Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood, MBE GM (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was an English professional motorcycle racer and racing driver. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest racers of all time.[1][2] He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle world championships from 1958 to 1967 and in Formula One between 1963 and 1974. Hailwood was known as "Mike The Bike" because of his natural riding ability on motorcycles with a range of engine capacities.[3][4]

Mike Hailwood
MBE GM
Hailwood at TT Assen, 21 June 1967
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born(1940-04-02)2 April 1940
Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England
Died23 March 1981(1981-03-23) (aged 40)
Warwickshire, England
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1958–1967
First race1958 250cc Isle of Man TT
Last race1967 350cc Japanese Grand Prix
First win1959 125cc Ulster Grand Prix
Last win1967 350cc Japanese Grand Prix
Team(s)NSU, Honda, MV Agusta
Championships250cc – 1961, 1966, 1967
350cc – 1966, 1967
500cc – 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
152 76 112 N/A 79
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested12 (1958 – 1967, 1978, 1979)
TT wins14
First TT win1961 Lightweight 125 TT
Last TT win1979 Senior TT
TT podiums19
Formula One World Championship career
Active years1963 – 1965, 1971 – 1974
TeamsLotus, Lola, Surtees, McLaren
Entries50
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums2
Career points29
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1
First entry1963 British Grand Prix
Last entry1974 German Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1969–1970, 1973–1974
TeamsJohn Wyer Automotive Engineering, Gulf Research Racing
Best finish3rd (1969)
Class wins0

A nine-time world champion, Hailwood won 76 Grand Prix races during his motorcycle racing career, including 14 Isle of Man TT victories and four consecutive 500 cc world championships. After his motorcycle racing career concluded, he went on to compete in Formula One and other classes of car racing, becoming one of the few men to compete at Grand Prix level in both motorcycle and car racing. He returned to motorcycle racing at the age of 38, taking victory at the 1978 Isle of Man TT.

Hailwood died in 1981 following a road traffic accident in Warwickshire, England.

Early life

Hailwood was born at Langsmeade House, Great Milton in Oxfordshire, the only son and elder child of Stanley William Bailey Hailwood, a millionaire businessman and managing director of a motorcar sales company[5] as well as successful motorcycle dealer. He had also raced, in the pre-World War II era. Hailwood had a comfortable upbringing;[1] he learned to ride at a young age on a minibike as a small boy in a field near his home.[1] He was educated at Purton Stoke Preparatory School, Kintbury,[citation needed] and Pangbourne Nautical College where he wore a RN cadet uniform,[6] but left early and worked for a short time in the family business before his father sent him to work at Triumph motorcycles.[2]

Motorcycle racing career

Hailwood saw his first race at age 10 with his father, and first spectated at the Isle of Man TT races in 1956.[6]

He first raced on 22 April 1957, at Oulton Park, finishing in 11th place.[1] In 1958 he won ACU Stars at 125 cc, 250 cc, and 350 cc classes, earning him the Pinhard Prize,[6] an accolade awarded yearly to a young motorcyclist under 21, who is adjudged to have made the most meritorious achievement in motorcycle sport during the preceding year.[7] He teamed with Dan Shorey to win the Thruxton 500 endurance race and finished in four classes of TT race with one podium.

Honda RC162 as ridden by Hailwood in 1961

By 1961, Hailwood was racing for up-and-coming Japanese factory Honda. In June 1961, he became the first man in the history of the Isle of Man TT to win three races in one week when he won in the 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc categories.[8] He lost the chance at winning a fourth race when his 350 AJS failed with a broken gudgeon pin whilst leading. Riding a four-stroke, four-cylinder 250 cc Honda, Hailwood won the 1961 250cc world championship.[9]

In 1962, Hailwood signed with MV Agusta and went on to become the first rider to win four consecutive 500cc World Championships.[1][9]

