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British racing driver (born 1946)

Brian Henton
Formula One World Championship career
Henton after winning a Formula Vee race in 1971
Born	(1946-09-19) 19 September 1946 (age 78) Chaddesden, Derby, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Active years	1975, 1977, 1981–1982
Teams	Lotus, non-works March, Boro, Toleman, Arrows, Tyrrell
Entries	37 (19 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First entry	1975 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Brian Henton (born 19 September 1946) is a former racing driver from England. He won both 1974 British Formula Three Championships and the 1980 European Formula Two Championship. He participated in 38 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 19 July 1975, but never scored any championship points.

Henton (nicknamed "Superhen" in the British racing press) came from a modest council house background and did not start racing until he was 23. On winning the minor British Formula Vee championship in 1971, ever-conscious of the value of public relations, he announced that he was going to be World Champion. This aim eluded him, but he enjoyed a successful career in Formula Three and Formula Two.

Henton's F1 debut came in 1975 for Lotus, theoretically a good drive but the team was in turmoil with the Lotus 72 finally uncompetitive and its replacement the Lotus 76 a failure, so nothing concrete was achieved. Between 1975 and 1978 he mixed Formula One and Formula Two drives (including a spell in a private March for his own British Formula One Racing Team), never quite establishing himself in either category, but clinched the 1980 F2 championship for Toleman, who took him into F1 for 1981. The first Toleman-Hart was something of a disaster, overweight and underdeveloped, and Henton only managed to qualify once. Unfruitful outings for Arrows and Tyrrell in 1982 led to no more success, though he did set the fastest lap at the British Grand Prix - Henton is the only driver in Formula One history to have set a fastest lap without ever scoring a championship point.

Perhaps fittingly, his last Formula One outing was at the Race of Champions at Brands Hatch in April 1983, which also turned out to be the last non-championship F1 race in the modern era.

Following his retirement from the sport, he returned to running a car dealership and later moved into property development and in recent years has diversified into other areas, notably engineering. He has occasionally driven at historic events and holds equestrian events at his home in Ingarsby Hall, Leicestershire.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1973	John Player European British Formula Three	Brian Henton Racing	9	1	0	1	2	42	10th
	Lombard North British Formula Three		8	1	0	2	1	9	10th
	Forward Trust BARC British Formula Three		7	1	1	1	1	13	8th
1974	Lombard North British Formula Three	March Racing Team	11	7	4	11	9	78	1st
	Forward Trust BARC British Formula Three		10	8	5	8	9	81	1st
	European Formula Two		1	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
1975	European Formula Two	Brian Henton	7	0	0	1	1	10	11th
	European Formula Two	Wheatcroft Racing	1	0	0	0	1	10	11th
	Formula One	John Player Team Lotus	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Japanese Formula Two	Victory Circle Club	1	0	0	?	1	0	NC
1976	Shellsport International Series	Netherton and Worth-Boxer Cars	3	0	0	0	2	27	11th
1977	European Formula Two	Netherton and Worth-Boxer Cars	4	1	0	1	1	12	10th
	European Formula Two	Ardmore Racing	1	0	0	0	0	12	10th
	Formula One	Team Rothmans International	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula One	HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Shellsport International Series	Hexagon Racing	1	0	0	0	1	12	16th
1978	European Formula Two	Brian Henton	12	0	1	1	0	3	17th
1978	Japanese Formula Two	Brian Henton	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1979	European Formula Two	Toleman Group Motorsport	12	2	3	2	4	36	2nd
1980	European Formula Two	Toleman Group Motorsport	11	3	2	7	9	61	1st
1981	Formula One	Candy Toleman Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1982	Formula One	Team Tyrrell	13	0	0	1	0	0	NC
1982	Formula One	Arrows Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
1974	March Racing Team	March 742	BMW	BAR	HOC	PAU	SAL	HOC	MUG 6	KAR	PER	HOC	VAL					22nd	1
1975	Brian Henton	March 752	Hart	EST	THR 8	HOC 3	NÜR 10	PAU DSQ	HOC Ret	SAL 13	ROU	MUG Ret	PER					11th	10
1975	Wheatcroft Racing	Wheatcroft 002	Ford BDA											SIL 3	ZOL	NOG	VAL	11th	10
1976	Wheatcroft Racing	Wheatcroft R26	Abarth	HOC	THR DNS	VAL	SAL	PAU	HOC	ROU	MUG	PER	EST	NOG	HOC			NC	0
1977	Netherton & Worth Boxer Cars	Boxer PR276	Hart	SIL DNS	THR 1	HOC 5	NÜR 9	VAL	PAU 9	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST			10th	12
1977	Ardmore Racing	Chevron B40	Hart													DON 7		10th	12
1978	Brian Henton	March 782	Hart	THR Ret	HOC 17	NÜR 5	PAU Ret	MUG 15	VAL 8	ROU 14	DON 11	NOG Ret	PER 6	MIS 11	HOC Ret			17th	3
1979	Toleman Group Motorsport	Ralt RT2	Hart	SIL 3	HOC 4	THR Ret				PAU Ret	HOC Ret	ZAN 5	PER DSQ	MIS 1	DON 4			2nd	36
1979	Toleman Group Motorsport	March 782	Hart				NÜR 2	VAL Ret	MUG 1									2nd	36
1980	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman TG280	Hart	THR 1	HOC 2	NÜR 2	VAL 1	PAU 3										1st	61
1980	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman TG280B	Hart						SIL NC	ZOL 2	MUG 1	ZAN 12	PER 2	MIS 2	HOC			1st	61

