Brian Hart

Brian Hart (born September 7, 1936 in Enfield , Middlesex , United Kingdom , † January 5, 2014 ) was a British racing driver and engine developer. He also became known as the founder of Brian Hart Limited , a company that developed and built engines for motorsport.

Racing driver

Between 1958 and 1971, Hart was successful in various monoposto racing series. He contested races in Formula Junior , Formula 3 and in the Lotus factory team of Ron Harris and in 1968 for the Church Farm Racing team in Formula 2 . He took part in Formula 2 cars in some Formula 1 races that were not part of the World Cup and was able to qualify for the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in 1967 with a Protos - Cosworth .

Engine developer

At the end of 1967 Hart began to work for the English aircraft manufacturer De Havilland in Hatfield , where he gained experience in the development of aircraft landing gear and engines. Hart then moved to the engine manufacturer Cosworth , but left it again in 1969 to found his own company Hart Racing Engines (later: Brian Hart Ltd.). From 1976 Hart developed his own Formula 2 engines, with which Brian Henton and Derek Warwick took first two places in the 1980 Formula 2 European Championship for Toleman Racing . From 1981 , Hart competed in Formula 1 with his own turbo engines; With Toleman, RAM Racing , Spirit and Team Haas, however, he only supplied small teams that - with the exception of Toleman - could not score any championship points. After the end of the turbo era, Hart first worked on preparing Cosworth engines for numerous customer teams before returning to Formula 1 in 1993 with financial support from the South African oil company Sasol . Until 1997, Hart supplied the Jordan , Arrows and Minardi teams . The best result during this time was two third places in 1993 and 1995. At the end of 1997, Tom Walkinshaw took over Brian Hart's business and incorporated him into his racing team Arrows.

literature

Loader our. With self-built turbos against the Formula 1 establishment . Brian Hart, Erich Zakowski and Carlo Chiti. In: auto motor und sport, issue 5/1986 of March 1, 1986, p. 251 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Daniel Johnson: Brian Hart, engine builder who powered Ayrton Senna to first Formula One podium, dies aged 77 . January 6, 2014, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed September 2, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Hard, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British racing driver and engine developer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 7, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Enfield , Middlesex , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH	5th January 2014

[1] Daniel Johnson: Brian Hart, engine builder who powered Ayrton Senna to first Formula One podium, dies aged 77 . January 6, 2014, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed September 2, 2019]).