Derek Warwick

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Derek Warwick
Nationality  British
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1981-1990, 1993
Teams	Toleman, Renault, Brabham, Arrows, Lotus, Footwork
Races	162 (147 starts)[1]
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	4
Career points	71
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	2
First race	1981 San Marino Grand Prix
Last race	1993 Australian Grand Prix
British Formula One Series career
Active years	1979
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Career points	6
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick (born Alresford, Hampshire, England, August 27, 1954)^[2] is a British former racing driver from England. He raced for many years in Formula One, but never won a Grand Prix. During the early 1980s he was thought more likely to achieve World Championship success than his contemporary Nigel Mansell, but a series of wrong career choices held him back. In 2005 and 2006 he raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Formula One (1981 - 1993) 1.3 Sports Cars 1.4 Trivia 2 Complete Formula One results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Earlier in his career, he also won the 1978 British Formula Three Championship.

[edit] Formula One (1981 - 1993)

Warwick began his Formula One career with the fledgling F1 team Toleman for the 1981 season. He managed to qualify for only one race, the season finale at Las Vegas.^[2] Warwick had a mainly dismal 1983 season in the Toleman car, but bounced back, scoring points in the final four rounds of the championship.^[1]

Warwick joined Renault in 1984 after Alain Prost left them at the end of 1983, Warwick, expecting to have a race-winning car, led the Brazilian Grand Prix, his first drive for them, only to retire thanks to a suspension failure. He went on to finish in second place in both the Belgian and British Grands Prix in 1984 and finished 7th in the championship.^[3] The turning point in Warwick's career was his decision to stay at Renault for 1985 and reject an offer to drive for Williams, the seat was instead offered to Nigel Mansell who, accepting the position, went on to win two races at the end of the season. 1985 was a poor year for Renault and the team withdrew from Formula One at the end of the year. Renault's withdrawal, and Ayrton Senna's refusal to let Warwick join him as team mate at Lotus, left Derek without a team for start of the 1986 season. Following the death of Elio de Angelis in a testing accident in May, Derek was invited to take his place at Brabham. Derek subsequently drove mainly uncompetitive cars for, Arrows (1987-1989), Team Lotus (1990) and Footwork (1993) with little success. He scored 71 Grand Prix points.^[2]

Some consider Warwick to be the best Formula One driver not to win a single race.^[1]

[edit] Sports Cars

Warwick also raced successfully in sports car racing, winning the World Sportscar Championship in 1992, and was also part of the Peugeot team which was victorious at the 24 hours of Le Mans race that year. He drove sports cars for Jaguar in 1986 and 1991. He raced in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) after retiring from Formula One, winning a famous wet race at Donington in 1998, and co-founding 888 Racing to run Vauxhalls in the series as well as owning three car dealership in Southampton and Jersey.

[edit] Trivia

Derek Warwick is the elder brother of Paul Warwick, who was killed in a racing accident in 1991.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1981	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG181	Hart	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR DNQ	BEL DNQ	MON DNQ	ESP DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER DNQ	AUT DNQ	NED DNQ	ITA DNQ	CAN DNQ	LVS Ret		-	0
1982	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG181C	Hart	RSA Ret	BRA DNQ	USW DNPQ	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON DNQ	USE	CAN	NED Ret	GBR Ret	FRA 15	GER 10	AUT Ret	SUI Ret			32nd	0
		Toleman TG183	Hart															ITA Ret	LVS Ret
1983	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG183B	Hart	BRA 8	USW Ret	FRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	BEL 7	USA Ret	CAN Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED 4	ITA 6	EUR 5	RSA 4		14th	9
1984	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE50	Renault	BRA Ret	RSA 3	BEL 2	SMR 4	FRA Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	USE Ret	USA Ret	GBR 2	GER 3	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	EUR 11	POR Ret	7th	23
1985	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE60	Renault	BRA 10	POR 7	SMR 10	MON 5	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA 7										14th	5
		Renault RE60B	Renault								GBR 5	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	BEL 6	EUR Ret	RSA	AUS Ret
1986	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT55	BMW	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN Ret	USA 10	FRA 9	GBR 8	GER 7	HUN Ret	AUT DNS	ITA Ret	POR Ret	MEX Ret	AUS Ret	21st	0
1987	USF&G Arrows Megatron	Arrows A10	Megatron	BRA Ret	SMR 11	BEL Ret	MON Ret	USA Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER Ret	HUN 6	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	POR 13	ESP 10	MEX Ret	JPN 10	AUS Ret	16th	3
1988	USF&G Arrows Megatron	Arrows A10B	Megatron	BRA 4	SMR 9	MON 4	MEX 5	CAN 7	USA Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER 7	HUN Ret	BEL 5	ITA 4	POR 4	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	8th	17
1989	USF&G Arrows	Arrows A11	Ford	BRA 5	SMR 5	MON Ret	MEX Ret	USA Ret	CAN Ret	FRA	GBR 9	GER 6	HUN 10	BEL 6	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP 9	JPN 6	AUS Ret	10th	7
1990	Camel Team Lotus	Lotus 102	Lamborghini	USA Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 7	MON Ret	CAN 6	MEX 10	FRA 11	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 5	BEL 11	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	14th	3
1993	Footwork Mugen-Honda	Footwork FA13B	Mugen-Honda	RSA 7	BRA 9															16th	4
		Footwork FA14	Mugen-Honda			EUR Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 13	MON Ret	CAN 16	FRA 13	GBR 6	GER 17	HUN 4	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR 15	JPN 14	AUS 10

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Derek Warwick in focus

Sporting positions
Preceded by Stephen South	British Formula Three Championship BRDC Series Champion 1978	Succeeded by Chico Serra (Combined championship)
Preceded by Teo Fabi	World Sportscar Champion 1992 with: Yannick Dalmas	Succeeded by none
Preceded by Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert Bertrand Gachot	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1992 with: Yannick Dalmas Mark Blundell	Succeeded by Geoff Brabham Christophe Bouchut Eric Hélary
Awards
Preceded by John Watson	Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1984	Succeeded by Nigel Mansell
Preceded by Nigel Mansell	Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1988	Succeeded by Nigel Mansell