Tim Parnell

Tim Parnell

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1961 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1961 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1961  Tim Parnell
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 2 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Reginald Harold Haslam "Tim" Parnell (born July 25, 1932 in Derby ; † April 5, 2017 ) was a British racing driver and team manager . Tim Parnell was the son of British racing driver and team owner Reg Parnell .

Career

Although Tim Parnell could never quite follow in the footsteps of his famous father, he managed to achieve some success as a driver in motorsport. After a failed attempt to qualify for the 1959 British Grand Prix , he contested a full season in Formula Junior in 1960 .

1961 followed the entry into the automobile world championship . With a Lotus 18 he drove the British Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix . He dropped out at the British Grand Prix and finished tenth on the traditional Italian track.

After having to sit out the whole year in 1962 due to an illness, he returned in 1963 and, after the sudden death of his father, got involved with his racing team, Reg Parnell Racing . The own racing career was put on hold. At the end of 1963 he ended his racing career and became team manager. After the end of the Reg Parnell team, Parnell directed the racing activities of BRM for many years.In the 1960s, he also managed racing drivers Mike Spence and Pedro Rodríguez .

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1961	Tim Parnell	Lotus 18	Climax 1.5 L4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1959
					DNQ
1961
					DNF		10
1963
						DNQ

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5
1959	Reg Parnell	Lotus 15	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
					DNF

literature

• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who . Travel Publishing, London 1999, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .

Web links

• Tim Parnell at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tim Parnell. OldRacingCars.com, April 5, 2017, accessed April 6, 2017 .