Duncan Tappy

Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy
Nationality	British
Born	26 June 1984 (age 40); West Ewell, England
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2008
Current team	United Autosports
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Former teams	Rollcentre Racing
Starts	18
Wins	1
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	4th 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.

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

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Zip Formula Great Britain	?	?	?	?	?	?	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 - Pro-Am	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
	FIA GT Series - Pro-Am	Von Ryan Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Black Falcon	2	0	0	0	0	8	35th
2014	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	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		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International GT Open		12	1	1	1	3	31	8th
	GT Asia - GT3	Bentley Team Absolute	8	0	0	1	4	88	9th
2017	International GT Open	Garage 59	12	1	1	0	4	44	7th
2017	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Garage 59	2	0	0	0	1	13	13th
2018	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Lanan Racing	7	1	1	0	1	29.5	8th
2019	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Lanan 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	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
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3		6	0	1	0	0	11.5	25th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		2	0	0	0	0	4.5	26th
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	United Autosports	6	1	0	0	2	73	4th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2	United Autosports	1	0	0	0	0	284	21st
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Cool Racing
2023	GT Cup Championship - Group GT3	Greystone GT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2024	McLaren Trophy Europe - Artura Trophy	Greystone GT

^† Team standings.

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
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	23rd	6

Superleague Formula record

2008-2009

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

Year	Team	Operator	1		2		3		4	5		6		Position	Points
2008	Tottenham Hotspur	GTA Motor Competición	DON		NÜR		ZOL		EST	VAL		JER		11th	257
2008	Tottenham Hotspur	GTA Motor Competición	3	5	13	17	12	2		11	10	3	14	11th	257
2009	Galatasaray S.K.	Ultimate Motorsport	MAG		ZOL		DON		EST	MOZ		JAR		11th	239
2009	Galatasaray S.K.	Ultimate Motorsport	5	11	9	16								11th	239

2009 Super Final results

Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	Galatasaray S.K. Ultimate Motorsport	MAG DNQ	ZOL N/A	DON	EST	MOZ	JAR

2010-2011

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3	4	5	6			7			8			9			10	11	12	Position	Points
2010	CR Flamengo	Alpha	SIL			ASS			MAG	JAR	NÜR	ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD	BEI †	NAV	6th	540
2010	CR Flamengo	Alpha	3	12	X							17	2	X	9	3	3	10	3	X	8	7	X				6th	540
2011	Japan	Atech Reid Grand Prix	HOL			BEL																					2nd	136
	Japan	Atech Reid Grand Prix	7	1	6																						2nd	136
	Turkey – Galatasaray S.K.	EmiliodeVillota Motorsport				10	5	X																			10th	88

^† Non-championship event.

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	Genoa Racing	STP 25	STP 27	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	HMS	32nd	8

Complete Auto GP results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
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	3rd	37

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2008	Rollcentre Racing	LMP1	Pescarolo 01	Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10	CAT	MNZ 7	SPA	NÜR	SIL		29th	2
2020	United Autosports	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	LEC 7	SPA 5	LEC 2	MNZ 11	ALG 4		6th	46.5
2021	United Autosports	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT 10	RBR 9	LEC 13	MNZ 10	SPA 8	ALG 10	25th	11.5
2022	United Autosports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 7	IMO 2	MNZ 4	CAT 4	SPA 1	ALG Ret	4th	73

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	United Autosports	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY	SEB 5	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET	5th*	283*

References

^ "Tappy's year to remember". Sutton and Croydon Guardian. 25 December 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Team GBR sets sights on Top 3". Pitpass. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "Duncan Tappy to race Rollcentre Pescarolo". duncantappy.com. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2008.
^ "DUNCAN TAPPY SIGNS FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES" (Press release). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

External links

Duncan Tappy official site
Duncan Tappy career summary at DriverDB.com
Q&A with Duncan Tappy

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dan Clarke	Formula Ford Festival winner 2005	Succeeded by Richard Tannahill
Preceded by Sebastian Hohenthal	Formula Renault UK Champion 2007	Succeeded by Adam Christodoulou
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sam Bird	Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Adam Christodoulou