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.
History The team initially ran small single-seater series in Britain from the late 1970s, including British Formula 3 and Aurora F1. The team entered Giacomo Agostini's Williams FW06 in the Aurora-backed British F1 series in 1979 and 1980. Many future Formula drivers raced for the team, including Nigel Mansell, Martin Brundle, Johnny Dumfries and Tiff Needell. David Price Racing won the French F3 title in 1982 with Pierre Petit and the British F3 title with Dumfries in 1984. DPR drivers in French F3 also included Paul Belmondo, Fabien Giroix and François Hesnault from 1982 through 1986. Andrew Ridgeley, formerly of the pop duo Wham!, also ran with DPR in French F3, after the band split up.
In 1987, David Price moved into sports car racing, becoming a team manager for Richard Lloyd Racing. Price was approached by Sauber-Mercedes in 1988, helping the team achieve the World Sportscar Championship and a 24 Hours of Le Mans victory in 1989. David Price was then headhunted by Nissan Motorsports Europe to run their sportscar program, before eventually becoming director of racing at Brabham in Formula One in 1991.
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 BMW V12 LM at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing fifth overall. The team would later return to support Panoz's own Le Mans prototype efforts in the American Le Mans Series and at Le Mans itself. Following the 2001 season, DPR went on hiatus. The team would briefly assist MG in development of the XPower SV for 2002.
In 2004, David Price Racing returned, once again running single-seater cars. They ran the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup series before moving into the new GP2 Series in 2005, winning two races with Olivier Pla. The team briefly changed their name to Direxiv in 2006, before returning to the David Price Racing name in 2007. The team also ran the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA a1podium.com during the 2005–06 season.
Years after selling the team, Price had been involved in the DeltaWing Le Mans Prototype program since 2013. Panoz takes DeltaWing in-house for 2013 American Le Mans Series - Gary Watkins, Autosport, 6 February 2013
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 ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Points 2005 GP2/05RenaultSMRFEASMRSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEANÜRFEANÜRSPRMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRISTFEAISTSPRMNZFEAMNZSPRSPAFEASPASPRBHRFEABHRSPR 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 GP2/05RenaultVALFEAVALSPRSMRFEASMRSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEASILFEASILSPRMAGFEAMAGSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRISTFEAISTSPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 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 GP2/05RenaultBHRFEABHRSPRCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRISTFEAISTSPRMNZFEAMNZSPRSPAFEASPASPRVALFEAVALSPR 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 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRISTFEAISTSPRMONFEAMONFEAMAGFEAMAGSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRVALFEAVALSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 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 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONFEAISTFEAISTSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRVALFEAVALSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPRALGFEAALGSPR 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 16EX 18 15 16† DNQ DNQ Johnny Cecotto Jr. 18† 16† DNS 18 2010 GP2/08RenaultCATFEACATSPRMONFEAMONSPRISTFEAISTSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRHOCFEAHOCSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPRYMCFEAYMCSPR 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
GP2 Asia Series (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year ChassisEngineTyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 2008 GP2/05RenaultDUB1FEADUB1SPRSENFEASENSPRSEPFEASEPSPRBHRFEABHRSPRDUB2FEADUB2SPR 11th 8 Armaan Ebrahim 21 Ret Ret 9 Ret 19 13 16 19 Ret Andy Soucek 3 7 Diego Nunes Ret 10 10 13 7 Ret 17 12 2008–09 GP2/05RenaultSHIFEASHISPRDUB3FEADUB3SPRBHR1FEABHR1SPRLSLFEALSLSPRSEPFEASEPSPRBHR2FEABHR2SPR 13th 0 Michael Herck 16 16 15 C 18 18 15 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret Yuhi Sekiguchi Ret 12 Giacomo Ricci 13 C Ret 16 Ret 13 16 15 11 10 2009–10 GP2/05RenaultYMC1FEAYMC1SPRYMC2FEAYMC2SPRBHR1FEABHR1SPRBHR2FEABHR2SPR 3rd 36 Michael Herck 13 9 7 2 23 13 18 Ret Giacomo Ricci Ret Ret 5 3 4 2 5 1
References
External links David Price Racing David Price profile