Brian Henton

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:EngvarB Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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, Henton's 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.^[1]

Following his retirement from the sport, Henton 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.^[2]

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	Rothmans International Racing	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	Ragno Arrows	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
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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	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts
Template:F2	March Racing Team	March 742	BMW	BAR	HOC	PAU	SAL	HOC	MUG 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	KAR	PER	HOC	VLL					22nd	1
Template:F2	Brian Henton	March 752	Hart	EST	THR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SAL 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ROU	MUG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER					11th	10
Template:F2	Wheatcroft Racing	Wheatcroft 002	Ford BDA											SIL 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZOL	NOG	VLL	11th	10
Template:F2	Wheatcroft Racing	Wheatcroft R26	Abarth	HOC	THR DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VLL	SAL	PAU	HOC	ROU	MUG	PER	EST	NOG	HOC			NC	0
Template:F2	Netherton & Worth Boxer Cars	Boxer PR276	Hart	SIL DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	THR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VLL	PAU 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG	ROU	NOG	PER	MIS	EST			10th	12
Template:F2	Ardmore Racing	Chevron B40	Hart													DON 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		10th	12
Template:F2	Brian Henton	March 782	Hart	THR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VLL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ROU 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIS 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			17th	3
Template:F2	Toleman Group Motorsport	Ralt RT2	Hart	SIL 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	THR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".				PAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIS 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			2nd	36
Template:F2	Toleman Group Motorsport	March 782	Hart				NÜR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VLL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".									2nd	36
Template:F2	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman TG280	Hart	THR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VLL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".										1st	61
Template:F2	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman TG280B	Hart						SIL NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZOL 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIS 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC			1st	61
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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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 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER	AUT DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA	USA NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".				NC	0
1977	Rothmans International Racing	March 761B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".														NC	0
	British Formula One Racing Team	March 761						ESP DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER	AUT DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen	Boro 001														NED DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USA	CAN	JPN
1978	Durex 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 DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON DNPQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ESP DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CPL DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			NC	0
1982	Ragno Arrows	Arrows A4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	RSA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USW RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".															NC	0
1982	Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell 011	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8				SMR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SUI 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CPL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NC	0
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^‡ 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

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1
1977	British Formula One Racing Team	March 761	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1983	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore N183	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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References

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Brian Henton

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