Derek Bell – Sport cars | The “forgotten” drivers of F1

1972 BOAC 1000km Brands Hatch. Photo Tim Marshall

1673 1000km Zeltweg. Photo Walter C Harbers III

Howden Ganley and Derek Bell 1973 1000km Spa.. Photo Romain Moormann

1973 Can Am. Photo Jack Filds

1974 Ford Sport Day Mallory Park Demonstration run by Derek Bell – Mirage M6 DFV. Photo and info Alan Cooper

1974 Ford Sport Day Mallory Park Demonstration run by Derek Bell – Mirage M6 DFV. Photo and info Alan Cooper

1974 Ford Sport Day Mallory Park Demonstration run by Derek Bell – Mirage M6 DFV. Photo and info Alan Cooper

1974 – 29th September British Airways 1000KMS Brands Hatch 3 Derek Bell – 4 Reine Wisell (S) – Ford Cosworth DFV V8 90° 4v DOHC 2993 cc. Photo and info Alan Cooper

1974 1000 km Monza

1974 Mallory Park FordSport Day – Demonstration run by Derek Bell (Mirage M6 DFV). Photo and info Steve Wilkinson

1974 1000 km of Spa Mirage GR7 Ford Cosworth DFV. Photo and info ©copyright Romain Moormann

1975 1000km Monza. Photo Cosmo Aletto

1975 1000km Monza. Photo Cosmo Aletto

1975 1000km Monza. Photo Cosmo Aletto

1977 Zandvoort TC. Photo Cor van Veen

1981 Le Mans Porsche 936. Photo/source Porsche

1983 1000 km di Imola, European Endurance Championship, round 7 – with Jonathan Palmer. Photo and info Vincenzo Zaccaria

1983 1000 km di Imola, European Endurance Championship, round 7 – with Jonathan Palmer. Photo and info Vincenzo Zaccaria

1983 IMSA Riverside. Photo and info Lou Kirk

1983 IMSA Riverside. Photo and info Lou Kirk

1983 Derek Bell /in the car/, Rolf Stommelen Porsche 935-78 81 (Joest). Riverside IMSA 1983. This is the car and race where Stommelen had his fatal accident. Photo and info Kurt Oblinger

1984 – Derek Bell in the Porsche 962 he shared with Al Holbert cresting the rise at Turn 7 during the 1984 IMSA 6 Hour. This was the first customer 962 delivered and went to Bruce Leven’s Bayside Team. Holbert leased the car for the Riverside and Laguna races until his own 962 was delivered. Bell and Holbert finished 2nd behind the March 84G of Lanier and Whittigton. Photo and info Kurt Oblinger

1984 – Derek Bell when he also raced: Riverside 1984. Derek Bell in Bruce Leven’s Bayside Racing 962 (leased to Al Holbert) going inside of the Buick powered March 84G shared by Ken Madren, M.L. Speer, and Wayne Pickering. Photo and info Kurt Oblinger

1995 Let’s pretend this is Derek Bell. (I think I can see enough helmet to suggest its really Andy Wallace.) Le Mans, 1995, McLaren F1 GTR. Photo and info Dave Broad