Lap Ledger1950–2027 · every championship race

Driver · United Kingdom · born

Derek Bell

Entered 16 championship Grands Prix across 1968–1974 for Surtees, Tecno and 3 other constructors; best finish 6th.

Seasons
1968–19746 with an entry
Entries
16
Starts
97 did not start
Best finish
P6
Best grid
P8
Laps
180
Retirements
7DNF
Constructors
5

Season by season

The same on all 6 rows: Wins — 0; Podiums — 0; Poles — 0; FL — 0.

Season by season
SeasonConstructorEntriesBestChampionshipPoints scored
1974Surtees5P11—0
1972Tecno5——0
1971Surtees1——0
1970Brabham,Surtees2P6221
1969McLaren1——0
1968Ferrari2——0
“Points scored” adds up every point from the races. The championship column is where the season actually finished, which before 1991 could be lower once dropped scores were applied. Open a season for its full table.

Team-mates

Team-mates
SeasonTeam-mateConstructorRacesQualifyingRacePoints
1974Leo KinnunenSurtees32–1none0–0
1974Jochen MassSurtees20–2none0–0
1974Dieter QuesterSurtees10–1none0–0
1974Helmuth KoiniggSurtees10–1none0–0
1974Jean-Pierre JabouilleSurtees11–0none0–0
1974José DolhemSurtees10–1none0–0
1972Nanni GalliTecno10–1none0–0
1971John SurteesSurtees10–1none0–1
1971Rolf StommelenSurtees10–1none0–2
1970Rolf StommelenBrabham10–1none0–2
1970Sir Jack BrabhamBrabham10–1none0–0
1970John SurteesSurtees10–1none1–0
1969Bruce McLarenMcLaren10–1none0–4
1969Denny HulmeMcLaren10–1none0–0
1969Vic ElfordMcLaren10–1none0–1
1968Chris AmonFerrari20–2none0–0
1968Jacky IckxFerrari10–1none0–4
A team-mate is anyone entered for the same constructor in the same Grand Prix, and each pair of figures is Derek Bell’s first. Races counts every Grand Prix both were entered for, started or not. Qualifying counts the races both have a qualifying position in; Race only those both were classified in, so a retirement on either side counts for neither, and reads none where there was no such race; Points are each driver’s own from those Grands Prix, before any dropped scores and without Sprint points. Before the 1980s a constructor’s cars were often entered by private teams as well as its own, so a pairing then can be two drivers who never shared a garage. The figures say who was ahead, not who was better.

Compare Derek Bell with any other driver

Every entry 16 entries

Every entry
SeasonGrand PrixConstructorChassisGridResultOutLapsPoints
1974Canadian Grand PrixSurteesTS16—DNQDNQ—0
1974Italian Grand PrixSurteesTS16—DNQDNQ—0
1974Austrian Grand PrixSurteesTS16—DNQDNQ—0
1974German Grand PrixSurteesTS162511Finished140
1974British Grand PrixSurteesTS16—DNQDNQ—0
1972United States Grand PrixTecnoPA123/329DNFEngine80
1972Canadian Grand PrixTecnoPA123/3—DNSAccident in practice—0
1972Italian Grand PrixTecnoPA123/3—DNQDNQ—0
1972German Grand PrixTecnoPA123/325DNFEngine40
1972French Grand PrixTecnoPA123/3—DNSTransmission—0
1971British Grand PrixSurtees—23DNFSuspension230
1970United States Grand PrixSurteesTS7136Finished1071
1970Belgian Grand PrixBrabhamBT26A15DNFGearbox10
1969British Grand PrixMcLaren—15DNFSuspension50
1968United States Grand PrixFerrari—15DNFEngine140
1968Italian Grand PrixFerrari—8DNFFuel system40

Where this comes from

Born
Nationality
United Kingdom
Status
retired
Wins
0 derived
Poles
0 derived
Fastest laps
0 derived
External source
—
Confidence
reference
Source
https://github.com/f1db/f1db

Entries is counted here from the race records, one for every race a driver was entered for, and wins, podiums and poles are counted the same way and checked against the published totals on every build. Starts is counted from those records too: an entry is a start unless the result the source printed says it never was - did not qualify, pre-qualify, start or practise, or excluded before the start - so a pit-lane start counts and so does a retirement on the first lap. The published entry and start figures are a separate count kept for the few drivers who have one, reached by rules this database does not hold. Where a published figure and the counted one disagree, both are shown and neither is corrected.