Harry Nuttall, 4th Baronet
Sir Harold "Harry" Nuttall, 4th Baronet (born January 2, 1963 in London ) is a British motorsport official and former racing driver .
family
Harry Nuttall comes from the wealthy Nuttall family. His great-great-grandfather James Nuttall Sr. founded a construction company in Manchester in 1865 . Under the direction of his great-grandfather Edmund Nuttall, 1st Baronet (1870-1923) and his grandfather Keith Nuttall, 2nd Baronet (1901-1941), BAM Nuttall rose to become one of the leading construction companies in the United Kingdom . His father Nicholas Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (1933-2007) sold the company in 1978 to the Dutch Royal BAM Group . Nicholas Nuttall was married four times, including to Miranda Quarry , an ex-wife of Peter Sellers . His first marriage was to Caroline York , the daughter of the Tory politician Christopher York . Caroline York was the mother of Harry Nuttall. In 1922 Edmund Nuttall was given the title of baronet . After his father's death in 2007, Harry Nuttall became the fourth Nuttall Baronet of Chasefield .
Harry Nuttall is a second marriage and has three legitimate children and one child out of wedlock. The illegitimate child, the actor Jack Cunningham-Nuttall , comes from an affair with the then It-Girl Birgit Cunningham . Brigit Cunningham rose to fame years later when she leaked details of her relationship with the married House of Lords Leader Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde , to the Sunday Mirror .
Racing career
Harry Nuttall was an amateur racing driver for several years . He contested monopostor races in Formula Renault and surprisingly came third in the British championship in 1992 behind Pedro de la Rosa and Ivan Arias and in front of Christian Horner and Thomas Erdos . After a year in the British Touring Car Championship in 1993 , he drove in the BPR Global GT Series the following year . In 1994 he started in the Le Mans 24-hour race . The Porsche 911 Carrera RSR used failed after an engine failure. His greatest success was second overall in the Paris 1000 km race in 1994 .
Motorsport official
After the end of his driving career, Nuttall began working in the advertising and marketing area of international motorsport in 1998 . He was sponsor supervisor at Arrows Grand Prix International , Brawn GP and from 2009 to 2012 with the Caterham F1 Team . He has been with the Mercedes AMG F1 Team since 2013 .
statistics
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1994 | Erik Henriksen | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | Ray Bellm | Charles Rickett | failure | Engine failure |
Web links
- Official website of BAM Nuttall
- Harry Nuttall at the Driver Database
- Harry Nuttall at Racing Sports Cars
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Sir Nicholas Nuttall (English)
- ↑ About Miranda Quarry (English)
- ↑ The actor Jack Cunningham-Nuttall
- ↑ About Birgit Cunningham (English)
- ↑ The Strathclye Scandal (English)
- ↑ British Formula Renault Championship 1992
- ↑ Mercedes F1 Team
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nuttall, Harry, 4th Baronet |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nuttall, Sir Harold, 4th Baronet |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver and motorsport official |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd January 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |