Rick Parfitt Jr.

Richard William Parfitt Jr. (born 18 October 1974) is a British musician (frontman of the RPJ Band) and former racing driver who last competed in the 2022 British Touring Car Championship, driving for UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing. He is the British GT champion in the GT3 and GT4 categories, and made his BTCC debut in 2021.

The RPJ Band (Rick Parfitt Jnr Band)

Parfitt is the founder and frontman of the RPJ Band, a rock and pop group that performs at festivals and major events across the UK and Europe. He has performed at festivals including Isle of Wight Festival, Camp Bestival, Camper Calling and is a regular at CarFest. He has also performed at major sporting events such as Silverstone F1, Moto GP, the NFL Game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. His band is made up of UK touring musicians who regularly tour with other artists such as Take That, The Script, Noel Gallagher, Bonnie Tyler, ELO, and Annie Lennox and Robbie Williams.

Personal life Parfitt is the son of Status Quo musician Rick Parfitt.

Parfitt is a sufferer of Crohn's disease, and has been an advocate for raising awareness of the condition raising money through his charity event 'The Rock Ball'. He is an ambassador for Crohn's and Colitis UK.

Parfitt is the director of corporate event agency https://www.randragency.co.uk/.

Parfitt has supported Nottingham Forest since moving to Nottingham, his wife's hometown.

Racing career 300x300px Parfitt began racing in 1996, competing in various karting championships both nationally and internationally until 2004. In 2010, Parfitt competed in the Silverstone 'Celebrity Race', of which he won, before competing in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge in 2012.

Parfitt stepped up to the British GT Championship in 2013, and competed in the GT4 category until 2015, when he switched to the GT3 category. He won the GT4 category in 2013 with Optimum Motorsport together with Ryan Ratcliffe, and won the GT3 category in 2017 with Bentley Team Parker together with Seb Morris.

Despite having announced that he would step back from racing at the end of 2018, Parfitt and his teammate Seb Morris returned to race in the 2019 British GT Championship.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2012 Ginetta GT5 Challenge - G40 Piranha Motorsport 14 0 0 1 3 224 9th 2013 British GT Championship - GT4 Optimum Motorsport 9 3 0 1 7 173 1st GT4 European Trophy 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC† 2014 British GT Championship - GT4 Century Motorsport 10 1 2 0 4 121.5 4th 2015 British GT Championship - GT3 Team LNT 9 0 0 0 0 14 18th 2016 British GT Championship - GT3 Team Parker Racing 9 1 4 0 6 143 3rd 2017 British GT Championship - GT3 9 3 2 0 4 200 1st 2018 British GT Championship - GT3 8 0 0 0 1 60 10th IMSA SportsCar Challenge - GS GMG Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 66th 2019 British GT Championship - GT3 JRM Racing 9 1 0 0 2 58 11th 2021 British Touring Car Championship EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com 27 0 0 0 0 0 27th 2022 British Touring Car Championship UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing 25 0 0 0 0 0 28th † As Parfitt was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2013 Optimum Motorsport Ginetta G50 GT4 GT4 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SNE1 SNE2 BRH1 ZAN1 ZAN2 DON1 1st 173 2014 Century Motorsport Ginetta G55 GT4 GT4 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 4th 121.5 2015 Team LNT Ginetta G55 GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 20th 14 2016 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 BRH1 ROC1 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SPA1 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 3rd 143 2017 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 DON1 1st 200 2018 Team Parker Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 ROC1 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 10th 60 2019 JRM Racing Bentley Continental GT3 GT3 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 11th 58

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded all races) signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)