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Duncan Tappy

Duncan Tappy
Nationality	British
Born	(1984-06-26) 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.

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.

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 BritaininMexico City^[3] and Shanghai.^[4]

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.

^† Team standings.

^* Season still in progress.

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

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

^† Non-championship event.

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