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Gavin Pyper
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1979-08-12) 12 August 1979 (age 45)
Blairgowrie, Scotland
British Touring Car Championship
Years active5
TeamsGA Motorsport
GA-Janspeed Racing
Starts55
Wins0 (7 in class)
Poles0 (6 in class)
Fastest laps0 (9 in class)
Best finish12th in 2003

Gavin Pyper (born 12 August 1979) is a British motor racing driver.

Racing career

Pyper driving the GA Motorsport-entered Vauxhall Astra Coupé at Donington Park during the 2004 British Touring Car Championship season.

He first made a big impression in racing by winning the Formula Vauxhall winter series with team DFR. In 1999 he entered the Vauxhall Vectra SRi V6 Challenge with Lloyds UDT, getting two wins in the year. When the British Touring Car Championship started a second class B in 2000 to boost the size of the grid, he entered an Alfa Romeo 156 which was run by former touring car driver Gary Ayles. For 2001 the BTCC changed its regulations, with class B now called production class, Pyper drove again with an Alfa Romeo 156 this time for GA Janspeed. He finished sixth in class in what was a large and competitive field. With the newly named GA Motorsport a year later, he did even better, finishing fourth in class. For 2003, GA Motorsport and Pyper stepped up to the main touring class with a Vauxhall Astra Coupé. Despite making a great start, leading the independents points at the halfway point, a lack of funding brought an early end to his season with his seat being taken by Paul Wallace. He still finished the season in fifth in the independents despite his short season. He made another BTCC challenge in 2004, but again finances saw him only enter for one meeting all season.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded 2001-2002 all races, 2003-2004 just for first race, 2000–2002 in class) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded 2001-2004 all races, 2000–2002 in class) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given 2001 just for feature race, 2003-2004 all races, 2001 for leading in class)

Year Team Car Class 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 Pen. Pos Pts Class
2000 Gary Ayles Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 B BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
THR
1
THR
2
KNO
1
KNO
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
DON
1
DON
2
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

DNS
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

DNS
SIL
1
SIL
2
1 16th
2001 GA-Janspeed Racing Alfa Romeo 156 P BRH
1

7
BRH
2

10
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

DNS
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

4*
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

Ret
MON
1

7
MON
2

Ret
DON
1

9
DON
2

Ret*
KNO
1

11
KNO
2

Ret
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

Ret*
CRO
1

4
CRO
2

Ret
OUL
1

7
OUL
2

9
SIL
1

9
SIL
2

12*
DON
1

9
DON
2

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

5*
-15 120 6th
2002 Gary Ayles Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 P BRH
1
BRH
2
OUL
1

Ret
OUL
2

Ret
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

20
SIL
1
SIL
2
MON
1

15
MON
2

Ret
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

DNS
SNE
1

15
SNE
2

12
KNO
1

13
KNO
2

11
BRH
1

15
BRH
2

14
DON
1

14
DON
2

12
-20 107 4th
2003 GA Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Coupé T MON
1

Ret
MON
2

6
BRH
1

8
BRH
2

Ret
THR
1

6
THR
2

Ret
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

7
ROC
1

9
ROC
2

Ret
CRO
1
CRO
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
12th 24
2004 Team Sureterm
GA Motorsports
Vauxhall Astra Coupé THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
SIL
1
SIL
2
SIL
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
MON
1
MON
2
MON
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
DON
1

12
DON
2

Ret
DON
3

Ret
NC 0

Sources