Richard Piper (born 22 October 1947) is a British former racing driver.[1]

Piper drove in the British Formula Atlantic championship from 1979 to 1981. He raced part-time in the World Sportscar Championship from 1985 to 1992, then drove in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993 and 1994. He drove in the Historic Formula One Championship in 2008 and drove a vintage Theodore Racing Formula One car in historic events in 2010 after driving a Lola T332 Formula 5000 car in 2009.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1990 C2 116 G Spice SE89C
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
  PC Automotive   Olindo Iacobelli
  Mike Youles
304 21st 1st
1991 C1 43 G Spice SE89C
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
  Euro Racing
  PC Automotive
  Olindo Iacobelli
  Jean-Louis Ricci
280 NC NC
1992 C1 22 G Spice SE89C
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
  Chamberlain Engineering   Ferdinand de Lesseps
  Olindo Iacobelli
258 14th 7th
1993 GT 44 D Lotus Esprit S300
Lotus 2.2L Turbo I4
  Lotus Sport
  Chamberlain Engineering
  Olindo Iacobelli
  Ferdinand de Lesseps
162 DNF DNF
1994 GT2 62 M Lotus Esprit S300
Lotus 2.2L Turbo I4
  Lotus Sport
  Chamberlain Engineering
  Peter Hardman
  Olindo Iacobelli
59 DNF DNF
1995 GT1 57 D Jaguar XJ220
Jaguar JV6 3.5 L Turbo V6
  PC Automotive Jaguar   Tiff Needell
  James Weaver
135 DNF DNF
Sources:[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". driverdb.com. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Richard Piper Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Richard Piper". Motor Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Richard Piper". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 June 2023.