Dan Harper

Daniel Harper (born 8 December 2000) is a British racing driver from Northern Ireland. He is currently competing as a BMW Motorsport works driver and was the 2023 British GT champion.

Career Harper started his racing career aged six, was a multiple champion in both quad bike and karting competition in his early years, before switching to junior rallying and winning three events in the Ireland Junior 1000 Rally Challenge in 2015.

Harper made the transition to circuit racing the following year after winning the Ginetta Junior Scholarship and with it a fully-funded season in the Ginetta Junior Championship for 2016.

In his maiden campaign with Douglas Motorsport, Harper took two outright race victories and won the Rookie Cup title. He returned for a second campaign and won seven races on his way to third in the final standings.

Harper then won his second manufacturer scholarship in three years, being named the 2018/19 Porsche GB Junior driver for the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. In his first year, he won two races and posted more pole positions and fastest laps than any other driver.

In 2019, Harper won the drivers’ title and finished the season with the most wins (eight), pole positions (six) and fastest laps (11).

For 2020/21, Harper was signed by BMW Motorsport to compete as part of their BMW Junior Team. In each season, he contested the Nürburgring Endurance Series and ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring alongside team-mates Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen.

Starting the 2020 NES season in a BMW M240i, the BMW Junior Team took a maiden class win in their third race. A step up to a BMW M4 GT4 soon after yielded a class podium in their first race and a class victory in their first attempt at the ADAC Total 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

For 2021, they moved up to the premier class in a BMW M6 GT3 with the BMW Team RMG. They achieved two overall race wins and four podium finishes to finish as the overall Nürburgring Endurance Series vice-champions.

In 2022, Harper and the BMW Junior Team won a qualifier race ahead of the ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring and took a podium finish during a two round stint in the Nürburgring Endurance Series with BMW Team RMG. They also contested a debut season in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with ROWE Racing, taking a best result of fourth in the 1000 km of Paul Ricard.

In 2023, Harper competed as a BMW works driver, entering the opening three rounds of the Nürburgring Endurance Series and the ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring with BMW Team RMG, another full season in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with ROWE Racing, and a debut campaign in the British GT Championship with Century Motorsport. He was crowned the 2023 British GT champion alongside team-mate Darren Leung, after two race wins and four podium finishes.

Continuing as a BMW works driver in 2024, Harper contested a dual programme in the GT World Challenge Europe; entering the Endurance Cup with ROWE Racing and the Sprint Cup with Century Motorsport. Harper was crowned the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Bronze drivers' champion alongside team-mate Darren Leung, after two race wins and six podium finishes.

Harper secured a podium finish in the 2024 ADAC TOTAL 24 Hours of Nürburgring alongside Max Hesse and Charles Weerts with BMW Team RMG, as well as contesting a partial campaign in the British GT Championship alongside Michael Johnston at Century Motorsport.

2025 marked Harper's sixth season with BMW. He took his inaugural 24-hour race victory in the 2025 Dubai 24 Hour alongside Max Hesse, Darren Leung, Ben Tuck and Al Faisal Al Zubair at Al Manar Racing by Team WRT.

Harper contested a first campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship alongside Hesse at Paul Miller Racing. They took GTD PRO class victories at Indianapolis and Petit Le Mans en-route to being crowned the 2025 Michelin Endurance Cup champions.

Harper was also a race-winner on a one-off British GT return at Silverstone alongside Leung, with whom he also contested selected rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe. He teamed with ROWE Racing for his fourth attempt at the 24 Hours of Spa and joined the Intercontinental GT Challenge grid at Suzuka.

Harper is a full member of the British Racing Drivers' Club. He was previously part of the BRDC SuperStars programme and Motorsport UK Academy's Team UK programme.

Racing record Career summary

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points 2018 JTR BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 MNZ1 MNZ2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 KNO1 KNO2 SIL1 SIL2 BGP1 BGP2 5th 84 2019 JTR BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 CRO1 CRO2 OUL1 OUL2 THR1 THR2 SIL1 SIL2 SIL1 SIL2 BGP1 BGP2 1st 159

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2024 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Bronze BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 1st 74.5 2025 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo Bronze BRH1 BRH2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 15th 13

Complete British GT Championship results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2023 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SNE1 SNE2 ALG1 BRH1 DON1 1st 176 2024 Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 BRH1 16th 14 2025 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo GT3 DON1 SIL1 OUL1 OUL2 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 DON1 NC† 0† 2026 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo GT3 SIL1 OUL1 OUL2 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 BRH1 NC† 0†

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results + Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Points 2023–24 Team Project 1 BMW M4 GT3 GT SEP1 SEP2 DUB1 ABU1 ABU2 21st 11 2025–26 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo GT SEP1 SEP2 DUB1 DUB2 ABU1 ABU2 5th 68

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2025 Paul Miller Racing GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 4th 2984 2026 Paul Miller Racing GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 27th* 366* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2026 Team WRT LMGT3 BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L I6 t IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ CAT MNZ 5th* 43* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2026 Team WRT Anthony McIntosh Parker Thompson BMW M4 GT3 Evo LMGT3 291 DNF DNF

Awards

Year Nominated work Category Result 2019 Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards Young Player Of The YearWon 2019 Association of Northern Ireland Car Clubs Awards ANICC Northern Ireland Motorsport AwardWon 2019 British Racing Drivers' Club Awards The Henry Surtees AwardWon 2019 Autosport Awards National Racing Driver of the Year Nominated 2023 Motorsport News Awards National Racing Driver of the Year Nominated 2023 Autosport Awards National Racing Driver of the Year Nominated 2023 British GT Championship Allan Simonsen Award (Driver of the Year)Won 2026 Belfast Telegraph Sports Awards Breakthrough Award Nominated