Chris Irwin

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Chris Irwin
File:Chris Irwin 1968.JPG
Born (1942-06-27) 27 June 1942 (age 82)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality United Kingdom British
Active years 1966 - 1967
Teams Brabham, Reg Parnell Racing
Entries 10
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 2
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1966 British Grand Prix
Last entry 1967 Mexican Grand Prix

Chris Irwin (born 27 June 1942 in Wandsworth, London) is a British former racing driver. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 July 1966. He scored two championship points.

Irwin's career was ended prematurely by an accident he sustained when driving a Ford P68 sports prototype during practice for the 1968 1000km Nürburgring endurance race. He lost control of the notoriously twitchy car at the Flugplatz, the P68 flipping end over end after landing on its tail following a jump. He suffered severe head injuries but eventually recovered. However, it prevented him from racing again.

Irwin is still alive and reasonably well, but his whereabouts are largely unknown as he stays out of the public eye and away from motor racing events. In 2006 it was reported that he had become re-acquainted with a racing rival from the 1960s after a chance meeting in London, and that he sometimes still suffers flashbacks to his accident. Irwin was reported, however, to be in generally good condition.

In a rare appearance at a race meeting, Irwin attended the Thruxton circuit's 40th anniversary celebrations in April 2008. A three-quarter page interview and a current photograph of him posing with old 1960s rivals and a Formula 2 car appeared in the June 2008 issue of Motor Sport magazine. He is currently living in rural Rutland in the UK.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 WDC Points
1966 Brabham Racing Organisation Brabham BT22 Climax
Straight-4
MON BEL FRA GBR
7
NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0
1967 Reg Parnell Motor Racing Lotus 25 BRM V8 RSA MON NED
7
16th 2
BRM P261 BEL
Ret
GBR
7
BRM P83 BRM H16 FRA
5
GER
9
CAN
Ret
ITA
Ret
USA
Ret
MEX
Ret

Non-Championship Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6
1967 Reg Parnell Motor Racing Lotus 25 BRM V8 ROC
6
SPR INT
7
SYR
4
OUL ESP

Sources

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