Rick Parfitt Jr.

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Richard Parfitt
NationalityBritish
Born (1974-10-18) 18 October 1974 (age 47)
Chertsey, United Kingdom
British GT Championship career
Former teamsTeam Parker Racing
Best finish1st in 2017
Previous series
British GT Championship
Ginetta GT5 Challenge
Championship titles
2018 British GT ChampionshipBritish GT Championship

Richard Parfitt (born 18 October 1974), also known as Rick Parfitt Jr, is a British Sports Car driver and, musician and corporate event agency owner.

Career[]

Parfitt driving the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 at Brands Hatch during the 2021 British Touring Car Championship season.

Parfitt began racing in 1996, competing in UK national and international karting championships until 2004. In 2010 he returned to the cockpit, taking part and winning the Silverstone Classic ‘Celebrity Race’,[1][2] before competing in the British GT5 Championship in 2011 and 2012.[3]

He stepped up to the British GT4 Championship with Optimum Motorsport and competed in the series until 2015 when he made the move into British GT3, in which he was crowned PRO/AM Champion with Bentley Team Parker in 2017.[4][5]

Despite having announced that he would step back from racing at the end of 2018,[6] he and his teammate Seb Morris returned to race in the 2019 season of the British GT3 Championship, racing a Bentley Continental.[7][8]

In 2021 he announced his return to Motorsport in the BTCC where he would be racing a Hyundai i30N with the EXCELR8 team [9]

Personal life[]

He is the son of Status Quo musician Rick Parfitt.

He is a sufferer of Crohn's disease, and has been an advocate for raising awareness of the condition. He is an ambassador for Crohn's and Colitis UK.[10]

He is the director of corporate event agency R&R Agency Ltd.

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position
2012 Ginetta GT5 Challenge Piranha Motorsport 14 0 0 3 224 9th
2013 British GT4 Trophy Optimum Motorsport 9 3 0 7 173 1st
2014 British GT4 Championship Century Motorsport 10 1 2 4 121.5 4th
2015 British GT4 Championship Team LNT 9 0 0 0 14 18th
2016 British GT3 Championship Team Parker Racing 9 1 4 6 143 3rd
2017 British GT3 Championship Team Parker Racing 9 3 2 4 200 1st
2018 British GT3 Championship Team Parker Racing 8 0 0 1 60 10th
2018 IMSA Sportscar Challenge GMG Racing 1 0 0 0 12 66th
2019 British GT3 Championship JRM Racing 9 1 0 2 58 11th

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[]

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2021 Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com Hyundai i30 Fastback N Performance THR
1
25 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
16 		SNE
1
24 		SNE
2
27 		SNE
3
24 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
23 		BRH
3
26 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
23 		OUL
3
19 		KNO
1
21 		KNO
2
27 		KNO
3
25 		THR
1
25 		THR
2
20 		THR
3
20 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SIL
1
23 		SIL
2
24 		SIL
3
22 		DON
1
22 		DON
2
27 		DON
3
22 		BRH
1
24 		BRH
2
21 		BRH
3
Ret 		27th 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Silverstone Classic 2011: Parfitt Jr. maintains status quo with celebrity challenge victory". The Checkered Flag. 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Silverstone Classic in pictures". The Telegraph Flag. 25 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Rick Pariftt Jr & Tom Oliphant for Ginetta GT3 in 2015 British GT". The Telegraph Flag. 25 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Rick Parfitt Jnr: This Championship is immensely special". The Checkered Flag. 5 March 2019.
  5. ^ "British GT champion Rick Parfitt Jr to defend title with Bentley". Autosport. 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Rick Pariftt Jr to step back from racing". Daily sportscar. 18 September 2018.
  7. ^ "It was a deal I absolutely could not say no to! – Rick Parfitt Jnr. Discusses his return to British GT in 2019". Endurance and GT. 7 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Parfitt set for return to racing with Morris and reformed "Dream Team"". The Checkered Flag. 4 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Rick Parfitt Jr Completes 2021 Excelr8 Trade Price Cars Line-Up". www.btcc.net. 23 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Rick Parfitt Jr". Crohn’s & Colitis UK.

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jonathan Adam
Derek Johnston
 British GT Championship
Champion
2017
With: Seb Morris 		Succeeded by
Jonathan Adam
Flick Haigh
Preceded by
Jonathan Adam
Derek Johnston
 British GT Championship
Pro-Am Champion
2017
With: Seb Morris 		Succeeded by
Jonathan Adam
Flick Haigh
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