30 Facts About Derek Warwick

Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick was born on 27 August 1954 and is a British former professional racing driver from England, who lives in Jersey.

Derek Warwick raced for many years in Formula One, collecting four podiums but never winning a Grand Prix.

Derek Warwick did win the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans and 1992 World Sportscar Championship.

Derek Warwick has served as the fourth steward for three Grands Prix in 2010 and 2011.

Derek Warwick was president of the British Racing Drivers Club, succeeding Damon Hill and preceding Paddy Hopkirk.

Derek Warwick began his career in British stock car racing under the Spedeworth organisation at tracks such as his local Aldershot Stadium.

Derek Warwick won the Superstox English Championship in 1971 and the World Championship at Wimbledon Stadium in 1973.

Derek Warwick managed to qualify for only one race that year, the season finale at Las Vegas.

Derek Warwick had mainly dismal 1982 and 1983 seasons in the Toleman car, but bounced back, scoring points in the final four rounds of the 1983 championship.

Derek Warwick joined Renault in 1984 after Alain Prost left them at the end of 1983.

Derek Warwick, expecting to have a race-winning car, led the Brazilian Grand Prix, his first drive for them, only to retire because of a suspension failure caused by an early race wheel banging duel with the McLaren of Niki Lauda.

Derek Warwick finished in second place in both the Belgian and British Grands Prix in 1984 and placed seventh in the championship.

The turning point in Derek Warwick's career was his decision to stay at Renault for 1985 and reject an offer to drive for Williams-Honda.

Renault's withdrawal, and Ayrton Senna's refusal to let Derek Warwick join him as teammate at Lotus, left Derek Warwick without a team for the 1986 season and he took up an offer to drive for Tom Walkinshaw's TWR Jaguar team in the World Sportscar Championship.

Unconfirmed rumours surfaced that Brabham owner Bernie Ecclestone had invited Derek Warwick to take de Angelis's place as the Englishman was the only available top driver who had not actually contacted the team offering his services in the days following the Italian's untimely death.

In 1987, Derek Warwick moved to the Arrows team alongside his Jaguar teammate Eddie Cheever, ending the season with 3 points scored.

The 1988 season saw an improvement on the Arrows performance due to the powerful Megatron engine and Derek Warwick finished 7 times in the top 6, earning him 17 points and a respectable 8th position in the championship.

Derek Warwick had firm offers of paid drives for 1993 with Jordan and Footwork and ultimately chose the latter.

Derek Warwick returned to Formula 1 following a 3-year sabbatical and completed the full season in 1993, but managed to score only 4 points.

Derek Warwick ended his career with a total of 71 Grand Prix points.

Some consider Derek Warwick to be the best Formula One driver never to win a single race.

Derek Warwick competed successfully in sports car racing, winning the World Sportscar Championship in 1992, and was part of the Peugeot team which was victorious at the 24 hours of Le Mans race that year.

Derek Warwick drove sports cars for Jaguar in 1986 and 1991.

Derek Warwick raced in the British Touring Car Championship after retiring from Formula One, driving for the Alfa Romeo works team in 1995.

Derek Warwick retired from racing at the end of the year, but continued his involvement in the team for another 3 years.

Derek Warwick now writes his F1 blog on the Sports social network champions365.

In 2005 and 2006, Derek Warwick raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers.

In 2011, Derek Warwick served as the fourth steward for the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix.

Derek Warwick was president of the British Racing Drivers Club, after succeeding Damon Hill.

Derek Warwick's helmet is blue with the entire chin area white and a white stripe running across the top, in the chin area there is a stripe on each side, his name written and a Union Jack.