Geoff Lees (racing driver)

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates {{#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 }} Geoffrey Thompson Lees (born 1 May 1951) is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in 12 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, making his first appearance on 16 July 1978. He scored no championship points.

Career

Lees was born near Kingsbury, Warwickshire. His first Grand Prix chance came with a non-works Ensign ran by Mario Deliotti, the owner of an Alfa Romeo dealership in Birmingham, at his home race in 1978. Lees failed to qualify. The following year he had a one-off drive for Tyrrell, before a more regular ride with the struggling Shadow team in 1980. Later that year he also drove for the works Ensign team, and failed to qualify a RAM-entered Williams in the US. He participated in the Formula One non-championship race held on 7 February 1981 at Kyalami for Theodore where he went into the crash barriers on lap 11 due to a broken front suspension. In the hope of taking one step backward and then two steps forward, he joined Ralt-Honda for the European Formula Two championship. He won the championship, but his hopes of "re-entering Formula One with more dignity" were quashed when Honda decided to spend another year developing their F1 engine.<ref name=TV182>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Lees, one year ahead of Honda failed to find a good seat at the highest level, and his F1 career petered out in 1982 with single drives for Theodore and Lotus.

In his Formula One career, Lees seemed stuck in uncompetitive cars, and when success proved elusive, he moved to Japan in the early 1980s. There he enjoyed a long career in the Japanese Formula Two, winning the 1983 title and collecting eight wins. He also represented various Japanese marques in sports car racing championships such as the Fuji Grand Champion Series, where he won three titles in 1986, 1988 and 1989, and the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, where he got the C-class title in 1992. Lees became a highly paid and highly respected part of the Japanese racing scene. He has also driven at Le Mans numerous times, with his best finish being a sixth place overall in 1990.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts	Class
1976	British Leyland	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Template:Tooltip	BRH	SIL	OUL	THR	THR	SIL	BRH	MAL 9†	SNE	BRH Ret	38th	3	10th
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 782	BMW	THR	HOC	NÜR	PAU	MUG	VLL	ROU	DON Template:Small					14th	4
	Raven Racing	Chevron B42	Hart									NOG Template:Small	PER Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	HOC Template:Small
Template:F2	Ralt Racing	Ralt RH6/80	Honda	THR	HOC	NÜR	VLL	PAU	SIL	ZOL	MUG	ZAN	PER	MIS	HOC Template:Small	NC	0
Template:F2	Ralt Racing	Ralt RH6/81	Honda	SIL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	THR Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	VLL Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	PER Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	DON Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	MAN Template:Small	1st	51
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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	16	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F1	Mario Deliotti Racing	Ensign N175	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR Template:Small	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	NC	0
Template:F1	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA		NC	0
Template:F1	Shadow Cars	Shadow DN11	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA Template:Small	USW Template:Small													NC	0
		Shadow DN12						BEL Template:Small
	Theodore Shadow								MON Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	AUT
	Unipart Racing Team	Ensign N180												NED Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN
	RAM Racing	Williams FW07B															USA Template:Small
Template:F1	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore TY02	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL	MON	DET	CAN Template:Small	NED	GBR							NC	0
	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 91												FRA Template:Small	GER	AUT	SUI	ITA	CPL
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Complete Formula One Non-championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1
1980	Theodore Shadow	Shadow DN12	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ESP Template:Small
1981	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore TR2	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA Template:Small

Japanese Top Formula Championship results

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Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1981	Ralt Honda	SUZ	SUZ	SUZ	SUZ	SUZ Template:Small							12nd	10
1982	Team LeMans	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ	SUZ						10th	12
1983	John Player Special Team Izukawa	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				1st	93
1984	Advan Sports Speed Box Motor Sports	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				9th	29
1985	Advan Sports Speed Box Motor Sports	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				6th	42
1986	Mooncraft	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				3rd	80
1987	Team Nova	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUG Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small			3rd	83
1988	Team LeMans	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUG Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				5th	15
1989	Team LeMans	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUG Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small				13th	5
1990	Team Hayashi	SUZ	FUJ	MIN	SUZ	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ Template:Small		NC	0
1991	Team Hayashi	SUZ Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUG Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	22nd	2

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Tiff Needell Template:Flagicon Bob Evans	Nimrod NRA/C2-Aston Martin	C	55	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Dome Team	Template:Flagicon Eje Elgh Template:Flagicon Toshio Suzuki	Dome 85C-L-Toyota	C1	141	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Tom's Co. Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Satoru Nakajima Template:Flagicon Masanori Sekiya	Tom's (Dome) 86C-L-Toyota	C1	105	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones Template:Flagicon Eje Elgh	Toyota 87C-L	C1	19	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon Masanori Sekiya Template:Flagicon Kaoru Hoshino	Toyota 88C	C1	351	12th	12th
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries Template:Flagicon John Watson	Toyota 89C-V	C1	58	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon Masanori Sekiya Template:Flagicon Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota 90C-V	C1	347	6th	6th
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon David Brabham Template:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama	Toyota TS010	C1	192	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers Template:Flagicon Juan Manuel Fangio II	Toyota TS010	C1	353	8th	5th
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Lister Cars Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Dominic Chappell Template:Flagicon Rupert Keegan	Lister Storm GTS	GT1	40	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Lister	Template:Flagicon Tiff Needell Template:Flagicon Anthony Reid	Lister Storm GTS	GT1	295	19th	11th
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Lister	Template:Flagicon Tiff Needell Template:Flagicon George Fouché	Lister Storm GTL	GT1	21	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Toyota Motorsport Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Europe	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen Template:Flagicon Ralf Kelleners	Toyota GT-One	GT1	330	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Flagicon Thomas Bscher Promotion Template:Flagicon David Price Racing	Template:Flagicon Dr. Thomas Bscher Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon	BMW V12 LM	LMP900	180	DNF	DNF
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Complete JGTC 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
2002	Tsuchiya Engineering	Toyota Supra	GT500	TAI	FUJ Template:Small	SUG	SEP	FUJ	MOT	MIN	SUZ	NC	0

Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com