Matt Parry


Matthew Parry is a British former racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Cardiff, Parry entered karting in 2006, when he finished second in the Hoddesdon Kart Club Championship Minimax. His biggest success was in the last year of his karting career, winning the Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior championship in 2010.

Formula Ford & InterSteps

In 2011 Parry made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the British Formula Ford Championship with Fluid Motorsport. He finished eighth with eighteen point-scoring finishes in 24 races.
For 2012, he decided to switch to the InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsports. He took thirteen wins and a total of 21 podiums in 23 races on his way to the championship title.

Formula Renault

Parry continued his collaboration with Fortec for the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season. He won five races during the season to take the championship title, taking four further podium finishes. His performances earned him a nomination for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award for the first time. On 1 December 2013, after the evaluation tests held at Silverstone, Parry was named as the winner of the award, taking the £100,000 cash prize and a Formula One test with McLaren.
In 2014, Parry continued racing in Formula Renault, this time competing in Formula Renault Eurocup. He again raced with Fortec Motorsports, with whom he competed for in 2012 and 2013. He continued to race as part of the Caterham Racing Academy, of which he has been part since 2011.

GP3 Series

In 2015, Parry made his GP3 debut with Koiranen GP alongside Jimmy Eriksson and Adderly Fong.
In July 2016, Parry won his first race at the Hungaroring in Hungary after starting from second place on the grid. He had a good weekend overall, topping Friday practice and almost being on pole until he was pipped by Nyck de Vries. In the second race the following morning Parry crossed the line in P6, later to finish P5 as fellow GP3 driver Jack Aitken got a 5-second penalty for causing a collision with Parry's teammate Ralph Boschung.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Parry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2013Fortec MotorsportsALC
1
ALC
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MSC
1
MSC
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
LEC
1
15		LEC
2
7		CAT
1
CAT
2
NC†0
2014Fortec MotorsportsALC
1
7		ALC
2
Ret		SPA
1
Ret		SPA
2
11		MSC
1
3		MSC
2
4		NÜR
1
29		NÜR
2
14		HUN
1
12		HUN
2
5		LEC
1
Ret		LEC
2
10		JER
1
Ret		JER
2
6		11th57

† As Parry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2013Fortec MotorsportsHOC
1
4		HOC
2
3		HOC
3
3		NÜR
1
1		NÜR
2
1		SIL
1
1		SIL
2
1		SPA
1
2		SPA
2
1		ASS
1
4		ASS
2
2		MST
1
Ret		MST
2
23		MST
3
26		ZAN
1
4		ZAN
2
Ret		ZAN
3
C		1st289

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPoints
2013Koiranen GPVLL
1
VLL
2
IMO1
1
IMO1
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MIS
1
MIS
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
IMO2
1
3		IMO2
2
15		NC†0
2014Fortec MotorsportsIMO
1
9		IMO
2
25		PAU
1
PAU
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MUG
1
11		MUG
2
13		JER
1
4		JER
2
3		NC†0

† As Parry was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2015Koiranen GPCAT
FEA
13		CAT
SPR
9		RBR
FEA
13		RBR
SPR
7		SIL
FEA
3		SIL
SPR
5		HUN
FEA
5		HUN
SPR
3		SPA
FEA
Ret		SPA
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
DSQ		MNZ
SPR
Ret		SOC
FEA
7		SOC
SPR
Ret		BHR
FEA
11		BHR
SPR
3		YMC
FEA
6		YMC
SPR
24		8th67
2016Koiranen GPCAT
FEA
12		CAT
SPR
20		RBR
FEA
6		RBR
SPR
7		SIL
FEA
4		SIL
SPR
16		HUN
FEA
1		HUN
SPR
5		HOC
FEA
3		HOC
SPR
7		SPA
FEA
Ret		SPA
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
9		MNZ
SPR
17		SEP
FEA
9		SEP
SPR
4		YMC
FEA
Ret		YMC
SPR
12		9th82