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Derek Palmer Jr. (born 2 November 1986) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship. He made his debut in 2015.
Racing career
Palmer began his career in 2006 in the Dutch Supercar Challenge, he raced in the championship for three years from 2006-2008. 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 | Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing | Infiniti Q50 | BRH1 Ret | BRH2 20 | BRH3 18 | DON1 22 | DON2 DNS | DON3 DNS | THR1 23 | THR2 17 | THR3 19 | 31st | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Support Our Paras Racing | OUL1 22 | OUL2 20 | OUL3 19 | CRO1 22 | CRO2 23 | CRO3 19 | SNE1 22 | SNE2 15 | SNE3 23 | KNO1 Ret | KNO2 21 | KNO3 Ret | ROC1 26 | ROC2 25 | ROC3 Ret | SIL1 21 | SIL2 23 | SIL3 23 | BRH1 21 | BRH2 Ret | BRH3 23 |
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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Laser Tools Racing | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | SIL1 Ret | SIL2 12 | KNO1 6 | KNO2 7 | 11th | 99 | ||||||||||
| DPE Motorsport | BHI1 DNS | BHI1 DNS | CAS1 Ret | CAS2 5 | OUL1 4 | OUL2 Ret | CRO1 | CRO2 | DON1 | DON2 |