Full name | Reg Parnell Racing |
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Base | Hounslow, London, England |
Founder(s) | Reg Parnell |
Noted staff | Reg Parnell Tim Parnell |
Noted drivers | Chris Amon Mike Hailwood Phil Hill John Surtees Richard Attwood Mike Spence Piers Courage Chris Irwin Roy Salvadori |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1959 British Grand Prix |
Races entered | 81 |
Constructors | Cooper Lola Lotus Ferrari BRM |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 1969 Monaco Grand Prix |
Reg Parnell Racing was a privateer Formula One team during the 1950s and 1960s. The team was founded by ex-Formula One driver Reg Parnell after he retired from racing. It raced as Yeoman Credit Racing in 1961 and as the Bowmaker Racing Team in 1962. The team's best results were a pair of second places in the British Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix of 1962. John Surtees also took pole for the team at the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix.
(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap; † indicates shared drive.)
‡ At the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix Amon used a car borrowed from Team Lotus with Climax V8 engine. [1]
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