Brian Redman

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Brian Herman Thomas Redman<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (born 9 March 1937)<ref name="WATN">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a British retired racing driver.

Racing for Carl Haas and Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, Brian Redman won the 1974, '75 and '76 SCCA Formula 5000 series and has raced in nearly every category of racing, including Formula One. The Englishman began racing in 1959 and collected his first of four Manufacturers Championships in 1968, driving a Ford GT40 with Belgian Jacky Ickx for John Wyer Automotive Engineering. Redman also won the 1970/71 South African Springbok series and the IMSA Camel GTP Championship in 1981 driving a Lola T600. Brian is considered to be one of the greatest endurance racers in the history of the sport. In addition to his four victories at Spa-Francorchamps, Brian has overall wins in the 1970 Targa Florio, the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, the Nurburgring 1000 Ks twice, Brands Hatch 6 Hours twice, Osterrechring 1000 Ks twice, Monza 1000 Ks twice, Kyalami 9 Hours twice, has been a two-time winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and holds two class victories at Le Mans.

He is currently a regular at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Career

Template:BLP unreferenced section Redman raced F1 for McLaren, Shadow, Cooper, Williams

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Redman driving a Ferrari 312PB at the Nürburgring in 1972

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Redman driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 TT 12 at the Nürburgring in 1974

He participated in 15 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 1 January 1968. He achieved one podium in the 1968 Spanish Grand Prix, finishing third in a Cooper-BRM behind Graham Hill in a Lotus-Ford and Denny Hulme in a McLaren-Ford. He then had an accident at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, crashing his Cooper-BRM when the suspension broke at the Les Coombes corner; he survived with a badly broken arm. He scored a total of 8 championship points in his career, with two 5th places in 1972, at the Monaco Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix driving a Yardley McLaren.

He achieved spectacular success in sports-car racing, particularly in 1968 as a John Wyer Gulf driver, in 1969 and 1970 as a Porsche works driver and in 1972 with the Ferrari 312 PB; Winning at Spa Francorchamps 1000 Ks 5 times, the Nurburgring 1000 Ks 3 times, Daytona 24 Hours 2 times, Sebring twice, Watkins Glen 6 Hours, Osterreichring twice, Monza 1000 Ks twice, the Targa Florio, Brands Hatch 6 Hours twice etc.

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Redman driving at the 1972 French Grand Prix.

In 1973, Redman started racing in the USA full-time and won the SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship three times in a row from 1974 to 1976 driving a Jim Hall/Carl Haas Lola T330/332C against considerable opposition, including Mario Andretti and Al Unser, Jody Scheckter, Jackie Oliver, Alan Jones, David Hobbs, Brett Lunger, Sam Posey, "Vern" Schuppan et al. Redman was employed at Haas's business office in Highland Park, Illinois, where he also lived for a time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the end of 1976 the SCCA announced new rules. The F5000 single-seaters had to use full-width bodywork and the new series would be called Can-Am. On the first day of practice for the first race of the new season, at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Canada the new car took off at 160 mph went 40 feet in the air and turned over, landing upside down. Redman suffered a broken neck (C1), fractured shoulder and sternum, plus bruising of the brain. The ambulance blew a tire on the way to hospital. Redman was declared dead. It took him 9 months to recover and he returned to racing on a spectacular note by winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1978 driving a Porsche 935. He continued driving for Dick Barbour Racing through 1979 and 1980. In 1981, driving the brand new Lolas T600 IMSA GTP car he won the first race at Laguna Seca and went on to win the IMSA Camel GTP championship. His last year of professional racing was at the age of 52, driving for the works Aston Martin team in the 1989 World Sports Prototype Championship. He later co-managed the Redman Bright racing team.

Redman has now taken out his 61st racing licence, lives in Florida and is active in historic racing.

Legacy

• Road America hosts The WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman for vintage/historic cars, one of the largest and most prestigious vintage racing events in the US
• Redman is inducted in the following Halls of Fame: Daytona International Hall of Fame, Sebring Hall of Fame, Talladega Hall of Fame, Motor Sport Hall of Fame (UK), Long Beach Pavement of Fame.