In February 1964 during preparations for the US Grand Prix, Hailwood set a new one-hour speed record on the MV 500 cc recording an average speed of 144.8 mph (233.0 km/h) on the oval-shaped, banked speed-bowl at the Daytona circuit. The previous record of 143 mph (230 km/h) was set by Bob McIntyre on a 350 cc Gilera at Monza in 1957. Hailwood then went on to win the GP race, which carried World Championship points, in the afternoon of the same day.[10]

During 1965, Hailwood entered selected UK events riding for the Tom Kirby Team.[6] In heavy rain, Hailwood won the 1965 Hutchinson 100 Production race at the Silverstone circuit on a BSA Lightning Clubman entered by dealer Tom Kirby, beating the Triumph Bonnevilles entered by Syd Lawton.[11] The 'Hutch' was a main production race of the season along with the Thruxton 500, so it was very important for manufacturers to establish the racing potential of their recent models. As this was production-based racing open to all entrants, 'official' works teams were ineligible; instead, machines were prepared and entered through well-established factory dealers. BSA Lightning Clubmans were ridden by Hailwood (carrying number 1 on the fairing) and factory rider Tony Smith, whilst Triumph Bonnevilles were ridden by World Champion Phil Read and works employee Percy Tait. Conditions were poor and Smith retired from the race at slippery Stowe Corner. Hailwood lapped at 83 mph (134 km/h) to establish his winning lead.[12][13]

Hailwood 35 leading from the start of a 250 race at Cadwell Park with Phil Read on Yamaha number 61 closely followed by Rod Gould Bultaco 33, around 1967
Hailwood at the 1967 French Grand Prix

After his successes with MV Agusta, Hailwood went back to Honda and won four more world titles in 1966 and 1967 in the 250 cc and 350 cc categories.[1][9] At the 'Motor Cycle' 500 race at Brands Hatch in 1966, Hailwood demonstrated a Honda CB450 Black Bomber fitted with a sports fairing.[14] It was unable to compete in the 500cc category, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) deeming that it was not classified as a production machine as it had two overhead camshafts.[15]

Hailwood enjoyed great success at the Isle of Man TT. By 1967, he had won 12 times on the island mountain course.[9] He won what many historians consider to be the most dramatic Isle of Man race of all time, the 1967 Senior TT against his great rival, Giacomo Agostini.[1][16] In that race he set a lap record of 108.77 mph (175.05 km/h) on the Honda RC181, that stood for the next eight years.[1][17]

Hailwood (2) dueling with Giacomo Agostini (1) during the 1967 500cc Dutch TT.

After suffering breakdowns in 1967, Hailwood had intended to re-sign for Honda provided the 1968 machinery was to his satisfaction, and had relocated to South Africa where he started a building business with former motorcycle Grand Prix rider Frank Perris, completing their first house in October 1967, also selling one to ex-racer Jim Redman. Hailwood stated to Motorcycle Mechanics that even without suitable machinery from Honda he would not go elsewhere, preferring to retire prematurely and he would in any case finish at the end of the 1968 season.[18]

For 1968, Honda pulled out of Grand Prix racing, but paid Hailwood £50,000 (equivalent to over £870,000 at 2020 prices) not to ride for another team, in expectation of keeping him as its rider upon return to competition.[1][19]

Hailwood (63) and Agostini (1) in the 1969 500 cc race at Riccione street circuit, part of the Temporada Romagnola Italian series of street-races

Hailwood continued to ride Hondas during 1968 and 1969 in selected race meetings without World Championship status including European events in the Temporada Romagnola (Adriatic Season of street-circuits), sometimes wearing an unfamiliar plain-silver helmet, including on a 500 cc engined machine which used frames privately commissioned by Hailwood.[20][21]

Hailwood also appeared in selected UK events, in 1968 appearing in the post-TT race at Mallory Park on a Honda,[22] and in 1969 he participated in the Mallory Park Race of the Year riding a Seeley[23]

He had already started to race cars and with no other factory racing teams available to compete against MV Agusta,[21][24] Hailwood decided to pursue a career in car racing, placing third in the 1969 Le Mans 24-Hour race in France as a co-driver of a Ford GT40 with David Hobbs.[25]

