Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Brian Henton (born 19 September 1946) is a former racing driver from England. He won both 1974 British Formula Three Championships and the 1980 European Formula Two Championship. He participated in 38 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 19 July 1975, but never scored any championship points.

Henton (nicknamed "Superhen" in the British racing press) came from a modest council house background and did not start racing until he was 23. On winning the minor British Formula Vee championship in 1971, ever-conscious of the value of public relations, he announced that he was going to be World Champion. This aim eluded him, but he enjoyed a successful career in Formula Three and Formula Two.

Henton's F1 debut came in 1975 for Lotus, theoretically a good drive but the team was in turmoil with the Lotus 72 finally uncompetitive and its replacement the Lotus 76 a failure, so nothing concrete was achieved. Between 1975 and 1978 he mixed Formula One and Formula Two drives (including a spell in a private March for his own British Formula One Racing Team), never quite establishing himself in either category, but clinched the 1980 F2 championship for Toleman, who took him into F1 for 1981. The first Toleman-Hart was something of a disaster, overweight and underdeveloped, and Henton only managed to qualify once. Unfruitful outings for Arrows and Tyrrell in 1982 led to no more success, though he did set the fastest lap at the British Grand Prix - Henton is the only driver in Formula One history to have set a fastest lap without ever scoring a championship point.

Perhaps fittingly, his last Formula One outing was at the Race of Champions at Brands Hatch in April 1983, which also turned out to be the last non-championship F1 race in the modern era.<ref>8W The last of the non-championship races</ref>

Following his retirement from the sport, he returned to running a car dealership and later moved into property development and in recent years has diversified into other areas, notably engineering. He has occasionally driven at historic events and holds equestrian events at his home in Ingarsby Hall, Leicestershire.<ref>OldRacingCars.com | Drivers | Where are they now?</ref>

Racing recordEdit

Career summaryEdit

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1973 John Player European British Formula Three Brian Henton Racing 9 1 0 1 2 42 10th
Lombard North British Formula Three 8 1 0 2 1 9 10th
Forward Trust BARC British Formula Three 7 1 1 1 1 13 8th
1974 Lombard North British Formula Three March Racing Team 11 7 4 11 9 78 1st
Forward Trust BARC British Formula Three 10 8 5 8 9 81 1st
European Formula Two 1 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
1975 European Formula Two Brian Henton 7 0 0 1 1 10 11th
Wheatcroft Racing 1 0 0 0 1
Formula One John Player Team Lotus 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Japanese Formula Two Victory Circle Club 1 0 0 ? 1 0 NC
1976 Shellsport International Series Netherton and Worth-Boxer Cars 3 0 0 0 2 27 11th
1977 European Formula Two Netherton and Worth-Boxer Cars 4 1 0 1 1 12 10th
Ardmore Racing 1 0 0 0 0
Formula One Rothmans International Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen 1 0 0 0 0
Shellsport International Series Hexagon Racing 1 0 0 0 1 12 16th
1978 European Formula Two Brian Henton 12 0 1 1 0 3 17th
Japanese Formula Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1979 European Formula Two Toleman Group Motorsport 12 2 3 2 4 36 2nd
1980 European Formula Two Toleman Group Motorsport 11 3 2 7 9 61 1st
1981 Formula One Candy Toleman Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
1982 Formula One Team Tyrrell 13 0 0 1 0 0 NC
Ragno Arrows 1 0 0 0 0
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Complete European Formula Two Championship resultsEdit

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Template:Tooltip Pts
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KAR PER HOC VLL 22nd 1
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HOC
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NÜR
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PAU
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HOC
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SAL
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ROU MUG
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PER 11th 10
Wheatcroft Racing Wheatcroft 002 Ford BDA SIL
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ZOL NOG VLL
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VLL SAL PAU HOC ROU MUG PER EST NOG HOC NC 0
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THR
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HOC
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VLL PAU
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MUG ROU NOG PER MIS EST 10th 12
Ardmore Racing Chevron B40 Hart DON
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Template:F2 Brian Henton March 782 Hart THR
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HOC
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NÜR
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PAU
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MUG
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VLL
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ROU
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DON
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NOG
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PER
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MIS
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HOC
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HOC
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THR
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PAU
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HOC
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ZAN
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PER
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MIS
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DON
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2nd 36
March 782 NÜR
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MUG
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HOC
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NÜR
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VLL
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PAU
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1st 61
Toleman TG280B SIL
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ZOL
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MUG
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ZAN
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PER
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MIS
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HOC
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Complete Formula One World Championship resultsEdit

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
Template:F1 John Player Team Lotus Lotus 72F Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR
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GER AUT
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ITA USA
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NC 0
Template:F1 Rothmans International Racing March 761B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA USW
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NC 0
British Formula One Racing Team March 761 ESP
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MON BEL SWE FRA GBR
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GER AUT
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HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen Boro 001 NED
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ITA
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USA CAN JPN
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NED ITA USA CAN
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BEL
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MON
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ESP
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FRA
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GBR
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GER
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AUT
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ITA
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CAN
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CPL
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NC 0
Template:F1 Ragno Arrows Arrows A4 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 RSA
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BRA
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USW
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NC 0
Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 011 SMR
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BEL
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MON
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DET
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CAN
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NED
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GBR
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FRA
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GER
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AUT
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SUI
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ITA
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Henton drove Rupert Keegan's No. 18 Surtees during practice for the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix but was not officially entered for the race.

Complete Formula One Non-Championship resultsEdit

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1
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Template:F1 Theodore Racing Team Theodore N183 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
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ReferencesEdit

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