Dan Harper

Dan Harper
Dan Harper
	Harper in 2017
Nationality	British
Born	8 December 2000 (age 23); Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
British GT Championship career
Debut season	2023
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	91
Former teams	Century Motorsport
Starts	13
Wins	2
Podiums	4
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st in 2023
Previous series
2016–17	Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2023; 2023; 2019	British GT Championship; British GT Championship - Pro-Am; Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Awards
2023; 2020–22; 2018–19; 2016; 2016	BMW Factory Driver; BMW Junior Team; Porsche GB Junior; Ginetta Junior Rookie Champion; Ginetta Junior Scholar

Daniel "Dan" Harper (born 8 December 2000) is a racing driver from

BMW Motorsport works driver and is the reigning British GT champion.^[1]^[2]

Career

Starting his racing career aged six, Harper was a multiple champion in both quad bike and karting competition in his early years, before switching to junior rallying and winning three events in the Ireland Junior 1000 Rally Challenge in 2015.

Harper made the transition to circuit racing the following year after winning the Ginetta Junior Scholarship ^[3] and with it a fully-funded season in the Ginetta Junior Championship for 2016.

In his maiden campaign with Douglas Motorsport, he took two outright race victories and won the Rookie Cup title.^[4] He returned for a second campaign and won seven races on his way to third in the final standings.

Harper then won his second manufacturer scholarship in three years, being named the 2018/19 Porsche GB Junior driver for the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.^[5] In his first year, he won two races and posted more pole positions and fastest laps than any other driver.

He went on to enjoy a sensational 2019 campaign. He won the drivers’ title ^[6] with more wins (8), podium finishes (13), pole positions (6) and fastest laps (11) than anyone else, and became only the third driver ever in the series to win races on six consecutive weekends.

For 2020/21, Harper was signed by

ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring alongside team-mates Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen

.

Starting the 2020 NES season in a BMW M240i, the BMW Junior Team took a maiden class win in only their third race. A step up to a BMW M4 GT4 soon after yielded a class podium in their first race and a fantastic class victory in their first attempt at the

ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring

.

For 2021, they moved up to the premier class in a

Nürburgring Endurance Series

vice-champions.

In 2022, Harper and the BMW Junior Team won a qualifier race ahead of the

ROWE Racing, taking a best result of fourth in the 1000 km of Paul Ricard

.

In 2023, Harper competed as a

ROWE Racing, and a debut campaign in the British GT Championship with Century Motorsport. He was crowned the 2023 British GT

champion alongside team-mate Darren Leung, after two race wins and four podium finishes.

Continuing as a

ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring again with BMW Team RMG

.

Harper is a full member of the

British Racing Drivers' Club. He was previously part of the BRDC SuperStars programme ^[8] and Motorsport UK

Academy's Team UK programme.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	Ginetta Junior Championship	Douglas Motorsport	25	2	0	3	7	390	5th
2017	Ginetta Junior Championship	Douglas Motorsport	26	7	6	6	15	625	3rd
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	JTR	16	2	3	7	6	84	5th
2019	Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain	JTR	16	8	6	11	13	159	1st
2019	Porsche Supercup	JTR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2020	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8T	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
2020	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP8T	FK Performance Motorsport	3	0	0	0	1	11.25	4th
2021	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Pro	BMW Junior Team	7	2	0	0	4	39.22	2nd
2021	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Junior Team Shell	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	BMW Junior Team with ROWE Racing	5	0	0	0	0	36	11th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Pro	BMW Junior Team	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Junior Team Shell	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	ROWE Racing	5	0	0	0	1	33	10th
	GT Winter Series	Schubert Motorsport	2	1	1	1	1	33	10th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Pro	BMW Junior Team	2	0	0	0	1	*	*
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Junior Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	British GT Championship - GT3	Century Motorsport	9	2	0	2	4	176	1st
	GT Cup Championship - Group GT3	Century Motorsport	2	1	1	1	2	0	NC†
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Project 1	5	0	0	0	0	11	21st
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	ROWE Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Century Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC*
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Bronze Cup		2	0	0	0	1	19.5	3rd*
	British GT Championship - GT3		4	0	0	0	0	14*	10th*
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	BMW M Team RMG
	Intercontinental GT Challenge
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Points
2018	JTR	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 7	DON 1 3	DON 2 7	MNZ 1 RET	MNZ 2 8	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 1	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 4	KNO 1 1	KNO 2 2	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 2	BGP 1 9	BGP 2 4	5th	84
2019	JTR	BRH 1 1	BRH 2 3	DON 1 1	DON 2 3	CRO 1 1	CRO 2 (6)	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 4	THR 1 1	THR 2 1	SIL 1 1	SIL 2 4	SIL 1 7	SIL 2 4	BGP 1 4	BGP 2 1	1st	159

