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| David Price Racing | |
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| Motor racing team | |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Country | 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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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.
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.
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.
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] | |||||||||
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2005 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Olivier Pla | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13th | 10th |
| Ryan Sharp | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 23rd | |||
| Giorgio Mondini | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | |||
| 2006 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Olivier Pla | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 10th |
| Clivio Piccione | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12th | |||
| Mike Conway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | |||
| Vitaly Petrov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | |||
| 2007 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Christian Bakkerud | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | 12th |
| Andy Soucek | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16th | |||
| Olivier Pla | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
| 2008 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Giacomo Ricci | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st | 13th |
| Diego Nunes | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22nd | |||
| Andy Soucek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14† | 14th | |||
| Michael Herck | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
| 2009 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Michael Herck | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | 13th |
| Giacomo Ricci | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | |||
| Franck Perera | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | |||
| Johnny Cecotto, Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
| 2010 | Dallara-Mecachrome | Michael Herck | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16th | 8th |
| Giacomo Ricci | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13th | |||
| Fabrizio Crestani | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |||
† Includes 13 points scored in 16 races for Super Nova Racing.
| A1 Grand Prix Results[5] | |||||||
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| Year | Car | Team | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 2005–06 | Lola-Zytek | A1 Team USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16th |
| Formula Renault V6 Eurocup results[6] | ||||||||
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2004 | Tatuus-Renault V4Y RS | Robert Bell | 0 | 2 | 156 | 5th | 8th | |
| Hayanari Shimoda | 0 | 0 | 73 | 13th | ||||
| 24 Hours of Le Mans results | ||||||||||
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| Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Drivers | Pole | Fast lap |
Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 1999[7] | LMP | 18 | Y | BMW V12 LM BMW S70 6.0L V12 |
Thomas Bscher Bill Auberlen Steve Soper |
no | no | 345 | 5th | 4th |
| FIA GT Championship results | ||||||||
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| Year | Class | Car | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 1997[8] | GT1 | Panoz Esperante GTR-1 Ford (Roush) 6.0L V8 |
David Brabham Perry McCarthy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6th |
| BPR Global GT Series results[9] | ||||||||
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| Year | Class | Car | Drivers | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
| 1995 | GT1 | McLaren F1 GTR | Thomas Bscher John Nielsen |
2 | 2 | 3 | 252 | 1st |
| 1996 | GT1 | McLaren F1 GTR | Thomas Bscher John Nielsen |
2 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 3rd |
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