Drivers/United Kingdom
David Purley
- 1973–1977
- PUR
- Born 26 January 1945 in Bognor Regis
- Died 2 July 1985
- David Charles Purley
- Starts711 entries
- Wins00% of starts
- Podiums00% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps0
- Titles0best finish –
Career numbers
- Avg grid position21.4
- Avg finish12.8
- Retirement rate43%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+34
- Points scored0
- Longest winning streak–
- Longest podium streak–
- Longest points-scoring streak–
- TeamsMarch (1973) · Token (1974) · LEC (1977)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
11 entries, 7 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryMonaco Grand Prix 1973DNF · March
- Last startFrench Grand Prix 1977DNF · LEC
All 11 races, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Monaco Grand Prix | March | 23 | DNF | |
| British Grand Prix | March | 16 | DNS | ||
| Dutch Grand Prix | March | 21 | DNF | ||
| German Grand Prix | March | 22 | P15 | ||
| Italian Grand Prix | March | 24 | P9 | ||
| 1974 | British Grand Prix | Token | – | DNQ | |
| 1977 | Spanish Grand Prix | LEC | – | DNQ | |
| Belgian Grand Prix | LEC | 20 | P13 | ||
| Swedish Grand Prix | LEC | 19 | P14 | ||
| French Grand Prix | LEC | 21 | DNF | ||
| British Grand Prix | LEC | – | DNPQ |
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Beuttler | 1973 | 1:0 | 1:3 | +0.99% | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| James Hunt | 1973 | 0:0 | 0:2 | +1.63% | 0 : 4 | Compare |
| Jean-Pierre Jarier | 1973 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Roger Williamson | 1973 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: David Purley came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.