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1975	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 72F	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR 16	GER	AUT DNS	ITA	USA NC				NC	0
1977	Team Rothmans International	March 761B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW 10														NC	0
	British Formula One Racing Team	March 761						ESP DNQ	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR DNQ	GER	AUT DNQ
	HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen	Boro 001														NED DSQ	ITA DNQ	USA	CAN	JPN
1978	Team Surtees	Surtees TS20	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT PO	NED	ITA	USA	CAN		–	–
1981	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG181	Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t	USW	BRA	ARG	SMR DNQ	BEL DNQ	MON DNPQ	ESP DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER DNQ	AUT DNQ	NED DNQ	ITA 10	CAN DNQ	CPL DNQ			NC	0
1982	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA DNQ	BRA DNQ	USW Ret															NC	0
1982	Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 011	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8				SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON 8	DET 9	CAN NC	NED Ret	GBR 8	FRA 10	GER 7	AUT Ret	SUI 11	ITA Ret	CPL 8		NC	0

Henton drove Rupert Keegan's No. 18 Surtees during practice for the 1978 Austrian Grand Prix but was not officially entered for the race.

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1
1977	British Formula One Racing Team	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 4
1983	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore N183	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 4

References

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Formula One World

Sporting positions
Preceded byIan Taylor	British Formula 3 Championship BARC Series Champion 1974	Succeeded byGunnar Nilsson
Preceded byTony Brise 1973 BRSCC North Central Lombard Series Champion	British Formula 3 Champion BRSCC Series Champion 1974	Succeeded byNone
Preceded byTony Brise 1973 BRSCC JPS Series Champion	British Formula 3 Champion BRSCC Series Champion 1974	Succeeded byNone
Preceded byMarc Surer	European Formula Two Champion 1980	Succeeded byGeoff Lees

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Formula One drivers from the United Kingdom