In 1970, Hailwood was again lured back into bike racing, this time by the BSA team riding a Rocket 3 at the Daytona 200 race in Florida, part of a strong BSA/Triumph team. Whilst placed at the head of the field the machine soon failed due to overheating.[26] Hailwood again rode for BSA at the 1971 Daytona race, qualifying on the front row. He led the race but again broke down.[27][28] Hailwood's son David completed a demonstration lap of the Isle of Man TT course on 3 June 2002, riding his father's Daytona 1971 BSA Rocket 3 carrying large letters 'H' instead of a race number. He crashed at low speed when waving to the spectators at Governor's Bridge, a tight hairpin bend close to the end of the 37-mile course.[29]

Car racing career

During his car racing career, Hailwood raced in Formula One and World Sports Cars, but never achieved the same level of success that he had found on motorcycles. He participated in 50 Formula One Grands Prix, starting with an early phase between 1963 and 1965, debuting in the British Grand Prix on 20 July 1963, achieving two podium finishes and scoring a total of 29 championship points.[30] He was in contention for a victory at his first Formula One race in six years, the 1971 Italian Grand Prix. The first five finishers were covered by only 0.61 seconds, and Hailwood was fourth, 0.18s behind the winner Peter Gethin.

He won the 1972 Formula Two European title and earned a podium finish at the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans.[31][32] Hailwood ran three full seasons in the European Shellsport F5000 series 1969-71 and was 2nd in the 1972 Tasman F5000 series in which he drove a 5000 engined TS8 F1 chassis.

Mike Hailwood driving a Yardley-liveried McLaren M23 at Brands Hatch in 1974

Hailwood was recognised for his bravery when in the 1973 South African Grand Prix he went to pull Clay Regazzoni from his burning car after the two collided on the third lap of the race. Hailwood's driving suit caught fire, but after being extinguished by a fire marshal he returned to help rescue Regazzoni, an act for which he was awarded the George Medal, the second-highest gallantry award that a British civilian can be awarded.[33]

In 1974 he drove a works Yardley-sponsored McLaren M23 and sometimes outpaced team leader Emerson Fittipaldi. He left Formula One after being injured badly at the 1974 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring and retired to New Zealand,[34] where he was involved with a marine engineering business together with former McLaren manager Phil Kerr.[35]

He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1975 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.[36]

Comeback

In 1977, Hailwood had travelled to Australia to ride large-capacity Ducatis in long-distance races and a 30-lap event on a Yamaha, together with historic race machines. Achieving some success, he entered a 3-hour long-distance event in April 1978, as before with Australian co-rider Jim Scaysbrook.[37][38] Also in April, Hailwood rode at the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, for the first time on a 750 Yamaha that he was later to ride in the Classic TT race.[39]

In May 1978, Hailwood rode a demonstration to spectators at a Donington Park national motorcycle race day of the Yamaha XS1100 with full fairing in Martini colours, which he was to use to re-acquaint himself with the TT course, including any subsequent alterations since he raced at the Isle of Man in the late 1960s. Martini was to sponsor most of his TT race machines provided by the UK Yamaha importer Mitsui. He stayed on for the following Monday to test his Yamaha TZ750, TZ500 and TZ250 race machines together with his F1 TT Ducati which he had previously tested in the rain at Oulton Park.[40][41][42]

On 3 June 1978, after an 11-year hiatus from mainstream motorcycling, Hailwood made a comeback at the Isle of Man TT in the Formula I race, a World Championship class based on large-capacity road machines first introduced for 1977.[1][2][34][43]

Few observers believed that the 38-year-old would be competitive at the TT races after such a long absence, but riding a Ducati 900SS provided by Manchester (UK) dealership Sports Motorcycles, he won the F1 race.[17][44][45] Machines for other race categories were provided by Yamaha NV (Netherlands);[46][37] Hailwood finished 12th in the 250 cc Junior event, 28th in the 500 cc Senior race being affected by a faulty steering damper,[47] and a DNF in the Classic (1000 cc) race.[48]