Racing record

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts	Class
1965	Vitafoam Developments	Austin Mini Cooper S	Template:Tooltip	BRH	OUL	SNE Ret	GOO	SIL	CRY	BRH	OUL					NC	0	NC
1966	Red Rose Racing	Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA	Template:Tooltip	SNE	GOO	SIL	CRY	BRH	BRH	OUL 4†	BRH					24th	6	7th
1978	Hermetite Racing with Leyland	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Template:Tooltip	SIL	OUL	THR	BRH	SIL	DON DNS	MAL	BRH	DON	BRH	THR	OUL	NC	0	NC
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	David Bridges	Brabham BT16	Ford	SNE	SIL	NÜR Template:Small	HOC	TUL						9th	8
		Lola T100							JAR Template:Small	ZAN	PER	BRH Template:Small	VAL Template:Small
Template:F2	David Bridges	Lola T100	Ford	HOC	THR	JAR	PAL Template:Small	TUL	ZAN	PER	HOC	VAL		9th	9
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Template:Abbr	Pts
1967	David Bridges	Lola T100 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX					NC	0
1968	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T81B	Maserati 10/F1 3.0 V12	RSA Template:Small															19th	4
		Cooper T86B	BRM P101 3.0 V12		ESP Template:Small	MON	BEL Template:Small	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX
1970	Frank Williams Racing Cars	De Tomaso 505/38	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX			NC	0
1971	Team Surtees	Surtees TS7	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Template:Small	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA					NC	0
1972	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren M19A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	RSA	ESP	MON Template:Small	BEL	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER Template:Small	AUT	ITA	CAN					14th	4
	Marlboro BRM	BRM P180	BRM P142 3.0 V12												USA Template:Small
1973	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA Template:Small	NC	0
1974	UOP Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	NC	0
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Non-Championship Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1967	David Bridges	Lola T100 (F2)	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	ROC	SPC	INT	SYR	OUL Template:Small	ESP Template:Small
1968	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T86B	BRM P101 3.0 V12	ROC Template:Small	INT	OUL
1971	Sid Taylor Racing	McLaren M18 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ARG	ROC	QUE	SPR	INT Template:Small	RIN	OUL Template:Small	VIC
1972	Sid Taylor Racing	McLaren M10B (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC Template:Small	BRA	INT Template:Small
		Chevron B24 (F5000)					OUL Template:Small	REP
	Yardley Team McLaren	McLaren M19A	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8						VIC Template:Small
1974	Sid Taylor Racing	Lola T332 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	PRE	ROC Template:Small
	Team Ensign	Ensign N174	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8			INT Template:Small
1975	A.G. Dean	Chevron B24/B28 (F5000)	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC Template:Small	INT	SUI
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1967	Template:Flagicon J.W. Automotive	Template:Flagicon Mike Salmon	Ford GT40 Mk I	S 5.0	220	DNF	DNF
1969	Template:Flagicon Hart Ski Racing	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Porsche 908/2L	P 3.0	60	DNF	DNF
1970	Template:Flagicon John Wyer Automotive Engineering Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Jo Siffert	Porsche 917K	S 5.0	156	DNF	DNF
1973	Template:Flagicon SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx	Ferrari 312PB	S 3.0	332	DNF	DNF
1976	Template:Flagicon B.M.W. Motorsport GmbH	Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg	BMW 3.0CSL Turbo	Gr 5	23	DNF	DNF
1978	Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing	Template:Flagicon John Paul Sr. Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour	Porsche 935/77A	IMSA +2.5	337	5th	1st
1979	Template:Flagicon Essex Motorsport Porsche	Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx Template:Flagicon Jürgen Barth	Porsche 936	S +2.0	200	DNF	DNF
1980	Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour	Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour	Porsche 935 K3/80	IMSA	318	5th	1st
1981	Template:Flagicon Cooke-Woods Racing	Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal	Lola T600-Porsche	S +2.0	-	DNQ	DNQ
1982	Template:Flagicon Cooke Racing - Malardeau	Template:Flagicon Ralph Kent-Cooke Template:Flagicon Jim Adams	Lola T610-Ford Cosworth	C	28	DNF	DNF
1984	Template:Flagicon Jaguar Group 44	Template:Flagicon Doc Bundy Template:Flagicon Bob Tullius	Jaguar XJR-5	IMSA GTP	291	DNF	DNF
1985	Template:Flagicon Jaguar Group 44	Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood Template:Flagicon Jim Adams	Jaguar XJR-5	GTP	151	DNF	DNF
1986	Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar	Template:Flagicon Hans Heyer Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood	Jaguar XJR-6	C1	53	DNF	DNF
1988	Template:Flagicon Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Eje Elgh Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche 962C	C1	359	10th	10th
1989	Template:Flagicon Aston Martin Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse	Template:Flagicon Costas Los Template:Flagicon Michael Roe	Aston Martin AMR1	C1	340	11th	9th
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External links

• "Porsche experience" interview of Brian Redman
• "Targa 66 club" started by Brian Redman