Matt Parry

Matthew Parry (born 14 January 1994) is a British former racing driver.

Career Parry during Race 1 of the 2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season at Moscow Raceway.

Karting Born in Cardiff, Parry entered karting in 2006, when he finished second in the Hoddesdon Kart Club Championship Minimax. His biggest success was in the last year of his karting career, winning the Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior championship in 2010.

Formula Ford & InterSteps In 2011, Parry made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the British Formula Ford Championship with Fluid Motorsport. He finished eighth with eighteen point-scoring finishes in 24 races.

For 2012, Parry decided to switch to the InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsports. He took thirteen wins and a total of 21 podiums in 23 races on his way to the championship title.

Formula Renault Parry continued his collaboration with Fortec for the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season. He won five races during the season to take the championship title, taking four further podium finishes. His performances earned him a nomination for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for the first time. On 1 December 2013, after the evaluation tests held at Silverstone, Parry was named as the winner of the award, taking the £100,000 cash prize and a Formula One test with McLaren.

In 2014, Parry continued racing in Formula Renault, this time competing in Formula Renault Eurocup. He again raced with Fortec Motorsports, with whom he competed for in 2012 and 2013. He continued to race as part of the Caterham Racing Academy, of which he has been part since 2011.

GP3 Series In 2015, Parry made his GP3 debut with Koiranen GP alongside Jimmy Eriksson and Adderly Fong.

In July 2016, Parry won his first race at the Hungaroring in Hungary after starting from second place on the grid. He had a good weekend overall, topping Friday practice and almost being on pole until he was pipped by Nyck de Vries. In the second race the following morning, Parry crossed the line in sixth, later to finish fifth as fellow GP3 driver Jack Aitken got a five-second penalty for causing a collision with Parry's teammate Ralph Boschung.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position 2011 British Formula Ford Championship Fluid Motorsport 24 0 0 1 0 291 8th Formula Ford EuroCup 11 0 0 0 0 N/A NC Formula Ford Festival 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th 2012 InterSteps Championship Fortec Motorsports 23 13 13 10 21 649 1st 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Fortec Motorsports 16 5 3 3 9 289 1st Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 0 1 0 0 N/A 5th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Koiranen GP 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC† 2014 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 14 0 0 0 1 59 11th Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 6 0 0 0 1 N/A NC† 2015 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 18 0 0 0 3 67 8th 2016 GP3 Series Koiranen GP 18 1 0 0 2 82 9th 2017 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Motul Team RJN Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup GT SPORT MOTUL Team RJN 5 0 0 0 0 21 22nd 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 1 34th † As Parry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

† As Parry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2013 Koiranen GP VLL1 VLL2 IMO11 IMO12 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MIS1 MIS2 MUG1 MUG2 IMO21 IMO22 NC† 0 2014 Fortec Motorsports IMO1 IMO2 PAU1 PAU2 RBR1 RBR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MUG1 MUG2 JER1 JER2 NC† 0

† As Parry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2015 Koiranen GP CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 8th 67 2016 Koiranen GP CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 9th 82