Duncan Tappy

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Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy.jpg
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British
Born (1984-06-26) 26 June 1984 (age 40)
West Ewell, England
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season 2008
Current team United Autosports
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Former teamsRollcentre Racing
Starts18
Wins1
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish4th in 2022
Previous series
2003
2004
2005
2006–07
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2009
Zip Formula
UK Formula Ford W. Series
British Formula Ford
British Formula Renault 2.0
French Formula Renault
Formula Renault NEC
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
World Series by Renault
Firestone Indy Lights
International Formula Master
Championship titles
2005
2007
Formula Ford Festival
British Formula Renault 2.0

Duncan Tappy (born 26 June 1984 in West Ewell, Surrey) is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.

Contents

Racing career

Early career

Tappy began his racing career in karting, finishing runner-up in the 2004 UK Formula Ford championship winter series. In 2005 he took part in the full UK Formula Ford season with Jamun Racing, taking ten victories to finish second in the standings. During this year he also won the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival and was selected as a finalist for the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC award.

In 2006 Tappy stepped up to the British Formula Renault 2.0 Championship with Jamun Racing, finishing his debut year eighteenth in the standings. He was also awarded 'Rising Star' status by the British Racing Drivers Club. He transferred to Fortec Motorsport for the 2007 season, taking sixteen podium finishes, including nine race wins, to end the year as series champion.

At the end of the season Tappy was named as British Club Driver of the Year [1] at the annual Autosport Awards [2] and once again nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

Single seater racing

Following his Formula Renault championship season, Tappy raced in a number of single-seater championships between 2008 and 2011, most notably Superleague Formula where he competed in each of the four seasons and was part of the Japan team that finished runner-up in the truncated final season. In 2010 he won the Auto GP teams title with DAMS and finished third in the driver standings. Other outings came in World Series by Renault, the Firestone Indy Lights Series and International Formula Master. In early 2008, Tappy also made two appearances as a rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain in Mexico City [3] and Shanghai. [4]

Sports cars

In April 2008, Tappy made his sportscar debut when he took part in the Monza 1000km Le Mans Series event. [5] Driving a Pescarolo Judd for Rollcentre Racing, he finished the race in seventh position.

He returned to sports car racing in 2012, competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series for ART Grand Prix alongside Grégoire Demoustier. The pair finished fifth in the Pro-Am Cup with a win in Navarre. From 2012 to 2017 he raced in a number of different GT3 championships, including further Blancpain Endurance Series campaigns, the British GT Championship, GT Asia and International GT Open.

Since the 2018 season, Tappy has competed in the LMP3 class of the Michelin Le Mans Cup, the European Le Mans Series and the Asian Le Mans Series. Partnering Michael Benham in the Michelin Le Mans Cup for Lanan Racing, he took a class win at Le Mans in 2018 and won three times in 2019, finishing runner-up in the championship. In 2020 he signed with United Autosports, [6] and finished runner-up in the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series. He is currently competing for the team in the European Le Mans Series.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2003Zip Formula Great Britain ? ? ? ? ? ?4811th
2004UK Formula Ford Championship Winter SeriesSteve Mole Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ?2nd
2005UK Formula Ford ChampionshipJamun Racing201053174792nd
2006British Formula Renault 2.0Jamun Racing16000010118th
2007British Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsport 20979165121st
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 200013033rd
French Formula Renault 2.0101010NC
2008 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Rollcentre Racing10000214th
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Porsche Motorsport 200000NC
Formula Renault 3.5 Series RC Motorsport 80000623rd
Superleague Formula Tottenham Hotspur 100003257†11th†
2009 International Formula Master Team JVA 20000022nd
Indy Lights Genoa Racing 20000832nd
Superleague Formula Galatasaray S.K. 40000133†16th†
2010 Auto GP DAMS 120002373rd
Superleague Formula Galatasaray S.K. 110015540†6th†
2011 Superleague Formula Japan31001136†2nd
Turkey - Galatasaray S.K. 2000088†10th†
2012 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am ART Grand Prix 61002585th
2013 British GT Championship - GT3 Von Ryan Racing600025413th
FIA GT Series - Pro-Am 200000NC
Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Black Falcon20000835th
2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro M-Sport Bentley 500001517th
2015GT Cup UK - GTO100010NC
GT Asia - GT3 Bentley Team Absolute111101967th
2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge Garage 5910000118th
Blancpain Endurance Series 200000NC
International GT Open 121113318th
GT Asia - GT3 Bentley Team Absolute80014889th
2017 International GT Open Garage 59121104447th
Le Mans Cup - GT3 200011313th
2018 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Lanan Racing7110129.58th
2019 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Lanan Racing6300491.52nd
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 United Autosports 5000146.56th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 200000NC
2021 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 United Autosports 40003582nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP3 6010011.525th
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 200004.526th
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 61002734th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 1000028421st
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Cool Racing
2023 GT Cup Championship - Group GT3 Greystone GT100000NC
2024McLaren Trophy Europe - Artura TrophyGreystone GT
Team standings.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2008 RC Motorsport MNZ
1
MNZ
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MON
1
SIL
1

16
SIL
2

21
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

19
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
BUG
1
BUG
2
EST
1

14
EST
2

11
CAT
1

10
CAT
2

Ret
23rd6

Superleague Formula record

2008-2009

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

YearTeamOperator123456PositionPoints
2008 Tottenham Hotspur GTA Motor Competición DON NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER 11th257
3513171221110314
2009 Galatasaray S.K. Ultimate Motorsport MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR 11th239
511916

2009 Super Final results

  • Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
YearTeam123456
2009 Galatasaray S.K.
Ultimate Motorsport
MAG
DNQ
ZOL
N/A
DON EST MOZ JAR

2010-2011

YearTeamOperator123456789101112PositionPoints
2010 CR Flamengo Alpha SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI NAV 6th540
312X172X933103X87X
2011 Japan Atech Reid Grand Prix HOL BEL 2nd136
716
Turkey – Galatasaray S.K. EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 105X10th88
Non-championship event.

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112131415RankPoints
2009 Genoa Racing STP
25
STP
27
LBH KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL TOR EDM KTY MDO SNM CHI HMS 32nd8

Complete Auto GP results

(key)

YearEntrant123456789101112PosPoints
2010 DAMS BRN
1

5
BRN
2

11
IMO
1

4
IMO
2

3
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

9
MAG
1

2
MAG
2

4
NAV
1

4
NAV
2

4
MNZ
1

4
MNZ
2

11
3rd37

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2008 Rollcentre RacingLMP1 Pescarolo 01 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 CAT MNZ
7
SPA NÜR SIL 29th2
2020 United Autosports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 LEC
7
SPA
5
LEC
2
MNZ
11
ALG
4
6th46.5
2021 United Autosports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 CAT
10
RBR
9
LEC
13
MNZ
10
SPA
8
ALG
10
25th11.5
2022 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
7
IMO
2
MNZ
4
CAT
4
SPA
1
ALG
Ret
4th73

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567Pos.Points
2022 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY SEB
5
LGA
MDO
WGL
ELK
PET
5th*283*

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References

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  2. "2007 Autosport Awards videos". Autosport Awards. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. Hill, Alison (7 March 2008). "Jarvis and Tappy join forces for A1 Team GBR in Mexico". Automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  6. "DUNCAN TAPPY SIGNS FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES" (Press release). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Ford Festival
winner

2005
Succeeded by
Preceded by Formula Renault UK
Champion

2007
Succeeded by
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Autosport
British Club Driver of the Year

2007
Succeeded by