# Duncan Tappy

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 at the annual Autosport Awards 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 and Shanghai.

### Sports cars

In April 2008, Tappy 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.
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, 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 |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup | Fortec Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 33rd |
| 2007 | French Formula Renault 2.0 | Fortec Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2008 | Le Mans Series - LMP1 | Rollcentre Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14th |
| 2008 | Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain | Porsche Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | RC Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23rd |
| 2008 | Superleague Formula | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 257† | 11th† |
| 2009 | International Formula Master | Team JVA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
| 2009 | Indy Lights | Genoa Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32nd |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2013 | FIA GT Series - Pro-Am | Von Ryan Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2016 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Garage 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2016 | International GT Open | Garage 59 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 8th |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2021 | European Le Mans Series - LMP3 | United Autosports | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 25th |
| 2021 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | United Autosports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 26th |
| 2022 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | United Autosports | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 4th |
| 2022 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 | United Autosports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 21st |
| 2022 | 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 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2007 | Fortec Motorsports | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | OSC 1 3 | OSC 2 11 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | ZOL 1 | ZOL 1 | NUR 1 | NUR 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 33rd | 30 |

### Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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| 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | Position | Points |
| 2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | GTA Motor Competición | DON | DON | NÜR | NÜR | ZOL | ZOL | EST | EST | VAL | VAL | JER | 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 | MAG | ZOL | ZOL | DON | DON | EST | EST | MOZ | MOZ | JAR | 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Position | Points |
| 2010 | CR Flamengo | Alpha | SIL | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | ASS | MAG | MAG | MAG | JAR | JAR | JAR | NÜR | NÜR | NÜR | ZOL | ZOL | ZOL | BRH | BRH | BRH | ADR | ADR | ADR | POR | POR | POR | ORD | ORD | ORD | BEI † | BEI † | BEI † | NAV | NAV | 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 | HOL | HOL | BEL | BEL | BEL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 136 |
| 2011 | Japan | Atech Reid Grand Prix | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2nd | 136 |
| 2011 | Turkey – Galatasaray S.K. | EmiliodeVillota Motorsport | | | | 10 | 5 | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10th | 88 |
    $^†$ Non-championship event.

### American open–wheel racing results

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#### 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 | 21st | 283 |