Hailwood was awarded 'Man of the Year' for 1978 after a public vote organised by Motorcycle News weekly newspaper.[49] After the June 1978 TT races, he again rode in Australia with Scaysbrook in the Castrol Six Hour event, followed by the 1979 Adelaide Three Hour race.[37][38]

Hailwood raced at the 1979 Isle of Man TT before retiring for good at the age of 39. In that final Isle of Man appearance, he rode a two-stroke Suzuki RG 500 to victory in the Senior TT.[17] He then opted to use that same 500 cc bike in the Unlimited Classic and diced for the lead with Alex George (1100cc Honda) for all six laps. A minute or two apart on the road, they were rarely a few seconds apart on time each lap, Hailwood losing by two seconds.

Death

Mike and Michelle Hailwood gravestone at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-in-Arden

Following his retirement from motor sport, in late 1979 Hailwood established a Honda-based retail motorcycle dealership in Birmingham named Hailwood and Gould, in partnership with former motorcycle racer Rodney Gould.[50]

On Saturday 21 March 1981, Hailwood set off in his Rover SD1 with his children Michelle and David to collect some fish and chips. As they returned along the A435 Alcester Road through Portway, Warwickshire,[51] near their home in Tanworth-in-Arden, a lorry made an illegal turn through the barriers onto the central reservation, and their car collided with it. Michelle, aged nine, was killed instantly. Mike and David were taken to hospital, where Mike died two days later from severe internal injuries.[52] He was 40 years old. David survived with minor injuries. The lorry driver was fined £100.

Hailwood claimed to have been told by a fortune teller in South Africa that he would not live to 40 and would be killed by a truck. The story was repeated by Elizabeth McCarthy in a 1981 memoir, while recounting her relationship with Hailwood, whom she had met at the Canadian Grand Prix in 1967. When he asked for her hand in marriage, she replied that she was hesitant to marry someone who could die at any weekend race. He then told her his story and said; "...I will be killed by one of those damn lorries – so, you see, it won't happen on a track".[53]

Legacy

1984 Ducati 900 Mike Hailwood Replica

An annual 'Mike Hailwood Memorial Run' was discontinued after the 2011 event.[54] The starting point was the former Norton factory in Aston, Birmingham, then on to Portway, where the accident occurred, followed by a service at the church in Tanworth-in-Arden.[55]

Hailwood retired with 76 Grand Prix victories, 112 Grand Prix podiums, 14 Isle of Man TT wins and 9 World Championships, including 37 Grand Prix wins, 48 Grand Prix podiums, 6 Isle of Man TT wins and 4 World Championships in 500cc.[9]

He was awarded the Segrave Trophy for 1979 "in recognition of his Isle of Man exploits in the Senior and Classic TTs", with his close friend Ted Macauley also awarded a special Seagrave Medal.[56][57] Hailwood was the Patron of a small charity – The Joan Seeley Pain Relief Memorial Trust – named in tribute to Colin Seeley's first wife Joan, who died in 1979. The present Patron is Murray Walker.[58]

The FIM named him a Grand Prix "Legend" in 2000.[59] He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2000 and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2001.[1][60]

After Hailwood's victory at the 1978 Isle of Man Formula One motorcycle race, Ducati offered a 900SS-based Mike Hailwood Replica for sale. Approximately 7,000 were sold.[61]

In 1981, a section of the Snaefell Mountain Course was named as Hailwood's Rise leading to the highest point at Hailwood's Height in his honour.[62] In 1984, Pauline Hailwood officially opened the Mike Hailwood Centre,[63] a multi-purpose building located at the TT Grandstand in Douglas run as a refreshment outlet during TT and Manx Grand Prix motorcycle race periods. Operated by the Mike Hailwood Foundation, an Isle of Man-based charity, it is staffed by volunteers and also promotes the races together with supporting new competitors.[64][65][66]

