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Duncan Tappy, summer 2021

Biography

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

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 Lanaan 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.

Career summary table

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Zip Formula Great Britain	Unknown	-	-	-	-	-	48	11th
2004	UK Formula Ford Championship (Winter Series)	Steve Mole Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd
2005	UK Formula Ford Championship	Jamun Racing	20	10	5	3	17	479	2nd
2006	British Formula Renault 2.0	Jamun Racing	16	0	0	0	0	101	18th
2007	British Formula Renault 2.0	Fortec Motorsport	20	9	7	9	16	512	1st
	Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup		2	0	0	0	1	30	33rd
	French Formula Renault 2.0		1	0	1	0	1	0	NC
2008	Le Mans Series (LMP1)	Rollcentre Racing	1	0	0	0	0	2	14th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	Porsche Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	RC Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	6	23rd
	Superleague Formula	Tottenham Hotspur	10	0	0	0	3	257†	11th†
2009	International Formula Master	Team JVA	2	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
	Indy Lights	Genoa Racing	2	0	0	0	0	8	32nd
	Superleague Formula	Galatasaray S.K.	4	0	0	0	0	133†	16th†
2010	Auto GP	DAMS	12	0	0	0	2	37	3rd
2010	Superleague Formula	Galatasaray S.K.	11	0	0	1	5	540†	6th†
2011	Superleague Formula	Japan	3	1	0	0	1	136†	2nd†
2011	Superleague Formula	Turkey – Galatasaray S.K.	2	0	0	0	0	88†	10th†
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series (GT3 Pro-Am Cup)	ART Grand Prix	6	1	0	0	2	58	5th
2013	British GT Championship (GT3)	Von Ryan Racing	6	0	0	0	2	54	13th
	Blancpain Endurance Series (GT3 Pro-Am Cup)	Black Falcon	2	0	0	0	0	8	35th
	FIA GT Series (Pro-Am)	Von Ryan Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Blancpain Endurance Series (Pro Cup)	M-Sport Bentley	5	0	0	0	0	15	17th
2015	GT Cup UK (GTO)	-	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC
2015	GT Asia (GT3)	Bentley Team Absolute	11	1	1	0	1	96	7th
2016	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	1	18th
	Blancpain Endurance Series (GT3 Overall)	Garage 59	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT Asia (GT3)	Bentley Team Absolute	8	0	0	1	4	88	9th
	International GT Open (GT3 PROAM)	Garage 59	12	1	1	1	3	31	8th
2017	International GT Open (GT3 PROAM)	Garage 59	12	1	1	0	4	44	7th
2017	Michelin Le Mans Cup (GT3)	Garage 59	2	0	0	0	1	13	13th
2018	Michelin Le Mans Cup (LMP3)	Lanaan Racing	7	1	1	0	1	29.5	8th
2019	Michelin Le Mans Cup (LMP3)	Lanaan Racing	6	3	0	0	4	91.5	2nd
2020	European Le Mans Series (LMP3)	United Autosports	5	0	0	0	1	46.5	6th
2020	Michelin Le Mans Cup (LMP3)	United Autosports	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Asian Le Mans Series (LMP3)	United Autosports	4	0	0	0	3	58	2nd
2021	European Le Mans Series (LMP3)	United Autosports	4	0	1	0	0	4.5*	24th*

^† Team standings.

^* Season still in progress.

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^ "Tappy's year to remember". Sutton and Croydon Guardian. 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
^ "2007 Autosport Awards videos". Autosport Awards. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ Hill, Alison (7 March 2008). "Jarvis and Tappy join forces for A1 Team GBR in Mexico". Automobilsport.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "Team GBR sets sights on Top 3". Pitpass. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "Duncan Tappy to race Rollcentre Pescarolo". duncantappy.com. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
^ "DUNCAN TAPPY SIGNS FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES" (Press release). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

[1] "Tappy's year to remember". Sutton and Croydon Guardian. 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2021-08-11.

[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. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[4] "Team GBR sets sights on Top 3". Pitpass. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[5] "Duncan Tappy to race Rollcentre Pescarolo". duncantappy.com. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-06-24.

[6] "DUNCAN TAPPY SIGNS FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES" (Press release). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

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