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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.
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 ...
Like many successful car racers, Justin Bell nurtured and developed his passion for speed and competitive racing at an early age. With natural talent and the encouragement of his father Derek Bell, a five-time Le Mans 24 hours winner, he started out fast and got faster, and soon began carving his own place in history. Since beginning his career ...
For the Italian Grand Prix Tecno fielded a second car driven by Derek Bell. Although Galli outqualified Bell, team manager David Yorke elected to retain Bell for the final two races in North America, terminating Galli's involvement with the company. 1972 Tecno PA123
Martini Racing: Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo: six hours 940.213 km (584.221 mi) Glen Six Hours of Endurance World Sportscar Championship 1982–1983 Not held following track bankruptcy and the end of the United States Grand Prix being held at the circuit in 1980: 1984 Al Holbert Derek Bell Jim Adams Holbert Racing: Porsche 962: six hours
Derek Bell: Porsche 956: Porsche 935/76 2.6L F6 twin turbo: D: 359 2 Gr.C 2 Porsche System Jochen Mass Vern Schuppan: Porsche 956 Porsche 935/76 2.6L F6 twin turbo: D: 356 3 Gr.C 3 Porsche System Jürgen Barth Hurley Haywood Al Holbert: Porsche 956 Porsche 935/76 2.6L F6 twin turbo: D: 340 4: IMSA GTX: 79: John Fitzpatrick Racing: John ...
Holbert Racing: Al Holbert Derek Bell Al Unser Jr. Porsche 962: 712: 2 GTP 8 Henn's Swap Shop Racing A. J. Foyt Arie Luyendyk Danny Sullivan Preston Henn: Porsche 962: 712 3 GTP 67 BFGoodrich: Derek Warwick Darin Brassfield Jim Busby Jochen Mass: Porsche 962: 711 4 GTO: 64: Raintree Corporation: Lee Mueller Maurice Hassey Lanny Hester: Ford ...
Their drivers were Derek Bell/Howden Ganley and Mike Hailwood/John Watson (nursing a broken leg [7] [4])/Vern Schuppan. Alfa Romeo was more affected than Ferrari by the strikes and social troubles in Italy. Autodelta, the Alfa works team, felt their new 500 bhp flat-12 powered car was still unprepared for 24 hours and did not enter. But they ...