 148
2025 Motor Parts Direct with
Power Maxed Racing		 Vauxhall Astra DON
1
5		 DON
2
16		 DON
3
7		 BRH
1
6		 BRH
2
22		 BRH
3
20		 SNE
1
9		 SNE
2
6		 SNE
3
1*		 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
13		 OUL
1
17		 OUL
2
11		 OUL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
15		 CRO
2
14		 CRO
3
10		 18th 100
Cupra León KNO
1
17		 KNO
2
18		 KNO
3
15		 DON
1
17		 DON
2
14		 DON
3
17		 SIL
1
21		 SIL
2
11		 SIL
3
10		 BRH
1
14		 BRH
2
14		 BRH
3
14
2026 LKQ Euro Car Parts
with Power Maxed Racing		 Audi S3 Saloon DON
1
14		 DON
2
14		 DON
3
19		 BRH
1
77		 BRH
2
6		 BRH
3
3		 SNE
1
1414		 SNE
2
13		 SNE
3
11		 OUL
1
66		 OUL
2
5		 OUL
3
11		 THR
1
 THR
2
 THR
3
 KNO
1
 KNO
2
 KNO
3
 DON
1
 DON
2
 DON
3
 CRO
1
 CRO
2
 CRO
3
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 BRH
1
 BRH
2
 BRH
3
 7th* 110*

* Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ↑ "Mikey Doble - Driver Info". BTCC. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mikey Doble". Doble Motorcycles. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Mikey Doble | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Power Maxed tees up Ginetta champion for third car". TouringCarTimes. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Preview: 2021 Ginetta GT5 Challenge Pro – Thruxton". Ginetta. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mikey Doble Confirmed 2022 Ginetta GT5 Challenge Champion". Ginetta. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mikey Doble fills third Power Maxed Racing BTCC seat". TouringCars.net. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Simmons, Marcus (7 March 2023). "Ginetta and BMW champion Doble steps up to BTCC with Power Maxed Racing". Autosport. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Mikey Doble continues with Power Maxed Racing in 2024 BTCC". TouringCars.net. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 "Jack Sears Trophy 2024: Mikey Doble". BTCC. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "BTCC launches for 2025 with four champions on the grid". Snetterton Circuit. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Simmons, Marcus (25 May 2025). "BTCC Snetterton: Doble fends off Sutton for maiden win in finale". Autosport. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  13. ↑ ""It Asked The Biggest Questions Of Myself": Doble Relives His BTCC Rise". BTCC. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Doble Rounds Out 2025 With Battling Brands Performance". BTCC. 8 October 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Race winner Doble stays at PMR to complete Audi line-up". Autosport. 18 March 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "BTCC debuts 2026 season this weekend with new cars, revised rules". RACER. 17 April 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Rowbottom Claims First Ever Race To Pole Triumph". BTCC. 18 April 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Mikey Doble Inherits Win In Donington Park Opener". BTCC. 19 April 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "About Us". Doble Motorcycles. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "Festival Supports Ready to Settle Titles at Brands Hatch". BRSCC. October 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "Matt Luff Opens 2026 Season With Silverstone Victory". MINI CHALLENGE. 4 April 2026. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
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