Matthew Parry

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Matthew "Matt" Parry (born January 14, 1994 in Cardiff , Wales ) is a British racing driver . He started in the GP3 series in 2015 and 2016 .

Career

Parry began his motorsport career in karting in 2006 , where he remained active until 2010. Among other things, he won the Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior title in 2010 . In 2011 Parry switched to formula racing . He has since been sponsored by the Caterham F1 Team until the team went bankrupt in 2014 . Parry started for Fluid Motorsport in the British Formula Ford and finished his debut season with fourth place as the best result in eighth place. In 2012 Parry competed for Fortec Motorsports in the InterSteps Championship . He won 13 of 23 races and won the championship.

In 2013 Parry stayed with Fortec Motorsports and switched to the Northern European Formula Renault . Parry won five races and won the championship with 289 to 230 points against his teammate Jack Aitken . He also made two guest starts each for Fortec Motorsports and Koiranen GP in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the Alpine Formula Renault . In the Alpine Formula Renault, he crossed the finish line once in third place. For his accomplishments in 2013, Parry received the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award . In addition to a prize of 100,000 pounds sterling , he was awarded a Formula 1 test with McLaren . In 2014 Parry started for Fortec Motorsports in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. With a third place as the best result, he finished the season in eleventh place overall. Internally he was defeated by Aitken with 57 to 86 points. He also made six guest starts in the Alpine Formula Renault for Fortec Motorsports.

In 2015 Parry switched to Koiranen GP in the GP3 series . With three third places as the best results, he finished eighth in the drivers' championship. In 2016 Parry stayed at Koiranen GP in the GP3 series. He won a race and finished ninth overall as the best driver in his racing team.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2016 : GP3 series (9th place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2015 Koiranen GP SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 67 8th.
13 9 13 7th 3 5 5 3 DNF DNF DSQ DNF 7th DNF 11 3 6th 24
2016 Koiranen GP SpainSpain ESP AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA MalaysiaMalaysia MAS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 82 9.
12 20th 6th 7th 4th 16 1 5 3 7th DNF DNF 9 17th 9 4th DNF 12

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About. mattparryracing.com, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Peter Allen: Caterham's Renault star: Matt Parry. paddockscout.com, June 8, 2013, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Peter Allen: Caterham junior wins Intersteps title. paddockscout.com, September 30, 2012, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Teenager Parry receives acceptance for McLaren Formula 1 test. Motorsport-Total.com, December 2, 2013, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Phenomenal": Youngster Parry enthusiastic after McLaren test. Motorsport-Total.com, October 28, 2014, accessed March 22, 2015 .
  6. ^ Koiranen line up Parry, Eriksson, Fong in GP3. paddockscout.com, March 6, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Peter Allen: Matt Parry sticks with Koiranen for 2016 GP3 season. paddockscout.com, December 17, 2015, accessed January 2, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Parry, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parry, Matt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Cardiff , Wales, United Kingdom