Duncan Charles Tappy (born 26 June 1984 in West Ewell, Surrey) is a British professional racing driver and stunt driver.

Racing career

Early career 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 at the annual Autosport Awards and once again nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

Single seater racing 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 Britain in Mexico City and Shanghai.

Sports cars In April 2008, Tappy made his sportscar debut when he took part in the Monza 1000km Le Mans Series event. Driving a Pescarolo Judd for Rollcentre Racing, he finished the race in seventh position.

Tappy 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 resulting in a third place end of season standing. In 2020, he signed with United Autosports, and finished fourth in the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series. He last competed in 2022.

Stunt driving Tappy served as a stunt driver in F1 (2025), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), and The Sweeney (2012).

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2003 Zip Formula Great Britain ? ? ? ? ? ? 48 11th 2004 British Formula Ford Championship Winter Series Steve Mole Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? 2nd 2005 British Formula Ford Championship Jamun Racing 20 10 5 3 17 479 2nd 2006 British Formula Renault 2.0 Jamun Racing 16 0 0 0 0 101 18th 2007 British Formula Renault 2.0Fortec Motorsport 20 9 7 9 16 512 1st Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 2 0 0 0 1 30 33rd French Formula Renault 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 0 NC 2008 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Rollcentre Racing 1 0 0 0 0 2 14th Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Porsche Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Renault 3.5 Series RC Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 6 23rd Superleague Formula Tottenham Hotspur 10 0 0 0 3 257† 11th† 2009 International Formula Master Team JVA 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd Indy Lights Genoa Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 32nd Superleague Formula Galatasaray S.K. 4 0 0 0 0 133† 16th† 2010 Auto GP DAMS 12 0 0 0 2 37 3rd Superleague Formula Galatasaray S.K. 11 0 0 1 5 540† 6th† 2011 Superleague Formula Japan 3 1 0 0 1 136† 2nd† Turkey - Galatasaray S.K. 2 0 0 0 0 88† 10th† 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am ART Grand Prix 6 1 0 0 2 58 5th 2013 British GT Championship - GT3 Von Ryan Racing 6 0 0 0 2 54 13th FIA GT Series - Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Black Falcon 2 0 0 0 0 8 35th 2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro M-Sport Bentley 5 0 0 0 0 15 17th 2015 GT Cup UK - GTO 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC GT Asia - GT3 Bentley Team Absolute 11 1 1 0 1 96 7th 2016 Intercontinental GT Challenge Garage 59 1 0 0 0 0 1 18th Blancpain Endurance Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC International GT Open 12 1 1 1 3 31 8th GT Asia - GT3 Bentley Team Absolute 8 0 0 1 4 88 9th 2017 International GT Open Garage 59 12 1 1 0 4 44 7th Le Mans Cup - GT3 2 0 0 0 1 13 13th 2018 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Lanan Racing 7 1 1 0 1 29.5 8th 2019 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Lanan Racing 6 3 0 0 4 91.5 2nd 2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 United Autosports 5 0 0 0 1 46.5 6th Le Mans Cup - LMP3 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2021 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 United Autosports 4 0 0 0 3 58 2nd European Le Mans Series - LMP3 6 0 1 0 0 11.5 25th Le Mans Cup - LMP3200004.526th 2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 6 1 0 0 2 73 4th IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 284 21st Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Cool Racing 2023 GT Cup Championship - Group GT3 Greystone GT100000NC2024 McLaren Trophy Europe - Artura Trophy Greystone GT2025McLaren Trophy EuropeGreystone GT † Team standings. * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points2007Fortec MotorsportsZAN1ZAN2OSC1OSC2ASS1ASS2ZOL1ZOL1NUR1NUR2OSC1OSC2SPA1SPA2HOC1HOC2 33rd 30

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2008 RC Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 23rd 6

Superleague Formula record

2008-2009 (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Operator123456 Position Points2008 Tottenham Hotspur GTA Motor Competición DON NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER 11th 257 3 5 13 17 12 2 11 10 3 142009 Galatasaray S.K. Ultimate MotorsportMAGZOLDONESTMOZJAR 11th 239 5 11 9 16

2009 Super Final results Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship. Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 62009 Galatasaray S.K.Ultimate Motorsport MAG ZOL DON EST MOZ JAR

2010-2011 Year Team Operator123456789101112 Position Points2010CR FlamengoAlpha SIL ASS MAG JAR NÜR ZOL BRH ADR POR ORD BEI † NAV 6th 540 3 12 X 17 2 X 9 3 3 10 3 X 8 7 X 2011 Japan Atech Reid Grand Prix HOL BEL 2nd 136 7 1 6 Turkey – Galatasaray S.K. EmiliodeVillota Motorsport 10 5 X10th88 † Non-championship event.

American open–wheel racing results (key)

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points 2009 Genoa Racing STP STP LBH KAN INDY MIL IOW WGL TOR EDM KTY MOH SNM CHI HMS 32nd 8

Complete Auto GP results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2010 DAMS BRN1 BRN2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 MAG1 MAG2 NAV1 NAV2 MNZ1 MNZ2 3rd 37

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2008 Rollcentre Racing LMP1 Pescarolo 01 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 CAT MNZ SPA NÜR SIL 29th 2 2020 United Autosports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 6th 46.5 2021 United Autosports LMP3 Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 25th 11.5 2022 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 4th 73

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points 2022 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY SEB LGA MOH WGL ELK PET 21st 283

References

External links Duncan Tappy official site

Q&A with Duncan Tappy