David Leslie (racing driver)

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Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". David William Leslie (9 November 1953 – 30 March 2008) was a Scottish racing driver. He was most associated with the British Touring Car Championship, in which he was runner-up in 1999. He was particularly noted for his development skill, helping both Honda and Nissan become BTCC race winners. He was born in Dumfries, Scotland.

Career

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Leslie (Mazda Xedos 6) chased by Joachim Winkelhock (BMW 318i) at Brands Hatch during the 1994 BTCC season.
File:David Leslie Honda Brands 1996.jpg
Leslie driving for Honda at Brands Hatch in the 1996 BTCC season.

Karting and junior formulas

Leslie was Scottish karting champion 5 times before switching to cars, winning the Formula Ford title in 1978. He later moved to the British Formula Three Championship from 1981 to 1984, becoming involved with the Ecurie Ecosse team.

Sportscar racing

With Ecosse, he moved to the World Sportscar Championship, driving to multiple C2 class victories and helping the team earn the 1986 championship. Leslie himself would earn second place in the Drivers Championship in 1987 alongside teammate Ray Mallock.[1] Leslie and the team also finished second in the C2 class and 8th overall in the 1987 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Ecosse eventually took over the Aston Martin sports car program before Leslie departed in 1990 to become part of Tom Walkinshaw's Jaguar team. Leslie competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans a total of 10 times, including driving the works Jaguar XJ220 in 1993 alongside Win Percy and Armin Hahne, only to retire with engine failure while in contention for the lead of the GT class.

One-make racing

In 1985, Ecosse ran Leslie in the ESSO MG Metro Challenge.[2][3]

Leslie raced in the Honda CR-X Challenge in 1988[4][5] and 1989.[6]

Touring car racing and GTs

Leslie maintained his links with Ecosse when the team moved to the British Touring Car Championship in 1990. He competed on a partial schedule for the first two seasons before becoming a full-time driver for Vauxhall in 1992. He took his first win a year later,[1] and earned a total of six pole positions over those two years, both of which ended in top 10 championship placements.

1994 was an unsuccessful season in a Mazda, but for 1995 he joined Honda as they entered the series for the first time. The car was late getting onto the track in pre-season, and reliability was initially poor, however he finished 10th overall after a strong end to the season. 1996 started badly with several collisions, but a victory in the British Grand Prix support meeting kick-started a strong second half of the season, allowing him to snatch 4th overall at the final round of the season.

File:Nissan Primera BTCC 1999.jpg
Leslie's Primera in the 1999 BTCC.

For the BTCC in 1997 James Thompson and Gabriele Tarquini raced the Hondas and Leslie switched to Nissan alongside Anthony Reid. Again the car was initially uncompetitive, and much of the credit for its eventual success is widely attributed to Leslie. In 1998, he achieved two victories and five podiums for Nissan, finishing seventh in the standings. He also did a one-off appearance in the British GT Championship that same year at the British Grand Prix supporting race, finishing third in a Porsche 911 GT1 shared with Matt Neal.[7] In 1999, he finished a close runner up in the championship standings to teammate Laurent Aïello, with three race wins and 10 podiums.

The company pulled out after that, and Leslie did only occasional races in 2000. Notably for the works Honda team in one round of the 2000 European Super Touring Cup and three rounds of the 2000 British Touring Car Championship – one for the works Honda team and two in the private PRO Motorsport Nissan Primera. He competed at the Spa 24 Hours that same year, sharing a Honda Accord with James Kaye and Mark Lemmer, but retired with engine failure. He also drove for Marcos in the 2000 British GT Championship for a select number of rounds, finishing on the podium at Croft. He contested the Speedvision Challenge in the US during 2001 in addition to another outing in the British GT Championship (Knockhill), once again in a Marcos and finishing on the class podium.[8]

File:David Leslie - Proton Impian at the 2003 BTCC support race for the 2003 London Champcar Trophy Race, Brands Hatch (50814049061).jpg
Leslie driving for Proton at Brands Hatch during the 2003 British Touring Car Championship season.

He joined Proton in the BTCC for the 2002 and 2003 seasons, but the project was not a great success. He did, however, manage to secure two third-place results and was the best-placed Proton in both seasons. Thereafter Leslie provided commentary for Eurosport on the World Touring Car Championship series, although he continued to occasionally participate in the Britcar series.[1]

For the past three years, he had been lecturing Motorsports Management, part-time at Swansea Metropolitan University.

Allan McNish credited the start he, David Coulthard, and Dario Franchitti were given at the start of their careers as largely to Leslie and his late father David senior.[9]

Death

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Leslie died on 30 March 2008, when the private jet he was travelling in crashed into a housing estate in Farnborough. He was flying with fellow racing driver and team owner Richard Lloyd and data engineer Chris Allarton.[10] They were travelling to the Nogaro Circuit in France to test for Lloyd's Apex Motorsport in preparation for the FIA GT3 European Championship.[11]

The investigation into the crash found that a combination of incorrectly identified, non-critical system failures led to the in-flight shut-down of both engines, with the crew unable to restart them in time to avoid the impact.