Personal life

Coming from a prosperous background, during his early career Hailwood had enjoyed a privileged lifestyle and even before his move from MV to Honda in 1966 was the world's highest-paid rider. He lived a playboy lifestyle as a jet-setter covering 30,000 road miles and 160,000 air miles in a year travelling to circuits around the world whilst based in his bachelor-flat at Heston, West London, where he kept his high-powered sports cars.[18][67]

In 1964, together with British commentator and journalist Murray Walker, he published the book, The Art of Motorcycle Racing. After relocating to South Africa in 1967, he confirmed to Motorcycle Mechanics in 1968 that he would only be spending the same length of time there as in the previous eight years when he spent two winter months staying at the farm of racer Paddy Driver near Johannesburg. Hailwood also stated "And as far as marriage goes—that's strictly for the birds!"[18]

He had two children: daughter Michelle in 1971[68] and son David. He married their mother, model Pauline, on 11 June 1975.[69] Pauline Hailwood died in June 2020 following an illness.[70][71]

Racing record

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

Position 1 2 3 4 5 6
Points 8 6 4 3 2 1

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins
1958 125 cc Paton IOM
7 		BEL GER SWE ULS NAT 0 - 0
Ducati NED
10
250 cc NSU IOM
3 		NED
4 		GER
Ret 		SWE
2 		ULS
Ret 		NAT 13 4th 0
350 cc Norton IOM
12 		NED
5 		BEL GER
4 		SWE
3 		ULS
8 		NAT 9 6th 0
500 cc Norton IOM
13 		NED BEL GER SWE ULS NAT 0 - 0
1959 125 cc Ducati IOM
3 		GER
3 		NED
3 		BEL
Ret 		SWE
4 		ULS
1 		NAT
8 		20 3rd 1
250 cc FB-Mondial IOM
Ret 		GER
5 		NED
4 		SWE
5 		ULS
2 		13 5th 0
MZ NAT
9
350 cc Norton FRA IOM
Ret 		GER 2 13th 0
AJS SWE
5 		ULS
Ret 		NAT
500 cc Norton FRA IOM
Ret 		GER NED BEL
13 		ULS NAT
Ret 		0 - 0
1960 125 cc Ducati IOM
Ret 		NED
8 		BEL
6 		ULS NAT 1 10th 0
250 cc Ducati IOM
Ret 		BEL
4 		GER ULS
4 		NAT
Ret 		8 5th 0
FB-Mondial NED
5
350 cc AJS FRA IOM
Ret 		NED ULS 0 - 0
Ducati NAT
Ret
500 cc Norton FRA IOM
3 		NED
5 		BEL
4 		GER ULS
Ret 		NAT
3 		13 6th 0
1961 125 cc EMC ESP
4 		GER
Ret 		FRA
4 		16 6th 1
Honda IOM
1 		NED
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		DDR
Ret 		ULS
5 		NAT SWE ARG
250 cc FB-Mondial ESP
Ret 		44 1st 4
Honda GER
8 		FRA
2 		IOM
1 		NED
1 		BEL
3 		DDR
1 		ULS
2 		NAT
2 		SWE
1 		ARG
350 cc AJS GER
Ret 		IOM
Ret 		NED DDR ULS 6 8th 0
MV Agusta NAT
2 		SWE
7
500 cc Norton GER
4 		FRA
2 		IOM
1 		NED
2 		BEL
2 		DDR
2 		ULS
2 		40 2nd 2
MV Agusta NAT
1 		SWE
2 		ARG
1962 125 cc EMC ESP
4 		FRA
Ret 		IOM
Ret 		NED
5 		BEL
4 		GER
3 		ULS DDR NAT
Ret 		FIN ARG 12 5th 0
MZ FIN
Ret
250 cc Benelli ESP FRA IOM
Ret 		NED BEL GER ULS NAT
Ret 		ARG 0 - 0
MZ DDR
2
350 cc MV Agusta IOM
1 		NED
2 		ULS
Ret 		DDR
2 		NAT FIN 20 3rd 1
500 cc MV Agusta IOM
12 		NED
1 		BEL
1 		ULS
1 		DDR
1 		NAT
1 		FIN ARG 40 1st 5
