Duncan Tappy (born 26 June 1984 in
West Ewell,
Surrey
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) is a professional
racing driver
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Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
from the
United Kingdom
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.
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
The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) is an exclusive invitation-only members club for racecar drivers who are judged to have achieved success in the upper levels of motor sport for a number of seasons. Except under exceptional circumstances, me ...
. He transferred to
Fortec Motorsport
Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton.
Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, Jame ...
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 at the annual
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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
Superleague Formula was an open wheel single seater motor racing formula, which started in 2008, at Donington Park in the United Kingdom. The league introduced team sponsorship by association football clubs. It used the slogan 'The Beautiful ...
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
Auto GP, sometimes referred to as the Auto GP World Series and formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000, was a European formula racing series.
The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 serie ...
teams title with
DAMS
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and finished third in the driver standings. Other outings came in
World Series by Renault
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, the
Firestone Indy Lights Series
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and
International Formula Master
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. In early 2008, Tappy also made two appearances as a rookie driver for
A1 Team Great Britain
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Management
A1 Team Great Britain was one of the first six-seat holders in the series announced, with chairman John Surtees hosting the event. The car ...
in
Mexico City
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and
Shanghai
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.
Sports cars
In April 2008, Tappy made his
sportscar
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debut when he took part in the
Monza 1000km Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
event. 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
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for
ART Grand Prix
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alongside
Grégoire Demoustier
Grégoire Demoustier (born 26 January 1991 in Villeneuve-d'Ascq) is a French racing driver, who competes in the World Touring Car Championship for Sébastien Loeb Racing.
Career
Demoustier began his career in 2008, competing in the THP Spider Cup ...
. The pair finished fifth in the Pro-Am Cup with a win in
Navarre
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. From 2012 to 2017 he raced in a number of different GT3 championships, including further
Blancpain Endurance Series
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campaigns, the
British GT Championship
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,
GT Asia
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The s ...
and
International GT Open
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.
Since the 2018 season, Tappy has competed in the LMP3 class of the
Michelin Le Mans Cup
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, the
European Le Mans Series
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and the
Asian Le Mans Series
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. Partnering Michael Benham in the
Michelin Le Mans Cup
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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
United Autosports is a sports car racing team, founded by American businessman and entrepreneur Zak Brown and former British racing driver Richard Dean.
In 2020, United Autosports became the first ever team to win the prestigious 24 Hours of ...
,
and finished runner-up in the
2021 Asian Le Mans Series
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. He is currently competing for the team in the
European Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the fo ...
.
Racing record
Career summary
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† Team standings.''
: ''
* Season still in progress.''
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
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Superleague Formula record
2008-2009
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
2009 Super Final results
*Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
2010-2011
: ''
† Non-championship event.''
Complete Auto GP results
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Complete European Le Mans Series results
(
key
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(
key
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Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
Duncan Tappyofficial site
Duncan Tappy career details:Q&A with Duncan Tappy
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1984 births
Living people
English racing drivers
Formula Ford drivers
British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
French Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
A1 Grand Prix Rookie drivers
Indy Lights drivers
Superleague Formula drivers
International Formula Master drivers
Auto GP drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
International GT Open drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers
British GT Championship drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
Fortec Motorsport drivers
RC Motorsport drivers
DAMS drivers
ART Grand Prix drivers
United Autosports drivers
De Villota Motorsport drivers
Alan Docking Racing drivers
McLaren Racing drivers