| Richard Parfitt | |
| Birth Date: | 1974 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Chertsey, England |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Current Series: | British Touring Car Championship |
| First Year: | 2021 |
| Current Team: | UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing |
| Car Number: | 62 |
| Former Teams: | Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com |
| Starts: | 52 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 27th |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Prev Series: | British GT Championship Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge GT4 European Trophy Ginetta GT5 Challenge |
| Prev Series Years: | 2013-2019 2018 2013 2012 |
| Titles: | British GT Championship - GT3 British GT Championship - GT4 |
| Title Years: | 2017 2013 |
Richard William Parfitt (born 18 October 1974), also known as Rick Parfitt Jr, is a British musician, singer 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.
Parfitt began racing in 1996, competing in various karting championships both nationally and internationally until 2004.In 2010, he competed in the Silverstone 'Celebrity Race', of which he won,[1] [2] before competing in the Ginetta GT5 Challenge in 2012.[3]
He 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.[4] [5]
Despite having announced that he would step back from racing at the end of 2018,[6] he and his teammate Seb Morris returned to race in the 2019 British GT Championship.[7] [8]
After a sabbatical in 2020, in 2021 he made his British Touring Car Championship debut, driving for EXCELR8 with TradePriceCars.com in his return to Motorsport in a Hyundai i30N.[9]
He is the son of Status Quo musician Rick Parfitt.
He is a sufferer of Crohn's disease, and has been an advocate for raising awareness of the condition. He is an ambassador for Crohn's and Colitis UK.[10]
He is the director of corporate event agency R&R Agency Ltd.
Rick is a passionate supporter of Nottingham Forest[11] since he moved to Nottingham, his wife's hometown.
| 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 | |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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)