Brian Redman
British racing driver (born 1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brian Herman Thomas Redman[1] (born 9 March 1937 in Burnley, Lancashire and educated at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire)[2] is a retired British racing driver.
Born | (1937-03-09) 9 March 1937 (age 87) |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | British |
Active years | 1968, 1970ā1974 |
Teams | Cooper, Williams, Surtees, McLaren, BRM, Shadow |
Entries | 15 (12 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Career points | 8 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1968 South African Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1974 Monaco Grand Prix |
Racing for Carl Haas and Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, Brian Redman won the 1974, '75 and '76 SCCA Formula 5000 series and has raced in nearly every category of racing, including Formula One. The Englishman began racing in 1959 and collected his first of four Manufacturers Championships in 1968, driving a Ford GT40 with Belgian Jacky Ickx for John Wyer Automotive Engineering. Redman also won the 1970/71 South African Springbok series and the IMSA Camel GTP Championship in 1981 driving a Lola T600. Brian is considered to be one of the greatest endurance racers in the history of the sport. In addition to his four victories at Spa-Francorchamps, Brian has overall wins in the 1970 Targa Florio, the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, the Nurburgring 1000 Ks twice, Brands Hatch 6 Hours twice, Osterrechring 1000 Ks twice, Monza 1000 Ks twice, Kyalami 9 Hours twice, has been a two-time winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and holds two class victories at Le Mans.
He is currently a regular at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.