Click on the site to see all races run at that track view career statistics for brian henton. Brian henton was one of the soaring talents of his generation. From that day on, henton was committed to the idea of being a racing driver. Brian henton was one of the most popular, and controversial, drivers of recent years. See more ideas about race cars, racing and formula one.
Formula one series results races click on the race to see the complete results for that race. Jun 26, 2014 this pin was discovered by jose romero lopez. Brian henton is a former racing driver from england. Brian henton brdc members british racing drivers club. At thirtysixyears old, brian henton can probably best be described as one of. Brian henton began racing at a relatively late age of 23 in 1970 in a austro formula vee. Henton was an extremely persevering driver, who deserved much better drives and opportunities in formula 1 than he got although his late start into the sport, aged 24, in 1970 and being over 30 at his peak, possibly counted against him. Sep 19, 20 this pin was discovered by jose romero lopez.
Growing up in postwar britain, brian henton barely knew such a thing existed until his own wilful disobedience sparked an improbable chain of events. September 1946 in castle donington ist ein ehemaliger englischer. Some youngsters discover motor racing through family influence, others stumble upon it by chance. Brian henton racing career profile driver database. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. It took warwick until the final grand prix of the season to qualify. Brian henton qualified at monza and i qualified at las vegas, he recalls. A determined, likeable and confident man, he won the european f2 championship in 1980. He was a champion in british formula 3, european f2 and an f1 driver for lotus, tyrrell, toleman and arrows. Brian won 17 races and took the lombard north central championship and the forward trust championship. Brian henton was one of the most popular, and controversial, drivers of recent.
He won both 1974 british formula three championships and the 1980 european formula two championship. The drivers only dragged the tg181 car into a race on two occasions. Yet today the name brian henton barely registers an acknowledgement in discussions or. Profile for racing driver brian henton from britain. He participated in 38 formula one grands prix, debuting on 19 july 1975, but never scored any championship points. Driver brian hentons formula one series races racing. British formula one racing team faded from the scene, the derby driver cast. Then he found that while hed been away racing with the tyrrell team, the. Brian henton born 19 september 1946 in castle donington, leicestershire is a former racing driver from england. Among team managers he had a reputation for arrogance, a quick temper and unreasonable demands brian henton was one of the most popular, and controversial, drivers of recent years. F1 drivers wont struggle on racing return 1590224593 f1.