David Price Racing

David Price Racing
David Price Racing
Motor racing team
Founded 1976
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Team Principal(s) David Price
Current series GP2
Former series British F3
Aurora F1
French F3
Le Mans 24 Hours
BPR Global GT Series
FIA GT Championship
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
A1 Grand Prix
Drivers' titles
Teams' titles 1995 BPR Global GT Series

David Price Racing (commonly referred to as DPR) is a British motor racing team, founded by David Price. They have competed in various forms of motorsport since their foundation in 1976. The team was sold to Andre Herck, father of current driver Michael Herck, in April 2009.[1]

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History

The team initially ran small open-wheel series in Britain in the late 1970s, including British Formula 3 and Aurora F1. Many future Formula drivers raced for the team, including Nigel Mansell, Martin Brundle, Johnny Dumfries, and Tiff Needell. With Dumfries, David Price Racing was able to win the British F3 Championship in 1984. The team would also expand into French Formula 3 at the time with Paul Belmondo.

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 team manager for Richard Lloyd Racing. This earned him a job at 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 hired by Nissan Motorsports Europe to run their sportscar program, before eventually becoming a race director at Brabham in Formula One in 1993.

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 teams championship in their first year of competition with drivers John Nielsen and Thomas Bscher. The following year they would take third in the BPR championship. David Price Racing then became the European factory team for Panoz, running their Esperante GTR-1s in the new FIA GT Championship as well as supporting the primary team in the United States.

Michael Herck driving for DPR at the Magny-Cours round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

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, David Price Racing 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. They also briefly ran the A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA[2] during the 2005–06 season.

GP2 Series

Armaan Ebrahim driving for DPR in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series.

David Price Racing competes exclusively in the GP2 Series since 2007, with drivers Christian Bakkerud and Andy Soucek. During the off-season, David Price talked about merging with Carlin Motorsport for a combined team in GP2, but the deal fell through, leaving DPR to compete on their own. DPR will leave the series at the end of the 2010 season, having not been selected for the 2011–13 series cycle.[3]

GP2 Series Results[4]
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C.
2005 Dallara-Mecachrome France Olivier Pla 23 2 0 1 20 13th 10th
United Kingdom Ryan Sharp 13 0 0 1 2 23rd
Switzerland Giorgio Mondini 10 0 0 0 0 26th
2006 Dallara-Mecachrome France Olivier Pla 11 0 0 0 0 27th 10th
Monaco Clivio Piccione 21 0 0 0 18 12th
United Kingdom Mike Conway 2 0 0 0 0 29th
Russia Vitaly Petrov 8 0 0 0 0 28th
2007 Dallara-Mecachrome Denmark Christian Bakkerud 19 0 0 0 0 34th 12th
Spain Andy Soucek 21 0 0 0 15 16th
France Olivier Pla 2 0 0 0 0 35th
2008 Dallara-Mecachrome Italy Giacomo Ricci 4 0 0 0 0 31st 13th
Brazil Diego Nunes 20 0 0 0 3 22nd
Spain Andy Soucek 2 0 0 0 14† 14th
Romania Michael Herck 14 0 0 0 0 30th
2009 Dallara-Mecachrome Romania Michael Herck 20 0 0 0 0 23rd 13th
Italy Giacomo Ricci 8 0 0 0 0 27th
France Franck Perera 8 0 0 0 0 28th
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto, Jr. 4 0 0 0 0 30th
2010 Dallara-Mecachrome Romania Michael Herck 20 0 0 0 12 16th 8th
Italy Giacomo Ricci 14 1 0 1 16 13th
Italy Fabrizio Crestani 6 0 0 0 0 30th
  • D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

† Includes 13 points scored in 16 races for Super Nova Racing.

Series results

  • D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

Sources

  1. ^ Bradley, Charles (2009-04-30). "Price concludes sale of DPR stake". autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74952. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  2. ^ A1 Team USA informations a1podium.com
  3. ^ "GP2 Series announce teams for 2011–2013". GP2 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 2010-09-20. http://www.gp2series.com/GP2-Series-announce-teams-for-2011.html. Retrieved 2010-09-20. 
  4. ^ GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com
  5. ^ A1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com
  6. ^ FRV6 complete results speedsportmag.com
  7. ^ 1999 24h of Le Mans results wsrp.ic.cz
  8. ^ 1997 FIA GT complete results wsrp.ic.cz
  9. ^ BPR complete results wspr-racing.com

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