Julian Bailey (racing driver)

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Julian Terence Bailey (born 9 October 1961) is a British former Formula One driver from England, who raced for the Tyrrell and Lotus teams.

Racing career

Although born in the United Kingdom, Bailey was raised in Menorca, Spain. He became an accomplished Formula Ford 1600 racer in Britain, winning the important Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. In 1987 he got his chance to race in Formula 3000, in a GA Motorsport Lola, in which he won in only his third Formula 3000 race, becoming the first British driver to win a race in the formula. This attracted the attention of Ken Tyrrell, and Bailey was recruited to drive for the Formula One team the following year. The car was very uncompetitive and he did not score a single point, while his teammate Jonathan Palmer scored five. In 1989 he joined the Nissan sports car factory team, and tried to get back into Formula One in 1991 with Lotus. He finished sixth in the San Marino Grand Prix but didn’t retain his drive after Monaco. During his Formula One career he was entered in 20 Grands Prix, qualifying for seven at a time when the grids were over-subscribed, and scored a total of one championship point.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1992 Bailey joined the Toyota BTCC team, and the following season, he finished fifth in the championship, although his season is best remembered for his collision with teammate Will Hoy at Silverstone, which flipped Hoy’s car onto its roof leading BBC commentator Murray Walker to quip “The car upside down is a Toyota!” (a play on the company’s UK advertising slogan “The car in front is a Toyota”). In the following round at Knockhill, he took his one and only BTCC win. The next two seasons were less successful, although he outscored 1991 champion Hoy in both their seasons as teammates. Toyota withdrew from the BTCC as a works team at the end of 1995, but Bailey was still contracted to them. For 1996, Bailey competed in the South African Touring Car Championship (SATCC) for Minolta Toyota.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has raced primarily in sports cars since. For 1997, Bailey joined Lister, eventually winning the British GT Championship in 1999 and the FIA GT Championship in 2000 in a Lister Storm.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Bailey’s stepson, Jack Clarke, is also a racing driver with experience in Formula BMW and Formula Palmer Audi. In 2009 he graduated to the FIA Formula Two Championship, and in 2014 moved to the British Touring Car Championship.

Post-racing career

In 2008, he joined with ESPN STAR Sports as a guest commentator for a number of Formula One races.

’’Top Gear’’

On the show ‘’Top Gear‘’, he was one of several drivers to appear as The Stig.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in ‘’’bold’’’ indicate pole position; races in ‘’italics’’ indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1987	GA Motorsports	SIL	VAL	SPA	PAU	DON Template:Small	PER Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BIR Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	BUG Template:Small	JAR Template:Small	7th	13

Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1988	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell 017	Cosworth V8	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	DET Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	POR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	AUS Template:Small	NC	0
1991	Team Lotus	Lotus 102B	Judd V8	USA Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	18th	1

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1989	Template:Flagicon Nissan Motorsports	Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Template:Flagicon Martin Donnelly	Nissan R89C	C1	5	DNF	DNF
1990	Template:Flagicon Nissan Motorsports International	Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Template:Flagicon Gianfranco Brancatelli	Nissan R90CK	C1	142	DNF	DNF
1997	Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Lister	Template:Flagicon Thomas Erdos Template:Flagicon Mark Skaife	Lister Storm GTL	GT1	77	DNF	DNF
2001	Template:Flagicon MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Template:Flagicon Kevin McGarrity	MG-Lola EX257	LMP675	92	DNF	DNF
2002	Template:Flagicon MG Sport & Racing Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Template:Flagicon Kevin McGarrity	MG-Lola EX257	LMP675	219	DNF	DNF

Complete British 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	21	22	23	24	25	Pos	Pts
1991	Nissan Janspeed Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	SIL	SNE	DON	THR	SIL	BRH	SIL	DON 1	DON 2	OUL	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small											NC	0
1992	Team Securicor ICS Toyota	Toyota Carina	SIL	THR	OUL	SNE	BRH	DON 1	DON 2	SIL	KNO 1	KNO 2	PEM	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	DON Template:Small	SIL Template:Small											23rd	2
1993	Team Securicor Toyota	Toyota Carina E	SIL Template:Small	DON Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	DON Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	PEM Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	KNO 1 Template:Small	KNO 2 Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	SIL Template:Small									5th	88
1994	Toyota Castrol Racing	Toyota Carina E	THR Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	KNO 1 Template:Small	KNO 2 Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small					12th	66
1995	Team Toyota GB	Toyota Carina E	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	THR 1 Template:Small	THR 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	OUL 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	KNO 1 Template:Small	KNO 2 Template:Small	BRH 1 Template:Small	BRH 2 Template:Small	SNE 1 Template:Small	SNE 2 Template:Small	OUL 1 Template:Small	OUL 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	9th	94

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-driver	Car	Laps	Template:Tooltip
1997*	Template:Flagicon FAI Insurance	Template:Flagicon Warren Luff	Honda Accord	138	10th

* Super Touring race

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	Cirtek Motorsport	Lister Storm	GT	THR 1	CRO 1	OUL 1	DON 1	SIL 1	BRH 1	DON 1	CRO 1	SIL 1	SNE 1	SPA 1	SIL 1 Template:Small	25th	15