David Price Racing

United Kingdom David Price Racing
Founded1976
Folded2010
Team principal(s)David Price
Former seriesBritish F3
Aurora F1
French F3
Le Mans 24 Hours
BPR Global GT Series
FIA GT Championship
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
A1 Grand Prix
GP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
Teams'
Championships
BPR Global GT Series:
1995
Drivers'
Championships
French Formula Three Championship:
1982: Pierre Petit
British Formula 3 Championship:
1984: Johnny Dumfries

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 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.[3] 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.

David Price Racing in 1997, with a Panoz GTR-1 in the FIA GT Championship

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[4] during the 2005–06 season.

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
France 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
United Kingdom Ryan Sharp Ret 14 Ret 16 Ret 9 9 19 Ret Ret NC 11 13
Switzerland 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
France Olivier Pla 10 15 Ret 20† 15 Ret DSQ 20 Ret 16 9
United Kingdom Mike Conway 11 11
Russia Vitaly Petrov 15 15 15 10 16 18 Ret 12
Monaco 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
Denmark Christian Bakkerud 13 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 21 Ret 18 Ret DNS DNQ DNQ 12 Ret Ret Ret
France Olivier Pla Ret 13
Spain 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
Italy Giacomo Ricci 16 Ret Ret 11
Spain Andy Soucek 13 6
Romania Michael Herck Ret 15 23 DNS 17 Ret Ret 17 12 14 14 11 Ret 17
Brazil 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
Romania Michael Herck 13 Ret 16 16 Ret Ret 9 8 14 12 15 Ret 13 Ret Ret 9 20† 13 DSQ Ret
Italy Giacomo Ricci Ret 15 14 Ret Ret Ret 17 DNS
France Franck Perera Ret 16 EX 18 15 16† DNQ DNQ
Venezuela 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
Romania Michael Herck 17 21 16 Ret 6 5 8 3 22 14 9 8 7 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 10
Italy Giacomo Ricci 2 8 17 Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret 13 12 16† 11 8 1
Italy 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 Chassis
Engine
Tyres
Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 T.C. Points
2008 GP2/05
Renault
B
DUB1
FEA
DUB1
SPR
SEN
FEA
SEN
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
DUB2
FEA
DUB2
SPR
11th 8
India Armaan Ebrahim 21 Ret Ret 9 Ret 19 13 16 19 Ret
Spain Andy Soucek 3 7
Brazil Diego Nunes Ret 10 10 13 7 Ret 17 12
2008–09 GP2/05
Renault
B
SHI
FEA
SHI
SPR
DUB3
FEA
DUB3
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
LSL
FEA
LSL
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
13th 0
Romania Michael Herck 16 16 15 C 18 18 15 Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret
Japan Yuhi Sekiguchi Ret 12
Italy Giacomo Ricci 13 C Ret 16 Ret 13 16 15 11 10
2009–10 GP2/05
Renault
B
YMC1
FEA
YMC1
SPR
YMC2
FEA
YMC2
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
3rd 36
Romania Michael Herck 13 9 7 2 23 13 18 Ret
Italy Giacomo Ricci Ret Ret 5 3 4 2 5 1

References

  1. ^ Bradley, Charles (30 April 2009). "Price concludes sale of DPR stake". autosport.com. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  2. ^ "David Price Racing". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ A1 Team USA information Archived 31 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine a1podium.com
  5. ^ Panoz takes DeltaWing in-house for 2013 American Le Mans Series - Gary Watkins, Autosport, 6 February 2013