Richard Longman

British racing driver (born 1946)

Richard Longman

Nationality|  British
Born|  (1946-03-18) 18 March 1946 (age 78)
Calcutta, India
British Saloon Car Championship
Years active| 1970, 1976–1986
Teams| Downton Engineering Ltd
Longman Racing
Patrick MotorSport
Starts| 106
Wins| 1 (48 in class)
Poles| 0
Fastest laps| 48
Best finish| 1st in 1978, 1979
Championship titles
1978, 1979

1978, 1979, 1982
1984
1986| British Saloon Car Championship
BSCC - Class A

BSCC - Class C
BSCC - Class B

Richard Arthur Longman is a British racing driver and renowned motorsport preparation expert.[1] He was twice champion of the British Touring Car Championship (then known as the British Saloon Car Championship) in 1978 and 1979 driving a Mini 1275 GT for Patrick Motorsport, which ran the works British Leyland supported team.[2] The following year he switched to a class C Ford Fiesta. In 1984 he was class C champion in his Ford Escort Mk3 RS1600i.

He also has a house in the Bahamas as well as property in the New Forest, Hampshire.

## Racing record

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### Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

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(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  | DC  | Pts  | Class

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1970 | Downton Engineering Ltd  | BMC Mini Cooper S | B | BRH
12 | SNE
12 | THR
11 | SIL
DNQ | CRY
DNS | SIL | SIL | CRO | BRH | OUL | BRH | BRH | 13th  | 20  | 3rd
1976 | Richard Longman  | BMC Mini Cooper S | A | BRH | SIL | OUL | THR | THR
? | SIL | BRH | MAL | SNE | BRH |  |  | 30th  | 6  | 8th
1977 | Patrick Motor Group  | Mini 1275 GT | A | SIL | BRH | OUL | THR | SIL
? | THR
? | DON
3† | SIL
16 | DON
1† | BRH
? | THR
? | BRH
11 | 5th  | 28  | 2nd
1978 | Patrick MotorSport  | Mini 1275 GT | A | SIL
10 | OUL
3† | THR
? | BRH
3† | SIL
3† | DON
4† | MAL
Ret | BRH
? | DON
3† | BRH
? | THR
? | OUL
4† | 1st | 100 | 1st
1979 | Patrick MotorSport  | Mini 1275 GT | A | SIL
14 | OUL
2† | THR
20 | SIL
18 | DON
? | SIL
? | MAL
3† | DON
? | BRH
? | THR
? | SNE
15 | OUL
5† | 1st | 97 | 1st
1980 | Datapost Racing  | Ford Fiesta | B | MAL
2† | OUL
4† | THR
12 | SIL
Ret | SIL
Ret | BRH
? | MAL
4† | BRH
14 |  |  |  |  | 14th  | 24  | 5th
A |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | THR
? | SIL
Ret |  |  | 7th
1981 | Team Datapost Racing with Hepolite and Esso  | Austin Metro 1300 HLS | A | MAL
Ret† | SIL
15 | OUL
13† | THR
? | BRH
7† | SIL
? | SIL
18 | DON
6† | BRH
14 | THR
? | SIL
11 |  | 5th  | 58  | 2nd
1982 | Royal Mail Datapost Racing with Esso  | Austin Metro 1300 HLS | A | SIL
10 | MAL
9† | OUL
4† | THR
13 | THR
13 | SIL
15 | DON
Ret | BRH
16 | DON
10 | BRH
7 | SIL
? |  | 2nd | 72 | 1st
1983 | Royal Mail Datapost  | Ford Escort RS1600i | C | SIL
14 | OUL
9 | THR
16 | BRH
13 | THR
10 | SIL
Ret | DON
Ret | SIL
11 | DON
11 | BRH
11 | SIL
12 |  | 7th  | 35  | 4th
1984 | Royal Mail Datapost  | Ford Escort RS1600i | C | DON
16 | SIL
10 | OUL
10 | THR
12 | THR
Ret | SIL
? | SNE
12 | BRH
13 | BRH
13 | DON
13 | SIL
12 |  | 2nd | 74 | 1st
1985 | Royal Mail Datapost  | Ford Escort RS Turbo | B | SIL | OUL | THR | DON | THR | SIL
6 | DON
8 | SIL
5 | SNE
4 | BRH
7 | BRH
18 | SIL
Ret | 7th  | 45  | 4th
1986 | Royal Mail Datapost  | Ford Escort RS Turbo | B | SIL
5 | THR
7 | SIL
3 | DON
3 | BRH
8 | SNE
3 | BRH
7 | DON
Ret | SIL
3 |  |  |  | 2nd | 64 | 1st

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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

## References

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1. ^ "1979 Patrick Motorsport Racing Programme - Original Archive, Specialist and Limited Edition Tech and Info".
2. ^ http://www.btccpages.com/champ.php History at btcc.net
3. ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Bernard Unett

|  British Touring Car Champion
1978-79  | Succeeded by

Win Percy

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British Touring Car Champions

Four-time|

* Andy Rouse
* Ashley Sutton
* Colin Turkington

Three-time|

* Bernard Unett
* Bill McGovern
* Frank Gardner
* Gordon Shedden
* Matt Neal
* Win Percy

Two-time|

* Alain Menu
* Chris Hodgetts
* Fabrizio Giovanardi
* Jack Sears
* James Thompson
* Jason Plato
* John Cleland
* Richard Longman

One-time|

* Alec Poole
* Andrew Jordan
* Doc Shepherd
* Frank Biela
* Frank Sytner
* Gabriele Tarquini
* Jeff Uren
* Jim Clark
* Joachim Winkelhock
* John Fitzpatrick
* John Love
* John Whitmore
* Laurent Aïello
* Rickard Rydell
* Robb Gravett
* Roy Pierpoint
* Tim Harvey
* Tom Ingram
* Will Hoy
* Yvan Muller

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