1963 250 cc MZ ESP GER IOM NED BEL ULS DDR
1 		NAT ARG JPN 8 8th 1
350 cc MV Agusta GER IOM
Ret 		NED
2 		ULS
2 		DDR
1 		FIN
1 		NAT
Ret 		28 2nd 2
500 cc MV Agusta IOM
1 		NED
Ret 		BEL
1 		ULS
1 		DDR
1 		FIN
1 		NAT
1 		ARG
1 		56 1st 7
1964 250 cc MZ USA ESP FRA IOM NED BEL GER DDR
Ret 		ULS NAT JPN
5 		2 20th 0
350 cc MV Agusta IOM NED
2 		GER DDR ULS FIN NAT JPN
2 		12 4th 0
500 cc MV Agusta USA
1 		IOM
1 		NED
1 		BEL
1 		GER
1 		DDR
1 		ULS FIN NAT
1 		40 1st 7
1965 250 cc Honda USA GER ESP FRA IOM NED DDR CZE ULS FIN NAT JPN
1 		8 10th 1
350 cc MV Agusta GER
2 		IOM
Ret 		NED
2 		DDR
Ret 		CZE
Ret 		ULS FIN NAT
Ret 		JPN
1 		20 3rd 1
500 cc MV Agusta USA
1 		GER
1 		IOM
1 		NED
1 		BEL
1 		DDR
1 		CZE
1 		ULS FIN NAT
1 		48 1st 8
1966 125 cc Honda ESP GER NED DDR CZE FIN ULS IOM
6 		NAT JPN 1 15th 0
250 cc Honda ESP
1 		GER
1 		FRA
1 		NED
1 		BEL
1 		DDR
1 		CZE
1 		FIN
1 		ULS IOM
1 		NAT
1 		JPN 56 1st 10
350 cc Honda GER
1 		FRA
1 		NED
1 		DDR
Ret 		CZE
1 		FIN
1 		ULS
1 		IOM
Ret 		NAT JPN 48 1st 6
500 cc Honda GER NED
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		DDR
Ret 		CZE
1 		FIN
2 		ULS
1 		IOM
1 		NAT
Ret 		30 2nd 3
1967 250 cc Honda ESP
Ret 		GER FRA
3 		IOM
1 		NED
1 		BEL
2 		DDR
Ret 		CZE
3 		FIN
1 		ULS
1 		NAT
Ret 		CAN
1 		JPN
Ret 		50 1st 5
350 cc Honda GER
1 		IOM
1 		NED
1 		DDR
1 		CZE
1 		ULS NAT JPN
1 		40 1st 6
500 cc Honda GER
Ret 		IOM
1 		NED
1 		BEL
2 		DDR
Ret 		CZE
1 		FIN
Ret 		ULS
1 		NAT
2 		CAN
1 		46 2nd 5
Source:[9][17]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Pts
1963 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus 24 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 MON BEL NED FRA GBR
8 		GER NC 0
Lola Mk4 ITA
10 		USA MEX RSA
1964 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus 25 BRM P56 1.5 V8 MON
6 		NED
12 		BEL FRA
8 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUT
8 		ITA
Ret 		USA
8 		MEX
Ret 		21st 1
1965 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus 25 BRM P56 1.5 V8 RSA MON
Ret 		BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0
1971 Team Surtees Surtees TS9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA
4 		CAN USA
15 		18th 3
1972 Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG RSA
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		MON
Ret 		BEL
4 		FRA
6 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUT
4 		ITA
2 		CAN USA
17 		8th 13
1973 Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees Surtees TS14A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		RSA
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		MON
8 		SWE
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		NED
Ret 		GER
14 		AUT
10 		ITA
7 		CAN
9 		USA
Ret 		NC 0
1974 Yardley Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
4 		BRA
5 		RSA
3 		ESP
9 		BEL
7 		MON
Ret 		SWE
Ret 		NED
4 		FRA
7 		GBR
Ret 		GER
15 		AUT ITA CAN USA 11th 12
Source:[30]

