Enaam ahmed born 4 february 2000 is a british racing driver of pakistani descent. I have known richard dean since our formula ford days back in 2005. Add motorsports announce signing of sports car driver. Britse formule ford, team jamun racing 10 overwinningen, 2e in. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover duncans connections and jobs at similar companies. There is one change compared to what was previously announced by the team. Ahmed has previously competed in the 2018 fia formula 3 european championship with hitech gp, the 2017 brdc british formula 3 championship with douglas. Carrental deals help drivers in pandemic as companies struggle cerveja mestra. The 23yearold won the formula renault uk title in his second year in the series, as he pipped his fortec. As a driver, you really cant have much more fun in a car. Duncan hamilton, gentleman driver classic driver magazine.
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. Michael benham and duncan tappy took a convincing win for lanan racing, their norma m30 taking the race to john falb and sean rayhall in united autosports ligier js p3 who put up a great fight but in the end didnt quite have the speed. His performance at brands hatch, drew the attention of sports entrepreneur john cowan who placed him with steve mole motosrport for 2004 in the three races he contested he took one podium place to finish. Tappy, benham win road to le mans race 2 sportscar365. Being a professional racing driver was always the goal so heres to seeing what the next. Driver duncan tappy takes time out for a quick sprint6 at festival of speed share this tappy was joined by usbased golfer lucy robson, golf at goodwood junior joe sykes who recently finished 2nd in the european junior champs in scotland and eddie bullock, former captain of the pga and a nonexecutive director of golf at goodwood. Ahmed currently competes in the 2019 japanese formula 3 championship with bmax motopark after splitting with the threebond racing team. A side note, also putting in an auto gp cameo that season was a young alex sims, now a factory bmw driver racing gt3 with ecurie ecosse in british gt.
Michael benham and duncan tappy, in the no25 lanan racing norma, stood on the top step of the podium at the end of a exciting road to le mans encounter just. He is the tapp series test driver for the pro series which will give its. Duncan tappy blancpain endurance series, breathing fire at monza stuart hall in the mclaren, takes on monza racing driver sponsorship. Duncan has a wealth of racing experience already under his belt, having raced for a. Although the last few seasons of duncan tappys career have had more than their fair share of ups and downs, the 31yearolds raw speed has never been in question and a victory for garage 59 in the international gt open at estoril, alongside newcomer. And his last years as a driver were spent with the american threequarter midget racing association that recognizes his overall accomplishments with its annual len duncan memorial race. Duncan tappy born june 26, 1984 in west ewell, surrey is a professional racing driver from the united kingdom tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the zip formula great britain series. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover duncan s connections and jobs at similar companies.
Len duncans full midget career ended in 1982 in hickeys no. Duncan tappy drives radical rxc at goodwood hill climb. Indeed, the great argentinean racing driver froilan gonzales claimed that, in the wet, hamilton was the fastest driver in the world. It took place before the previous races at zolder, when duncan tappy was still the driver for galatasaray. Drunken duncan as he was popularly but perhaps unfairly known never let a serious racing career get in the way of his offtrack exploits, but this gentleman racers skill at the wheel was indisputable. A past winner of the formula ford festival and british formula renault title, duncan has since showed his versatility in a wide range of. They have been designed in consultation with talented and experienced racing drivers and coaches including exformula renault uk champion duncan tappy. Piloting the senna for the test laps was duncan tappy, an established driver with a wealth of experience racing with mclaren, bentley and a formula renault championship winner. Tappy is a very experienced racing driver, and was part of the title.
We offer web services for racing drivers, teams and motorsport companies. It was operated in 2008 by scuderia playteam but in 2009 ultimate motorsport will run the team. His cousin riki christodoulou is also a racing driver, having competed in. In the three races he contested he took one podium. To see the growth of united autosports has been amazing and to now be a part of the team is really exciting for me. Briton duncan tappy will contest the remainder of the blancpain endurance series with the nurburgring 24 hourswinning black falcon mercedes team. When racing in several series in a season the chronologically later participation is always on top. Throughout his championshipwinning career, duncan tappy has built an enviable reputation as the complete racing driver as quick on the track as he is professional off it, talented as both a racer and a coach, and an articulate spokesperson for his sponsors. Talking tappy proving a point with garage 59 racing. Theres a new fastest road car at spafrancorchamps, the mclaren senna. This page was last edited on 9 marchat autosport british club driver of the year petersburgpaddock talk, 28 march date circuit position pole position fastest lap 1 brands hatch 2 2 brands hatch 1 3 rockingham 1 4 rockingham 1 5 thruxton 3 6 thruxton 2 7 croft 3 8 croft 4 9 oulton 5 10 oulton 2 11 donington 4.
Duncan tappy signs for united autosports european le mans series 06. Duncan tappy will compete in the 2019 michelin le mans cup alongside michael benham at the wheel of the lanan racing norma m30. Lanan racing victorious in drama filled race at le mans. Goodwood driver duncan tappy takes time out for a quick. Fe driver bird launches just giving campaign with racers. Duncan tappy racing career profile driver database.
During the offseason, he tested a world series car for both red devil team comtec and fortec motorsport with a view to entering the championship inbut a lack of funds prevented the move. United autosports are pleased to confirm that duncan tappy will join the team for the 2020 european le mans series. Duncan tappy joins united autosports 2020 elms team british racer to partner jim mcguire and andrew bentley in. Empa hall of famelen duncan eastern motorsport press. Duncan tappy west ewell, surrey, 26 juni 1984 is een autocoureur uit engeland. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine. Leaving the team in 2009, mark has built a successful career in media, both inside and outside of motor racing.
Quick, committed and professional, duncan tappy has long been established as one of the most impressive talents in british motorsport. View duncan tappy s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Hot on the heels of a brilliant win in the international gt open championship last weekend, the 32yearold has signed up to the respected performance and management team. West ewell racing cv 2008 world series by renault with rc motorsport.
Duncan tappy has won british club driver of the year at the autosport awards in london. Duncan tappy has joined united autosports for the 2020 european le mans. Duncan tappy signs for united autosports european le mans. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. The drivers for united autosports second elms lmp3 car will be announced in the coming days. As one of the uks most established drivers, duncan tappy has years of racing experience as a professional athlete.
Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. The drivers for united autosports second elms lmp3 car will be. Professional racing driver driver coach dad brdc member keen golfer and member. The fia has released the preliminary driver ratings for 2019, featuring changes for numerous drivers for the coming season of proamenforced sports car racing worldwide. Add motorsports are delighted to welcome the hugelyexperienced sports car driver duncan tappy into the fold. Quick, committed and professional, duncan tappy has long been established as one. So today, after some guilt tripping from paul rees yesterday. United autosports has revealed their six drivers for the lmp3 cars in the european le mans series 2020. Drivers with last names starting with t racingreference. During shakedown at pure mclaren with duncan tappy at the wheel, the car reached a time of 2. Duncan tappy to contest blancpain series with black falcon. Adam robert christodoulou born 11 june 1989, in lichfield is a greekbritish racing driver, who won the 2008 british formula renault championship, also won the 2009 star mazda championship in the united states.
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