Duncan Tappy


Duncan Tappy is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.

Career

Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series before competing in the Southern Formula Ford championship with Steve Mole Motosrport for 2004. In the three races he contested he took one podium. 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 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.
driving the Tottenham Hotspur car
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 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. 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. 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. 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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2008RC MotorsportMNZ
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		23rd6

Superleague Formula record

2008-2009

2009 Super Final Results

YearTeam123456
2009Galatasaray S.K.
Ultimate Motorsport		MAG
DNQ		ZOL
N/A		DONESTMOZJAR

2010-2011

Complete Auto GP Results

YearEntrant123456789101112PosPoints
2010DAMSBRN
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		3rd37

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345RankPoints
2020United AutosportsLMP3Ligier JS P320Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8LEC
7		SPA
CAT
MNZ
ALG
7th*6*

* Season still in progress.