Daniel Harper (racing driver)

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Daniel Harper
Dan Harper - 2017 Ginetta Junior Knockhill (Sunday, R2 podium).jpg
Harper in 2017
Nationality British
Born (2000-12-08) 8 December 2000 (age 21)
Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain career
Debut season2018
Car number33
Former teamsJTR
Starts32
Wins10
Podiums19
Poles9
Fastest laps18
Best finish1st in 2019
Previous series
2016–17Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2019Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Awards
2020-21
2018–19
2016
2016		BMW Junior Team
Porsche GB Junior
Ginetta Junior Rookie Champion
Ginetta Junior Scholar

Daniel Harper (born 8 December 2000) is a racing driver from Northern Ireland. He is currently competing as part of the BMW Junior Team and is an ex Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain champion.

Career summary[]

Starting his racing career aged six, Harper was a multiple champion in both quad bike and karting competition in his early years, before switching to junior rallying and winning three events in the Ireland Junior 1000 Rally Challenge in 2015.

Harper made the transition to circuit racing the following year after winning the Ginetta Junior Scholarship [1] and with it a fully-funded season in the Ginetta Junior Championship for 2016.

In his maiden campaign with Douglas Motorsport, he took two outright race victories and won the Rookie Cup title.[2] He returned for a second campaign and won seven races on his way to third in the final standings.

Harper then won his second manufacturer scholarship in three years, being named the 2018/19 Porsche GB Junior driver for the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.[3] In his first year, he won two races and posted more pole positions and fastest laps than any other driver.

He went on to enjoy a sensational 2019 campaign. He won the drivers’ title [4] with more wins (8), podium finishes (13), pole positions (6) and fastest laps (11) than anyone else, and became only the third driver ever in the series to win races on six consecutive weekends.

For 2020/21, Harper was signed by BMW Motorsport to compete as part of their BMW Junior Team.[5] In each season, he contested the Nürburgring Endurance Series and ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring alongside team-mates Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen.

Starting the 2020 NES season in a BMW M240i, the BMW Junior Team took a maiden class win in only their third race. A step up to a BMW M4 GT4 soon after yielded a class podium in their first race and a fantastic class victory in their first attempt at the ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

For 2021, they moved up to the premier class in a BMW M6 GT3 with the experienced BMW Team RMG. A brilliant season saw them take two overall race wins and four podium finishes to finish as the overall Nürburgring Endurance Series vice-champions.

Harper is a member of the British Racing Drivers' Club SuperStars programme [6] and Motorsport UK Academy's Team UK programme.

Racing record[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Podiums F/Laps Poles Points Position
2016 Ginetta Junior Championship Douglas Motorsport 25 2 7 3 0 390 5th
2017 Ginetta Junior Championship Douglas Motorsport 26 7 15 6 6 625 3rd
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain JTR 16 2 6 7 3 84 5th
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain JTR 16 8 13 11 6 159 1st

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results[]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos. Points
2018 JTR BRH
1
13 		BRH
2
7 		DON
1
3 		DON
2
7 		MNZ
1
RET 		MNZ
2
8 		OUL
1
4 		OUL
2
1 		SNE
1
2 		SNE
2
4 		KNO
1
1 		KNO
2
2 		SIL
1
5 		SIL
2
2 		BGP
1
9 		BGP
2
4 		5th 84
2019 JTR BRH
1
1 		BRH
2
3 		DON
1
1 		DON
2
3 		CRO
1
1 		CRO
2
(6) 		OUL
1
1 		OUL
2
4 		THR
1
1 		THR
2
1 		SIL
1
1 		SIL
2
4 		SIL
1
7 		SIL
2
4 		BGP
1
4 		BGP
2
1 		1st 159

Awards[]

Year Nominated work Category Result
2019 Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards Young Player Of The Year Won
2019 Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs' (ANICC) Awards ANICC Northern Ireland Motorsport Award Won
2019 British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) Awards The Henry Surtees Award Won
2019 Autosport Awards National Racing Driver of the Year Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ Paice, Simon. "Dan Harper Wins Ginetta Junior Scholarship For 2016". The Checkered Flag.
  2. ^ Paice, Simon. "Rookie Champion Harper: It's Been An Incredible Season". The Checkered Flag.
  3. ^ Pettit, Vince. "Daniel Harper Announced As Porsche GB 2018/19 Junior". The Checkered Flag.
  4. ^ Paice, Simon. "Daniel Harper Wins 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Title". Next Level Motorsport.
  5. ^ Gray, Andy. "Dan Harper: NI Teenager Leads BMW's Junior Team Return". BBC Sport NI.
  6. ^ BRDC. "BRDC Superstars Announce Class Of 2020". BRDC.

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Champion
2019 		Succeeded by
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