Sam Neary

Sam Neary is a British racing driver who began his competitive career at the young age of 15 in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series in 2017. A year later, at 16, he joined Team Abba Racing, driving a BMW M3, and impressively earned his International C racing license in under three months. In October 2018, Neary participated in his first endurance race, the Creventic 12hr at Spa, finishing third in his class with Team Abba Racing.

In 2019, Sam achieved the distinction of becoming the youngest-ever pole sitter and winner in a GT3 car, securing his first victory in the Britcar Dunlop Endurance Championship race at Snetterton while driving an AMG GT3 Mercedes for Team Abba Racing. That same year, he was recognized as the iZone Motorsport UK AASE Young Driver of the Year. In 2021, he was invited to join the British Racing Drivers' Club as a Rising Star. He partnered with his father, Richard Neary, achieving their first British GT win in July 2021 at Donington Park, along with two additional podium finishes.

More recently, Neary's activities include competing in the Creventic Dubai 24hr and the British GT Championship. In 2023, he joined the Austrian team Grasser Racing for the Fanatec GT World Challenge Endurance Cup and continued to partner with his father in the Intelligent Money British GT Championship. That year he also joined Motorsport UK's Team UK program. In 2024, he is competing in the Fanatec GT Endurance Cup driving a McLaren 720S GT3 EVO for Optimum Motorsport.