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Duncan Tappy
Tappy at the opening round of the 2008 Superleague Formula season driving the Tottenham Hotspur carNationality British Born June 26, 1984
West Ewell (England)2011 Superleague Formula Debut season 2008 Former teams Galatasaray S.K.
Tottenham HotspurStarts 14 Wins 0 Poles 0 Fastest laps 0 Best finish 11th in 2008 Previous series 2003
2004
2005
2006–07
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009Zip Formula
UK Formula Ford W. Series
British Formula Ford
British Formula Renault 2.0
French Formula Renault
Formula Renault NEC
Le Mans Series
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
World Series by Renault
Firestone Indy Lights
International Formula MasterChampionship titles 2005
2007Formula Ford Festival
British Formula Renault 2.0Duncan Tappy (born June 26, 1984 in West Ewell, Surrey) is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.
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Career
Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series. His performance at Brands Hatch, drew the attention of Sports Entrepreneur John Cowan who placed him with Steve Mole Motosrport for 2004 In the three races he contested he took one podium place to finish eleventh in the Southern Formula Ford championship. The following year he moved up to the UK Formula Ford championship, racing in the winter series where he finished as runner-up. He also took part in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, finishing in eleventh place.
In 2005 Tappy took part in the full UK Formula Ford season with Jamun Racing, taking an amazing seventeen podiums in twenty races, including ten victories, to finish runner-up in the standings. He completed his year by winning the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at the second attempt. During this year Tappy was also selected as a finalist for the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC award.
In 2006 he 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. Tappy stayed in the series for a second season in 2007, this time switching to Fortec Motorsport. During the season, he took sixteen podium finishes, including nine race wins, to end the year as series champion. He also took part in selected rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and French Formula Renault 2.0.
At the end of the season Tappy was named as British Club Driver of the Year at the annual Autosport Awards[1] and once again nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. During the off-season, he tested a World Series car for both Red Devil Team Comtec and Fortec Motorsport with a view to entering the championship in 2008, but a lack of funds prevented the move.
In early 2008, Tappy made two appearances as a rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain in Mexico City and Shanghai. In April, he made his sportscar debut when he took part in the Monza 1000km Le Mans Series event.[2] Driving a Pescarolo Judd for Rollcentre Racing, he finished the race in seventh position. The following month he also made a one-off appearance in the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain at Thruxton.
In June 2008 he stepped up to the World Series by Renault, replacing Borja García at Italian team RC Motorsport.[3] He competed in four race weekends for the team and finished 6th in the sprint race at the Hungaroring and was credited with 23rd in points. He also competed in the first season of Superleague Formula for Tottenham Hotspur and again in the second for Galatasaray S.K..
He has signed on with Genoa Racing to compete in the first race weekend of the Firestone Indy Lights Series at St. Petersburg.[4] However he crashed out and finished last in both races and left the team. He has continued to drive in Superleague Formula in 2009.
He is the official series test driver for the Pro1000 Series which will give its inaugural season in 2010.
Racing record
Career summary
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 Superleague Formula Galatasaray S.K. 11 0 0 1 5 540† 6th† 2011 Superleague Formula Japan 3 1 0 0 1 136† 2nd† Turkey – Galatasaray S.K. 2 0 0 0 0 88† 10th† - † Team standings.
