Brian Henton

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Brian Henton
Formula One Career
Nationality	British
Active years	1975, 1977, 1981 - 1982
Team(s)	Lotus, March, British F1 Racing, Boro, Toleman, Arrows, Tyrrell
Grands Prix	37
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First Grand Prix	1975 British Grand Prix


Last Grand Prix	1982 Las Vegas Grand Prix

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

Born in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, 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 3 and Formula 2.

Henton's F1 debut came in 1975 for Lotus, theoretically a good drive but the team was in turmoil with the 72 finally uncompetitive and its replacement the 76 a failure, so nothing concrete was achieved. Between 1975 and 1978 he mixed Formula 1 and Formula 2 drives (including a spell in a private March for his own British F1 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 led to no more success and Henton retired from racing completely at the end of the 1983 season.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Team	WDC
1975	Lotus	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	DUT	FRA	GBR 16	GER	AUT DNS	ITA	USA NC				Lotus	-
1977	March	ARG	BRA	SAF	USAW 10	ESP DNQ	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR DNQ	GER	AUT DNQ	DUT DSQ	ITA DNQ	USA	CAN	JPN	Boro	-
1981	Toleman	USAW	BRA	ARG	SMR DNQ	BEL DNQ	MON DNPQ	ESP DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR DNQ	GER DNQ	AUT DNQ	DUT DNQ	ITA 10	CAN DNQ	LAS DNQ			Toleman	-
1982	Arrows	RSA DNQ	BRA DNQ	USAW Ret	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON 8	USAE 9	CAN NC	DUT Ret	GBR 8	FRA 10	GER 7	AUT Ret	SWI 11	ITA Ret	LAS 8		Tyrrell	-