Reg Parnell

Reg Parnell Driver Information Born 2 July 1911(1911-07-02) Derby, England, UK Died 7 January 1964(1964-01-07) (aged 52) Derby, England, UK Nationality GBR Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics Status Deceased World Titles 0 Races 11 (6 starts) Poles 0 Wins 0 Podium 1 Fastest Laps 0 Points 9 First Race 1950 British Grand Prix Last Race 1954 British Grand Prix

Reg Parnell Full name Reginald Harold Haslam Parnell Date of birth 2 July 1911(1911-07-02) Date of death 7 January 1964(1964-01-07) (aged 52) Occupation Team Principal Years active 1961 – 1964

Reginald Harold Haslam Parnell (born 2 July 1911 in Derby, Derbyshire – died 7 January 1964 in Derby) was a Formula One driver. He raced for the Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Ferrari, BRM and Cooper in seven races, from 1950 to 1954. He entered with the Scuderia Ambrosiana, G.A. Vandervall and AHM Bryde team. He is most notable for finishing on the podium in the very first Grand Prix.

He also took on a role as Team principal twice, for the Yeoman Credit Racing Team and for Reg Parnell Racing. As team principle, he did not achieve much success, with one pole position and a couple of second places.

He has a son, Tim Parnell, who also had a short career in Formula One. Tim did not have much success in F1, and joined his father at Reg Parnell Racing.

Formula One Statistical Overview

F1 Career History

Year	Entrant	Team(s)	Pts	WDC Pos.	Report
1950	Alfa Romeo SpA	Alfa Romeo	4	9th	Report
	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati
1951	G.A. Vandervell	Ferrari	5	10th	Report
	BRM Ltd.	BRM
1952	AHM Bryde	Cooper-Bristol	0	NC	Report
1954	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari	0	NC	Report

Statistics

Entries	11
Starts	6
Pole positions	0
Front Row Starts	1
Victories	0
Podia	1
Fastest laps	0
Points	9
Laps raced	344
kms raced	1865.584
Races led	0
Laps led	0
kms lead	0.000

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pts	Pos
1950																									4	9th
	3rd			DNA		Ret	DNA
1951																									5	10th
			DNA	4th	5th		DNS	DNA
1952																									0	NC
					7th
1953: did not attend any races
1954																									0	NC
					Ret

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

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