Early career

Tappy began his racing career in karting, finishing runner-up in the 2004 UK Formula Ford championship winter series. In 2005 he took part in the full UK Formula Ford season with Jamun Racing, taking ten victories to finish second in the standings. During this year he also won the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival and was selected as a finalist for the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC award.

In 2006 Tappy stepped up to the British Formula Renault 2.0 Championship with Jamun Racing, finishing his debut year eighteenth in the standings. He was also awarded 'Rising Star' status by the British Racing Drivers Club. He transferred to Fortec Motorsport for the 2007 season, taking sixteen podium finishes, including nine race wins, to end the year as series champion.

At the end of the season Tappy was named as British Club Driver of the Year^[1] at the annual Autosport Awards^[2] and once again nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

Single seater racing

Following his Formula Renault championship season, Tappy raced in a number of single-seater championships between 2008 and 2011, most notably Superleague Formula where he competed in each of the four seasons and was part of the Japan team that finished runner-up in the truncated final season. In 2010 he won the Auto GP teams title with DAMS and finished third in the driver standings. Other outings came in World Series by Renault, the Firestone Indy Lights Series and International Formula Master. In early 2008, Tappy also made two appearances as a rookie driver for A1 Team Great Britain in Mexico City^[3] and Shanghai.^[4]

Sports cars

In April 2008, Tappy made his sportscar debut when he took part in the Monza 1000km Le Mans Series event.^[5] Driving a Pescarolo Judd for Rollcentre Racing, he finished the race in seventh position.

He returned to sports car racing in 2012, competing in the Blancpain Endurance Series for ART Grand Prix alongside Grégoire Demoustier. The pair finished fifth in the Pro-Am Cup with a win in Navarre. From 2012 to 2017 he raced in a number of different GT3 championships, including further Blancpain Endurance Series campaigns, the British GT Championship, GT Asia and International GT Open.

Since the 2018 season, Tappy has competed in the LMP3 class of the Michelin Le Mans Cup, the European Le Mans Series and the Asian Le Mans Series. Partnering Michael Benham in the Michelin Le Mans Cup for Lanan Racing, he took a class win at Le Mans in 2018 and won three times in 2019, finishing runner-up in the championship. In 2020 he signed with United Autosports,^[6] and finished runner-up in the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series. He is currently competing for the team in the European Le Mans Series.

Career summary

^† Team standings.

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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Superleague Formula record

American open–wheel racing results

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Complete Auto GP results

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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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