Derek Warwick

Derek Warwick was born in New Alresford, UK, and is widely recognised as one of the most talented Formula 1 drivers who has never won a Grand Prix. Despite his long career in F1, a victory eluded him. In the early 1980s, Warwick was viewed as more likely to achieve World Championship success than Nigel Mansell.

Nationality	British
Born	Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick 27 August 1954 New Alresford, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Warwick’s Formula One journey saw a promising start with Renault in 1984 after his time with Toleman. He expected to compete in a top car and initially led the 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix during his debut race for Renault. However, he was forced to retire due to a suspension failure. He achieved second-place finishes at the Belgian and British Grands Prix in 1984, ultimately finishing seventh in the 1984 Drivers’ Championship that season. The turning point in Warwick’s career came in 1985 when he decided to stay with Renault, turning down an offer from Williams. That seat was taken by Nigel Mansell, who went on to secure two race wins that season. After a disappointing year, Renault pulled out of Formula 1 at the end of 1985. Further setbacks came when Ayrton Senna blocked Warwick from joining him at Lotus, leaving Warwick without a team at the beginning of 1986. Following Elio de Angelis‘s fatal accident during testing in May, Warwick was invited to replace him at Brabham. He spent subsequent years racing mostly non-competitive cars for Arrows (1987-1989), Team Lotus (1990), and Footwork (1993).

Earlier in his career, Warwick clinched the 1978 British Formula Three Championship. He also excelled in sports car racing, winning the 1992 World Sportscar Championship and contributing to Peugeot’s victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans the same year. He raced sports cars for Jaguar in 1986 and 1991 and later competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), winning a notable wet race at Donington in 1998. He co-founded 888 Racing to manage Vauxhalls in the series.

In 2006, Warwick took part in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters series for retired Formula One drivers. He has also as the fourth steward for three Grands Prix in 2010 and 2011 and became the president of the British Racing Drivers Club (2011-2017), succeeding Damon Hill and preceding Paddy Hopkirk.

Derek Warwick Formula One World Championship career

F1 Career	1981–1990, 1993
Teams	Toleman, Renault, Brabham, Arrows, Lotus, Footwork
Entries	162 (147 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	4
Career points	71
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	2
First entry	1981 San Marino Grand Prix
Last entry	1993 Australian Grand Prix

Derek Warwick Teammates

12 drivers	Involvement	First Year	Last Year
Brian Henton	12	1981
Teo Fabi	16	1982
Bruno Giacomelli	15	1983
Patrick Tambay	31	1984	1985
Mario Andretti	1	1984
Philippe Streiff	1	1984
François Hesnault	1	1985
Riccardo Patrese	11	1986
Eddie Cheever	47	1987	1989
Martin Donnelly	14	1990
Johnny Herbert	2	1990
Aguri Suzuki	16	1993

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
1981	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR DNQ	BEL DNQ	MON DNPQ	ESP DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER DNQ	AUT DNQ	NED DNQ	ITA DNQ	CAN DNQ	CPL Ret		NC	0
1982	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG181C	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	RSA Ret	BRA DNQ	USW DNPQ	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON DNQ	DET	CAN	NED Ret	GBR Ret	FRA 15	GER 10	AUT Ret	SUI Ret			NC	0
		Toleman TG183	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t															ITA Ret	CPL Ret
1983	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG183B	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	BRA 8	USW Ret	FRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	BEL 7	DET Ret	CAN Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED 4	ITA 6	EUR 5	RSA 4		14th	9
1984	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE50	Renault EF4 1.5 V6 t	BRA Ret	RSA 3	BEL 2	SMR 4	FRA Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	DET Ret	DAL Ret	GBR 2	GER 3	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	EUR 11 †	POR Ret	7th	23
1985	Equipe Renault Elf	Renault RE60	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6 t	BRA 10	POR 7	SMR 10 †	MON 5	CAN Ret	DET Ret	FRA 7										14th	5
		Renault RE60B	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t								GBR 5	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	BEL 6	EUR Ret	RSA	AUS Ret
1986	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT55	BMW M12 /13/1 1.5 L4 t	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN Ret	DET 10	FRA 9	GBR 8	GER 7	HUN Ret	AUT DNS	ITA Ret	POR Ret	MEX Ret	AUS Ret	NC	0
1987	USF&G Arrows Megatron	Arrows A10	Megatron M12/13 1.5 L4 t	BRA Ret	SMR 11 †	BEL Ret	MON Ret	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER Ret	HUN 6	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	POR 13	ESP 10	MEX Ret	JPN 10	AUS Ret	16th	3
1988	USF&G Arrows Megatron	Arrows A10B	Megatron M12/13 1.5 L4 t	BRA 4	SMR 9	MON 4	MEX 5	CAN 7	DET Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER 7	HUN Ret	BEL 5	ITA 4	POR 4	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	8th	17
1989	USF&G Arrows	Arrows A11	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	BRA 5	SMR 5	MON Ret	MEX Ret	USA Ret	CAN Ret	FRA	GBR 9	GER 6	HUN 10	BEL 6	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP 9	JPN 6	AUS Ret	10th	7
1990	Camel Team Lotus	Lotus 102	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	USA Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 7	MON Ret	CAN 6	MEX 10	FRA 11	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 5	BEL 11	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	14th	3
1993	Footwork Mugen-Honda	Footwork FA13B	Mugen-Honda MF-351 HB 3.5 V10	RSA 7 †	BRA 9															16th	4
		Footwork FA14	Mugen-Honda MF-351 HB 3.5 V10			EUR Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 13	MON Ret	CAN 16	FRA 13	GBR 6	GER 17	HUN 4	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR 15 †	JPN 14 †	AUS 10

Sources: Wikipedia.com and Historicracing.com