Geoffrey Crossley, Joe Fry, David Hampshire, Cuth Harrison, Leslie Johnson (all 1950)
Brian Shawe-Taylor (1950–1951)
Bob Gerard (1950–1951, 1953–1954, 1956–1957)
Peter Walker (1950–1951, 1955)
David Murray (1950–1952)
Reg Parnell (1950–1952, 1954)
Peter Whitehead (1950–1954)
Tony Rolt (1950, 1953, 1955)
Philip Fotheringham-Parker, John James, Ken Richardson (all 1951)
George Abecassis (1951–1952)
Duncan Hamilton (1951–1953)
Stirling Moss (1951–1961)
Bill Aston, Ken Downing, Robin Montgomerie-Charrington, Dennis Poore, Eric Thompson, Graham Whitehead (all 1952)
Tony Crook (1952–1953)
Kenneth McAlpine (1952–1953, 1955)
Alan Brown (1952–1954)
Lance Macklin (1952–1955)
Ken Wharton (1952–1955)
Peter Collins (1952–1958)
Mike Hawthorn (1952–1958)
Roy Salvadori (1952–1962)
Eric Brandon (1952, 1954)
John Barber, Rodney Nuckey, Ian Stewart, Jimmy Stewart (all 1953)
Jack Fairman (1953, 1955–1961)
Don Beauman, John Riseley-Prichard, Leslie Thorne, Bill Whitehouse (all 1954)
Leslie Marr (1954–1955)
Horace Gould (1954–1958, 1960)
Ron Flockhart (1954, 1956–1960)
Ted Whiteaway (1955)
Colin Chapman, Archie Scott Brown, Desmond Titterington (all 1956)
Les Leston (1956–1957)
Bruce Halford (1956–1957, 1959–1960)
Tony Brooks (1956–1961)
Paul Emery (1956, 1958)
Mike MacDowel (1957)
Dick Gibson & Stuart Lewis-Evans (1957–1958)
Tony Marsh (1957–1958, 1961)
Ivor Bueb (1957–1959)
Brian Naylor (1957–1961)
Tom Bridger (1958)
Bernie Ecclestone (1958)
Alan Stacey (1958–1960)
Cliff Allison (1958–1961)
Ian Burgess (1958–1963)
Graham Hill (1958–1975)
Peter Ashdown, Colin Davis, Bill Moss & Dennis Taylor (all 1959)
Chris Bristow, David Piper & Mike Taylor (1959–1960)
Henry Taylor (1959–1961)
Keith Greene (1959–1962)
Innes Ireland (1959–1966)
Trevor Taylor (1959, 1961–1964, 1966)
Tim Parnell (1959, 1961, 1963)
Mike Parkes (1959, 1966–1967)
Arthur Owen (1960)
Jim Clark (1960–1968)
John Surtees (1960–1972)
Vic Wilson (1960, 1966)
Geoff Duke & Ken Miles (1961)
Gerry Ashmore & Jackie Lewis (1961–1962)
John Campbell-Jones (1962–1963)
Peter Arundell (1963–1964, 1966)
Ian Raby (1963–1965)
Mike Hailwood (1963–1965, 1971–1974)
Bob Anderson (1963–1967)
Mike Spence (1963–1968)
David Prophet (1963, 1965)
Richard Attwood (1964–1965, 1967–1969)
John Taylor (1964, 1966)
Brian Gubby, John Rhodes & Alan Rollinson (all 1965)
Jackie Stewart (1965–1973)
Chris Lawrence (1966)
Chris Irwin (1966–1967)
Brian Hart, Alan Rees & Jonathan Williams (1967)
David Hobbs (1967–1968, 1971, 1974)
Piers Courage (1967–1970)
Robin Widdows (1968)
Vic Elford (1968–1969, 1971)
Derek Bell (1968–1972, 1974)
Jackie Oliver (1968–1973, 1977)
Brian Redman (1968, 1970–1974)
John Miles (1969–1970)
Peter Westbury (1970)
Peter Gethin (1970–1974)
Chris Craft (1971)
Mike Beuttler (1971–1973)
Roger Williamson (1973)
David Purley (1973–1974, 1977)
James Hunt (1973–1979)
John Watson (1973–1983, 1985)
Richard Robarts (1974)
Mike Wilds (1974–1976)
Ian Ashley & Tom Pryce (1974–1977)
Guy Edwards (1974, 1976–1977)
Tony Brise, Jim Crawford, Dave Morgan (all 1975)
Bob Evans & Damien Magee (1975–1976)
Tony Trimmer (1975–1978)
Brian Henton (1975, 1977, 1981–1982)
Divina Galica (1976, 1978)
Andy Sutcliffe (1977)
Rupert Keegan (1977–1978, 1980, 1982)
Geoff Lees (1978–1980, 1982)
Tiff Needell & Stephen South (1980)
Nigel Mansell (1980–1992, 1994–1995)
Derek Warwick (1981–1990, 1993)
Jonathan Palmer (1983–1989)
Kenny Acheson (1983, 1985)
Martin Brundle (1984–1989, 1991–1996)
Johnny Dumfries (1986)
Julian Bailey (1988, 1991)
Martin Donnelly (1989–1990)
Johnny Herbert (1989–2000)
Mark Blundell (1991, 1993–1995)
Perry McCarthy (1992)
Damon Hill (1992–1999)
Eddie Irvine (1993–2002)
David Coulthard (1994–2008)
Jenson Button (2000–2017)
Allan McNish (2002)
Anthony Davidson (2002, 2005, 2007–2008)
Justin Wilson (2003)
Lewis Hamilton (2007–present)
Paul di Resta (2011–2013, 2017)
Max Chilton (2013–2014)
Will Stevens (2014–2015)
Jolyon Palmer (2016–2017)
Lando Norris (2019–present)
George Russell (2019–present)
Jack Aitken (2020)
Oliver Bearman (2024–present)

v t e British Formula 3 & Formula Junior champions
Three-time	Don Parker Jim Russell Dave Walker Roger Williamson
Two-time	Tony Brise Jim Clark Brian Henton Harry Stiller Trevor Taylor
One-time	Alguersuari Arundell Asmer Banting Barrichello Brabham Brandon Burt Byrne Cao Conway Daly Dean Dumfries Fenning de Ferran Firman Fittipaldi Gavin Giacomelli Gugelmin Haberfeld Häkkinen Harvey Hynes Johansson Kane Keegan Kerr King Ledbrook Lehto Leston Magnussen van der Merwe Moss Nasr Nilsson von Opel Pace Palmer Parente Piquet Piquet Jr. Pitcher Pizzonia Ricciardo Sato Schenken Senna Serra South Stewart I. Taylor Trimmer Vergne Wallace Warwick

v t e Toleman Motorsport
Founders Ted Toleman Bob Toleman Personnel Rory Byrne John Gentry Alex Hawkridge George McAllister Roger Silman Pat Symonds John Walton Christopher Witty Drivers Derek Warwick Teo Fabi Ayrton Senna Bruno Giacomelli Johnny Cecotto Piercarlo Ghinzani Stefan Johansson Brian Henton Pierluigi Martini Formula One cars TG181 TG181B TG181C TG183 TG183B TG184 TG185 Formula Two cars TG280 Related Team Enstone FISA–FOCA war Hart Racing Engines

Toleman Motorsport

Founders: Ted Toleman; Bob Toleman

Personnel: Rory Byrne; John Gentry; Alex Hawkridge; George McAllister; Roger Silman; Pat Symonds; John Walton; Christopher Witty

Drivers: Derek Warwick; Teo Fabi; Ayrton Senna; Bruno Giacomelli; Johnny Cecotto; Piercarlo Ghinzani; Stefan Johansson; Brian Henton; Pierluigi Martini

Formula One cars: TG181; TG181B; TG181C; TG183; TG183B; TG184; TG185

Formula Two cars: TG280

Related: Team Enstone; FISA–FOCA war; Hart Racing Engines

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