During 1990 and 1991 he raced in Formula Renault, culminating with him winning the Championship in 1991 after a heated battle with Jason Plato.[3] He was nominated for an Autosport Award.
After a quiet spell which included a one-off race in Formula Three in 1994, Verdon-Roe returned to motorsport in the TVR Tuscan Challenge. In 1997 he won the TVR Tuscan championship overall and was nominated for an Autosport award.[6] In 1998 he stayed with the factory team and finished a close 2nd in the championship [7] and the same year, competed with the new TVR Speed 12 in the British GT Championship.[8] He also had his first taste of Historic racing, teaming up with Gerry Marshall in a Jaguar E-Type at Silverstone, finishing third after gaining pole position.[9]
Verdon-Roe also drove one-off races in the European Le Mans Series in 2001 in 2002.[11] In 2002 he returned to the Lister team and raced the Lister Storm in the FIA GT Championship. Highlights included a 2nd place at Silverstone and 2nd place at the Spa 24 hours, Lister's best ever result in a 24-hour race.[12]
In 2003 he raced for the newly formed Creation Autosportif racing team driving the 2000 FIA GT Championship winning Lister Storm chassis (002) to 4th place in the FIA GT Championship.
In 2004 he again raced for Creation at Donington Park and the Spa 24 Hours in the Lister. He also raced once in the British GT Championship for Rollcentre Racing in the Mosler MT900R. There were also a number of entries in various historic events including the Le Mans 24 Hours Group C support race and winning the Spa-Francorchamps Classic Endurance Race.[13]
In 2005 he raced in the Le Mans 24 hours race driving a Dallara Nissan LMP1 car for the Rollcentre team,[14] as well as the Spa 24 Hours for the Lister team.
In 2008 he won the Goodwood Revival's feature race, the RAC TT Celebration, driving a Ferrari 330 LMB with Peter Hardman, the first victory for a Ferrari in the TT since the Revival began.[15]
In 2010 he won the Grand Prix Historique of Monaco aboard the ex-James HuntMcLaren.[17]
He also won the FIA Historic Formula One championship ground effect class and finished 2nd overall driving a McLaren MP4/1B.[18] At the Goodwood Revival he shared the Ferrari with Tom Kristensen, but retired having started from pole position.[19]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year
Team
Car
Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Pos
Points
2009
Scuderia BVR
McLaren M26 -5
F1 Historic
1st
2010
Scuderia BVR
McLaren MP4/1B
F1 Historic
1st
2011
Scuderia BVR
McLaren MP4/1B
F1 Historic
1st
Goodwood Revival RAC TT
Year
Team
Co-Drivers
Car
Class
Laps
Pos.
Class Pos.
2007
Tim Samways Sporting & Historic Cars
Peter Hardman
Ferrari 330 LMB
3rd
2008
Tim Samways Sporting & Historic Cars
Peter Hardman
Ferrari 330 LMB
1st
2009
Tim Samways Sporting & Historic Cars
Emanuelle Pirro
Ferrari 330 LMB
2nd
Tim Samways Sporting & Historic Cars
Nick Leventis
Ferrari 246S Sino
1st
2010
Tim Samways Sporting & Historic Cars
Tom Kristensen
Ferrari 330 LMB
DNF
2011
JD Classics
John Young
Jaguar E-Type
2nd
2012
2014
Mark Lewis Motorsport
Jamie McIntyre
Iso A3/C
6th
2015
Tim Samways Sporting & Historic Cars
Ferrari 246S Dino
1st
2021
Historic Automobiles
Martin Brundle
AC Cobra
5th
2022
Historic Automobiles
Alex Brundle
AC Cobra
7th
2023
Historic Automobiles
Alex Brundle
AC Cobra
9th
†– Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed a sufficient number of laps.
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