Rick Parfitt is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in BTCC for UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing. Parfitt has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 54 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 848 ranks Parfitt 15268th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2022-10-08 | Brands Hatch GP | DNF | −47 |
| 2022-10-08 | Brands Hatch GP | P26 | −35 |
| 2022-10-08 | Brands Hatch GP | DNF | −66 |
| 2022-09-24 | Silverstone National | P21 | +18 |
| 2022-09-24 | Silverstone National | P26 | −36 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ▸BTCC | UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing | 27 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −729 | 848 |
| 2021 | ▸BTCC | Excelr8 with TradePriceCars.com | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −1,223 | 1,577 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram | 6,921 | 43 | 2 | 41 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Ash Sutton | 6,866 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Colin Turkington | 5,614 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Daniel Lloyd | 3,785 | 42 | 1 | 41 | 2% |
| 🇬🇧 Jason Plato | 3,446 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 7% |
| 🇬🇧 Jake Hill | 6,457 | 41 | 1 | 40 | 2% |
| 🇬🇧 Árón Taylor-Smith | 3,870 | 41 | 4 | 37 | 10% |
| 🇬🇧 Sam Osborne | 3,156 | 41 | 2 | 39 | 5% |
| 🇬🇧 Stephen Jelley | 3,083 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Josh Cook | 5,197 | 40 | 1 | 39 | 3% |
Rick Parfitt is a retired British racing driver who competed in the British Touring Car Championship for two seasons, from 2021 to 2022, accumulating 54 starts without a race win or podium finish. He raced for UptonSteel with Euro Car Parts Racing, finishing his final season in 2022 in twenty-third position overall. His Racer Rating of 848 places him in the lower reaches of competitive racing; his average finishing position of P23.5 across all classified starts reflects the difficulty he faced in a field populated by multiple champions and professional-level drivers.[1]
Parfitt's competitive context in the BTCC was defined by his struggles against the series' elite. He shared races with multiple Gold and Silver graded professionals and former champions, including Ash Sutton and Colin Turkington, both multiple-time BTCC champions, against whom he finished behind in nearly every encounter. His only notable results came against Tom Ingram, a 2-time champion, whom he beat twice across 43 shared races, and isolated performances against other front-running drivers such as Jake Hill and Dan Cammish. His two seasons in Britain's premier touring car series represented a step up from his earlier career in sports car racing, where he had competed as a British GT champion in the GT3 and GT4 categories.[2]