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
1MNZ
2SPA
1SPA
2MON
1SIL
1
16SIL
2
21HUN
1
6HUN
2
19NÜR
1NÜR
2BUG
1BUG
2EST
1
14EST
2
11CAT
1
10CAT
2
Ret23rd 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 3 5 13 17 12 2 11 10 3 14 2009 Galatasaray S.K. Ultimate Motorsport MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR 11th 239 5 11 9 16 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 MotorsportMAG
DNQZOL
N/ADON 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 3 12 X 17 2 X 9 3 3 10 3 X 8 7 X 2011 Japan Atech Reid Grand Prix HOL BEL 2nd 136 7 1 6 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
STP1
25
STP2
27
LBH
KAN
INDY
MIL
IOW
WGL
TOR
EDM
KTY
MDO
SNM
CHI
HMS32nd 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
5BRN
2
11IMO
1
4IMO
2
3SPA
1
RetSPA
2
9MAG
1
2MAG
2
4NAV
1
4NAV
2
4MNZ
1
4MNZ
2
113rd 37 References
- ^ "Duncan named British Club Driver of the Year". duncantappy.com. 2007-12-05. http://www.duncantappy.com/news.php?action=view_article&article_id=73. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ "Duncan Tappy to race Rollcentre Pescarolo". duncantappy.com. 2008-04-20. http://www.duncantappy.com/news.php?action=view_article&article_id=84. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ "Tappy replaces Garcia at RC". autosport.com. 2008-06-01. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67916. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ Duncan Tappy To Pilot the Genoa Indy Lights Car At St. Petersburg, Paddock Talk, March 28, 2009
External links
- Duncan Tappy official site
- Duncan Tappy career details:
- Q&A with Duncan Tappy
Awards and achievements Preceded by
Sam BirdAutosport
British Club Driver of the Year
2007Succeeded by
Adam ChristodoulouSporting positions Preceded by
Dan ClarkeFormula Ford Festival
Winner
2005Succeeded by
Richard TannahillPreceded by
Sebastian HohenthalBritish Formula Renault
UK series champion
2007Succeeded by
Adam ChristodoulouWinners of Autosport's British Club Driver of the Year 1982–83: Martin Bolsover • 1984: Rod Birley • 1985: Chris Cramer • 1986: Paul Warwick • 1987: Eddie Irvine • 1988: Allan McNish • 1989: David Coulthard • 1990: Warren Hughes • 1991: Kelvin Burt • 1992: Oliver Gavin • 1993: Dario Franchitti • 1994: James Matthews • 1995: Guy Smith • 1996: Peter Dumbreck • 1997: Doug Bell • 1998: Richard Lyons • 1999: Andy Priaulx • 2000: Michael Caine • 2001: Mike Jordan • 2002: Danny Watts • 2003: Lewis Hamilton • 2004: James Pickford • 2005: Andrew Kirkaldy • 2006: Sam Bird • 2007: Duncan Tappy • 2008: Adam Christodoulou • 2009: Sarah Moore • 2010: Tom BlomqvistGalatasaray S.K. in Superleague Formula Seasons competed Drivers Alessandro Pier Guidi (2008) • Duncan Tappy (2009) • Scott Mansell (2009) • Ho-Pin Tung (2009) • Tristan Gommendy (2010) • Andy Soucek (2010) • Giacomo Ricci (2010) • Chris van der Drift (2010) • Andy Soucek (2011-present)Operating teams Scuderia Playteam (2008) • Ultimate Motorsport (2009) • Reid Motorsport (2009) • Barazi-Epsilon (2010) • GU-Racing International (2010) • Drivex (2010) • DeVillota.com Motorsport (2011-present)Tottenham Hotspur in Superleague Formula Seasons competed 2008 • 2009 • 2010Drivers Duncan Tappy (2008) • Dominik Jackson (2008) • Craig Dolby (2009, 2010)Operating teams GTA Motor Competición (2008) • Alan Docking Racing (2009, 2010)Teams and drivers competing in the 2011 Superleague Formula season Azerti Motorsport Atech Reid Grand Prix 1 Neel Jani (R.S.C. Anderlecht)
2 Yelmer Buurman (PSV Eindhoven)
3 Tristan Gommendy (Girondins de Bordeaux)4 Filip Salaquarda (AC Sparta Prague)
5 Frédéric Vervisch (Luxembourg)
6 Earl Bamber / Chris van der Drift (New Zealand)
7 Duncan Tappy / Robert Doornbos (Japan)
8 Robert Doornbos (Netherlands)
17 Mikhail Aleshin (Russia)EmiliodeVillota Motorsport Alan Docking Racing 9 María de Villota / Andy Soucek (Atlético de Madrid)
10 Andy Soucek / Duncan Tappy (Galatasaray S.K.)
11 Ho-Pin Tung (China)
19 Max Wissel (South Korea)14 Antônio Pizzonia (Brazil)
24 John Martin (Australia)
31 Craig Dolby (England)Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- English racecar drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- French Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Le Mans Series drivers
- A1 Grand Prix Rookie drivers
- Indy Lights drivers
- Superleague Formula drivers
- McLaren Autosport BRDC Award nominees
- International Formula Master drivers
- Euro Formula 3000 drivers
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series drivers
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