Rick Parfitt Jnr | |
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| Born | Richard Parfitt (1974-10-18)18 October 1974 (age 51) Surrey, England |
| Father | Rick Parfitt |
| Website | https://rpjband.co.uk/ |
| Rick Parfitt Jnr | |
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 Rick Parfitt competing in BTCC | |
| Nationality |  British |
| 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 asRick Parfitt Jnr, is a British musician (frontman of theRPJ Band) and former racing driver who last competed in the2022 British Touring Car Championship, driving forUptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing. He is theBritish GT champion in theGT3 andGT4 categories, and made hisBTCC debut in2021.
Parfitt Jnr is the founder and frontman of the RPJ Band, a rock and pop group that performs at festivals and major events across the UK and Europe. He has performed at festivals includingIsle of Wight Festival,Camp Bestival, Camper Calling and is a regular atCarFest. He has also performed at major sporting events such asSilverstone F1,Moto GP, the NFL Game atTottenham Hotspur Stadium. His band is made up of UK touring musicians who regularly tour with other artists such as Take That, The Script, Noel Gallagher, Bonnie Tyler, ELO, and Annie Lennox and Robbie Williams.
He is the son ofStatus Quo musicianRick Parfitt.
He is a sufferer ofCrohn's disease, and has been an advocate for raising awareness of the condition raising money through his charity event 'The Rock Ball'. He is an ambassador forCrohn's and Colitis UK.[1]
He is the director of corporate event agencyhttps://www.randragency.co.uk/.
Rick is a passionate supporter ofNottingham Forest.[2] since he moved toNottingham, his wife's hometown.
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,[3][4] before competing in theGinetta GT5 Challenge in 2012.[5]
He stepped up to theBritish GT Championship in 2013, and competed in the GT4 category until 2015, when he switched to the GT3 category. He won the GT4 category in2013 with Optimum Motorsport together with Ryan Ratcliffe, and won the GT3 category in2017 with Bentley Team Parker together withSeb Morris.[6][7]
Despite having announced that he would step back from racing at the end of 2018,[8] he and his teammateSeb Morris returned to race in the2019 British GT Championship.[9][10]
After a sabbatical in 2020, in 2021 he made hisBritish Touring Car Championship debut, driving forEXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com in his return to Motorsport in aHyundaii30N.[11]
| 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 |
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† As Parfitt was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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| 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 | |
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(key) Races inbold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present just in first race) Races initalics 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 |
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| 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 |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| 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 |