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Intro | British racing driver | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
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Birth | 5 July 1968, Kings Norton | |
Age | 56 years |
Biography
Martin Depper (born 5 July 1968 in Kings Norton, West Midlands) is a British auto racing driver. He is currently competing in the 2016 BTCC with Eurotech Racing as the teammate of Jeff Smith.
Martin was the 2008 UK MINI Challenge Champion with Forster Motorsport. In 2013 he competed in the VW cup racing for KPM.
Racing career
He first started competitive racing in 2005, initially in the Mini Challenge Cooper Class. After finishing third in Club Class in his second season, he finished third outright in the Senior Class in 2007 for Forster Motorsport, and won the drivers title outright in 2008. In 2009 he finished in fourth place overall with three race wins.
In 2010 Forster Motorsport stepped up to the British Touring Car Championship, entering two BMW 320si cars to be driven by Depper alongside Arthur Forster.
In 2013 he competed in the VW cup racing for KPM. In 2014, Depper returned to the BTCC with EuroTech racing driving a Honda Civic alongside Andrew Jordan, Achieving a best finish of 12th in two rounds. In 2015 Depper continued with Eurotech achieving a best result of 9th and 18th in the championship.
2016 sees him return with Eurotech in the British Touring Car Championship in the New Type R Honda Civic.
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 lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded 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 |
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2010 | Forster Motorsport | BMW 320si | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | ROC 3 | BRH 1 15 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 14 | OUL 1 14 | OUL 2 14 | OUL 3 Ret | CRO 1 14 | CRO 2 12 | CRO 3 Ret | SNE 1 15 | SNE 2 16 | SNE 3 Ret | SIL 1 20 | SIL 2 15 | SIL 3 Ret | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | DON 1 DNS | DON 2 DNS | DON 3 DNS | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 13 | 25th | 0 |
2014 | Pirtek Racing | Honda Civic | BRH 1 DSQ | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 Ret | DON 1 20 | DON 2 22 | DON 3 16 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 19 | THR 3 18 | OUL 1 Ret | OUL 2 Ret | OUL 3 16 | CRO 1 14 | CRO 2 17 | CRO 3 13 | SNE 1 17 | SNE 2 12 | SNE 3 Ret | KNO 1 17 | KNO 2 Ret | KNO 3 20 | ROC 1 19 | ROC 2 12 | ROC 3 19 | SIL 1 18 | SIL 2 Ret | SIL 3 24 | BRH 1 17 | BRH 2 15 | BRH 3 Ret | 23rd | 14 |
2015 | Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic | BRH 1 16 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 13 | DON 1 15 | DON 2 19 | DON 3 9 | THR 1 12 | THR 2 13 | THR 3 15 | OUL 1 14 | OUL 2 14 | OUL 3 DNS | CRO 1 14 | CRO 2 Ret | CRO 3 17 | SNE 1 17 | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 15 | KNO 1 14 | KNO 2 11 | KNO 3 10 | ROC 1 14 | ROC 2 18 | ROC 3 11 | SIL 1 13 | SIL 2 15 | SIL 3 14 | BRH 1 15 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 19 | 18th | 53 |
2016 | Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | BRH 1 19 | BRH 2 22 | BRH 3 24 | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 17 | DON 3 11 | THR 1 5 | THR 2 Ret | THR 3 12 | OUL 1 14 | OUL 2 14 | OUL 3 15 | CRO 1 18 | CRO 2 28 | CRO 3 16 | SNE 1 Ret | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 16 | KNO 1 14 | KNO 2 Ret | KNO 3 16 | ROC 1 Ret | ROC 2 Ret | ROC 3 21 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 18 | SIL 3 Ret | BRH 1 17 | BRH 2 18 | BRH 3 15 | 21st | 28 |