Yeoman Credit Racing
Yeoman Credit Racing was the name of two motorsport teams that competed in Formula 1 from 1960 to 1962 . Both teams carried this designation one after the other; they had no structural or legal connection whatsoever.
Yeoman Credit
Yeoman Credit was a British financial services company founded in the early 1950s by the brothers William, Paul and Fabian Samengo-Turner. The founders had a passion for motorsport. In the early 1960s, they supported two British racing teams that competed one after the other under the sponsor's name.
The teams
BRP
In 1960, the Samengo-Turner brothers supported the British Racing Partnership team, which started this season under the name Yeoman Credit Racing. Emergency vehicles were three Cooper T51s . The drivers were Chris Bristow and Harry Schell , who were replaced by Tony Brooks and Olivier Gendebien after their fatal accidents in May and June 1960 , respectively. The relationship between Yeoman Credit and BRP ended after just one year. BRP got a new sponsor for the 1961 season , which in turn led to a change of the team name: BRP entered in 1961 as UDT Laystall Racing.
Reg Parnell Racing
In 1961 and 1962, the Samengo Turner brothers financed the Reg Parnell Racing team, which was founded in 1959. In 1961 Parnell then traded as Yeoman Credit Racing, and in 1962 as Bowmaker-Yeoman Credit in consideration of another sponsor. 1962 was the most successful motorsport year for Yeoman Credit: On the newly designed Lola Mk4 , John Surtees achieved two second places in the team led by Reg Parnell . Surtees also took a pole position.
literature
- David Hodges: A – Z of Grand Prix Cars. Crowood Press, Marlborough 2001, ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English).
- David Hodges: Racing Cars from A – Z after 1945. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-613-01477-7 , p. 116.
- Mike Lawrence: Grand Prix Cars, 1945–65. Motor Racing Publications, Croydon 1998, ISBN 1-899-87039-3 .