Dan Harper

Dan Harper
Harper in 2017
Nationality	British
Born	(2000-12-08) 8 December 2000 (age 23) Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
British GT Championship career
Debut season	2023
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	91
Former teams	Century Motorsport
Starts	11
Wins	2
Podiums	4
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st in 2023
Previous series
2016–17	Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2023 2023 2019	British GT Championship British GT Championship - Pro-Am Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Awards
2023 2020–22 2018–19 2016 2016	BMW Factory Driver BMW Junior Team Porsche GB Junior Ginetta Junior Rookie Champion Ginetta Junior Scholar

Daniel "Dan" Harper (born 8 December 2000) is a racing driver from Northern Ireland. He is currently competing as a BMW Motorsport works driver and is the reigning British GT champion.^[1][2]

Career

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 ^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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 ^[6] 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.^[7] 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.

In 2022, Harper and the BMW Junior Team won a qualifier race ahead of the ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring and took a podium finish during a two round stint in the Nürburgring Endurance Series with BMW Team RMG. They also contested a debut season in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with ROWE Racing, taking a best result of fourth in the 1000 km of Paul Ricard.

In 2023, Harper competed as a BMW works driver, entering the opening three rounds of the Nürburgring Endurance Series and the ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring with BMW Team RMG, another full season in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with ROWE Racing, and a debut campaign in the British GT Championship with Century Motorsport. He was crowned the 2023 British GT champion alongside team-mate Darren Leung, after two race wins and four podium finishes.

Continuing as a BMW works driver in 2024, Harper is contesting a dual programme in the GT World Challenge Europe; entering the Endurance Cup with ROWE Racing and the Sprint Cup with Century Motorsport. He will also race with Century in British GT Championship as he defends his title alongside Michael Johnston, as well as enter the ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring again with BMW Team RMG.

Harper is a full member of the British Racing Drivers' Club. He was previously part of the BRDC SuperStars programme ^[8] and Motorsport UK Academy's Team UK programme.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Awards

References

External links

• http://www.harperracing.com/

This page was last edited on 8 April 2024, at 12:04