David Brodie (racing driver)

David Brodie
Nationality	British
Born	(1943-05-15) 15 May 1943 (age 81) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England
British Saloon / Touring Car Championship
Years active	1971–1973, 1976–1981, 1983–1991
Teams	David Brodie Norman Reeves Ltd Mazda Dealer Team Hughes of Beaconsfield Colt Car Company BBW Motorsport Brodie Brittain Racing Listerine Racing Team
Starts	82
Wins	2 (5 in class)
Poles	9
Fastest laps	8
Best finish	4th in 1985

David Alexander Brodie (born 15 May 1943) is a British auto racing driver. He is best known for his time competing in the British Touring Car Championship. His best season in the BTCC was in 1985, finishing fourth overall on points.^[1]

Brodie started motor racing in 1968 winning his first race at Silverstone in an Austin A35. Since then, he has completed in over 700 races and driven saloons, sports cars, and Formula Three single seaters. Brodie was seriously injured in a crash during the British Saloon Car Championship support race for the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.^[2]

He is credited with being the seventh most successful driver ever at Brands Hatch and has held lap records on all UK circuits. The record he set at Thruxton in 1989 for saloons remained unbroken until 1995.

Having raced at virtually all the European circuits, Brodie also competed in a number of 500 km and 24-hour races. The last of these was Le Mans in 1994 when he qualified as fastest team driver and then led LM2 until the car was withdrawn in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Interesting fuel consumption statistics from this event showed that during 1.5 hour driving stints, Brodie used 13 litres less than one driver and 8 litres less than the other.^{[citation needed]}

In later years, Brodie raced successfully in the VW saloon car series winning races and establishing new lap records.

Brodie was an active director of the BRDC and until recently, was a director of the Springfield boys club with Jackie Stewart, a post he held for 27 years. He is also still an active director of BBR GTi, a company Brodie developed following a successful racing career beginning in the 1970s. He had two sons from his first marriage to Kathy Brodie and is now married to Peggy Brodie.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1973–1990 in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded ?–1989 in class)

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

‡ Endurance driver.

(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	DC	Points
1971	David Wood Engineering	Ford Escort RS1600	MNZ	SAL	BRN	NUR	SPA	ZAN	LEC Ret	JAR							NC	0
1972	Sony Racing Team	Ford Escort RS1600	MNZ	SAL	BRN	NUR	SPA Ret										NC	0
	Fabergé Racing							ZAN ovr:11* cls:1*
	Norman Reeves / Stirling Cooper									SIL Ret	JAR
	VMW Motors	Ford Escort 1300 GT							LEC Ret
1973	Norman Reeves Ltd	Ford Escort RS1600	MNZ Ret	SAL	MAN Ret	NUR	SPA	ZAN	LEC	SIL							NC	0
1976	Mazda Dealer Team	Mazda Savannah RX-3	MNZ	SAL	MUG	BRN	NUR	SPA	VAL	SIL ovr:10* cls:4*	JAR						NC	0
1978	David Brodie	Ford Capri II 3.0S	BRA	MNZ	MUG	SAL	JAR	EST	ZEL	BRN	NUR	ZAN	SIL ovr:10* cls:6*	ZOL			NC	0
1979	David Brodie	Ford Capri II 3.0S	MNZ	VAL	MUG	BRA	JAR	ZEL	BRN	NUR	ZAN	SAL	PER	SIL Ret	ZOL		NC	0
1980	Patrick MotorSport	Rover 3500 SD1	MNZ	VAL	BRA	SAL	BRN	PER	NUR	SIL ovr:10* cls:2*	ZOL						NC	0
1985	Mitsubishi Colt Racing	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	MNZ	VAL	DON	AND	BRN	ZEL	SAL	NUR	SPA	SIL ovr:5* cls:5*	NOG	ZOL	EST	JAR	NC	0
1986	BBW Turbosport	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	MNZ	DON	HOC	MIS	AND	BRN	ZEL	NUR	SPA	SIL Ret	NOG	ZOL	EST	JAR	NC	0
Source:[4]

• Ineligible to score points.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos.	Pts
1978	David Brodie	Div. 2	Ford Capri II 3.0S	Ford Essex 3.0 V6	DAY	MUG	DIJ	SIL 13	NUR	MIS	WGL	VAL		NC	0
1986	P.C. Automotive with Texas Homecare	C2	Royale RP40	Mitsubishi Turbo 2.0 Turbo I4	MNZ	SIL DNQ	LMS	NOR	BRH	JER	NÜR	SPA	FUJ	NC	0
Source:[5]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1994	Chamberlain Engineering	Rob Wilson William Hewland	Harrier LR9C	GT2	45	DNF	DNF

• David Brodie career summary at DriverDB.com