Jonathan Palmer

Jonathan Palmer

Nation:	United Kingdom
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1983 European Grand Prix
Last start:	1989 Japanese Grand Prix
Constructors
1983  Williams  · 1984  RAM  · 1985–1986  Zakspeed  · 1987–1989  Tyrrell
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup eleventh ( 1987 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 82 - - 1
World Cup points :	14th
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Jonathan Charles Palmer (born November 7, 1956 in London ) is an entrepreneur and former British racing driver . He is the father of racing driver Jolyon Palmer .

Career

After graduating from Brighton College and completing his PhD , Dr. Jonathan Palmer first worked as a doctor in London. Around the same time he got into motorsport. He won the 1981 British Formula 3 Championship and in 1983 the European Championship in the Formula 2 in addition to Mike Thackwell in a team with a Ralt - Honda .

In 1985 Jonathan Palmer, together with his compatriots James Weaver and Richard Lloyd, took second place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 956

Between 1983 and 1989 he was named for a total of 88 races in Formula 1 , but failed to qualify in four races and did not take part in the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix. He achieved 14 World Championship points and the best place was 4th. In 1985 he moved from RAM to Zakspeed . He drove his last Formula 1 race in Japan in 1989 . After that he contested several rallycross races with a Ford RS200 .

After his racing career, he worked from mid-1993 for a few years at the BBC as a television commentator, where he replaced the recently deceased James Hunt .

In 1998, Palmer founded the Formula Palmer Audi racing series , also known as Palmer Audi or FPA , in which monoposto vehicles with 1.8 liter turbo engines from Audi and an output of around 300 hp are used. Most testers FPA -Eleve is the former Formula 1 and Champ Car -Pilot Justin Wilson , as well as driver Gary Paffett and Andy Priaulx collected in this series experience.

MotorSport Vision, a Palmer-led company, now owns and operates a number of UK circuits including Brands Hatch , Snetterton Circuit , Cadwell Park , Oulton Park and the Bedford Autodrome .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1983	Canon Racing	Porsche 956	Jan Lammers	Richard Lloyd	Rank 8
1984	GTi engineering	Porsche 956	Jan Lammers		failure	Wheel bearings
1985	Canon GTI Racing	Porsche 956	James Weaver	Richard Lloyd	Rank 2
1987	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962C	James Weaver	Price Cobb	failure	accident
1991	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mercedes-Benz C11	Stanley Dickens	Kurt Thiim	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1982	GTi Engineering Ford	Porsche 924 Ford C100	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
			DNF				15th			4th
1983	Canon Racing	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
					3	8th			5
1984	GTi engineering	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
			5	5	DNF	4th	1		DNF	2	9		3
1985	GTi engineering	Porsche 956	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
				5	5	2	5
1987	Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
			8th	DNF		DNF	DNF	1		5	DNF
1990	Joest Racing	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
			11	8th	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	10	8th	5
1991	Team Salamin Sauber Motorsport	Porsche 962 Mercedes-Benz C11	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
					DNF	DNF

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Palmer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jonathan Palmer at Racing Sports Cars