Derek Daly
Formula One World Championship career | |
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Nationality | Irish |
Active years | 1978 - 1982 |
Teams | Hesketh, Ensign, Tyrrell, March, Theodore, Williams |
Entries | 64 (49 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 15 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1978 United States Grand Prix |
Last entry | 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. Ironically, 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"
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 |
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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
External links
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- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Indianapolis 500 drivers
- Champ Car drivers
- Irish racecar drivers
- Irish Formula One drivers
- Williams Formula One drivers
- European Formula Two Championship drivers
- Living people
- Motorsport announcers
- Irish immigrants to the United States
- People from County Dublin
- People from Noblesville, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana television anchors
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