Duncan Tappy

Duncan Tappy
Tappy at the opening round of the 2008 Superleague Formula season driving the Tottenham Hotspur car
Nationality	British
Born	June 26, 1984 (1984-06-26) (age 27) West Ewell (England)
2011 Superleague Formula
Debut season	2008
Former teams	Galatasaray S.K. Tottenham Hotspur
Starts	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 2009	Zip 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 Master
Championship titles
2005 2007	Formula Ford Festival British Formula Renault 2.0

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

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 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
			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 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
			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	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

References

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ "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. 
3. ^ "Tappy replaces Garcia at RC". autosport.com. 2008-06-01. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67916. Retrieved 2008-06-24. 
4. ^ 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 Bird	Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Adam Christodoulou
Sporting positions
Preceded by Dan Clarke	Formula Ford Festival Winner 2005	Succeeded by Richard Tannahill
Preceded by Sebastian Hohenthal	British Formula Renault UK series champion 2007	Succeeded by Adam Christodoulou

Persondata
Name	Tappy, Duncan
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Date of birth	June 26, 1984
Place of birth	West Ewell (England)
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