Racing record

Complete British Formula One 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 15 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
1979 Graham Eden Racing Chevron B41 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ZOL OUL BRH MAL SNE THR ZAN DON
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NOG MAL
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		THR SNE SIL =17th 3

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 1996–2002 all races, 2003 just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – 2000–2003 all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 1998–2002 just for feature race, 2003 all races)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Overall
Pos 		Pts Class
Pos
1987 John Maguire Racing Rover Vitesse <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />AScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". SIL OUL THR THR SIL SIL BRH SNE DON OUL
NC‡ 		DON SIL NC 0 NC
1989 Brooklyn Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />AScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OUL SIL THR DON
DNQ‡ 		THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL NC 0 NC
1990 Pyramid Motorsport BMW M3 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />BScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". OUL DON
ovr:7‡
cls:2‡ 		THR SIL OUL SIL BRH
ovr:6/NC‡
cls:3/NC‡ 		SNE BRH BIR DON THR
ovr:15
cls:10 		SIL 38th 1 26th
1991 Auto Trader
Techspeed Team 		BMW M3 SIL SNE DON THR SIL BRH SIL
9 		DON
1 		DON
2 		OUL BRH
1 		BRH
2 		DON THR 16th 12
Pyramid Motorsport SIL
4
1992 Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Vauxhall Cavalier SIL
7 		THR
7 		OUL
5 		SNE
5 		BRH
5 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
5 		SIL
7 		KNO
1
Ret 		KNO
2
DNS 		PEM
7 		BRH
1
6 		BRH
2
6 		DON
10 		SIL
3 		7th 66
1993 Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Vauxhall Cavalier SIL
Ret 		DON
Ret 		SNE
3 		DON
8 		OUL
Ret 		BRH
1
18 		BRH
2
6 		PEM
Ret 		SIL
5 		KNO
1
9 		KNO
2
7 		OUL
7 		BRH
13 		THR
1 		DON
1
4 		DON
2
8 		SIL
4 		8th 72
1994 Team Mazda Mazda Xedos 6 THR
8 		BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
11 		SNE
17 		SIL
1
16 		SIL
2
11 		OUL
Ret 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
DNS 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
19 		SIL
11 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		OUL BRH
1 		BRH
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		20th 6
1995 Honda Team MSD Honda Accord DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		BRH
1
17 		BRH
2
17 		THR
1
8 		THR
2
12 		SIL
1
9 		SIL
2
8 		OUL
1
DNS 		OUL
2
DNS 		BRH
1
12 		BRH
2
18 		DON
1
7 		DON
2
9 		SIL
12 		KNO
1
11 		KNO
2
7 		BRH
1
17 		BRH
2
10 		SNE
1
8 		SNE
2
8 		OUL
1
6 		OUL
2
3 		SIL
1
5 		SIL
2
4 		11th 61
1996 Honda Team MSD Honda Accord DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		BRH
1
10 		BRH
2
Ret 		THR
1
8 		THR
2
5 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
9 		OUL
1
8 		OUL
2
7 		SNE
1
9 		SNE
2
Ret 		BRH
1
5 		BRH
2
7 		SIL
1
4 		SIL
2
1 		KNO
1
6 		KNO
2
7 		OUL
1
3 		OUL
2
2 		THR
1
1 		THR
2
8 		DON
1
2 		DON
2
1 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
5 		4th 159
1997 Vodafone Nissan Racing Nissan Primera GT DON
1
4 		DON
2
11 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
Ret 		THR
1
7 		THR
2
11 		BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
3 		OUL
1
10 		OUL
2
6 		DON
1
9 		DON
2
Ret 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
3 		KNO
1
11 		KNO
2
Ret 		SNE
1
9 		SNE
2
6 		THR
1
8 		THR
2
10 		BRH
1
6 		BRH
2
8 		SIL
1
6 		SIL
2
6 		8th 87
1998 Vodafone Nissan Racing Nissan Primera GT THR
1
7 		THR
2
12 		SIL
1
1 		SIL
2
Ret 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
1* 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
6 		OUL
1
3 		OUL
2
Ret 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
2* 		CRO
1
Ret 		CRO
2
2* 		SNE
1
6 		SNE
2
4 		THR
1
5 		THR
2
2* 		KNO
1
5 		KNO
2
9 		BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
Ret 		OUL
1
4 		OUL
2
Ret 		SIL
1
13 		SIL
2
2* 		6th 148
1999 Vodafone Nissan Racing Nissan Primera GT DON
1
4 		DON
2
Ret 		SIL
1
2 		SIL
2
7 		THR
1
11 		THR
2
Ret 		BRH
1
6 		BRH
2
2 		OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
8* 		DON
1
2 		DON
2
1* 		CRO
1
2 		CRO
2
4 		SNE
1
1 		SNE
2
2* 		THR
1
4 		THR
2
1* 		KNO
1
9 		KNO
2
3 		BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
2* 		OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
4* 		SIL
1
11 		SIL
2
2* 		2nd 228
2000 Redstone Team Honda Honda Accord <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". BRH
1 		BRH
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		THR
1
ovr:6
cls:6 		THR
2
Ret 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		12th 15
PRO Motorsport Nissan Primera GT '00 DON
1
ovr:7
cls:7 		DON
2
ovr:10
cls:10 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1
ovr:6
cls:6 		SIL
2
Ret
2002 Petronas Syntium Proton Proton Impian <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />TScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
Ret 		OUL
1
ovr:8
cls:8 		OUL
2
ovr:3
cls:3 		THR
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		THR
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		SIL
1
ovr:3
cls:3 		SIL
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		MON
1
ovr:3
cls:3 		MON
2
ovr:11
cls:11 		CRO
1
ovr:2
cls:2 		CRO
2
ovr:7
cls:7 		SNE
1
ovr:5
cls:5 		SNE
2
Ret 		KNO
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		KNO
2
ovr:8*
cls:8 		BRH
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		BRH
2
Ret 		DON
1
ovr:6
cls:6 		DON
2
ovr:6
cls:6 		7th 79
2003 Petronas Syntium Proton Proton Impian <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />TScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MON
1
ovr:5
cls:5 		MON
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		BRH
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		BRH
2
ovr:6
cls:6 		THR
1
ovr:17
cls:13 		THR
2
ovr:8
cls:8 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
ovr:10
cls:10 		ROC
1
ovr:11
cls:11 		ROC
2
Ret 		CRO
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		CRO
2
ovr:19
cls:14 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
ovr:9
cls:9 		BRH
1
ovr:9
cls:9 		BRH
2
ovr:8
cls:8 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
Ret 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
DNS 		11th 28

