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Daryl De Leon
De Leon at Thruxton Circuit in 2024
Nationality Filipino
British
via dual nationality
BornDaryl De Leon Taylor
(2005-08-02) 2 August 2005 (age 21)
Drogheda, Ireland
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamWSR
Car number2
Former teamsRe. Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD.
Duckhams Racing with Un-Limited Motorsport
Starts92 (93 entries)
Wins1
Podiums4
Poles2
Fastest laps0
Best finish13th in 2025
Previous series
2022
2022		Radical SR1 Cup
GB4 Championship
Championship titles
2025
2023
2023
2022		Jack Sears Trophy
BEC
BEC - Class C
Radical SR1 Cup

Daryl De Leon[a] Taylor (born 2 August 2005) is a Filipino-British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for WSR. He is a race winner in both Radical Cup UK, the British Endurance Championship, and British Touring Car Championship where he made his debut in 2023 with Team HARD.

De Leon scored his first BTCC win in 2025, winning Race 2 on the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, driving a WSR BMW 330i M Sport. He went on to win the Jack Sears Trophy, narrowly beating teammate Charles Rainford.

Personal life

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De Leon is dating Wera Alliance Racing Academy driver Liona Theobald, who currently competes in the Mini Challenge Trophy.

Career

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Radical Cup

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De Leon made his car racing debut in the Radical SR1 Cup in the penultimate round of the 2021, and won two of the three races in the final round of the season. He then competed in the 2021 Radical Intercontinental Cup at the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal.[1]

Competing full-time in the 2022 season with Valour Racing, De Leon won the championship.[2] Later in the year, he contested the inaugural Radical Cup World Finals at the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Nevada, United States,[3] which he won overall.[4]

In 2023, De Leon moved up to the SR3 category of the Radical Cup UK, alongside his British Endurance Championship commitments.[5]

GB4 Championship

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De Leon raced for Valour Racing in the fourth round of the 2022 GB4 Championship.[6] He finished third in his debut race, but did not contest any other rounds during the season, and finished 25th in the championship.

British Endurance Championship

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De Leon won the 2023 Team HARD Scholarship,[7] enabling him to compete in the 2023 British Endurance Championship with Team HARD, driving an Audi S3 touring car alongside Maurice Henry. Prior to the second round, De Leon switched to a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup.[8]

British Touring Car Championship

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De Leon competing in the Thruxton Circuit round in 2026

As part of the Team HARD Scholarship, De Leon became a development driver for their BTCC team for the 2023 season. On 4 July, he drove for the team in the official Goodyear Tyre Test[9] Following the departure of Jade Edwards from Team HARD after the fifth round of 2023, it was announced that De Leon would take her place.[10][11]

For 2024, De Leon would remain with Duckhams Racing, but the team under the shell would be Un-Limited Motorsport, who ran a single Cupra León for the Filipino driver.

De Leon would move from the Un-Limited Motorsport Cupra León to a household name in West Surrey Racing and their BMW 330i M Sport LCI for 2025, partnering reigning champion Jake Hill, Aiden Moffat and rookie Charles Rainford. De Leon, Rainford and NAPA driver Sam Osborne would fight for the Jack Sears Trophy all season long, but ultimately De Leon would win, taking 2 outright pole positions at Silverstone and Brands Hatch GP.

De Leon and Rainford would be the only drivers of a downgraded 2-car team for WSR in 2026, and the team became an Independent for the first time in over 10 years. Lewis Gilbert would jump from GB3 to partner he and Rainford from Thruxton.

Racing record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2021 IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior KR Sport 39th
IAME Warriors Finale B - X30 Senior 9th
British Kart Championship - X30 Senior 12th
Sources:[12][13]

Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Radical SR1 Cup Valour Racing 5 1 0 3 1 ? ?
Radical Intercontinental Cup ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2022 GB4 Championship Valour Racing 3 0 0 0 1 44 15th
Radical SR1 Cup 13 7 9 7 9 ? 1st
Radical World Finals 4 3 1 2 ? N/A 1st
TGR Vios Cup Philippines - Super Sporting Class[14] Toyota Marilao-Obengers Racing[14] 6 0 0 0 2 30 7th
2023 Radical Cup UK - SR3 Pro Valour Racing 12 4 0 5 11 595 1st*
British Endurance Championship Team HARD Racing[b] 1 0 1 0 1 114.5 2nd*‡
5 4 2 3 5 179 1st*‡
Britcar 6 Hours - Class 5 Racing Car Experiences 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
British Touring Car Championship Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. 15 0 0 0 0 6 25th
2024 British Touring Car Championship Duckhams Racing With Bartercard 30 0 0 0 0 48 18th
2025 British Touring Car Championship West Surrey Racing 29 1 2 0 2 149 13th
2026 British Touring Car Championship WSR 18 0 0 0 2 144 11th*

‡ Team standings. * Season still in progress.

Complete Radical SR1 Cup results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Points
2021 SNE1
1		 SNE1
2		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 SNE2
1		 SNE2
2		 SIL
1
4‡		 SIL
2
4‡		 SIL
3
5‡		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
1		 ? ?
2022 Valour Racing DON1
1
6		 DON1
2
1		 BRH
1
1		 BRH
2
10		 SNE
1
1		 SNE
2
1		 SIL
1
1‡		 SIL
2
1‡		 SIL
3
5‡		 OUL
1
2		 OUL
2
1		 DON2
1
Ret		 DON2
2
2		 1st ?

