Martin Depper

Martin Depper
Nationality British
Born (1968-07-05) 5 July 1968
Kings Norton (England)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2010
Current team Eurotech Racing
Car no. 30
Former teams Forster Motorsport
Starts 107
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 18th in 2015
Previous series
2012–13
2005–09		 Volkswagen Racing Cup
Mini Challenge
Championship titles
2008 Mini Challenge Champion

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.[1]

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
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

References

  1. ↑ "BTCC official 2010 entry list". btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
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