British Motor Racing Drivers

Beginning his racing career in touring car racing hunt progressed into formula three where he attracted the attention of the hesketh racing team and soon came under their wing.

British motor racing drivers. Below are the top british racing drivers according to the currently available data on driver database. The drivers are displayed in different categories. James simon wallis hunt 29 august 1947 15 june 1993 was a british racing driver who won the formula one world championship in 1976 after retiring from racing in 1979 hunt became a media commentator and businessman. The overall ranking is based on their total scores.

The formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. The british racing drivers club brdc is an exclusive invitation only members club for racecar drivers who are judged to have achieved success in the upper levels of motor sport for a number of seasons. Race wins the british drivers with the biggest number of wins. There have been ten formula one world drivers champions representing the united kingdom winning a total of nineteen titles between them including the 2019 season.

Wikimedia commons has media related to racecar drivers from the united kingdom. The first champion was mike hawthorn who in 1958 became only the fourth different person to win the title in the 15 seasons between 1962 and 1976 the title was won by a driver representing the uk. The deaths are spread across the major existing circuits in the country. Each year the f1 world championship is held.

The 19 british race winners were ranked in each category with the top driver in each one receiving 19 points and the bottom driver one point. The 10 th round of the 2019 f1 season will feature a host of exciting storylines continue as the chasing pack look to cut the ever increasing lead of reigning f1 champ lewis hamilton. With a membership that numbers only 850 it is home to the most successful racing drivers from great britain and the commonwealth. The list only includes drivers to have died during a race and only those competing in british domestic series.

Racing drivers from great britain. Except under exceptional circumstances members must have been born in the united kingdom or commonwealth the brdc owns and operates silverstone circuit in the united kingdom. Jump to navigation jump to search. The biggest event in the british motor racing calendar takes place this weekend with the historic silverstone circuit once again hosting the british grand prix.

Those who have met the exacting entry criteria have achieved at the highest levels of the sport or made a significant. Formula one abbreviated to f1 is the highest class of open wheeled auto racing defined by the fédération internationale de l automobile fia motorsport s world governing body. The list below shows drivers that have died racing in british national or club car racing series since 1970.