Derek Palmer Jr.

Derek Palmer Jr. (born 2 November 1986) is a British racing driver who most notably competed in the 2015 British Touring Car Championship with Support Our Paras Racing. He also competed in the 2018 TCR UK Touring Car Championship.

Racing career Palmer driving for Infiniti at Brands Hatch during the 2015 British Touring Car Championship season. Palmer began his career in 2006 in the Dutch Supercar Challenge, he raced in the championship for three years from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, he switched to the GT4 European Series, he raced in the series up until 2010. In 2008, and 2010 he also raced in the British GT. In October 2014, it was announced that Palmer would make his British Touring Car Championship debut with Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing driving an Infiniti Q50. However, in May 2015, Infiniti withdrew their support and the team continued under the Support Our Paras Racing banner.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given 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 Pts 2015 InfinitiSupport Our Paras Racing Infiniti Q50 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 31st 1 Support Our Paras Racing OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3

Complete TCR UK Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2018 Laser Tools Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR SIL1 SIL2 KNO1 KNO2 11th 99 DPE Motorsport BHI1 BHI1 CAS1 CAS2 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 DON1 DON2