Michael Porter (born 2 May 2007) is a British racing driver set to compete in GT World Challenge Europe for Optimum Motorsport.
Porter made his car racing debut in 2022, racing in the final two rounds of the Ginetta Junior Championship for Preptech UK. After racing in the end-of-year Winter Championship for R Racing, Porter remained with them for the following year's main season, in which he scored nine podiums en route to a fourth-place points finish.
Stepping up to GT4 competition for 2024, Porter joined Forsetti Motorsport to race in the GT4 Winter Series, British GT and GT Cup Championships, as a candidate for the AMR Driver Academy. In the former, Porter took seven wins in the six-round season to clinch the GT4 Pro title at the finale in Barcelona. 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, whilst also securing the GT4 Silver title. Meanwhile in the GT Cup Championship, Porter secured the GTH class title alongside Sam Neser and Matthew Higgins. During 2024, Porter also made one-off appearances in the GT4 European Series for the same team, as well as in the International GT Open for McLaren-fielding Optimum Motorsport.
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. 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. In the season-opening round at Algarve, the pair took their maiden series podium in race two by finishing second, a feat they repeated at the Hungaroring and Le Castellet to end the year eighth in points. 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.
For the following year, Porter remained with Optimum for a dual campaign in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups, as a new addition to the McLaren GT3 Junior Driver Programme.
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<sup>â </sup> As Porter was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)