Chris Irwin

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English {{#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 }} Christopher Frank Stuart Irwin (born 27 June 1942 in Wandsworth, London) is a British former racing driver. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 July 1966. He scored two championship points.

Irwin's career was ended prematurely by an accident he sustained when driving a Ford P68 sports prototype during practice for the 1968 1000km Nürburgring endurance race. He lost control of the notoriously twitchy car at the Flugplatz, the P68 flipping end over end after landing on its tail following a jump. He suffered severe head injuries but eventually recovered. However, it prevented him from racing again.

Irwin is still alive and reasonably well, but his whereabouts are largely unknown as he stays out of the public eye and away from motor racing events. In 2006 it was reported that he had become re-acquainted with a racing rival from the 1960s after a chance meeting in London, and that he sometimes still suffers flashbacks to his accident. Irwin was reported, however, to be in generally good condition.

In a rare appearance at a race meeting, Irwin attended the Thruxton Circuit's 40th anniversary celebrations in April 2008. A three-quarter page interview and a current photograph of him posing with old 1960s rivals and a Formula 2 car appeared in the June 2008 issue of Motor Sport magazine. He is currently living in rural Rutland in the UK.

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	DC	Pts	Class
1965	Don Moore	Morris Mini Cooper S	Template:Tooltip	BRH	OUL DNS	SNE	GOO	SIL	CRY	BRH	OUL	NC	0	NC
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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	WDC	Points
1966	Brabham Racing Organisation	Brabham BT22	Climax FPF 2.8 L4	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX			NC	0
1967	Reg Parnell Motor Racing	Lotus 25	BRM P60 2.1 V8	RSA	MON	NED Template:Small									16th	2
		BRM P261					BEL Template:Small		GBR Template:Small
		BRM P83	BRM P75 3.0 H16					FRA Template:Small		GER Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small

Non-Championship Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6
1967	Reg Parnell Motor Racing	Lotus 25	BRM P60 2.1 V8	ROC Template:Small	SPR	INT Template:Small	SYR Template:Small	OUL	ESP

Complete Tasman Series results

Year	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
1967	BRM P261	PUK	WIG	LAK	WAR Template:Small	SAN Template:Small	LON Template:Small	8th	7

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1967	Lola Cars	Lola T100	BMW M11 1.6 L4	SNE Template:Small	SIL							BRH Template:Tooltip	VAL	6th	15
			Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4			NÜR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	TUL Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	PER Template:Small
1968	Lola Cars	Lola T100	Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	ZOL Template:Small	CP	TUL	ZAN	PER	HOC	VAL	10th	9

Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com