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	ROWE Racing	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	IMO 15	LEC 4	SPA 6H 11	SPA 12H 2	SPA 24H 5	HOC 9	CAT 13	11th	36
2023	ROWE Racing	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	MNZ 2	LEC 6	SPA 6H 4	SPA 12H 53	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 11	CAT 12	10th	33
2024	ROWE Racing	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	LEC 1	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	MNZ	JED	1st*	25*

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2023	Century Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3	GT3	OUL 1 6	OUL 2 6	SIL 1 1	DON 1 5	SNE 1 2	SNE 2 5	ALG 1 5	BRH 1 1	DON 1 2	1st	176
2024	Century Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3	GT3	OUL 1 9	OUL 2 14	SIL 1 17	DON 1 6	SPA 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	DON 1	BRH 1	10th*	14*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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


Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2023–24	Team Project 1	GT	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6	SEP 1 18	SEP 2 10	DUB 7	ABU 1 8	ABU 2 15	21st	11

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2024	Century Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3	Bronze	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1 17	MIS 2 20	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	3rd*	19.5*

^* Season still in progress.

Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2019	Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards	Young Player Of The Year	Won
2019	Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs' (ANICC) Awards	ANICC Northern Ireland Motorsport Award	Won
2019	British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) Awards	The Henry Surtees Award	Won
2019	Autosport Awards	National Racing Driver of the Year	Nominated
2023	Motorsport News Awards	National Racing Driver of the Year	Nominated
2023	Autosport Awards	National Racing Driver of the Year	Nominated
2023	British GT Championship	Allan Simonsen Award (Driver of the Year)	Won

References

^ Gray, Andy (1 January 2023). "Dan Harper: Factory BMW deal a 'dream' for Northern Ireland driver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ Craig, Jason (23 March 2024). "Dan Harper: I can't wait for another year of battling in biggest races with BMW". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ Paice, Simon. "Dan Harper Wins Ginetta Junior Scholarship For 2016". The Checkered Flag.
^ Paice, Simon. "Rookie Champion Harper: It's Been An Incredible Season". The Checkered Flag.
^ Pettit, Vince. "Daniel Harper Announced As Porsche GB 2018/19 Junior". The Checkered Flag.
^ Paice, Simon. "Daniel Harper Wins 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Title". Next Level Motorsport.
^ Gray, Andy. "Dan Harper: NI Teenager Leads BMW's Junior Team Return". BBC Sport.
^ BRDC. "BRDC Superstars Announce Class Of 2020". BRDC.

External links

http://www.harperracing.com/

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tio Ellinas	Porsche Carrera Cup GB Champion 2019	Succeeded by Harry King
Preceded by Ian Loggie	British GT Championship Champion 2023 With: Darren Leung	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Ian Loggie	British GT Championship Pro-Am Champion 2023 With: Darren Leung	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] Gray, Andy (1 January 2023). "Dan Harper: Factory BMW deal a 'dream' for Northern Ireland driver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[2] Craig, Jason (23 March 2024). "Dan Harper: I can't wait for another year of battling in biggest races with BMW". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[3] Paice, Simon. "Dan Harper Wins Ginetta Junior Scholarship For 2016". The Checkered Flag.

[4] Paice, Simon. "Rookie Champion Harper: It's Been An Incredible Season". The Checkered Flag.

[5] Pettit, Vince. "Daniel Harper Announced As Porsche GB 2018/19 Junior". The Checkered Flag.

[6] Paice, Simon. "Daniel Harper Wins 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Title". Next Level Motorsport.

[7] Gray, Andy. "Dan Harper: NI Teenager Leads BMW's Junior Team Return". BBC Sport.

[8] BRDC. "BRDC Superstars Announce Class Of 2020". BRDC.

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