Everything about Reg Parnell totally explained
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Years = -, |
Team(s) =
Alfa Romeo,
BRM, non-works
Ferrari, non-works
Maserati, non-works
Cooper |
Races = 7 (6 starts) |
Championships = 0 |
Wins = 0 |
Podiums = 1 |
Points = 9 |
Poles = 0 |
Fastest laps = 0 |
First race =
1950 British Grand Prix |
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Last race =
1954 British Grand Prix |
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Reginald Harold Haslam Parnell (born
July 2,
1911 Derby,
Derbyshire, - died
January 7,
1964 in Derby ) was a
racing driver and team manager from
England. He participated in 7
Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving 1 podium, and scoring a total of 9 championship points.
Driving career
Before
World War II Parnell was a very successful racing driver, winning at many levels with various cars, including a
Bugatti. After the war he continued with his success, winning with a
Maserati and an
ERA, before participating in the very first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, at
Silverstone, in 1950. He raced a wide selection of different cars, and his other World Championship Grands Prix included two races for
BRM; one in the
Ferrari "Thinwall Special" owned by
Tony Vandervell, who was later to run the
Vanwall team; one in a
Cooper-
Bristol; and a couple for the
Scuderia Ambrosiana team, the first in a
Maserati and the other in a Ferrari. He won non-championship Formula One races right up until his retirement in 1957.
F1 Management
In 1961 Reg Parnell inherited the
Yeoman Credit Racing sponsorship deal from the
British Racing Partnership. During the
1961 Formula One season he ran two
Cooper T53-
Climax cars for
John Surtees and
Roy Salvadori, who between them collected a handful of championship points. For the
1962 season the team was renamed
Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing, and in place of the Coopers ran
Lola Mk4 chassis, again powered by Climax engines. Surtees and Salvadori remained with the team, but Salvadori had a nightmare season, failing to finish a single race. Surtees faired much better, however, scoring 19 points and finishing in 4th place in the drivers' championship. During the season he also gave Reg Parnell his first podium finishes as manager - with second places in both the
British and
German events - and took
pole position at the season-opening
Dutch Grand Prix.
He managed various other racing teams, including the
Le Mans-winning
Aston Martin outfit, before setting up a team in his own name in late 1962.
Reg Parnell Racing was still in the early stages of development when Parnell died of
peritonitis after an
appendix operation in early 1964. Parnell's son
Tim, also a racing driver, took over the team management and developed a strong working relationship with
BRM during the late 1960s. The Parnell team was wound up as a separate entity when Tim Parnell took on the running of the works BRM team from 1970.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
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