David Price Racing
David Price Racing (commonly referred to as DPR) was a British motor racing team, founded by David Price. The team competed in various forms of motorsport from their foundation in 1976 until 2008. The team was sold in April 2009, but continued racing in GP2 and GP2 Asia Series under the name David Price Racing until 2010.[1][2]
History
The team initially ran small single-seater series in Britain from the late 1970s, including
In 1987, David Price moved into
David Price Racing returned to competition in 1995, running in the BPR Global GT Series. One of the multiple McLaren F1 GTR teams in the series, they won the team and drivers championship in their first year of competition with drivers John Nielsen and Thomas Bscher. The team also finished third at the 24 Hours of Le Mans that year, running the Harrods-sponsored McLaren with drivers Andy Wallace and Derek Bell and Justin Bell. In 1996, the team finished third in the BPR championship. DPR then became the European factory team for Panoz in 1997, running their Esperante GTR-1s in the new FIA GT Championship as well as supporting the primary team in the United States. In 1998, Price was in charge of the first hybrid car ever to attempt to qualify at Le Mans, the Panoz GT-1 hybrid.
During a brief interlude from Panoz, David Price Racing ran a
In 2004, David Price Racing returned, once again running single-seater cars. They ran the
Years after selling the team, Price had been involved in the DeltaWing Le Mans Prototype program since 2013.[5]
Price died on 15 February 2023 aged 75.
Series results
GP2 Series
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis Engine Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | T.C. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | GP2/05 Renault B |
SMR FEA |
SMR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
10th | 22 | |
Olivier Pla | 9 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | DNS | ||||
Ryan Sharp | Ret | 14 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 19 | Ret | Ret | NC | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Giorgio Mondini | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 21† | 18 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
2006 | GP2/05 Renault B |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SMR FEA |
SMR SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
10th | 18 | |||
Olivier Pla | 10 | 15 | Ret | 20† | 15 | Ret | DSQ | 20 | Ret | 16 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
Mike Conway | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vitaly Petrov | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
Clivio Piccione | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 11 | Ret | 16† | Ret | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 3 | ||||||
2007 | GP2/05 Renault B |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
12th | 15 | |||
Christian Bakkerud | 13 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 18 | Ret | DNS | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||
Olivier Pla | Ret | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andy Soucek | 12 | 9 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 20 | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
2008 | GP2/08 Renault B |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MON FEA |
MON FEA |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
13th | 4 | ||||
Giacomo Ricci | 16 | Ret | Ret | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Andy Soucek | 13 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Herck | Ret | 15 | 23 | DNS | 17 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 17 | |||||||||||||
Diego Nunes | 15 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 16 | |||||||
2009 | GP2/08 Renault B |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON FEA |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
VAL
FEA |
VAL
SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
ALG FEA |
ALG SPR |
13th | 0 | ||||
Michael Herck | 13 | Ret | 16 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 15 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 20† | 13 | DSQ | Ret | |||||||
Giacomo Ricci | Ret | 15 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | DNS | |||||||||||||||||||
Franck Perera | Ret | 16 | EX | 18 | 15 | 16† | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||
Johnny Cecotto Jr. | 18† | 16† | DNS | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | GP2/08 Renault B |
CAT
FEA |
CAT
SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
VAL
FEA |
VAL
SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA
FEA |
SPA
SPR |
MNZ
FEA |
MNZ
SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
8th | 28 | ||||
Michael Herck | 17 | 21 | 16 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 10 | |||||||
Giacomo Ricci | 2 | 8 | 17 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 12 | 16† | 11 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Fabrizio Crestani | Ret | 14 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
References
- ^ Bradley, Charles (30 April 2009). "Price concludes sale of DPR stake". autosport.com. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ "David Price Racing". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ Smith, Damien (2022). "He was behind the Metro 6R4 and Jaguar XJR-14. Now John Piper has a very different project". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ A1 Team USA information Archived 31 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine a1podium.com
- ^ Panoz takes DeltaWing in-house for 2013 American Le Mans Series - Gary Watkins, Autosport, 6 February 2013