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Derek Bell (auto racer)

Derek Bell (born 31 October 1941 in Middlesex, England) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Ferrari, McLaren, Brabham, Surtees and Tecno teams. He started racing in 1964 with a Lotus Seven. He graduated to Formula 3 in the following year and in 1966 scored his first victory at Goodwood. In 1967 he enjoyed seven wins. He entered Formula 2 in a Brabham and had several promising performances, which caught Ferrari's eye and made his Grand Prix debut at Monza. In 1969 he raced at Silvertsone with Ferrari and also raced the four-wheel-drive McLaren M9A in its only race in the British Grand Prix. he was also a runner in the 1970 European Formula 2 Championship driving a March. In 1972 he got the drive in the Tecno F1 team, along with Nanni Galli. He did a number a races with the Surtees team again but also spent some time building a strong reputation as a fine sportscar racer. He won two World Sportscar titles, five victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours race and three in Daytona 24 Hours . He now lives in the United States and does commentary on Formula One races.

Complete Formula One results

(Note: grand prix in bold denotes points scoring race.)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Team
1968 Ferr SAF SPA MON BEL DUT FRA GBR DEU ITA CAN USA MEX       Ferr
1969 McLa SAF SPA MON DUT FRA GBR DEU ITA CAN USA MEX         McLa
1970 Brab SAF SPA MON BEL DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA MEX     Surt
1971 Surt SAF SPA MON DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA         Surt
1972 Tecn ARG SAF SPA MON BEL FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA       Tecn
1974 Surt ARG BRA SAF SPA BEL MON SWE DUT FRA GBR DEU AUT ITA CAN USA Surt
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