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Brian Herman Thomas Redman (1975). 9780850591958, Patrick Stephens Ltd.. ISBN 9780850591958 (born 9 March 1937) is a British retired racing driver.
Racing for Carl Haas and Jim Hall's Chaparral Cars, Brian Redman won the 1974, '75 and '76 SCCA Formula 5000 series and has raced in nearly every category of racing, including Formula One. The Englishman began racing in 1959 and collected his first of four Manufacturers Championships in 1968, driving a Ford GT40 with Belgian Jacky Ickx for John Wyer Automotive Engineering. Redman also won the 1970/71 South African Springbok series and the IMSA Camel GTP Championship in 1981 driving a Lola T600. In addition to his four victories at Spa-Francorchamps, Redman has overall wins in the 1970 Targa Florio, the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, the Nurburgring 1000 Ks twice, Brands Hatch 6 Hours twice, Osterrechring 1000 Ks twice, Monza 1000 Ks twice, Kyalami 9 Hours twice, has been a two-time winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and holds two class victories at Le Mans.
He is currently a regular at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
He achieved spectacular success in sports-car racing, particularly in 1968 as a John Wyer Gulf driver, in 1969 and 1970 as a Porsche works driver and in 1972 with the Ferrari 312 PB; Winning at Spa Francorchamps 1000 Ks 5 times, the Nurburgring 1000 Ks 3 times, Daytona 24 Hours 2 times, Sebring twice, Watkins Glen 6 Hours, Osterreichring twice, Monza 1000 Ks twice, the Targa Florio, Brands Hatch 6 Hours twice etc.
In 1973, Redman started racing in the USA full-time and won the SCCA/USAC Formula 5000 Championship three times in a row from 1974 to 1976 driving a Jim Hall/Carl Haas Lola T330/332C against considerable opposition, including Mario Andretti and Al Unser, Jody Scheckter, Jackie Oliver, Alan Jones, David Hobbs, Brett Lunger, Sam Posey, "Vern" Schuppan et al. Redman was employed at Haas's business office in Highland Park, Illinois, where he also lived for a time. At the end of 1976 the SCCA announced new rules. The F5000 single-seaters had to use full-width bodywork and the new series would be called Can-Am. On the first day of practice for the first race of the new season, at Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Canada the new car took off at 160 mph went 40 feet in the air and turned over, landing upside down. Redman suffered a broken bones plus bruising of the brain. The ambulance blew a tyre on the way to hospital. Redman was declared dead. It took him 9 months to recover and he returned to racing on a spectacular note by winning the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1978 driving a Porsche 935. He continued driving for Dick Barbour Racing through 1979 and 1980. In 1981, driving the brand new Lolas T600 IMSA GTP car he won the first race at Laguna Seca and went on to win the IMSA Camel GTP championship. His last year of professional racing was at the age of 52, driving for the works Aston Martin team in the 1989 World Sports Prototype Championship. He later co-managed the Redman Bright racing team.
| 1965 ! Vitafoam Developments ! Austin Mini Cooper S ! | Brands Hatch | Oulton Park | SNE Ret | Goodwood Circuit | SIL | CRY | Brands Hatch | Oulton Park | ! NC ! 0 ! NC | |||
| 1966 ! Red Rose Racing ! Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA ! | SNE | Goodwood Circuit | SIL | CRY | Brands Hatch | Brands Hatch | Oulton Park 4† | Brands Hatch | ! 24th ! 6 ! 7th | |||
| 1978 ! British Leyland ! Triumph Dolomite Sprint ! | SIL | Oulton Park | Thruxton Circuit | Brands Hatch | SIL | Donington Park DNS | Mallory Park | Brands Hatch | Donington Park | Brands Hatch | Thruxton Circuit | Oulton Park ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
| !rowspan=2 David Bridges ! Brabham BT16 !rowspan=2 | Cosworth | SNE | SIL | Eifelrennen | Hockenheimring | TUL | !rowspan=2 9th !rowspan=2 | 8 | ||||
| ! David Bridges ! Lola Cars T100 ! Cosworth Hockenheimring | Thruxton Circuit | JAR | PAL | TUL | ZAN | PER | Hockenheimring | VAL | ! 9th ! 9 | |||
| 1967 ! David Bridges ! Lola Cars T100 (F2) ! Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 | RSA | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | CAN | ITA | USA | MEX | ! NC ! 0 | |||||
| 1968 !rowspan=2 | Cooper Car Company ! Cooper T81B ! Maserati 10/F1 3.0 V12 | RSA | !rowspan=2 19th !rowspan=2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1970 ! Frank Williams Racing Cars ! De Tomaso 505/38 ! Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | ! NC ! 0 | |||
| 1971 ! Team Surtees ! Surtees TS7 ! Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | ! NC ! 0 | |||||
| 1972 ! Yardley Team McLaren ! McLaren M19A ! Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | !rowspan=2 14th !rowspan=2 | 4 | ||||
| 1973 ! Shadow Racing Team ! Shadow DN1 ! Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | ! NC ! 0 | ||
| 1974 ! UOP LLC Shadow Racing Team ! Shadow DN3 ! Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA ! NC ! 0 | ||
| 1967 ! David Bridges ! Lola Cars T100 (F2) ! Ford Cosworth FVA 1.6 L4 | ROC | SPC | INT | SYR | OUL | ESP | ||||
| 1968 ! Cooper Car Company ! Cooper T86B ! BRM P101 3.0 V12 | ROC | INT | OUL | |||||||
| 1971 ! Sid Taylor Racing ! McLaren M18 (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | ARG | ROC | QUE | SPR | INT | RIN | OUL | VIC | ||
| 1972 !rowspan=2 | Sid Taylor Racing ! McLaren M10B (F5000) !rowspan=2 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | ROC | BRA | INT | |||||
| 1974 ! Sid Taylor Racing ! Lola Cars T332 (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | PRE | ROC | ||||||||
| 1975 ! A.G. Dean ! Chevron B24/B28 (F5000) ! Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | ROC | INT | SUI | |||||||
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