‡ Endurance driver (Ineligible for points in 1990)

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts
2000 PRO Motorsport Nissan Primera GT KAR
1 		KAR
2 		KNU
1 		KNU
2 		MAN
1 		MAN
2 		FAL
1 		FAL
2 		AND
1 		AND
2 		ARC
1 		ARC
2 		KAR
1 		KAR
2 		MAN
1
Ret 		MAN
2
Ret 		NC 0

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts
2000 Template:Flagicon JAS Engineering Honda Accord MUG
1 		MUG
2 		PER
1 		PER
2 		A1R
1 		A1R
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		MOB
1
10 		MOB
2
5 		18th 9

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1984 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon David Duffield
Template:Flagicon Mike Wilds 		Ecosse C284-Ford Cosworth C2 36 DNF DNF
1985 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon Ray Mallock
Template:Flagicon Mike Wilds 		Ecosse C285-Ford Cosworth C2 45 DNF DNF
1986 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon Ray Mallock
Template:Flagicon Mike Wilds 		Ecosse C286-Austin-Rover C2 181 DSQ DSQ
1987 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Template:Flagicon Marc Duez
Template:Flagicon Ray Mallock 		Ecosse C286-Ford Cosworth C2 308 8th 2nd
1988 Template:Flagicon Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Template:Flagicon Marc Duez
Template:Flagicon Yoshimi Katayama 		Mazda 767 GTP 330 17th 2nd
1989 Template:Flagicon Aston Martin
Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse 		Template:Flagicon Ray Mallock
Template:Flagicon David Sears 		Aston Martin AMR1 C1 153 DNF DNF
1990 Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar
Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle
Template:Flagicon Alain Ferté 		Jaguar XJR-12 C1 220 DNF DNF
1991 Template:Flagicon TWR Suntec Jaguar Template:Flagicon Jeff Krosnoff
Template:Flagicon Mauro Martini 		Jaguar XJR-12 C2 183 DNF DNF
1993 Template:Flagicon TWR Jaguar Racing Template:Flagicon Armin Hahne
Template:Flagicon Win Percy 		Jaguar XJ220 GT 6 DNF DNF
1995 Template:Flagicon Team Marcos Template:Flagicon Chris Marsh
Template:Flagicon François Migault 		Marcos LM600 LMGT2 184 NC NC

24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1993 Template:Flagicon Ecurie Ecosse Vauxhall Template:Flagicon Philippe Adams
Template:Flagicon Bernard de Dryver 		Vauxhall Cavalier GSi Pro 2L 101/engine DNF DNF
1998 Template:Flagicon Belgacom Nissan T.U.R.B.O Team Template:Flagicon Dirk Schoysman
Template:Flagicon Grégoire de Mévius 		Nissan Primera SP 471 7th 7th
2000 Template:Flagicon ELR & Barwell Motorsport Template:Flagicon James Kaye
Template:Flagicon Mark Lemmer 		Honda Accord SP ?/engine DNF DNF

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2000 NCK Motorsport Marcos LM600 GT THR
1 		CRO
1
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
1
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
1
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
1
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		DON
1
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CRO
1 		SIL
1 		SNE
1
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SPA
1 		SIL
1 		14th 39

Britcar 24 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Car No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2007 Template:Flagicon GTS Motorsport Template:Flagicon Joe Macari
Template:Flagicon Rob Wilson
Template:Flagicon Stuart Wright 		BMW M3 E46 GTR 26 GTC 553 6th 3rd

References

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