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Derek Bell in the Walk of fame at Le Mans. Derek Reginald Bell MBE (born 31 October 1941) is a British racing driver. In sportscar racing, he won the Le Mans 24 hours five times, the Daytona 24 three times and the World Sportscar Championship twice. He also raced in Formula One for the Ferrari, Wheatcroft, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams.
Justin Derek Bell (born 23 February 1968) is a British race car driver, who after a successful career behind the wheel, transitioned into the media world in front of the camera and established himself as one of the top US based automotive content hosts. He is the son of Derek Bell. [1]
In the other cars were Le Mans winner Nino Vaccarella with Ignazio Giunti and young F1 drivers Derek Bell and Ronnie Peterson. [14] Bell replaced Jean Guichet who had been injured in a road accident and missing his first Le Mans since 1959. [6] Ferrari 512 S entered by Scuderia Filipinetti and driven by Parkes and Müller
The race was won by Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell in their Gulf GR-8, finishing just a lap ahead of the Ligier of Jean-Louis Lafosse and Guy Chasseuil. It was the first victory for an all-British car since the Aston Martin in 1959, and for running at an ‘economic’ speed, the winner covered just one lap less than the winning car of the previous ...
Jacky Ickx was back out of retirement and a full-time works driver again with Derek Bell as his co-driver. The second car had Jochen Mass and Vern Schuppan while the one-off third car had Barth, Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert. [9] Ford was the other bulk manufacturer to take on Porsche.
Drivers complained of poor visibility and run-off, prompting the construction of a permanent circuit, today called Watkins Glen International, in 1956. [3] In 1963, the race switched to the SCCA's new series, the United States Road Racing Championship. In 1968, the race was expanded to six hours, and joined the World Sportscar Championship.
Jack Baldwin (racing driver) Tom Baldwin (racing driver) Claude Ballot-Léna; Alessandro Balzan; Earl Bamber; Lorenzo Bandini; Forest Barber; João Barbosa; Rubens Barrichello; Alex Barron (racing driver) Marc Basseng; Ana Beatriz; Derek Bell (racing driver) Justin Bell; Matt Bell (racing driver) Robert Bell (racing driver) T. J. Bell; Townsend ...
It featured the 1986 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship which was contested over a nine race series that ran from 20 April to 5 October 1986. The championship was open to Group C Sports Prototypes, Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. The Drivers Championship was won by Derek Bell and the Teams Championship by Brun Motorsport.