(1911-07-02)2 July 1911 Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died
7 January 1964(1964-01-07) (aged 52) Derby, Derbyshire, England
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
British
Active years
1950 – 1952, 1954
Teams
Alfa Romeo, BRM, non-works Ferrari, non-works Maserati, non-works Cooper
Entries
7 (6 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
1
Career points
9
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1950 British Grand Prix
Last entry
1954 British Grand Prix
Reginald Parnell (2 July 1911 – 7 January 1964)[1] was a racing driver and team manager from Derby, England. He participated in seven Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scoring a total of nine championship points.[2]
Parnell, as both a driver and a team manager, had a considerable influence on post-war British motorsport until his premature death in 1964. Parnell raced at Brooklands and was banned following an accident with Kay Petre which ended her racing career. Before the war he bought up racing cars. Once the hostilities had ceased he sold them to form the basis of post-war racing entries. He later raced a whole host of cars before turning to management and taking Aston Martin into Formula 1. Parnell went on to run the Yeoman Credit Racing team with the help of his son Tim who later raced in Formula 1 himself.[2][3]
^"Motorsport Memorial - Reg Parnell". Motorsport Memorial. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
^ abAllen Brown. "Reg Parnell". Oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
^Steve Small, "The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who" (Guinness, ISBN 0-851127029, 1994)
RegParnell Racing was a privateer Formula One team during the 1950s and 1960s. The team was founded by ex-Formula One driver RegParnell after he retired...
R13 was not used by Team Lotus but was later unofficially adopted by RegParnell Racing for their crashed chassis R4, rebuilt around a 33 chassis. The...
Prix. In 1964, RegParnell Racing began racing the 25, using the BRM P56 V8 engine, with limited success. Chris Irwin placed RegParnell Racing's 25/33...
146.378 km/h. Luigi Fagioli finished second in another Alfa Romeo, and RegParnell third in a third Alfa Romeo. The race followed the non-championship Pau...
was considerably more encouraging despite very wet conditions, with RegParnell winning not only the minor Woodcote Cup but also the full Formula One...
fastest lap. The podium was completed by his teammates Luigi Fagioli and RegParnell, while the remaining Alfa driver, Juan Manuel Fangio, was forced to retire...
Harold Haslam "Tim" Parnell Jr. (25 June 1932 – 5 April 2017) was a British racing driver from England. He was the son of RegParnell, another racing driver...
took Stewart's 8303 chassis and Spence's 8302 chassis was entered by RegParnell Racing with Chris Irwin driving. Irwin out-qualified Stewart taking 9th...
Organisation thereafter, concentrated their efforts on the BRM P133. RegParnell Racing entered Piers Courage in the Spanish Grand Prix. He qualified...
Revson caught the attention of RegParnell, from whom Revson rented workshop space, and was offered a spot on Parnell's planned F1 team for the 1964 season...
Cooper T53 "Lowline" managed by RegParnell and the 1962 season with the Bowmaker Racing Team, still managed by RegParnell but now in the V8 Lola Mk4, he...
stylist Peter Parnell (born 1953), American playwright RegParnell (1911–1964), English racing driver and team manager Richard Parnell (1810–1882), British...
first two heats, Fangio won the first while Farina won the second, and RegParnell won the final all-important event, which was stopped because of torrential...
including a win at the last race, resulted in Tim Parnell offering a drive in his works-supported RegParnell Racing BRM team for 1968. In addition to a good...
gearbox failure after 246 laps whilst lying seventh, forcing drivers RegParnell and Tony Brooks to retire. Making a full debut in the 1957 World Sportscar...
behind a Cunningham CR4 and then at the second round at the Mille Miglia, RegParnell drove a DB3 to 5th place, the highest position ever reached by a British...
Martin 2.6L I6 249 6 S 3.0 21 Aston Martin Ltd. Charles Brackenbury RegParnell Aston Martin DB2 Aston Martin 2.6L I6 244 1951 3 S 3.0 26 Aston Martin...
from Bonetto on the second lap with Fangio chasing. The BRM cars of RegParnell and Peter Walker were in hot pursuit of the leaders. The team had arrived...
Villoresi, Tony Rolt, Raymond Mays, Peter Whitehead, Leslie Brooke and RegParnell in the 1939 Nuffield Trophy at Donington Park. However, the Maserati...
performed well. One of the spectators there was the English racing driver RegParnell who persuaded Amon to come to England and race for his team. In a test...
United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, and handled a Lotus 33 for RegParnell at the following Mexican race. In 1966, Bondurant served as a technical...
Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati Report 18 April I Richmond Trophy Goodwood RegParnell Maserati Report 24 April III Grand Prix de Paris Linas-Montlhéry Philippe...
its maiden race appearance. A portent of things to come, Villoresi and RegParnell won five of the 1948 season's remaining races. In the first year of the...
Roy Salvadori 4–5 Scuderia Ambrosiana Ferrari 500 Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 A RegParnell 5 G.A. Vandervell Vandervell Products Vanwall Special Vanwall 254 2.5...
had been raced by RegParnell and Leslie Brooke. Refitted with a Zoller supercharger and driven by Johnson, GP2 tied with Parnell's Maserati 4CLT for...
and had suffered serious head injuries, Irwin never raced again. So, RegParnell Racing's Richard Attwood was promoted to the works team. Jackie Stewart...
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