Brian Redman
Brian Redman (born
March 9,
1937 in
Colne,
Lancashire,
United Kingdom) is a former
Formula One driver from
England.
He was very successful in
sportscar racing and the
World Sportscar Championship, winning the 1970
Targa Florio with a
Porsche 908 and the
12 Hours of Sebring twice, in 1975 with a
BMW Coupé and in 1978 with a
Porsche 935. He was for many years associated with the
Chevron marque, founded by fellow-Lancastrian Derek Bennett.
Redman drove for
Shadow Racing Cars both in
CanAm and in F1. He also appeared in
McLaren and
Cooper cars. He participated in 13 Grands Prix, debuting on
January 1,
1968. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 8 championship points.
He was offered various other
Formula One drives, but did not particularly enjoy the atmosphere of F1 even in the 1970s, preferring sports car racing.
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Road America hosts the annual Brian Redman International Challenge for vintage cars.
*Redman was inducted in the
Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2002 in the sports cars category.
Complete Formula One results
(Note: grands prix in
bold denote
points scoring races.)
