Derek Warwick

born 27 Aug 1954 · raced 1981–1993

147Races

0Wins

4Podiums

55Top 10s

7.69Avg Position

11.74Avg Grid Pos

Derek Warwick, a tenacious and highly-respected British racer, competed in 147 Formula 1 Grands Prix, known for his battling spirit and commitment. Despite never achieving a Grand Prix victory, he secured 4 podium finishes, often in less competitive machinery. His career highlights included stints with Renault and Arrows, and he was a key figure in the sports car world, winning the 1992 World Sportscar Championship. Warwick's reputation as a hard-working and popular driver endeared him to fans and peers throughout his decade-long F1 career.

All-time records

8th in Most F1 Starts Without a Win (147 starts)
10th in Most F1 Podiums Without a Win (4 podiums)

Top Teams

Team	Podiums	Points (as awarded)	Races
Renault	4	28	31
Arrows	0	27	47
Toleman	0	9	27
Footwork	0	4	16
Team Lotus	0	3	16
Brabham	0	0	10

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Top Circuits

Circuit	Avg Points (as awarded)	Races
Kyalami	1.75	4
Brands Hatch	1.6	5
Hungaroring	1	6
Silverstone Circuit	0.86	7
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	0.83	6
Circuit Park Zandvoort	0.75	4
Circuit de Monaco	0.63	8
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	0.57	7
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	0.56	9
Hockenheimring	0.56	9

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Points are Grand Prix points as awarded at the time (sprints excluded); average points are per race started.

Most-shared teammates. Each link opens their head-to-head.

Eddie Cheever45 shared races · Compare with Eddie Cheever (1988)
Patrick Tambay30 shared races · Compare with Patrick Tambay (1985)
Aguri Suzuki16 shared races · Compare with Aguri Suzuki (1993)
Bruno Giacomelli14 shared races · Compare with Bruno Giacomelli (1983)
Martin Donnelly13 shared races · Compare with Martin Donnelly (1990)
Riccardo Patrese10 shared races · Compare with Riccardo Patrese (1986)

Season by season

Derek Warwick season-by-season championship record
Season	Championship position	Points
1993	16	4
1990	14	3
1989	10	7
1988	8	17
1987	16	3
1986	—	0
1985	14	5
1984	7	23
1983	14	9
1982	32	0
1981	33	0

Teammate head-to-heads

Every season Derek Warwick was compared against a teammate
Season	Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
1993	Footwork	Aguri Suzuki vs Derek Warwick	7–9	6–9	0–4
1990	Team Lotus	Martin Donnelly vs Derek Warwick	6–7	4–9	0–3
1989	Arrows	Eddie Cheever vs Derek Warwick	1–12	5–8	6–7
1988	Arrows	Eddie Cheever vs Derek Warwick	4–12	5–11	6–17
1987	Arrows	Eddie Cheever vs Derek Warwick	7–9	10–6	8–3
1986	Brabham	Riccardo Patrese vs Derek Warwick	7–3	6–4	1–0
1985	Renault	Patrick Tambay vs Derek Warwick	7–8	8–7	11–5
1984	Renault	Patrick Tambay vs Derek Warwick	6–9	7–7	11–23
1983	Toleman	Bruno Giacomelli vs Derek Warwick	3–11	4–10	1–9
1982	Toleman	Teo Fabi vs Derek Warwick	1–6	3–3	0–0

Race results

199316 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1993
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Footwork	17	P10	0
Japanese Grand Prix	Footwork	7	P14	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Footwork	9	P15	0
Italian Grand Prix	Footwork	11	Collision	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Footwork	7	Engine	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Footwork	9	P4	3
German Grand Prix	Footwork	11	P17	0
British Grand Prix	Footwork	8	P6	1
French Grand Prix	Footwork	15	P13	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Footwork	18	P16	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Footwork	12	Throttle	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Footwork	16	P13	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Footwork	15	Spun off	0
European Grand Prix	Footwork	14	Gearbox	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Footwork	18	P9	0
South African Grand Prix	Footwork	22	P7	0

Earlier seasons1981–1990 (10 seasons)▾

199016 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1990
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	11	Gearbox	0
Japanese Grand Prix	Team Lotus	11	Gearbox	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Team Lotus	10	Gearbox	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Team Lotus	21	Throttle	0
Italian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	12	Clutch	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	18	P11	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	11	P5	2
German Grand Prix	Team Lotus	16	P8	0
British Grand Prix	Team Lotus	16	Engine	0
French Grand Prix	Team Lotus	16	P11	0
Mexican Grand Prix	Team Lotus	11	P10	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	11	P6	1
Monaco Grand Prix	Team Lotus	13	Spun off	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Team Lotus	10	P7	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Team Lotus	24	Electrical	0
United States Grand Prix	Team Lotus	24	Gearbox	0

198915 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1989
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Arrows	20	Spun off	0
Japanese Grand Prix	Arrows	25	P6	1
Spanish Grand Prix	Arrows	16	P9	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Arrows	22	Accident	0
Italian Grand Prix	Arrows	16	Fuel system	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Arrows	10	P6	1
Hungarian Grand Prix	Arrows	9	P10	0
German Grand Prix	Arrows	17	P6	1
British Grand Prix	Arrows	19	P9	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Arrows	12	Engine	0
United States Grand Prix	Arrows	10	Collision	0
Mexican Grand Prix	Arrows	10	Electrical	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Arrows	6	Electrical	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Arrows	12	P5	2
Brazilian Grand Prix	Arrows	8	P5	2

