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Nationality  British |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
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| 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 |
| 0 | |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 1 |
| Career points | 6 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick (born August 27, 1954 in Alresford, Hampshire, England)[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.
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Early Career
Stock cars
Warwick began his career racing British Stock Cars under the Spedeworth organisation at tracks such as his local Aldershot Stadium. He won the Superstox English Championship in 1971 (at the age of 16) and the World Championship at Wimbledon Stadium in 1973.[3] His younger brother Paul also raced with some success in Superstox before progressing to Formula 3000, in which he was racing when killed in an accident in 1991.
Formula 3
He later won the 1978 British Formula Three Championship.
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.[4] 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]
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 wet race at Knockhill in 1998, and co-founding 888 Racing to run Vauxhalls in the series as well as owning three car dealership in Southampton and Jersey. Derek now writes his F1 blog on the Sports social network champions365.com.
Complete Formula One results
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References
External links
Derek Warwick's F1 Blog on Champions365.com http://www.champions365.com/experts/derekwarwick/view
| Sporting positions | ||
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| 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 |
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