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1963 Reg Parnell Racing Lola Mk4 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL
NC 		KAN MED AUT OUL
7 		RAN
1964 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus 25 BRM P56 1.5 V8 DMT
Ret 		NWT
5 		SYR
7 		AIN
Ret 		INT
6 		SOL
9 		MED
Ret 		RAN
1965 Reg Parnell Racing Lotus 25 BRM P56 1.5 V8 CAP ROC
Ret 		SYR
Ret 		SMT
WD 		INT
9 		MED RAN
1969 Paul Hawkins Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ROC INT MAD
WD
Epstein-Cuthbert Racing OUL
5
1970 Epstein-Cuthbert Racing Lola T190 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ROC INT
7 		OUL
Ret
1971 Team Surtees Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ARG ROC QUE SPR INT
5 		RIN OUL
Ret
Surtees TS9 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 VIC
Ret
1972 Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
2 		BRA INT
Ret 		OUL REP VIC
9
1973 Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees Surtees TS14A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
Ret 		INT
Ret
1974 Yardley Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 PRE ROC
4 		INT
Ret

Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
1969 Paul Hawkins Lola T142 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 OUL
8 		BRH
10 		BRH MAL
DNS 		SIL 3rd 2040
Epstein-Cuthbert Racing MON
2 		KOK
10 		ZAN
3 		SNE
2 		HOC
2 		OUL
16 		BRH
1
1970 Epstein-Cuthbert Racing Lola T190 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 OUL
Ret 		BRH
2 		ZOL
3 		ZAN
Ret 		SIL
1 		BRH
Ret 		CAS MAL
2 		MON
DNS 		SIL MNZ AND
4 		SAL
1 		THR
4 		SIL OUL
Ret 		SNE
2 		HOC 4th 50
Lola T192 OUL
5 		BRH
3
1971 Team Surtees Surtees TS8 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 MAL
1 		SNE BRH
8 		MON
3 		SIL
1 		CAS MAL
2 		MNZ
Ret 		MAL
1 		THR
2 		SIL
1 		OUL
Ret 		SNE
Ret 		HOC OUL
2 		BRH BRH 2nd 58

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Pts
1972 Team Surtees Surtees TS10 Ford MAL
5 		THR
DNS 		HOC
Ret 		PAU
5 		PAL
2 		HOC
Ret 		ROU
2 		ÖST
2 		IMO
Ret 		MAN
1 		PER
Ret 		SAL
1 		ALB
14 		HOC
2 		1st 55
1973 Team Surtees Surtees TS15 Ford MAL
2 		HOC THR
DNQ 		NÜR PAU KIN NIV HOC ROU MNZ MAN KAR
Ret 		PER
Ret 		SAL NOR ALB VAL NC 0‡

‡ Graded drivers not eligible for European Formula Two Championship points

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Pts Class
1970 Duncan Hamilton Racing Ford Escort TC C BRH SNE THR SIL CRY SIL SIL CRO BRH OUL BRH BRH
19 		NC 0 NC
Source:[72]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1969 United Kingdom J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. United Kingdom David Hobbs Ford GT40 Mk.I S
5.0 		368 3rd 2nd
1970 United Kingdom J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. United Kingdom David Hobbs Porsche 917K S
5.0 		49 DNF DNF
1973 United Kingdom Gulf Research Racing United Kingdom John Watson
Australia Vern Schuppan 		Mirage M6-Ford Cosworth S
3.0 		112 DNF DNF
1974 United Kingdom Gulf Research Racing United Kingdom Derek Bell Gulf GR7-Ford Cosworth S
3.0 		317 4th 4th
Source:[73]

Footnotes

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