198816 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1988
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Arrows	7	Engine	0
Japanese Grand Prix	Arrows	7	Spun off	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Arrows	17	Chassis	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Arrows	10	P4	3
Italian Grand Prix	Arrows	6	P4	3
Belgian Grand Prix	Arrows	10	P5	2
Hungarian Grand Prix	Arrows	12	Brakes	0
German Grand Prix	Arrows	12	P7	0
British Grand Prix	Arrows	9	P6	1
French Grand Prix	Arrows	11	Spun off	0
Detroit Grand Prix	Arrows	9	Spun off	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Arrows	16	P7	0
Mexican Grand Prix	Arrows	9	P5	2
Monaco Grand Prix	Arrows	7	P4	3
San Marino Grand Prix	Arrows	14	P9	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Arrows	11	P4	3

198716 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1987
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Arrows	12	Transmission	0
Japanese Grand Prix	Arrows	13	P10	0
Mexican Grand Prix	Arrows	11	Accident	0
Spanish Grand Prix	Arrows	12	P10	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Arrows	12	P13	0
Italian Grand Prix	Arrows	12	Electrical	0
Austrian Grand Prix	Arrows	11	Engine	0
Hungarian Grand Prix	Arrows	9	P6	1
German Grand Prix	Arrows	13	Turbo	0
British Grand Prix	Arrows	13	P5	2
French Grand Prix	Arrows	10	Turbo	0
Detroit Grand Prix	Arrows	10	Accident	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Arrows	11	Gearbox	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Arrows	12	Radiator	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Arrows	10	P11	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Arrows	8	Engine	0

198611 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1986
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result
Australian Grand Prix	Brabham	20	Brakes
Mexican Grand Prix	Brabham	7	Engine
Portuguese Grand Prix	Brabham	12	Electrical
Italian Grand Prix	Brabham	7	Spun off
Austrian Grand Prix	Brabham	10	Withdrew
Hungarian Grand Prix	Brabham	19	Accident
German Grand Prix	Brabham	20	P7
British Grand Prix	Brabham	9	P8
French Grand Prix	Brabham	14	P9
Detroit Grand Prix	Brabham	15	P10
Canadian Grand Prix	Brabham	10	Engine

198515 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1985
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Australian Grand Prix	Renault	12	Transmission	0
European Grand Prix	Renault	8	Injection	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Renault	14	P6	1
Italian Grand Prix	Renault	6	Transmission	0
Dutch Grand Prix	Renault	12	Gearbox	0
Austrian Grand Prix	Renault	13	Engine	0
German Grand Prix	Renault	20	Ignition	0
British Grand Prix	Renault	12	P5	2
French Grand Prix	Renault	11	P7	0
Detroit Grand Prix	Renault	6	Transmission	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Renault	6	Accident	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Renault	10	P5	2
San Marino Grand Prix	Renault	14	P10	0
Portuguese Grand Prix	Renault	6	P7	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Renault	10	P10	0

198416 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1984
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
Portuguese Grand Prix	Renault	9	Gearbox	0
European Grand Prix	Renault	7	P11	0
Italian Grand Prix	Renault	12	Oil pressure	0
Dutch Grand Prix	Renault	4	Spun off	0
Austrian Grand Prix	Renault	6	Engine	0
German Grand Prix	Renault	3	P3	4
British Grand Prix	Renault	6	P2	6
Dallas Grand Prix	Renault	3	Spun off	0
Detroit Grand Prix	Renault	6	Gearbox	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Renault	4	Chassis	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Renault	5	Collision	0
French Grand Prix	Renault	7	Accident	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Renault	4	P4	3
Belgian Grand Prix	Renault	4	P2	6
South African Grand Prix	Renault	9	P3	4
Brazilian Grand Prix	Renault	3	Suspension	0

198315 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1983
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result	Points
South African Grand Prix	Toleman	13	P4	3
European Grand Prix	Toleman	11	P5	2
Italian Grand Prix	Toleman	12	P6	1
Dutch Grand Prix	Toleman	7	P4	3
Austrian Grand Prix	Toleman	10	Turbo	0
German Grand Prix	Toleman	9	Engine	0
British Grand Prix	Toleman	10	Gearbox	0
Canadian Grand Prix	Toleman	12	Turbo	0
Detroit Grand Prix	Toleman	9	Engine	0
Belgian Grand Prix	Toleman	22	P7	0
Monaco Grand Prix	Toleman	10	Collision	0
San Marino Grand Prix	Toleman	14	Spun off	0
French Grand Prix	Toleman	9	Engine	0
United States Grand Prix West	Toleman	6	Spun off	0
Brazilian Grand Prix	Toleman	5	P7	0

198214 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1982
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result
Caesars Palace Grand Prix	Toleman	10	Spark plugs
Italian Grand Prix	Toleman	16	Collision
Swiss Grand Prix	Toleman	21	Engine
Austrian Grand Prix	Toleman	15	Suspension
German Grand Prix	Toleman	14	P10
French Grand Prix	Toleman	14	P15
British Grand Prix	Toleman	16	Halfshaft
Dutch Grand Prix	Toleman	13	Oil leak
Monaco Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Belgian Grand Prix	Toleman	19	Transmission
San Marino Grand Prix	Toleman	8	Electrical
United States Grand Prix West	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Brazilian Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
South African Grand Prix	Toleman	14	Accident

198112 races▾

Derek Warwick race results in 1981
Grand Prix	Team	Grid	Result
Caesars Palace Grand Prix	Toleman	22	Gearbox
Canadian Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Italian Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Dutch Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Austrian Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
German Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
British Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
French Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Spanish Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Monaco Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
Belgian Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify
San Marino Grand Prix	Toleman	—	Did not qualify