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🇬🇧 Perry McCarthy

Racing driver from United Kingdom. FIA GT Championship, David Price Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Perry McCarthy
Born
3 March 1961(b. 1961)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
David Price Racing
Series
FIA GT Championship
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
1
Career starts
14
Career DNFs
4
Racer Rating
5,354
Perry McCarthy
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,354
Rank 739 of 40,105 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Perry McCarthy is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in FIA GT Championship for David Price Racing. McCarthy has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 14 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,354 ranks McCarthy 739th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1997 form
Last 14 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGER
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1997-10-26Laguna SecaFIA GT ChampionshipDNF−124
1997-10-18Sebring International RacewayFIA GT ChampionshipP3+92
1997-09-28MugelloFIA GT ChampionshipP10+39
1997-09-14DoningtonFIA GT ChampionshipP8+54
1997-08-24SuzukaFIA GT ChampionshipP12+15
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+93Spa-Francorchamps 1989International Formula 3000P7
+92Sebring International Raceway 1997FIA GT ChampionshipP3
+55Donington 1997FIA GT ChampionshipP8
+38Mugello 1997FIA GT ChampionshipP10
+34A1-Ring 1997FIA GT ChampionshipP11
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1997▸FIA GT ChampionshipDavid Price Racing801100P22+1695,354
1992▸Formula 1Andrea Moda100100P15−995,185
1989▸International Formula 3000Cowman Racing200000P19+875,284
1988▸International Formula 3000300200P26+3,8465,196
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times McCarthy finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇫🇷 Éric Bernard5,283138562%
🇫🇷 Pierre-Henri Raphanel5,983111109%
🇫🇮 JJ LehtoFIA Silver5,630103730%
🇫🇷 Philippe GacheFIA Bronze5,059107370%
🇨🇭 Jean-Denis DeletrazFIA Bronze4,897108280%
🇳🇱 Cor Euser3,074109190%
🇩🇪 Thierry Boutsen6,04992722%
🇬🇧 Andy Wallace4,79098189%
🇳🇱 Peter KoxFIA Silver4,08692722%
🇮🇹 Alessandro Nannini6,07282625%
🇫🇷 Jean AlesiHigher-rated, 1× champion6,06361517%
🇬🇧 Eddie IrvineHigher-rated6,04521150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
729🇯🇵 Nobuharu MatsushitaSuper Formula5,366
730🇳🇿 Hunter McElreaIMSA WeatherTech5,364
731🇧🇪 Yves OlivierInternational Formula 30005,363
732🇬🇧 Alexander LynnNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,362
733🇯🇵 Ukyo KatayamaFormula 15,362
734🇮🇹 Paolo BarillaFormula 15,360
735🇺🇸 Jimmy VasserIndyCar5,359
736🇧🇷 Mario HaberfeldInternational Formula 30005,356
737🇫🇷 Franck LagorceFIA GT Championship5,354
738🇦🇹 Karl WendlingerFIA GT Championship5,354
739🇬🇧 Perry McCarthyFIA GT Championship5,354
740🇮🇹 Enrico BertaggiaInternational Formula 30005,352
741🇪🇸 Albert CostaIMSA WeatherTech5,351
742🇺🇸 Noah GragsonNASCAR Cup Series5,351
743🇬🇧 Kenny AchesonInternational Formula 30005,350
744🇺🇸 Robbie GroffIndyCar5,350
745🇳🇱 Nicky CatsburgIMSA WeatherTech5,348
746🇫🇷 Jonathan CochetNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,345
747🇪🇸 Antonio GarciaIMSA WeatherTech5,344
748🇧🇪 Frederic VervischIMSA WeatherTech5,344
749🇺🇸 Charlie KimballIndyCar5,340
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Perry McCarthy is a semi-professional driver whose rating of 3,382 places him in the semi-professional band; he competed primarily at club and entry-level professional grades. His single-seater racing career on record consists of one Formula 1 appearance in 1992 driving for Andrea Moda, which he did not complete, finishing twentieth. Andrea Moda itself was an uncompetitive outfit that won no races across its entire index history and fielded only two drivers, its strongest being the mid-tier professional Roberto Moreno.[1]

McCarthy's recorded racing activity ended in 1992. According to biographical background, he subsequently pursued a sportscar career spanning multiple decades, including five starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans between 1996 and 2003, though those results do not appear in the authoritative racing record supplied here. His name has remained visible in motorsport media through interviews and retrospective features reflecting on his early career experiences, particularly his time at Andrea Moda.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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