‡ Class position.

Complete GB4 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2022 Valour Racing SNE1
1		 SNE1
2		 SNE1
3		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 SIL1
1		 SIL1
2		 SIL1
3		 DON1
1
3		 DON1
2
8		 DON1
3
9		 SNE2
1		 SNE2
2		 SNE2
3		 SIL2
1		 SIL2
2		 SIL2
3		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 DON2
1		 DON2
2		 DON2
3		 15th 44

Complete British Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races;-

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC CP Points
2023 Team HARD. Audi S3 Saloon C SIL1
18		 8th‡ 2nd‡ 114.5‡
Porsche 991 GT3 Cup I BRH
2		 OUL
4		 SIL2
3		 SNE
7		 DON
10		 1st‡ 1st‡ 179‡

*Season still in progress. ‡ Team standings.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 2002–2003 all races, 2004–present 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 – 2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races; Superscript number indicates points-scoring qualifying race position)

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 Points
2023 Re.Beverages and Bartercard
with Team HARD.		 Cupra León DON
1		 DON
2		 DON
3		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
3		 THR
1		 THR
2		 THR
3		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 CRO
1
23		 CRO
2
21		 CRO
3
18		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
22		 KNO
3
Ret		 DON
1
22		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
Ret		 SIL
1
14		 SIL
2
26		 SIL
3
21		 BRH
1
21		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
12		 25th 6
2024 Duckhams Racing
with Un-Limited Motorsport		 Cupra León DON
1
13		 DON
2
15		 DON
3
Ret		 BRH
1
NC		 BRH
2
14		 BRH
3
19		 SNE
1
17		 SNE
2
10		 SNE
3
12		 THR
1
18		 THR
2
17		 THR
3
NC		 OUL
1
18		 OUL
2
12		 OUL
3
13		 CRO
1
18		 CRO
2
14		 CRO
3
17		 KNO
1
15		 KNO
2
16		 KNO
3
DSQ		 DON
1
17		 DON
2
17		 DON
3
9		 SIL
1
18		 SIL
2
19		 SIL
3
13		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
13		 BRH
3
17		 18th 48
2025 West Surrey Racing BMW 330i M Sport LCI DON
1
15		 DON
2
12		 DON
3
15		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
1*		 BRH
3
13		 SNE
1
10		 SNE
2
15		 SNE
3
19		 THR
1
10		 THR
2
9		 THR
3
14		 OUL
1
18		 OUL
2
15		 OUL
3
14		 CRO
1
6		 CRO
2
3		 CRO
3
Ret		 KNO
1
8*		 KNO
2
6		 KNO
3
Ret*		 DON
1
11		 DON
2
5		 DON
3
9		 SIL
1
13		 SIL
2
10		 SIL
3
20		 BRH
1
DNS		 BRH
2
13		 BRH
3
13		 13th 149
2026 WSR BMW 330i M Sport LCI DON
1
12		 DON
2
5		 DON
3
13		 BRH
1
112		 BRH
2
10		 BRH
3
4		 SNE
1
36		 SNE
2
10		 SNE
3
3		 OUL
1
1015		 OUL
2
4		 OUL
3
15		 THR
1
1215		 THR
2
14		 THR
3
12		 KNO
1
116		 KNO
2
17		 KNO
3
6		 DON
1
 DON
2
 DON
3
 CRO
1
 CRO
2
 CRO
3
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 BRH
1
 BRH
2
 BRH
3
 11th* 144*

* Season still in progress.

Notes

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  1. ↑ De Leon raced as Daryl DeLeon up until the end of 2025.
  2. ↑ DeLeon competed in the no. 34 car for Team HARD in round 1, he competed in the no. 28 car from round 2 onwards.

References

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  1. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon Taylor looks back on successful Radical SR1 Cup debut season". Time Attack Manila. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon Taylor crowned SR1 Cup UK champion in title decider at Donington". Time Attack Manila. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon Taylor to contest Radical Cup World Finals 2022 in Las Vegas". Time Attack Manila. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon Taylor wraps up 2022 as Radical Finals World Champion". Time Attack Manila. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon Taylor moves up to PRO SR3 for 2023 Radical Cup UK". Time Attack Manila. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sportscar stars Daryl DeLeon Taylor and Danny Harrison to debut in GB4". Formula Scout. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Team HARD. Racing conclude their 2023 Scholarship and launch for 2024". Team HARD. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon 2nd overall in BEC Brands Hatch after late 911 GT3 car swap". Time Attack Manila. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "ROOKIES REFLECT ON GOODYEAR TYRE TEST". BTCC. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon to step into Team HARD race seat". TouringCarTimes. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "DARYL DELEON ANNOUNCED FOR TEAM HARD". BTCC. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Daryl DeLeon | Racing career profile | Driver Database". DriverDatabase. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "DeLeon Daryl — Kartcom". Kartcom. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Daryl DeLeon Taylor confirmed for TGR Vios Cup Ph debut with Obengers Racing". Time Attack Manila. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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