Despite having part of his leg amputated after a crash during filming for the Le Mans movie in 1970, David continued to race for aeons in historic events, and still visits them. However he is best known for running a Ferrari garage near his home in Surrey. He was also involved in historic racing administration, however his involvement in historic racing has waned in recent years due to a rather acrimonous legal battle with a notable historic racer. That said, he returned to Goodwood in 2016 to drive one of his cars in the Ferrari display at the Goodwood Member's Meeting. Piper began his career as long ago as 1953 in speed events, and from 1982 onwards, he co-founded and then drove in the Supersports Series, either racing in his classic cars or entering them for other drivers. Piper's first link to motorsport was actually working as a tractor driver on a farm, but the farm, based near Tring in Hertfordshire, was owned by Alfred Moss, father of Sir Stirling, and home to a number of racing cars from time to time.

Biography last updated 5 Aug 2019