Derek Daly

Derek Daly

Born	11 March 1953 (1953-03-11)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Irish
Active years	1978 - 1982
Teams	Hesketh, Ensign, Tyrrell, March, Theodore, Williams
Races	64 (49 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	15
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1978 United States Grand Prix West
Last race	1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix

Derek Daly (born March 11, 1953 in Ballinteer, Dublin) is a former racing driver from the Republic of Ireland. He won the 1977 British Formula Three Championship, and competed as a professional racing driver for 17 years participating in 64 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on April 2, 1978. He scored a total of 15 championship points. He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. Daly later became a US citizen and now resides in Noblesville, Indiana with his third wife, Rhonda, and three children from his second marriage.

Racing history

In 1982, Daly began driving in the CART series and continued through 1989. He started 66 CART races, including each Indianapolis 500 from 1983–1989, except for 1986. He finished in the top ten a total of 21 times, including one podium finish, 3rd position, at Milwaukee in 1987.

Derek is known in motor sports circles around the world as a driver, writer, broadcaster, racing advisor, and businessman. He runs a professional services company called MotorVation, and had been a commentator for American broadcasts of the Champ Car series, as well as a public speaker. One of the agencies that represents him is the National Speakers Bureau. [1]

He was also part of the ESPN Speedworld Coverage of the Grand Prix of San Marino in 1994, and therefore called the race in which Ayrton Senna was killed. Daly, covering the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix for ESPN said, on lap two of the races coverage, referring to the section of track that would later claim Senna's life: "And that white to the left there is a new concrete strip, I'm not sure of the overall safety of that"^{[citation needed]}

Derek's son Conor Daly is now racing in the Star Mazda Series and has moved successfully through the racing ranks in America and Europe earning the "Rookie of the Year" title and winning the Skip Barber Championship, as well as traveling to Silverstone, England and winning the Walter Hayes Trophy. He is the youngest competitor and only American to ever do this.

Racing results

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	Pos	Pts
1977	Chevron Racing	Chevron/B40	Hart	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST 5	DON	18th	2
1978	Chevron Racing	Chevron/B42	Hart	THR 6	HOC 9	NÜR Ret	PAU 9	MUG 1	VAL 1	ROU 11	DON Ret	NOG 3	PER 3	MIS 9	HOC Ret		3rd	27
1979	Project Four Racing	March/792	BMW	SIL 2	HOC	THR 2	NÜR	VAL	MUG Ret	PAU Ret	HOC 2	ZAN 11	PER 2	MIS Ret	DON 1		3rd	33
1983	McMahon Racing	March/822	Hart	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	JAR	DON 9	MIS	PER	ZOL	MUG		-	0

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	WDC	Pts.
1978	Olympus Cameras/Hesketh Racing	Hesketh 308E	Ford V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW DNPQ	MON DNPQ	BEL DNQ	ESP	SWE									19th	1
	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Ford V8									FRA DNQ	GBR Ret	GER	AUT DSQ	NED Ret	ITA 10	USA 8	CAN 6
1979	Team Ensign	Ensign N177	Ford V8	ARG 11	BRA 13			ESP DNQ	BEL DNQ											NC	0
		Ensign N179	Ford V8			RSA DNQ	USW Ret			MON DNQ	FRA	GBR	GER
	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009	Ford V8											AUT 8	NED	ITA	CAN Ret	USA Ret
1980	Candy Tyrrell Team	Tyrrell 009	Ford V8	ARG 4	BRA 14	RSA Ret														11th	6
		Tyrrell 010	Ford V8				USW 8	BEL 9	MON Ret	FRA 11	GBR 4	GER 10	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret
1981	March Grand Prix Team	March 811	Ford V8	USW DNQ	BRA DNQ	ARG DNQ	SMR DNQ	BEL DNQ	MON DNPQ	ESP 16	FRA Ret	GBR 7	GER Ret	AUT 11	NED Ret	ITA Ret	CAN 8	CPL DNQ		NC	0
1982	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore TY01	Ford V8	RSA 14																13th	8
		Theodore TY02	Ford V8		BRA Ret	USW Ret	SMR
	TAG Williams Team	Williams FW08	Ford V8					BEL Ret	MON 6	DET 5	CAN 7	NED 5	GBR 5	FRA 7	GER Ret	AUT Ret	SUI 9	ITA Ret	CPL 6

References

• Profile at grandprix.com

External links

• Official site
• Derek Daly Designs (course design business)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Geoff Lees	Formula Ford Festival Winner 1976	Succeeded by Chico Serra
Preceded by Rupert Keegan	British Formula Three Championship BARC Series Champion 1977	Succeeded by Nelson Piquet