Derek Warwick

Derek Warwick is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One between 1981 and 1993. Born in New Alresford, Hampshire, he began in British stock car racing, won the Superstox English Championship in 1971 at the age of sixteen and the World Championship at Wimbledon Stadium in 1973, and was runner-up in the 1978 British Formula 3 Championship. He signed for Toleman in 1981 and debuted at the San Marino Grand Prix, then joined Renault in 1984, when he took four podiums, finished seventh in the championship and won the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy, a feat he repeated in 1988. In endurance racing he won the World Sportscar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1992 with Peugeot. He raced in the inaugural Grand Prix Masters in 2005 and 2006, served as a Grand Prix steward in 2010 and 2011 and was president of the British Racing Drivers' Club from 2011 to 2017.