Rick Parfitt Jr.

Richard Parfitt
Parfitt at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 British GT Championship season.
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1974-10-18) 18 October 1974 (age 50)
Chertsey, England
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamUptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing
Car number62
Former teamsExcelr8 with TradePriceCars.com
Starts52
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish27th in 2021
Previous series
2013-2019
2018
2013
2012		British GT Championship
Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge
GT4 European Trophy
Ginetta GT5 Challenge
Championship titles
2017
2013		British GT Championship - GT3
British GT Championship - GT4

Richard William Parfitt (born 18 October 1974), also known as Rick Parfitt Jr, is a British musician and former racing driver who last competed in the 2022 British Touring Car Championship, driving for UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing. He is the British GT champion in the GT3 and GT4 categories, and made his BTCC debut in 2021.

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 various karting championships both nationally and internationally until 2004. In 2010, he competed in the Silverstone 'Celebrity Race', of which he won,[1][2] before competing in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge in 2012.[3]

He stepped up to the British GT Championship in 2013, and competed in the GT4 category until 2015, when he switched to the GT3 category. He won the GT4 category in 2013 with Optimum Motorsport together with Ryan Ratcliffe, and won the GT3 category in 2017 with Bentley Team Parker together with Seb Morris.[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 British GT Championship.[7][8]

After a sabbatical in 2020, in 2021 he made his British Touring Car Championship debut, driving for EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com in his return to Motorsport in a Hyundai i30N.[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.

Rick is a passionate supporter of Nottingham Forest.[11] since he moved to Nottingham, his wife's hometown.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012 Ginetta GT5 Challenge - G40 Piranha Motorsport 14 0 0 1 3 224 9th
2013 British GT Championship - GT4 Optimum Motorsport 9 3 0 1 7 173 1st
GT4 European Trophy 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
2014 British GT Championship - GT4 Century Motorsport 10 1 2 0 4 121.5 4th
2015 British GT Championship - GT3 Team LNT 9 0 0 0 0 14 18th
2016 British GT Championship - GT3 Team Parker Racing 9 1 4 0 6 143 3rd
2017 British GT Championship - GT3 9 3 2 0 4 200 1st
2018 British GT Championship - GT3 8 0 0 0 1 60 10th
IMSA SportsCar Challenge - GS GMG Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 66th
2019 British GT Championship - GT3 JRM Racing 9 1 0 0 2 58 11th
2021 British Touring Car Championship EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com 27 0 0 0 0 0 27th
2022 British Touring Car Championship UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing 25 0 0 0 0 0 28th
Source:[12]

† As Parfitt was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2013 Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G50 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
21 		OUL
2
21 		ROC
1
Ret 		SIL
1
25 		SNE
1
18 		SNE
2
19 		BRH
1
15 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
DNS 		DON
1
20 		1st 173
2014 Century Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
Ret 		ROC
1
23 		SIL
1
24 		SNE
1
20 		SNE
2
18 		SPA
1
26 		SPA
2
25 		BRH
1
23 		DON
1
15 		4th 121.5
2015 Team LNT Ginetta G55 GT3 GT3 OUL
1
9 		OUL
2
Ret 		ROC
1
Ret 		SIL
1
11 		SPA
1
Ret 		BRH
1
Ret 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
4 		DON
1
13 		20th 14
2016 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 BRH
1
2 		ROC
1
10 		OUL
1
3 		OUL
2
1 		SIL
1
Ret 		SPA
1
2 		SNE
1
3 		SNE
2
5 		DON
1
3 		3rd 143
2017 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL
1
4 		OUL
2
5 		ROC
1
1 		SNE
1
7 		SNE
2
4 		SIL
1
1 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
7 		BRH
1
1 		DON
1
3 		1st 200
2018 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL
1
13 		OUL
2
10 		ROC
1
9 		SNE
1
10 		SNE
2
8 		SIL
1
6 		SPA
1
2 		BRH
1
24 		DON
1
7 		10th 60
2019 JRM Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL
1
1 		OUL
2
12 		SNE
1
5 		SNE
2
12 		SIL
1
DSQ 		DON
1
7 		SPA
1
12 		BRH
1
9 		DON
1
7 		11th 58
Source:[13]

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
2022 UptonSteel with
Euro Car Parts Racing 		Infiniti Q50 DON
1
21 		DON
2
DNS 		DON
3
25 		BRH
1
28 		BRH
2
22 		BRH
3
Ret 		THR
1
22 		THR
2
Ret 		THR
3
22 		OUL
1
25 		OUL
2
25 		OUL
3
Ret 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		KNO
1
18 		KNO
2
25 		KNO
3
25 		SNE
1
23 		SNE
2
Ret 		SNE
3
DNS 		THR
1
27 		THR
2
26 		THR
3
22 		SIL
1
21 		SIL
2
26 		SIL
3
22 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
26 		BRH
3
Ret 		28th 0
Sources:[13][14]

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 Parfitt 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 Parfitt 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.
  11. ^ "Rick Parfitt Jr End of Season Party". Twitter.
  12. ^ "Rick Parfitt". Driver Database. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Rick Parfitt Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Rick Parfitt Jr race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
Sporting positions
Preceded by British GT Championship
GT4 Champion
2013
With: Ryan Ratcliffe 		Succeeded by
Ross Wylie
Jake Giddings
Preceded by
Jonathan Adam
Derek Johnston
 British GT Championship
GT3 Champion
2017
With: Seb Morris 		Succeeded by
Jonathan Adam
Flick Haigh