Julian Bailey was born in Great Britain but grew up in Menorca, Spain . Via Formula Ford and other junior series he got into Formula 3000 in 1987 and became the first Briton to win a championship run of this racing formula.
Julian Bailey took part in a total of seven races for the Formula 1 World Championship. He made his debut in 1988 at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola for the English Tyrrell team in their Tyrrell 017 . In 1991 he competed in six races for Lotus , with sixth place at the Imola race remaining his best result. In the Lotus 102B reached his only world championship point in the world championship, three laps behind Ayrton Senna .
Sports and touring cars
Bailey excelled above all as a sports car driver. He drove for Lister in the GT championship and started for Nissan , Lister and MG five times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he was denied a finish.