David Purley — Lap Ledger

Seasons: 1973–19773 with an entry
Entries: 11
Starts: 74 did not start
Best finish: P9
Best grid: P16
Laps: 248
Retirements: 3DNF
Constructors: 3

Season by season

Season by season
Season	Constructor	Entries	Best	Championship
1977	LEC	5	P13	—
1974	Token	1	—	—
1973	March	5	P9	—

“Points scored” adds up every point from the races. The championship column is where the season actually finished, which before 1991 could be lower once dropped scores were applied. Open a season for its full table.

Team-mates

Team-mates
Season	Team-mate	Constructor	Races	Qualifying	Race	Points
1973	Mike Beuttler	March	5	2–3	1–0	0–0
1973	James Hunt	March	4	1–3	none	0–7
1973	Roger Williamson	March	2	1–1	none	0–0
1973	Jean-Pierre Jarier	March	1	0–1	none	0–0

A team-mate is anyone entered for the same constructor in the same Grand Prix, and each pair of figures is David Purley’s first. Races counts every Grand Prix both were entered for, started or not. Qualifying counts the races both have a qualifying position in; Race only those both were classified in, so a retirement on either side counts for neither, and reads none where there was no such race; Points are each driver’s own from those Grands Prix, before any dropped scores and without Sprint points. Before the 1980s a constructor’s cars were often entered by private teams as well as its own, so a pairing then can be two drivers who never shared a garage. The figures say who was ahead, not who was better.

Compare David Purley with any other driver

Every entry 11 entries

Every entry
Season	Grand Prix	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Result	Out	Laps
1977	British Grand Prix	LEC	CRP1	—	DNPQ	DNPQ	—
1977	French Grand Prix	LEC	CRP1	21	DNF	Accident	5
1977	Swedish Grand Prix	LEC	CRP1	19	14	Finished	70
1977	Belgian Grand Prix	LEC	CRP1	20	13	Finished	67
1977	Spanish Grand Prix	LEC	CRP1	—	DNQ	DNQ	—
1974	British Grand Prix	Token	RJ02	—	DNQ	DNQ	—
1973	Italian Grand Prix	March	731	24	9	Finished	54
1973	German Grand Prix	March	731	22	15	Finished	13
1973	Dutch Grand Prix	March	731	21	DNF	Withdrew	8
1973	British Grand Prix	March	731	16	DNS	Spun off	—
1973	Monaco Grand Prix	March	731	23	DNF	Fuel leak	31

Where this comes from

Born: 26 Jan 1945
Died: 2 Jul 1985
Nationality: United Kingdom
Status: deceased
Wins: 0 derived
Poles: 0 derived
Fastest laps: 0 derived
External source: —
Confidence: reference
Source: https://github.com/f1db/f1db

Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.